Bit better weather this morning, at least we have some sunshine and
it doesn't look like rain. We have some chairs and tables left after
fulfilling our nursery school needs and so Linda, Steve, Kebba and I
sorted out 40 chairs and some tables for a small school in Brufut
village. I rang the owner and he came straight away and got in the
truck with us to show us where his school is located. Hamo nursery
school is in one room of a block that he is renting. There are some
tables and chairs donated by another school here, but which are in
bad repair, a blackboard and nothing else. Unfortunately the school
doesn't conform to any of the new regulations and will probably be
closed down in the future. We helped him unload the furniture and
then returned home. In the afternoon we went shopping for the trip
to the provinces tomorrow, we always take salt biscuits and crisps
and lots of bottled water. We also needed buckets, bowls, brushes
and mops for the schools, along with blackboard paint and brushes.
We returned home to find a young friend of ours waiting for us. A
few years ago whilst I was in the bank a young man asked if I was one
of the people who had provided Essau Lower Basic School with a
library; when I confirmed I was he just wanted to shake my hand to
thank me for introducing him to books. At that time his ambition was
to be a lawyer, but he eventually settled on IT, originally on the
hardware side, but he is now at the University of the Gambia,
studying on a Gambia Port Authority scholarship, for software design.
Additionally he has started a company with a friend (assutech) and
has recently secured a contract with the Chamber of Commerce for the
supply of custom designed software for importing and exporting
documentation. A fantastic achievement on its own, but also he and a
team of software designers recently entered a competition organised
by the Police Force here and came first with a large cash prize.
Well done Hassan!
The truck was loaded for the trip, the material we bought yesterday,
boxes from the storeroom, the buckets etc. Steve and Linda are
travelling with Omar in the morning, unfortunately I have sciatica
today and cannot sit in the truck for that length of journey. An early
night for all of us.
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