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Linking rural Gambia with rural Scotland A story of friendship between two village schools |
Chimpanzee rehabilitation Trust Gambia
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Founded by Stella Marsden to help with the care of a reducing and orphaned chimpanzee population. The trust provides local work and has supported the village and school in many ways. They have created a school sponsorship scheme to fund education, materials, meals and uniforms for children. This has recently been renamed and set up as an independant charity. The new website for the school sponsorship is www.sssgambia.co.uk
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Run by Stella's sister Heather. This group has provided essential care for horses and donkeys. These animals are a vital part of the farming system. Training has been given to the locals on health and care for the horses and donkeys. Many other people have offered other kinds of support to Sambel Kunda because of the enthusiasm of Stella and Heather.
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University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine
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The "Vet School" has had many years of links to Sambel Kunda. They have given medical help and organised student-vet working parties to assist Sambel Kunda School. The students built a new library for the school in the summer of 2005.
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The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of the University has supported a request from Fintry School to to put in the first ever electricity to Sambel Kunda Village. The Solar powered panels will initially power lights for the new classroom. The next steps would be provide a water pump, fridge for medicines and to link up a telephone and computer to the internet to make the first direct link to the rest of the World.
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The BBC has made a documentary on the work of the vet school and Horse and Donkey Trust. This led to Fintry School's friendship offer and to the funding of a nurse for the health centre by a Scottish business. The BBC intends to film the response to the electricity project for news broadcast in August 2006.
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Families in Fintry
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School children, families, the brownies, the local football team and pensioners have all contributed to help Sambel Kunda. Gifts, money, letters and sponsorship have all come willingly. The exchange is two-way. Sambel Kunda School has offered friendship and letters. They have made Fintry children think about their values and their own ways of living.
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