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sab
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05 Feb 2006 : 18:23:09
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Apologies offered for any problem that may have been caused to yourself or your business by my posting ‘I think I know who you are.’ It would not have been my intention to cause any repercussion. I wish you the very best with your new website and venture in The Gambia. I am still with the view that your being somewhat blinkered in your attitude not to visit the www.gambianpartnership.co.uk site, the determination is for 'no stone left unturned' remains throughout their e mails, pop-up-news and letters to each other on the website. If you are not aware of the contents how do you know that in the future these people will not infiltrate your project? Would that not be a concern?
With regard to my geography lesson, I’ll be o.k. finding my way Wales to Scotland or via The Gambia; working in the emergency services for 23years I am well able to read a map from the air or by road.
I am on the executive committee of projects in The Gambia and work tirelessly at it, outside of my usual working day. As you are living in the U.K part of the time, I give below some U.K based Charities that you might like to browse thru; May Rooney’s Paper Mill (Leeds university graduate) www.otterbookbinding.com (May Rooney) Schools for Gambia (Mae Winterton) GETSuk.org (Gambia Education & Teaching Support) The Gambia Horse & Donkey Trust (Heather Armstrong) GambiaTouristSupport.com (GTS) The African Charity Drive, Friends of Govi Friends The Gambia Association, Concern Universal, Friends of Gambian Schools (Frogs / Sally Reader)
You have had some very good advice from people on this bantaba, heed it, no point in having a business and being in 2Mile with your passport confiscated. I have a friend who lived in The Gambia from the early eighties for eighteen years in small hotel business with his wife, it took him four& half years to get the passport back, at the cost of his health, marriage & business, he returned to UK a lonely figure four years ago. That 2mile door is opened and closed like a UK café’.
I do not feel I walk with closed mind (rather a scrambled one at times) or have a chip on the shoulder, but over the years they got broad! I again give my apologies for any disturbance to yourself or your business, and feel sure at some time in the future our paths will meet and we might just speak about ‘I think I know who you are’ but it will not be this time, our visit’s do not coincide. Regards, Freedom & Peace.
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The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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Formby
United Kingdom
246 Posts |
Posted - 06 Feb 2006 : 13:25:07
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| Sab, may I ask why he lost his passport? |
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ncompasstraining
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Posted - 09 Feb 2006 : 01:14:34
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Hi Sab
Thank you for the apology it is much appreciated.
I still stand by my view of not visiting thegambiapartnership website. My confidence in my view stems from the fact that our charity has only 4 trustees, and we have known each other and worked together for a long time, and despite the fact that we are having a few difficulties dealing with the politics at the moment, we are working with projects that have been referred by two groups you have mentioned - namely Schools for Gambia and Govi. However, we will keep an eye on things, and if I may, perhaps I could use your experience if we ever feel there are concerns?
It was Schools for Gambia that put us in touch with the organisation we are currently working with, and we also did some work in Medina Salaam in November.
The other contacts you have mentioned are very useful - thank you, and indeed I do hope our paths will cross shortly. My colleagues are in Gambia at the moment, meeting with SAHFA - do you know of them or their work?
I too, apologise for the sarcastic geography lesson, but I do hope you understand that I was annoyed as I felt I was being judged for something I was nothing to do with. I hope we can put this behind us and perhaps link up at some point.
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dave
Ireland
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Posted - 09 Feb 2006 : 19:14:08
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| ncompasstraining. I have recently returned from The Gambia and am working on an idea for a school. The school intends, not just to teach kids, but also to train teachers, all Gambian. The idea being that , when trained, the teachers can go back to their own schools. On going training and seminars will be provided as a type of "refresher" course. It makes a lot of sense to me. If you want any further information I would be glad to private email or chat |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Feb 2006 : 19:28:04
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I am interested in helping a nursery teacher get formally qualified and hopefully then PAID by the government!
Would you consider early years or is it secondary...... I think it is an excellent idea to train teachers in the Gambia for the Gambia.
Especially Women to be a role model for the girls. |
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dave
Ireland
89 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2006 : 20:48:44
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| The kids are nursery level Bev |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2006 : 23:15:53
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| Brilliant! If you get the training sorted I will be very interested for my guy to attend. |
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sab
United Kingdom
912 Posts |
Posted - 11 Feb 2006 : 13:23:45
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| Being in The Gambia means it is catch up time, not realizing there would be so many postings to read. Enjoyed the Final of African Cup of Nations until halfway thru the penalties when someone decided it was time to switch the electricity to elsewhere! ..........Gambiabev have you had a browse through www.GETSuk.org regards freedom & peace |
The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 11 Feb 2006 : 13:58:07
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Thanks for that link. I have added it to my favourites. I hope I can learn alot from their experiences.  |
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ncompasstraining
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Posted - 17 Feb 2006 : 02:43:23
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Hi Dave
Thanks for the posting, I think it would be very useful to chat as we too have built in a programme to train teachers and future teachers or assistants in the village in which we are working, with specialist teacher training programmes, and utilising the school buildings as more open adult education centres in the evening. Therefore, there may be potential in linking up in the future, and my email address is ncompasstraining@aol.com if you would like to chat.
I would also be very interested in liaising with you about any costs of building, and potential educational resource suppliers.
Look forward to chatting with you.
Regards
Suryiah |
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