Basori Nursery School

Many of you may be wondering what has happened with our work at Basori.  After many discussions with the School Committee there we feel that we have now reached a point where the school is ready to support itself.  We are very proud of what we have achieved in the three years we have been working there and now feel it is time to move to new projects that will benefit from the support we offer.  It was a very hard decision to make but they are well set up now, the school has toilets and is fenced and gated.  They have plenty of school materials as well as play materials.  We are worried that by continuing our support the school and community will become dependent on us and that is not good for their long term future.  Three of the teachers are staying there and at the request of the school committee two of the other teachers are going to be relocated.  I was very disappointed about this but have already placed Mr Camara at a school in Brikama that we are supporting and Mr Njie, the Headteacher will have a choice of several schools.  They are both attending the Gambia College for the their qualifications in Early Childhood Development, Mr Njie is about to start his second year and Mr Camara will begin the course this summer.  Both of them will continue to be paid by the charity and their studies will also be funded by us.  The other teachers at Basori will now be paid by the community and the sponsorship for those teachers will now pass to new teachers in our recent projects with the consent of their sponsors.
For those of you wondering, what about Baba?  Don't worry we will continue to support him in the best way we can and will be talking to his mother in the near future to ensure that he continues his education and remains part of the charity.  He has been a real star for us, he has many friends and fans and we will not be abandoning him.  I know many of you would like to sponsor Baba and if you want to send me a message if you want to do this please do.
Although I feel quite sad about this I am also very excited about our new projects.  Basori have had a huge amount of support over the time we have been there and it is good to have new challenges and help even more children and schools.  If anyone has any questions or concerns about this please send me a message and I will do my best to answer you.