Chris and I scooted over to have a meeting with the chaps from Pageant last night...


http://www.pageant.org.uk

Pippa nd Ian set up PAGEANT some years ago with the aim of providing funding and resources for Gambian schools and communities, constructing buildings for teaching and helping to educate and offer greater opportunaties to following generations and their communities. We arrived in Surrey to meet the gang, which included Omer, a Gambian teacher from Balakaar, who is in the UK to observe British teaching methods and generally gleen useful information to take back to his school. Chris' mum works for Edison schools and has arranged for Omer to have a few tours so that he can see how they operate and what their learning units have to offer.
We had a brilliant evening, discussing the trip, working out the most useful things to take out with us (I can see a trailer becomming involved at this rate!) and listening to Omer's stories and descriptions of The Gambia. I now feel as if we've really got things rolling and am have realised the extent of what is to come!Thanks again to Pippa and Ian's kind hospitality - the pizza was lovely!