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Thursday 23 February 2012

The journey to school

As part of my role here in The Gambia I sometimes go out to schools with the monitoring team. Some of the 105 schools in the region are on the main road but the majority of them are off the road and scattered all across the countryside / bush land.

Whenever you go out to schools on monitoring visits it's fair to assume that it's going to be a bumpy ride however yesterday being thrown around in the back of the monitoring vehicle was the least of our problems - we had water to cross!

We went to monitor the school on the island of Jinack. There are four islands at Jinack, two of them owned by Gambia and the other two by Senegal.

For Suky (the other VSO) and I it was more like a day trip to Jinack than a monitoring exercise but between taking pictures of the exciting boat ride, the sandy surroundings and the coconut trees we did manage to compose ourselves enough to monitor the school on the island!!!

There is Jinack just over the water. At least we don't have to take that pathetic little boat that you can see!! Oh wait.....

The monitoring team (plus me who is taking the picture!!) From left to right, Suky, Tafa, Paul and Fabola

.....preparing to get in that 'pathetic little boat'!!!

Off we go!!!!

Jinack

The school at Jinack

One of the beaches

Ready for the boat trip back to the mainland
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  1. Lucy24 February 2012 at 20:46

    Vixie
    Looks so serene and peaceful - like a true paradise retreat. Good photos.
    Love Lucy x

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