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Find out
more about The Gambia, its education system, and about the
charities which work there. These links are for information
only, and do not imply any recommendation by Pageant. They were
updated and checked on 1 January 2008.
Links marked ?? failed to respond when checked, but will
be checked again.
Please let us know if any link fails to work, or
if you would like to suggest further links. If you are webmaster
of any of these sites, we would very much appreciate a link back
to the Pageant site. |
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Sections on this
page (links are in alphabetical order
within each section)
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Latest News from The Gambia |
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afrolNews
Latest Gambian news in English or Spanish
from an independent Norwegian based news service |
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Daily Observer
online news from Gambia's largest daily newspaper |
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EIN Gambia Newsfeeds continuously
updated Gambian news stories from a US based news service |
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IRIN News Latest news about The
Gambia provided by UN Office for Coordination of Human Affairs |
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The
Point online news from an
independent Gambian daily newspaper |
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Travel and tourism |
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These links are provided for
information only, and do not imply any recommendation by Pageant. |
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ASSET
- Association of Small Scale Enterprises in Tourism brings
together small hotels, guest houses, craft market vendors, tourist
taxi drivers, official tourist guides, juice pressers, fruit
sellers etc. |
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Balmoral Apartments
- self catering holidays in The Gambia |
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Beaches in The Gambia - Google
map, with links to more information |
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Bird watching in The Gambia Where to
go and what to see - links to tours and accommodation |
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Boboi Beach Lodge Eco Holidays on
the Atlantic coast in the south of The Gambia, in an unspoiled
environment with superb beaches and a friendly family atmosphere. |
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Cottages for rent - self catering
properties in Brusubi and Tranquil (Gambia) |
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Deals2Gambia
- UK Travel agent with online holiday deals in the Gambia. |
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Gambia
Tours - Online Tourist guide to The
Gambia - flights, hotels and information |
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Glosaid
Holidays Holidays in The
Gambia which
support the Glosaid Charity (see below) |
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Hidden Gambia
adventure holidays off the beaten track exploring up-river Gambia
by boat and road |
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Responsible Travel -
accommodation in The Gambia |
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Safari
Garden Hotel - a small hotel in
a quiet residential area, but a short stroll from one of the best
beaches. Geri and Maurice are keen supporters of eco-tourism and
help to organise the Banjul end of the Plymouth-Banjul Challenge |
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Stuff
your Rucksack - A site where
travellers can "Find stuff that's needed where I'm going" and help
to transport essential items to all parts of the world. Set up by
Kate Humble. |
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The
Gambia, Discovering with Discount
- A new Travel Guide with lots of local knowledge, with an
associated Promotions Book, giving discounts in restaurants,
hotels and tourist attractions. |
| The Gambia
Experience Specialist tour
operator to The Gambia |
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The Gambia Tourism
Authority Gambia Tourism's
official web site |
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Travel Tree
- a free directory for overseas study, volunteer work, gap year
programs and career breaks |
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Charities - educational & other charities
and aid agencies in The
Gambia |
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1to3
- A UK based charity which supports education and welfare in Wellingara
(part of Serrekunda) |
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Action Aid
The Gambia information page for
the world wide aid organisation |
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Ardingly Old Jeshwang Association
- based in a small West Sussex village, they have built and
equipped a health centre in Old Jeshwang in The Gambia. |
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Barrow on Soar - Gambia Link
Young people of Barrow on Soar, Leicestershire
helping young people in The Gambia. |
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Child
Africa - a Norwegian non-profit
organization helping disadvantaged children in East Africa to enhance
their lives through education. |
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Chimpanzee
