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Gambia 2014



Gambia Trip 2014 – 7 nights, including 4 nights camping

·       Friday 24th January to Friday 31st January 2014  (Gatwick)

·       Saturday 25th January to Saturday 1st February 2014 (Manchester)


What were the objectives of the trip?

·       To distribute educational and sports equipment to schools in the north of Gambia

·       To install a solar power system to generate electricity for a medical centre

·       To implement a water irrigation system to support our vegetable garden

·       To support our nursery school

·       To run a football, child protection and first aid course for teachers, youth workers and grassroots football coaches

·       To set up an adventure playground

·       To set up a chicken coop


Previous successes of previous trips

The renovation of a medical centre; building the foundations of a nursery; delivering Child Protection training course; developing Schools’ curriculum's; equipping a rural village with 2 professionally dug water boreholes, robust pumps and hoses and developed an agricultural area to grow crops all year round.


What did we do and where was the money spent?


Project 1: Medical Centre Development – Creating a solar panelling system to provide electricity to the building.

Project 2: Sustainable agricultural provision – To create an irrigation system from the current borehole to sustain the growth of the current land.

Project 3: Building an Adventure Playground – To build play facility for the children and young of Sittanunku

Project 4: Children and Young People’s Projects – Providing a varied programme of teacher training, Football coaching, First Aid training and school curriculum development to enhance the quality of services delivered to children and young people.


I want to go, what do I do now?

·       Email: info@footballgambia.org

Get involved, you will absolutely love it!

Regards

Football Gambia

Info@footballgambia.org

Twitter: @footballgambia

 
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