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Feb 28 2023
Thanksgiving in the school garden
In one of our other articles we already mentioned the school garden. During our last visit in The Gambia we went on a trip to the PermaFoodForest Project (from Sarsarale e.V.) in Senegal with the sponsored kids of the 5th and 6th grade. [report from Jens Haucke]. Immediately after we returned, the kids ran into …
Aug 05 2022
Donations with Creativity
Solidarity has many faces. A foxy and wonderful idea to collect some donations, has had Richard from Leipzig. He and his father spend a visit to the nature farm in Kienitz. They have heard, that the people from The Gambia don’t the same materialistic prosperity then we Germans and often live in poverty. So, he …
Jun 18 2022
The next generation
“I’m more interested in the future than in the past, because the future is where I intend to live.” ~ Albert Einstein When talking about future, one can find many quotes from all those smart, prominent people. We think about the future of our association and took Rosas confirmation as a chance to bring her …
May 01 2022
Cabbage and Beets
Like the four seasons for a gardener, so are the rain cycles for the Gambia. It’s raining from June to October, mostly at night hour, sometimes as hefty thunderstorms. During the dry season, from November to May, there is no rain, the humidity sinks to 30% and the temperature difference between night and day gets …
Mar 31 2022
Teacher Pension in Kerr Ardo
In January of this year, we organized a new donation campaign to rebuild the teacher pension in Kerr Ardo. The building was greatly damaged from a hefty storm in 2021 but we were already able to get some donators till March. Our associations president, Steffi Bartel, collected some information in The Gambia in March 2022, …
Jan 03 2022
In eigener Sache – Rückschau, optimistischer Ausblick und Spendenaktion
Wir möchten an dieser Stelle allen Unterstützern und Förderern der Projekte unseres Vereines herzlich danken. Wir wünschen Euch allen ein gesundes und erfolgreiches neues Jahr. Gesundheit, Glück und einen optimistischen Blick auf die Zukunft. Für unseren Verein war 2021 ein erfolgreiches Jahr. Wir haben unser Förderprogramm für die Rhema Abam School fortgesetzt und darüber hinaus …
Aug 16 2021
Rice for Kerr Ardo
Congratulations, you all made our last call for donations a full success. In total we were able to send donations in the amount of 2.160 euros to Kerr Ardo. This is an extraordinary result for our little association. We thank all our donators with hears content. With the money we organised a delivery of rice …
Jul 18 2021
Donation call for victims of the storm
On the 7th of July there was a horrible storm in a little village called Kerr Ardo in the Gambia. Kerr Ardo is located in the north from the Gambia River near the border to Senegal (Open Location Code 7C55HXH3+QX). The Storm destroyed nearly the whole village, tore off roofs, ripped out trees and knocked …
May 11 2021
Step by Step
On one of their last travels, Steffi and Norbert met Atta. Back then she was four years old, couldn’t speak and was only able to crawl on the ground. The cause for Attas underdevelopment was an Asphyxia (lack of oxygen) at birth. Her medical diagnose was devastating. She probably has to deal with physical and …
Apr 29 2021
Vertragsabschluss
Raum renovieren, Regale aufstellen, Bücher rein und fertig ist die Bibliothek. Ganz so einfach ist es leider nicht. Für einen organisierten Bibliotheksbetrieb ist es notwendig, den Bücherbestand zu pflegen, einen Leihbetrieb zu organisieren, Regeln für die Benutzer aufzustellen. Und den Bestand zu präsentieren und – den Bedürfnissen der Leser entsprechend – geschickt zu erweitern. Unser …