Rehabilitation Project Protecting a
population of chimpanzees on three islands in the River Gambia
National Park, since 1969 |
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Clear Waters The Gambia is a small
Manchester based charity whose primary objective is to provide clean
and hygienic water sources for communities in The Gambia. Their
chairperson Angela Faal, her husband Michael and Lamin Bojang are
participating in the 2008 Plymouth-Banjul Challenge, driving a 16 year
old 4x4 Renault Traffic Ambulance to The Gambia. They will be raising
funds for their newest project, which is to build a one stop medical
testing centre in a 40 foot container near the rural town of Tanji. |
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COCO
- a charity helping children affected by poverty, famine, war, illness
and disease. It concentrates on educational projects, and raises much
of its money through sponsored runners, known as Team COCO. |
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Commonwealth Education Fund - In The
Gambia, CEF works in partnership with UNESCO on the Education For All
(EFA) programme |
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Friends of
Bintang Bolong School ?? UK charity
supporting a nursery school in Tallinding Medina, Serrekunda |
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Friends of Fajikunda
A small UK charity which provides support for the Roots Daycare
Centre - a nursery school in the FajiKunda area. |
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Friends of
Gambian Schools A small charity
which Pageant has worked with very closely |
| Friends of The Gambia Association
Helping to fund small projects in schools throughout The Gambia |
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of the Gambian Organisation for the Visually Impaired
UK supporters for a Gambian organisation which helps the visually
impaired. Lots of links to other charities |
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Friends of Take Care Nursery School
The school in Farato–Sotokoi–Daru Village,
West Gambia, is supported by a small charity base in Loughborough,
UK. |
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Future In Our Hands
Scandinavian based charity active throughout Africa and the
developing world, with particular interest in school construction |
| Gambia Health and Education Liaison Project
US organisation supporting educational and community projects |
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Gambia Tourist Support
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educational sponsorships & jobs in The Gambia |
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Gambian
Childrens' Fund Nursery school
largely supported by the efforts of Joyce Avard from Kent. |
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Gambian
Schools Trust a UK charity
funding specific projects, supplying resources and equipment,
refurbishing schools and building new ones in response to local
requests. |
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GamBLE
(Gambia: Building Links in Education)
is a small Kent based charity, which helps provide nursery and primary
education in the village of Farato, near Banjul airport |
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Geoseed
Project non-profit volunteer
organization stimulates children's desire for learning in developing
countries by providing teachers with donated back issues of the
National Geographic Magazine. |
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Global Campaign for Education -
promotes education as a basic human right, with free, compulsory
public basic education for all people. |
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Glosaid Charity
Supports schools and children in The Gambia
(see link to their holidays above) |
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Hampshire County
Council - Millennium project for
schools in The Gambia |
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Hearts to
Africa - London based
charity, supporting about 15 schools in The Gambia |
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Health
The Gambia - a UK based
charity committed to supporting healthcare in The Gambia. |
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Jole Rider - runs the
Bikes4Africa programme, recycling, refurbishing and supplying
bikes to Gambian secondary schools for use by students who would
otherwise have long walks to school. |
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Life-Link - A Swedish organisation
which supports schools in many countries including The Gambia. Website
currently being upgraded. |
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Links to Gambian
Charities Over 150 links to all
sorts of charities - more than we could hope to cover |
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Mondo
Challenge - sends volunteers to many
parts of the world, including The Gambia |
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Nova Scotia Gambia Association
Canadian organisation supporting health and education |
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Out of Afrika - a UK charity
working in Kenya to promote education to orphans, disadvantaged
children, youth and women. |
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Ping
(People in Need Gambia) - A new
charity focussing on the village of Bafaluto near Serrekunda.
