The Gambia – people and places

Finally – after a two year wait – volunteers making a real impact in The Gambia

18 December, 2022 Dianne Ashman

Joanne ‘As a previous volunteer for People and Places both in situ in The Gambia and e-volunteering, I was only too happy to continue my involvement by working closely with Dianne and Lisong on a new training program to be delivered to Nursery School Teachers, promoting the Gambian Early Childhood and Development curriculum. In 2020 myself, Dianne and Lisong held regular zoom meetings to develop the training program I have just delivered. Unfortunately the Covid pandemic did not allow for…

One location – different ways to volunteer!

15 October, 2021 Dianne Ashman

Mary’s Little Lambs is a nursery and lower basic school in The Gambia. The Principal, Lisong Bah, also works at national level in The Gambia to run training courses and provide training materials for parents and teachers of pre-school-age children. people and places volunteers have worked with Lisong for many years – this is how our volunteers have supported Lisong and MLL in the last few months. To see how you could help on this project take a look here…

e-volunteers at work

3 March, 2021 Dianne Ashman

Just like a traditional volunteer placement, e-volunteering covers a wide range of formats – anything from making a simple to story video to a 12 week link-up with local people to share your skills. Listen to some of our e-volunteers talking about the work they have done. If you are interested in an e-volunteer placement take a look here: https://e-volunteer.co.uk/

Yes-No-my children – safety advice from The Gambia

25 April, 2020 Sallie Grayson

Wonderful video from Mary’s Little Lambs in The Gambia, written by Lisong Bah – performed by children and teachers – easy to understand advice on avoiding the virus – the answer is always “Yes” or “No, my children”. The video made by Adama and Lisong in The Gambia. This is an updated version of an earlier video about washing hands made before advice on social distancing To learn more about the volunteer programme supporting Mary’s Little Lambs take a…

Sallie visits our volunteer projects in The Gambia

24 March, 2019 Sallie Grayson

I have just spent 3 wonderful weeks in The Gambia. Where to start – the progress by all three of the programmes we work with warmed my heart…and I must admit February in The Gambia warmed my body! We work with three programmes in The Gambia –

people and places

responsible volunteering – matching your skills to community needs

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