Author: Girls Take Action In The Gambia

First briefing for TeamGambia2017

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 28, 2016 0 Comments
We were excited to have the first briefing meeting for #TeamGambia2017 this month - it was all about getting to know each other and team building. We played human hungry hippos, where we had to collect as many balls as we could on a moving skateboard - very funny and harder than it looks! We then had to whip some cream so it was safe enough to turn the bowl upside down over our heads without...

Great progress for Gunjur Guides

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 9, 2016 0 Comments
A couple of our team members made a private trip to The Gambia over Easter and they took the opportunity to catch up with the Gunjur Guides. Much has happened since our group was there last year - Jo at the Gunjur Project and Alagi have been working really hard to try to find leaders to run the guide unit. Various options have been tested and currently the group is being led by the amazing and...

How can you help?

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 13, 2015 0 Comments
What we have so far provided with Team Gambia 2015: Playground for local school 3 Resuscitation manikins (1 adult, 2 baby)Prescription glasses x 300 Bras x 750 Reusable sanitary packs x 80 First aid kits x 31 Malaria nets x 31 Babies bottles x 80 Sewing kits x 200 Medication for local clinic Stethoscope Science experiment resources Badges for...

An experience of a lifetime

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 13, 2015 0 Comments
"Another fantastic week in the sunshine with the Gunjur Project. I didn't think we could top last year, but we have! I truly believe that we have empowered the women of Gunjur this year and look forward to hearing about how they continue to grow and develop" - Laura W "The projects that Cheshire Forest Girlguiding took part in were life changing for many people. This was a big part of the week's...

Sponsored Children

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 13, 2015 0 Comments
After returning from The Gambia in 2014, Sue, Mandy and Rachael A all decided to sponsor a child through their schooling. Our 2014 group also decided to sponsor a child for 3 years at school.  We were lucky enough to meet all those girls this year.   Mandy meeting her 5 year old girl   Rachael A meeting her girl, Kaddy, plus Fatou our group girl   Fatou on the left - sponsored by...

Playground

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 13, 2015 0 Comments
We are paying for a playground to be built next to a new primary school and nursery, this is costing 112,500 Gambian Dalasi (about £1800). You can see in a different blog the mural we painted on the wall next to it - these photos are of the playground under construction.  We will have photos of the finished playground sent to us soon.   More photos: Gambia 2015 Album on Flickr

Eye Testing

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 9, 2015 0 Comments
We had 2 eye professionals in our team, so we decided to do some eye testing to help the local community. Rachel is an orthoptist and Lucy is a dispenser, so they teamed up to run this session. We collected hundreds of prescription glasses in the UK and sent them over before we went. In the morning, we tested the 30 women who were learning first aid with us, then in the afternoon we had 40+...

1st Aid Training Day

Girls Take Action In The Gambia April 9, 2015 0 Comments
Today we had 30 women with us from the Kulokoch community association. We spent the day teaching them first aid skills, in a training put together by our team A&E nurses Jemma & Steph. They learnt about CPR, malaria prevention, wound management and when to get help, basic first aid skills, water sanitation & hygiene, infection control and eye hygiene. We had 3 resusci Anne dolls...