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Main Pages & Site Structure
Links to the main pages are available on every page in this site from the menu across the top of the page, and the floating menu on the right side. This sitemap lists all pages on the site in a structured manner. The links in the table immediately below are to bookmarks in this structured list, and not to actual pages. There is also a second floating menu with similar bookmark links. If you still can't find what you are looking for, then try typing some keywords into the Search Box above.
 
General Home page, how to use the site, the search facility and the links page.
Pageant projects A summary of what Pageant does and where.
Fundraising Fundraising such as Pageant's Ethical Gifts scheme and stories of teams in the Plymouth-Banjul Challenges.
General Projects  
Bakalarr Pageants started at Bakalarr, so there are many projects in this area.
Banjul Projects Projects in and around Banjul
Other projects All other projects in the Gambia
News News items and notes about updates to other pages are continuously added to the top of our News Page, and are later moved into the News Archive Page. In many cases there are subsidiary news pages giving more detailed information.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
UK schools News Blog      
Contact How to contact Pageant by telephone, post or email. How to become a Pageant member, donate to Pageant or sponsor a Gambian child's education. Also a special Members page.
Video Clips There are a number of video clips associated with various projects or news pages. This section gives direct access to all clips.
General

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PAGEANT HOME PAGE

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 Sitemap - this page
 

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 How to use the website - notes on browsers and navigation tips
 

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Search help -  how to use the site search facility (pop-up page #)
 

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Map of The Gambia  - showing many of the places where Pageant is active (pop-up page #)
    These two pages appear in new windows as pop-ups. If your browser is not Javascript enabled or you have disabled pop-ups, you can still open these pages by clicking on the # symbol.
► Links - Links to information on the Gambia, and other educational charities
Projects

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Pageant projects - a structured outline of all of Pageant's activities.
  ► Schools Index a list of UK and Gambian Schools which Pageant is associated with
► Fundraising how money is raised by donations, sponsored challenges etc.
   
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Pageant Ethical Gift Tokens

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 Ethical Gifts in Action
 

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 Order Form (Word)      Order Form (PDF)
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Three Peaks Challenge 2004 - Sponsorship money raised by Pageant member Chris Hyde
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2005/6  Challenges Summary
 

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Amsterdam-Dakar Challenge 2005 'Dustbusters' team page

 

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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2006 'Shap Ahoy' team page

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 Preparations and fundraising
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through UK, France, Spain
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Morocco
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Western Sahara
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Mauritania
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Senegal
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Gambia
 

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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2006 'Super Trooper' team page

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2007 Challenges Summary
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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2007 'IceCold2007' teams page
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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2007 'Ibrakeforcake' team page
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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2007 'Desert Mice' & 'First to the Bar' team page
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Shap Ahoy - the T4 Challenge reconnoitring the route for the 2007 Bamako Run
   

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T4 Challenge Diary - Cumbria to Sidi Ifni

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T4 Challenge Diary - Sidi Ifni to Kiffa
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T4 Challenge Diary - into Mali to Timbuktu
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T4 Challenge Diary - Timbuktu to Bamako
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2007 Azores and Back Ocean Race - Bandit fundraising for Pageant
► 2008 Challenges Summary
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Plymouth-Banjul Challenge 2008 'Transplant Titans' team page
    ► Transplant Titans Sponsors
  ► 4Ts Adventure 2008 - Two Toyotas to Timbuktu
    ► 4Ts Itinerary

► General projects and background information
   
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Ian & Pippa's story - Pageant was started by Ian and Pippa Howard, following a holiday
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Wandifa - Wandifa  Saidykhan is one of our agents in The Gambia.
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How things get to The Gambia - containers organised by Friends of Gambian Schools
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Pageant Loans - micro-loans for small enterprises
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The Artemisia Project - an inexpensive and effective treatment for malaria
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Millennium Health Microscope - low cost microscope to diagnose infectious diseases
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Tina's Art - creative art projects for two nursery schools

► Foundation for Disabled People - helping people with a physical handicap in The Gambia
 

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 Proposal requesting financial help - to expand wheelchair production

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Bakalarr projects
 

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Bakalarr equipment - Educational equipment, such as microscopes for Bakalarr School

 

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Equipment list - Donate the things which are needed in The Gambia
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Microscope competition - Prizes for best drawings of things seen under the microscope
 

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April 2005 competition
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Bakalarr classroom floors - Concrete floors laid at Bakalarr School
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Bakalarr new kitchens - New kitchens built at Bakalarr School
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Bakalarr perimeter wall - Perimeter wall built at Bakalarr School
 

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Wall paintings - How the wall has been turned into an art gallery
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Ousman's Artwork - Ousman F Sowe's paintings
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Ousman's Exhibition - Ousman's paintings at Horsham Library

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Vegetable gardens - Growing vegetables in school and village gardens
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Vegetable gardens - Update February 2003
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Vegetable gardens - Update March 2004
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Bakalarr toilets - New Toilet Blocks at Bakalarr School for both pupils and staff.
 

