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Dawn & Vince Cairns wrote on 13th March 2011:
- By Daniel Harston
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- 10 Oct, 2016
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to Sandy for organising our day out at Basori where we were welcomed with open arms and left feeling exhilarated and wanting to do more to help Sandy and this wonderful cause.
Sandy collected us from our hotel and explained what she is striving to achieve en route to the nursery school. When we arrived it felt like the whole community had come to welcome and thank us for our support and donations. The pencils, pens, books etc were spilling out of the bag we took but seeing the conditions these people live in, we didn't take enough to even scratch the surface although Sandy assured us it would make a big difference to so many.
The school provides an education to so many kids in Basori but we came away having learned so much more than any tourist company could tell us thanks to Sandy's openness and enthusiasm - she truly believes in this cause and having seen things first hand we can understand why.
With this in mind if you are going to Gambia or know someone who is, please consider taking even a few extra kilos across. Thomas Cook will give you an extra 10kg per person, 20kg if you have a letter from Sandy.
Lunch with the family in the compound was just as memorable as a little girl was born that morning.
You do hear adverse comments about certain people taking advantage of tourist money to promote their own personal gain but we can assure you that this isn't the case with the trips organised with Goal for The Gambia. We did miss Lamin and Fansu but Number 1 was a fine driver who we felt 100% comfortable with.
Thanks again and hopefully we will see you all soon.
Sandy collected us from our hotel and explained what she is striving to achieve en route to the nursery school. When we arrived it felt like the whole community had come to welcome and thank us for our support and donations. The pencils, pens, books etc were spilling out of the bag we took but seeing the conditions these people live in, we didn't take enough to even scratch the surface although Sandy assured us it would make a big difference to so many.
The school provides an education to so many kids in Basori but we came away having learned so much more than any tourist company could tell us thanks to Sandy's openness and enthusiasm - she truly believes in this cause and having seen things first hand we can understand why.
With this in mind if you are going to Gambia or know someone who is, please consider taking even a few extra kilos across. Thomas Cook will give you an extra 10kg per person, 20kg if you have a letter from Sandy.
Lunch with the family in the compound was just as memorable as a little girl was born that morning.
You do hear adverse comments about certain people taking advantage of tourist money to promote their own personal gain but we can assure you that this isn't the case with the trips organised with Goal for The Gambia. We did miss Lamin and Fansu but Number 1 was a fine driver who we felt 100% comfortable with.
Thanks again and hopefully we will see you all soon.
