We had arranged to meet Carole and Ronnie this morning at 9am at their hotel to take them to Nemasu to
view the school. We arrived on time and set off for the nursery, it is Ronnie’s
first visit to the Gambia
and we had lots to show him and explain on the short journey to the
village. We arrived as Momodou was
having his sports lesson with nursery 2, and we were able to watch for a while
before meeting Mr Sallah in the office.
Ronnie was interested in the history of the school and we were able to
show him the photos on the wall which depict the progress from when they started in a mud hut (in the village behind where they are now.) to the new three classrooms where they are now. Each class was visited and the teacher
observed, before we walked into the village to inspect the well and reservoir
which are now working again after the repair.. We then left
the school and went back to our house for coffee, where we found Chris Brown,
Pauline, and Olivia sorting out the boxes for the deliveries to clinics. We had a nice cold drink with everyone and then the
ladies left to go and deliver goods to Kassama, whilst we had a visit from
Ousman who brought Steves driving licence which was finally ready. Carole and Ronnie then got a lift back with
Ousman whilst we relaxed round the pool this afternoon and had a swim. Tonight is the last night for the Belle Vue
trip, and so we got dressed up and went to meet them in Cabanas this
evening. They had lots of tales to tell
about their visits to the crocodile pool and the craft market, photographs to
show and anecdotes to share. Whilst we
were there Pauline and Marjorie arrived and sat across from us, and more stories were
shared with them. We spent more than 3
hours in the restaurant, much to Hamza’s surprise, and then left them for the
night, returning home once more.
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