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Gambia News : Selling up to finance new school in Gambia
A FORMER Doncaster college lecturer is selling her home to help pay for the building of a new school in Gambia.
Denise
Burgess, aged 62, a former foundation studies lecturer, and her husband
Howard have been visiting Gambia for more than 20 years.
Now they have now decided to move there and help some of the world's poorest children.
Denise
believes she will be able to fund a house in Gambia for around £15,000
- and the rest of the money raised by the sale of the house will be
ploughed into the school, to be called Brufut Learning Centre, where
she will herself work.
She said: "I first went to Gambia about 23 years ago and I fell in love with the place straight away.
"But it quickly became apparent there was a lot of poverty there and not many children had the privilege of being educated.
"I
have travelled to Gambia many times with suitcases full of pens,
pencils, rubbers and other equipment for the children over there.
"The foundations of the school have already been built and everything is progressing really well. We hope to move over there in the spring and start teaching very soon."
The school will have an initial intake of 40 students but it is hoped
it will grow in size over the years. Students will follow a two-year
programme, covering basic skills such as reading, writing, IT and
business skills.
Denise, now living in Goole since leaving
Doncaster two years ago, added: "I've got to say a huge thank you to
all the people and organisations who have donated items to take over
there to help the teaching.
"At the moment we're asking for people to pledge between £2-5 a month to help sponsor students."
A
fundraising concert is to be held at Woodlands All Saints Church on
Saturday April 19. For more information, and to donate towards the
fund, email phoenixwagoner@fsmail.net or call 01405 720651.
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- Hi, I only wish to make it clear for moving to the Gambia . It is not for religion that I wish to offer my loyalty to th Gambia,but to help people who have less than we. I am a Quaker and wish to help as many as I can. In friendship and peace Denise
(Posted on September 28, 2009, 11:22 PM Denise Burgess)
- Take my religion and I'll help you with schools, education, or even credits: this schould not be the way to help your neighbours, but unfortunately some countries or religious groups do so. Nobody should fill religion in childrens head like engineoil
(Posted on September 19, 2009, 12:13 PM Nick Oppermann)
- Many thanks to the British couples who genuinely want to help Gambians. We Gambians should give them our every support. I also pray that the school becomes a big success story. And to the couples, Gambia welcomes you.
(Posted on April 3, 2008, 10:29 AM Lamin Janneh)
- Please dont listen to Abdul -al - bashir , he's uneducated. Gambia is not a muslim country & has never been. It will also never be. Gambia is a secular tolerant society where all religions are tolerated. Just because the majority of the population is muslim doesnt constitute it as a muslim country. Please keep doing what you are doing & a lot of Gambians are very grateful for it. Ignore uneducated peoples comments like Abdu-al-bashir. Thank you
(Posted on March 26, 2008, 3:53 PM Camara)
- as-salaamu-alaikum
yes mame, thank you, but please don't put a chain (christianity) on the minds of the baby gambian childrens. after all this is a muslim country. ///imam abdu al-bashir
(Posted on March 23, 2008, 1:33 PM imam abdu al-bashir)
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