Kebba/Daddy? Sometimes you sign as Kebba and in other cases as Daddy. Which is which?or are we talking of two different persons here. No offence intended. Regards, Mose >From: Daddy Nying <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Let us respect expression of views >Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:39:55 -0000 > >Mr. Camara thanks for the correction. It was a error that was not meant to >mislead anybody. On the issue of lack paper in some schools, I am sure >region 5 (CRD)is not alone in that. Anyway the point I wanted to make was >that atleast a lot of effort is being made towards the improvement of >access >to education facilities throughout the country and to that end everybody >should help whenever possible. I am sure if your efforts in providing >corrugated Iron sheets and writing materials are emulated may be in, say 10 >years time, the literacy level in the country will improve significantly. A >few weeks back a Seatle based group donated about 25,000 books to schools >in >The Gambia. No I haven't travelled between Farafeni and Janjangbureh for >quite a while now but I know that road is in a terrible state. In fact I >come from a place not very far from Panchang along that road and my some >members of my family still live there. > >KB > > > >>From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Let us respect expression of views >>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:32:50 +0100 >> >>On 26 Feb 2001, at 16:15, Daddy Nying wrote: >> > 2. EDUCATION >> > Last year the government built 237 schools throughout >> > the country under IDA sponsoreship, through the medium of Gamworks >>agency. >> >>This figure about government building 237 schools is very misleading. I >>think >>you mean 237 class-room blocks because I have seen some of these. Whenever >>you >>have the chance, I think you should visit Panchang Basic Cycle School >>because >>they could use one of these buildings. In November we bought 5 packets of >>corrugated iron sheets and nails for them to have a roof for the only good >>building they had there. >> >>During my recent trip to The Gambia in November I was informed by many >>schools >>in region 5 (CRD) that they were lack of papers since the beginning of the >>school year in September. Imagine that a whole school was without a single >>sheet of paper from September to November. How do you expect teachers to >>prepare their lessons? Three of the schools were lucky because we had >>brought >>them more than 50.000 sheets of A4 paper and other school materials. I >>visited >>the regional Education Office in Jangjanbureh and was informed there that >>the >>only paper that education department supplied to schools was the class >>registers. >> >>Have you travelled from Farafenni to Janjanbureh recently? How is the >>condition of that road? >> >> >>Momodou Camara >>Copenhagen - Denmark >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >>You may also send subscription requests to >>[log in to unmask] >>if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >>your >>full name and e-mail address. >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------