Hello, Harona. I am very interested in learning Gambian languages... However, I would probably have to learn them audibly, since I am blind, and the software I use to access my computer really doesn't know how to deal with Gambian languages, believe me, I have tried... So I would have to learn by listening and then sounding things out. That is how I am learning the Quran... Learning in this way takes a lot of patience both for me and whoever is teaching me, because they have to repeat things many times so I can get the sound in my head... I don't know howI could teach people English, since I am not in The Gambia now, unless of course you are meaning maybe people here in America? Sorry if I am wrong about this... but I wouldn't know where to start with that... As far as how I could help Gambians, well, as you say access to information, and being able to express oneself in their own language is defnitely key... I can definitely relate to not having access to information since my blindness prevents me from say, just picking up a book and reading it... For me to get information, it either has to be read to me, or put into Braille, or adapted in some way... When I was in The Gambia, I had wondered if a Braille code could be developed for each of the langauges, but I am not sure how great the demand would be for that... Anyway, maybe in some way I could take my experences with blindness and adapting to that and then put those to good use here... But I definitely feel that Gambians, as well as anyone else, should be able to express themselves freely in whatever way that they can... I am not sure if this helps or not... Take care, Ginny P.S. I am glad you enjoyed my articles. I went back and reviewed them the other day, and I thought they sounded really stupid... A friend of mine thinks I should try to get them published in some blindness/disability publications... We will see... <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>