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Official opening of the toilet blocks at Bakalarr - October 2003
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Bakalarr nursery class - Bakalarr School has started a nursery class.
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Progress at Bakalarr - December 2004 New classrooms etc.
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Home Science Lab & Multipurpose Sports Court
► Staff accommodation block

► Banjul Projects
   
► Abuko Lower Basic School - started as a local initiative. Pageant now helping.
► Campama Lower Basic School (Banjul) - help with essential maintenance
 

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 Campama LBS - 2nd visit Oct 2007  desks & chairs from UK, and new desk units
► Crab Island Upper Basic School - help with technical education for 13-16 year olds
► GEPADG - an environmental group, based in Gunjur, on the Atlantic coast of The Gambia.
► JTT Nursery School - nursery school in Serekunda
► King's Kid Academy - nursery & primary school in Temasu, near Lamin, south west of Banjul
 

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 Kings's Kid Academy - 2008 onwards
► Mahmoud Achten Nursery School - nursery school near Serekunda
► Saloum Nursery - Nursery school in Nemakunku
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Sinchu Baliya Resource Centre
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Sinchu Baliya Science Club - 22 December 2004

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Sinchu Baliya Resource Centre progress - microscopy competition prizes
► Toilets & Textbooks - building new toilets at Kings Kid Academy
 

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 Sponsor Nigel Walsh - fundraising for above in 2008 Comrades Marathon
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Wesley Primary School, Banjul - help with renovating smoke damaged kitchens
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Women's groups - Pageant helps Women's Groups with literacy and numeracy
► Yakanu Nursery - Building a new school in Serekunda

► Projects in other areas
   

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 Brikamedina Pipeline Nursery School
► Jarreng chicken farm - An attempt to build a new chicken farm.
► Jurunku School - needed help with many dilapidated buildings
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Jurunku School progress Mar 2005 - renovation of classrooms, new concrete floors
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Jurunku Update June 2006 - garden renovation, solar powered water supply
 

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Jurunku Update Feb 2007 - visit to see garden, and assess work required on kitchen

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 Siffoe Lower Basic School - needed help to complete an unfinished classroom block
 

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 Siffoe Lower Basic School - update June 2008
News

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News - Regularly updated news and events, with links to additional pictures and information
  ► News Archive - Old news, moved from the news page.
    Pages giving further information on news items (in date order)
  ► Consignment reaches The Gambia - 8 April 2003
  ► Horsham Rotary Club Charity - 2 August 2003
  ► Container load goes to The Gambia - 28 August 2003
  ► Visits to schools - October 2003
  ► Computers for Hospital & Schools - December 2003

► Packing Day - 31 January 2004
  ► Raffle of watercolour is bad news for mosquitoes - 2 March 2004
    Kemo Ceesay's visit July-August 2004
   

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 Kemo Arrives at Gatwick - 8 July 2004
   

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 Kemo's visit - first week - 14 July 2004
   

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 Kemo's visit - third week - 3 August 2004
   

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 Kemo's visit - fourth week - 5 August 2004
   

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 Kemo's visit - last two weeks - 28 August 2004
  ► Packing Day - 31 July 2004
  ► Return from The Gambia - 7 November 2004
  ► Unloading containers - 22 December 2004
  ► Visits to Sponsored Children - 22 December 2004

► Packing containers - 12 March 2005
  ► Unpacking containers - 23 April 2005
    Bakary Gitteh's visit July-August 2005
   

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 1st report - Sussex Schools - 14 July 2005
   

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 2nd report - visit to Isle of Wight - 17 July 2005
   

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 3rd report - Meet Mr Gitteh Day, more School visits - 19 July 2005
   

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 4th report - Bakary Gitteh meets childhood sponsor - 2 August 2005
   

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 5th report - Singleton Open Air Museum & Globe Theatre - 17 August 2005
   

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 final report - Visit to London and Shopping - 7 October 2005
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Mosquito nets and insecticide for village communities - 12 September 2005
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More infants' school furniture for The Gambia - 5 October 2005
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Visit to Gallions Mount School - 6 October 2005
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Harvest Festival with a difference - 8 October 2005
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Pippa's trip to The Gambia - November 2005
   