Current projects include a water borehole with solar powered pump,
and extensive vegetable gardens. |
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Re-Cycle
Essex based charity which collects and ships second hand bicycles
and parts to Africa. (Website being updated when checked.) |
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Read to Grow A foundation based
in the Netherlands (and Glasgow) which collects English and French
reading and educational books and supplies them to The Gambian and
other developing countries |
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Teethsavers
A group of Swedish dentists whose main goal is to improve the
general oral health and thus the quality of life for people in the
Gambia. |
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WaterAid
Dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water,
sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people |
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Wheels 4 Africa The Terence
Mills Trust helps disabled people in Africa by providing
wheelchairs and spare parts, allowing the recipient to lead a more
independent life. |
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Wonderyears Centre Of Excellence
Providing educational opportunities to both children and adults |
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UK schools linked to and helping schools in The Gambia |
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associated with Pageant |
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Bramley School,
Tadworth, Surrey, have donated furniture and nursery toys to
schools in The Gambia |
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Christ's Hospital, near Horsham,
West Sussex
(see
Pageant page) |
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Dame Tipping School,
Havering-Atte-Bower, Essex (see
Pageant page) |
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Ridgemede
Junior School, Bishops Waltham,
Hampshire have links with
Abuko Lower Basic School
and have an excellent
Worldclass page on their
website. |
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Warnham
CE School, near Horsham in West
Sussex. (see
Pageant page) |
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Schools |
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All Saints Junior School, Fleet, Hampshire
- linked with Soma school in The Gambia |
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Benhall Infant School, Cheltenham
- link with Old Yundum School supported by the
British
Council DFID Global Schools Partnership |
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Birness First School, Newcastle
- links with Cambo First School & Lamin Daranka Primary School |
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Mossbank Primary School, Shetlands
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link with Albreda School supported by the
British
Council DFID Global Schools Partnership |
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Rhyn Park School, Shropshire
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computers and other items donated by the school and shipped to The
Gambia by GTS |
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Computers and other equipment for The Gambia and other developing
countries |
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Computer Aid International - The
worlds largest non-profit supplier of computers to developing
countries. |
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Computers for Charity
- offers an easy way to recycle redundant computer equipment in a
reliable, efficient and secure way that will help protect our
environment and help community organisations |
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In Kind Direct A charity which organises the donation of surplus goods.
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Techknowledgy
- dedicated to working with people in the developing countries of
Africa, helping them to benefit from modern technology and the
knowledge to use it effectively |
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Companies which have helped Pageant and other
useful links |
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djb microtech
- produce cost effective equipment for the teaching of school Physics,
Chemistry and Biology, and have donated £400 worth of equipment to
Gambian schools. |
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Electrostatic Solutions Ltd - a
company formed by Dr Jeremy Smallwood, to provide independent advice
with research and development in the broad area of electrostatics and
related technologies. They donate some of their profits to charity,
and Pageant is one of these. |
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ERA Technology
- A number of ERA staff are involved with PAGEANT, both in sponsoring
children and in providing useful items and materials. ERA has also
donated a quantity of furniture |
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Glowstar lantern -
solar powered rechargeable lantern, up to 6
hours of light, equivalent to 60w |
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In Retirement
Services, specialists in the equity
release, have sent Pageant hundreds of solar powered calculators and
excellent quality (Parker) pens for distribution to children and
schools |
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Playpump - a clever idea to use
a children's roundabout to pump water |
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Pyser
Supplied microscopes at a special low price in
conjunction with RMS (see above) |
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Ram Rugby
- suppliers of rugby equipment.
Ram Cricket
- suppliers of cricket equipment. Supporters of Pageant, who have
kindly donated sports gear to schools in The Gambia and completely
kitted out the National Gambian cricket team. |
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Royal Microscopical Society
Sponsored the purchase of microscopes for
schools which Pageant helps |
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Suttons Seeds
provided free seeds for
Pageant's projects
in The Gambia during 2003 & 2004 |
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Thompson & Morgan Seeds
providing free seeds for Pageant's projects in The Gambia during 2005 |
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Tibet
Healthcare provides eye care and
other medical treatment for poor people in Tibet. |
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Trekker
Microscope ultra-compact, portable,
inexpensive, high quality microscope with precision optics. Perfect
for field, classroom and laboratory study. Simple to use, and capable
of delivering instant results. |
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Unwins
Seeds
provided free seeds for
Pageant's projects
in The Gambia during 2003 & 2004 |
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Links for web page designers |
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BuildWebSite4u
Source of our site search facility and other
useful things |
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Codelifter Javascript
utility providing pop-up windows |
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Cross-Browser Javascript utilities work
with most browsers. Used to implement our float down menu |
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Tell us about broken links or suggest new ones. |
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