If you have any of the following items, that are in good condition but that you no longer need, we would be happy to send them out to The Gambia, where they will be greatly appreciated:

• Spectacles - prescription glasses for long or short sight are highly sought after

• Sewing machines - manual or electric

• Typewriters - preferably manual, but electric ones are also welcome

• Wind-up or automatic watches - can be serviced cheaply in The Gambia if necessary

• Paper - white / coloured, preferably A4 or similar

• Pens - biros, felt tips, fibre tips etc.

• Pencils - coloured / 'ordinary' lead

• Tools and equipment - garden, workshop, carpentry, automotive, welding, etc.

• School equipment - science, art, craft materials and instruments

• Wall charts, display material, reading and reference books

• Nursery school age toys and equipment, including song books and tapes (not CDs)

• Balls - football, tennis, etc.

• Sports equipment - from nursery to full size, nets, kit, kitbags

• Simple calculators - preferably solar powered

• Aprons - adult and children

• Oil lamps

• Duplicator - old, manual, Gestetner / Banda type of stencil machine

• First aid boxes and materials

• Dress-making scissors, thread, needles etc.

• White school shirts / blouses, school bags, pencil cases

• Golf umbrellas (prized by elderly gentlemen)

• Solar powered or wind-up radios and torches

Contact us to find out more about donation of these and similar items.