Renovation
to the well hand pump at Mae Winterton
Cornerstone Nursery School. This renovation was needed
as a result of the over enthusiastic use of the pump when
there was a serious bush fire in the area.
Two
wells in the Women's Garden done in memory of
Dave Owen's wife Ruth. This is already included on the
web site.
Anglican
Mission Computer room. Staffordshire Police Child
Abuse Investigation Unit have raised £1000 towards
the completion of this project.
Alsager
School 6th form have raised funds towards the re-generation
of the school garden at the Anglican
Mission School. The initial stages of providing fence
posts and wire netting has been completed and the first
seasons crops harvested. The funding is now available
for the provision of a pump for the existing well which
has also been deepened has been made available. It is
hoped the future funding will enable a second well to
be dug at the opposite end of the garden to save the pupils
from having to carry water quite so far.
A
couple from Lancashire have provided the funding to the
provision of a well at Jamisa Primary
school in Brickama which is in the west of the country.
Maka
Farafenni Primary school has been built as a
result of the Carpenter, Rees, Jackson groups fund raising
event. This involved the intrepid group cycling over the
Pyrenees, following the Tour de France route. This fund
raiser also funded the sending out of two containers full
of equipment. Poole Alcock Solicitors and Amelia Goodwin
are funding the kitchen and toilet block at Maka Farafenni
school.
Kaur.
Denise Hall-Trafford and friends sponsored the building
of a Kitchen at the Nursery school.
International
Health Partners (IHP) became involved with the Charity
as a result of several people funding Medical
packs which were sent out to some of the hospitals
and clinics in The Gambia. IHP are now working in many
areas in The Gambia in their own right.
Eaton
Bank School, Congleton raised £3300 which has been
used to renovate the well, build a kitchen
and is enabling the school garden to be re-established
as well as buying school materials, at Kundam.
Mow
Cop Church provided the funds to enable the provision
of a new kitchen at Ballingho Lower Basic
School.
A
community garden at Fofama was sponsored
by Julie Quincy.
Six
container loads of school furniture, books, sports
equipment, computers, stationery clothes etc.
have been sent over to The Gambia. These have been distributed
to many schools in the North Bank and Upper River Divisions
of The Gambia
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