Teacher Training Workshop

While in the Gambia, I was able to deliver a one-day teacher training workshop to three teachers from Ceesay School, along with the headteachers and staff from two other nursery schools. We worked with Lamin Touray, an adult education tutor from Gunjur Women’s Gardening Project, who very kindly let us use his classroom and theContinue reading “Teacher Training Workshop”

Ceesay Schoolchildren Get New Uniforms

Since the children that attend Ceesay Nursery School are very, very poor and often orphaned, many of their parents are unable to pay their school fees or buy them a uniform. The money raised over the winter was used to buy school supplies, help with the teachers’ salaries (which often go unpaid, due to lackContinue reading “Ceesay Schoolchildren Get New Uniforms”

Trip to the Gambia

In February, I was delighted to be able to introduce my daughter Dawn and her fiancé Martin to Mr Bakary Ceesay, headteacher of Ceesay Day Care & Nursery School. They had been absolutely fantastic, raising hundreds of £s and collecting many school supplies, a camera and other very useful educational materials from their respective companiesContinue reading “Trip to the Gambia”

Gambia Smiling Coast video

Gambian musician Sankung Jobarteh and his band have very generously agreed to help raise awareness of the plight of orphaned Gambian children by using his music to fundraise for Ceesay Nursery and Primary School. 50% of all profits from CDs sold will go towards supplying the school with basic equipment and to pay teachers’ salaries.Continue reading “Gambia Smiling Coast video”