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Our Goals
We aim to provide basic education to the children in Gambia between the ages of 2 - 7 years by funding the renovations or complete the building of existing nursery schools which in turn will enable the schools to continue to operate. The need and hardship of each school and the local community is assessed and acted upon. All labour is carried out by people living in the local community therefore creating employment and providing an income for their daily needs.All the building materials are bought from within the local community.
We provide funds to make the school furniture eg: desks and chairs and supply them with educational materials such as books, pens, pencils, excercise books etc plus all recreational items including footballs and skipping ropes.
We plan to finance the teacher training courses for all untrained teachers. This will be of benefit to the teacher and the children. In our experience none of the teachers in the nursery schools are actually qualified to teach at any level. The main reason for this is financial hardship.
Each registered child will be provided with a uniform made by a local tailor. This will help to boost their morale whilst encouranging pride and promoting a sense of school/community identity.
We hope to promote the importance of educating the very young by providing communities with a safe and happy environment and a confident trained teacher from whom they can learn.