In Pacharr, school was started in an abandoned corrugate shed.
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GambiaRising supplied cement, roofing materials, chalkboards, benches, and window/door material, and community members built a school.
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The school is visible from the road. So as elections loomed, the government later added 2 new classrooms + teachers' housing.
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In Njie Kunda, there were no old buildings available, so with GambiaRising's support, the community built two classrooms to start a new school.
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The new school filled quickly, then it went to double shifts. With our support, two more classrooms and teachers' housing were then added.
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Again, these were built with materials funded by GambiaRising, and then with support from Water Charity for a school garden, kitchen, and toilets. Here's the campus now.
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On paper, the village of Sareh Wuring has a school within walking distance. But, as with Pacharr, a 30-minute walk means that a nursery school student doesn't go to school. And when a child is deemed old enough to walk to school, they are several years older than the others in their grade, and haven't had the benefit of a year or two of nursery school. So the community asked the owner of an abandoned storage shed if they could use it for a school. They built a grass roof and started. Then they added a second room - a grass hut.
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