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 17 November - Latri Kunda Health Clinic & Banjul University
    ► 18 November - Saloum Nursery, Sinchu Baliya & Abuko Schools
    ► 19 November - Shopping in Banjul - Albert Market
    ► 20 November - Sinchu Baliya
    ► 21 November - Schools on the North Bank, Essau and Jurunku
    ► 22 November - A day of microscopes, Banjul Hospital, University, Gambia SSS
    ► 23 November - Gambia SSS, St Augustines, Crab Island & Wesley schools
    ► 24 November - Bakalarr school & village
    ► 25 November - Siffoe school & village
    ► 26 November - 'Cleaning your environment' day
   

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 28-29 November - Our last day & leaving

► Donation of Science Equipment by Collyer's - 17 March 2006
  ► Carole and Franklin's wedding - 20 March 2006
  ► Fleet Half Marathon - Steve Pitman raises money for Pageant - 21 March 2006
  ► Ian & Pippa's trip to The Gambia - February 2006
   

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 7-10 Feb - Crab Island, St Augustine, Jurunku
   

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 11-14 Feb - beach party, Gambia SSS, Saloum Nursery, Abuko, Bakalarr,  Essau
   

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 15-17 Feb - KMJ, Sinchu Baliya, Bakau New Town, ICE, GTTI, Sobeya, King's Kid Academy
   

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 18-21 Feb - Kemo's compound, Sika, Gambia SSS
  ► News from Banjul Schools - March 2006 - Crab Island, Gambia SSS & St Augustine's
  ► Horsham Rotary Club Charity Day - June 2006
  ► Omar Janneh awarded RMS bursary - June 2006
  ► Meet Omar Day - July 2006
  ► Omar's Diary, June - August 2006
  ► North Bank Schools Science Fair - September 2006
  ► Charlotte May's visit to The Gambia - October 2006
  ► Ringwood School's link with Bakalarr BCS - December 2006

► Primary Science Kit for Gambian Schools - February 2007
  ► Ian & Pippa's trip to The Gambia - February 2007
   

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 Sarjo's new wheelchair
   

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 Seminars for Gambian science teachers
  ► Fundraising news - July 2007
  ► Update from Kings Kid Academy - September 2007
  ► Packing Days - September 2007
  ► News from Bakalarr - September 2007
  ► Vivace! concert - November 2007

► Touble in Mauritania - January 2008
  ► Revised Sponsorship Costs - March 2008

  News from UK Schools
  ► Warnham School, Horsham - Ben's presentation
  ► Dame Tipping School, Essex
  ► Christ's Hospital, Horsham
  ► Oliver's page - how a 7 year old Welsh schoolboy is helping children in The Gambia
  ► Ridgemede Junior School - has a close relationship with Abuko and sponsors several children

  Pageant News Blog
  ► Pageant News Blog - Introduction
  ► Live from The Gambia - Blog postings by Frances February 2008
   

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 Chris Robertson's Gambia Diary - February 2008 (link to pdf file)
  ► New members for Blog Team - March 2008
Contacts Membership & Sponsorship
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Contact - How to contact Pageant by telephone, post or email

  ► Enquiry Form - If you don't have email, you can still send us a message using this form
  ► Website Feedback Form - Tell us about errors, broken links and suggest improvements
  ► Website statistics - Month by month hits and visitors to the website
  ► Membership - How to join Pageant and details of subscriptions
    ► Membership form    form in PDF Format
    ► Gift aid form        form in PDF Format
    ► Pageant Members Page - information mainly for members
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Sponsorship - Details on how to sponsor children's education
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Sponsorship in action - Information on sponsored children
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Sponsorship enquiry Students requiring sponsorship - ask for details

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Sponsorship form       form in PDF Format
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Donate online - Make an online donation to Pageant - debit or credit card
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Forms - Direct links to all Pageant forms
Video Clips
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Video Clips Index short clips in Windows Media & Real Player formats (low res. wmv links below)
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Bakalarr nursery class, soon after it opened in February 2004
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Children of Bakalarr nursery with donated toys in October 2004
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Life nursery school near Serekunda, October 2004
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Making Mud Blocks, February 2005 (stills from above video)
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Bakalarr Cultural Dancing Group, February 2005
  ► Children of JTT Nursery School play with a Shape Sorter, Feb 2007
    Copyright - all video files are copyright Pageant 2004-2005.