ATKINSON HOUSE ARABIC AND ENGLISH PRIMARY SCHOOL BUSUMBALA GAMBIA
Head Teacher : Mamadou Demba

MONEY RAISED SO FAR £7100

Latest fundraising event Snail Race Night, Saturday 7th February 2009 at West Moor Community Centre from 6:30 to 9:30. Tickets £3 and available from Mr Forster at school.

including events undertaken by pupils December 2005 and Morpeth Golf Club event,3rd December.

THE FIGURE ABOVE INCLUDES A DONATION OF £1500 FROM THE LADY LEECH FOUNDATION. LOOK BELOW TO SEE HOW THE MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT.

Mr McGlashan, Mr Forster, Mrs Gowland and two pupils Jamie and Shaun are visiting the school in February 2009. More photos follow.

Mr Taylor, deputy head teacher, who has undertaken most of the fundraising, and Mr Wilson, special support assistant, visited the Gambia in February 2005. The school now has 6 classrooms.

The priority now is to raise sufficient funds so that the teachers can be paid. There are 8 teachers who earn £14 a month but the school gets no money from the Gambian Government. We have also learnt that the water well has been condemned and can not be used until a lining has been sunk down the well. These are the things that we are now trying to raise funds for.

Photographs from Busumbala

How the money was spent

These are some pictures of how the money that we raised has been used to develop the school at Busumbala. The head teacher, Mamadou Demba, sends us regular e-mails to let us know how they are getting on. These pictures were taken by Derek and Bridget Lister, two retired teachers, who have been helping the school as well.

Bridget Lister at the water well. This is the only water and has now been condemned.	Mamadou Demba, the head teacher, is on the left with the Arabic teacher.	The foundations go in for the new classrooms
The school showing the foundations for the three new classrooms that are being built.	The older pupils in their classroom.	The younger pupils in their classroom.
Builders at work with hand made bricks.	Derek Lister joining in and lending a hand.	The walls of the new classrooms start to go up.
The school. Teachers and pupils.