Category: 2017

We had a lovely morning wandering around 'Wide Open Walls' which is a group of villages that various artists have visited and painted murals on the houses. We were joined / followed by a throng of local children, all keen to hold our hands and be our friends. We then went on to see a beautiful lake, where there were hundreds of tiny crabs running around on the shore. We saw local people preparing...

After we'd unpacked and settled in a little, we went for a walk through the local fishing village & along the beach. We saw all the brightly coloured fishing boats, as well as thousands of fish drying in the sun. We went into a smoke house and saw the various stages of the smoking process.          

We are just boarding the plane at Manchester!  

We'd like to give a shout out to Chic Sunglasses who gave us a nice discount so that we could buy 100 pairs of sunglasses with UV protection to take to The Gambia with us. On our 2015 trip we ran an eye clinic and we identified lots of conditions which could be helped by, or prevented by, the wearing of sunglasses. The African sun is fierce! We hope that we can find some people who these...

On 11th March we had a fundraising ball. It was held at Widnes rugby league stadium and was attended by over 80 people. Some members of #TeamGambia2017   With some of our friends and supporters   We were delighted to be joined by Jo Austin-Preece, one of the founders of the Gunjur Project. The profits were split between our fundraising for the Gunjur Project Association community...