BUILD A SCHOOL UPDATE

The building of the new school in Sanyang is coming along. The digging out and cementing of the foundations is now complete. The actual construction of the building will begin as soon as they have a dry day.


The building will consist of three classrooms, each measuring 8m x 6.5m, an office and storeroom.

These pictures were taken of the men working on the foundations and were provided by Lamin.

SHIPMENT UPDATE

REP ARGENTINA left Tilbury on 27 August and is now sailing across the ocean heading towards The Gambia with our consignment on board. Hopefully it will dock in Banjul on the 10 Sept.

BUILD A SCHOOL CAMPAIGN

Work on the building of the new nursery school has now begun.

When Lamin returned to The Gambia on 22 June he took with him £1700 to kick start the project.Initially there was a month long delay due to a shortage throughout the whole of Gambia of the cement needed to make the blocks. Each block is made individually and then left to dry in the Gambian sunshine for a week. The block making has been hampered by the rain - it is the rainy season - even losing a few blocks. To date approx. 3000 have been made.They are aiming to start the work on the foundations on Thursday 16 June - weather permitting! Picture of the blocks was sent by Lamin.

We have raised approx. £2000 towards this campaign so far. We have another £5000 to raise.

Anyone wishing to make a donation or provide fundraising ideas please contact me. Details on the contact page.

CLAIRVOYANT EVENING

Our next fundraising event is our CLAIRVOYANT EVENING - featuring Michael Kingscote and friends.There will also be a raffle and refreshments. It will be held in Firle Village Hall on Weds 26th September 6.45pm. Tickets £3 each - must be pre - booked. Magnus Agugu - African Healer of Harley Street and Tunbridge Wells will also be attending. For a donation to The Gambia Reality Magus will give you a 5 - 10 minute massage - an amazing experience, not easily forgotten! Visit Magnus at www.magnusthemasseur.co.uk . Please call 01273 858502 to book your tickets. All proceeds will go towards the building of the new nursery school in Sanyang.

SHIPMENT TO THE GAMBIA

On 27 August 2007 a ship, the REP ARGENTINA, will leave Tilbury with a shipment bound for The Gambia. This shipment consists of 36 boxes full of school uniform and obsolete library books from Ringmer Community College, nearly 700 GCSE and A level science books donated by Imberhorn School in East Grinstead and an A level College in Horsham and also other educational materials donated by various individuals. All of these items will be going to Tujering Upper Basic School.

We transported the boxes from home to Crawley on 13 August where they were palletised and are now in storage awaiting the container which will transport them to Tilbury then on to Banjul. The total cost of this shipment was £195.70. It measured a little under 2 cubic metres and weighed in at 671kgs.

The ship should arrive in Banjul on 10 September 2007. Lamin O. Bojang will be picking it up from the port and taking it all to the school.

The shipping agent that we used is called Redcoat Express based in Crawley and can be found at http://www.redcoat.org.uk/. They have been very helpful and gave us a discount as we are a registered charity.

Thank you to all of you who have donated towards this shipment. Also a Big Thanks to the Sussex over 50's cricket club for raising the funds ( £127 so far ) to enable us to send all of this to The Gambia.