When Jon first met Kebba Sanyang, he dropped in on St. Therese's school in Fula Bantang at 8 AM unannounced. All week Jon had been visiting schools in The Gambia to which he had donated bikes without announcing his visits, to see how they were being maintained and used. Unlike the other schools, at St. Therese's the bell rang at 8 AM, the children hurried to class, and the Principal strode out to see who the visitor was. "I want to see the bikes we donated," Jon said. And Kebba handed him a list of bikes, the students they had been loaned to, then showed him each bike, and told him the plan for upkeep over summer holidays. And a beautiful partnership was born.
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