Day 5: First school day First school day First school day, and we were late straight away. Not far from the school we met a boy who was trying to get his sister to the health centre on his bicycle. Our bus suddenly turned into an ambulance. We thought the girl’s foot was broken, but…
Day 4: Sunday is not a rest day for us We started our day with a meeting with the Gambian Red Cross, West Coast Region in Brikama. Their plan is to train one first aider for every compound (a family community) by 2020. We have big plans, but so has the Gambian Red Cross. We…
Day 3: Six in one day In good spirits we got in our bus and drove towards Nyofelleh. On the way we negotiated with the tailor of the Sifoe Education Centre about the production of 100 large and 100 small storage bags. Meanwhile our carpenter came by to hand us the tender for the educational…
Day 2 To make our 10 Gambian days go smoothly, we started off with some preparations. It was a pretty list. Welcome by Khalifa. Sorting educational materials and medical supplies. Visit to the Lower Basic School in Sifoe. We’re afraid we’ve given the local carpenter so much work he won’t be able to leave his…
Dag 1 – ARRIVAL After a very smooth flight we landed in Banjul. Our 13th and 14th suitcase were taken away for inspection by a customs officer. We were directed to a very small room and had to explain the contents. Luckily the medical supplies were quickly approved. After this we were warmly greeted by…