Day: 10 April 2017

Whilst some of the team were delivering the sexual health session in Brikama, the rest of the team travelled back to Gunjur and met up with a women's literacy group. We spent time helping them with reading and writing, using some resources we'd taken. It was a real eye opener for our girls to realise that women who are much older than them were still at basic primary school level. Our group with...

We spent the day in Brikama, a large town about 1/2 hour from where we stay. The students here all want to go to nursing college but didn't get the grades at school, so they are studying here on an access course to reach the standard required to enter the main college. We spent the morning training them on first aid skills. We had 5 areas: CPR & recovery position, minor injuries, bandages...