Day: 4 April 2015

We've spent our morning at Gunjur high school doing a 'science made fun' workshop, put together by our team's toxicologist Laura. We had 5 bases: nature, senses, space, forces, chemistry - the students were all from the science & maths club and they were able to try each base.  They only ever get to learn theory, so they loved the chance to do some practical work. We've left a lot of our...

Whilst some of our group were learning about Gambian cookery, the rest of us were able to try Batik.  We made patterns and designs on cotton bags using hot wax - some us added sand for extra texture. Then the bags were dipped in dye.  Once the dye had taken, the bags were put in boiling water to melt the wax, then hung out to dry. After a few hours drying in the sun, they looked really pretty!...

Some of us spent an afternoon at the compound of Omar, one of the staff at the Gunjur Project. The group were learning a traditional Gambian dish which is about one pot cooking.  The dish contained fish (yellow tailed mullet), crushed peanuts, chilli, stock, bitter yellow tomato and rice.  It took us ages to pick the bones out of the fish!  The final dish was very tasty!   More photos:...