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Newsletter 3: Women's Garden / Fundraiser and more |
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It was about time to let you all know what has been happening during the past months.  The project: The women’s garden in Nafugan
In July we received good news: the area for the garden had been cleared and the building of the fence (sticks and wire mesh) was to start soon. The sticks and branches were provided by the women of the Mothers’ Club but also by several Alkalo’s (Village Chiefs) from around Nafugan (Nafugan is made up of about six hamlets). Initially the garden will measure 50 m x 50 m, but there is room for expansion.
Jatropha will be planted as part of the fencing. This plant has slightly poisonous leaves and thus will help to keep roaming cattle at bay. Once jatropha was quite common in The Gambia, but it disappeared from the rural landscape. As well as aiding in combating deforestation, this plant can be used for diverse purposes. Jatropha thrives on infertile soil; oil can be distracted from the nuts and used as lamp oil, in the production of soap or used as bio-fuel. |
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Foundation Humanitarian Aid Gambia on YouTube |
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Images and especially movies can tell more than a 1.000 words. During the visit of the Boards of the Foundation of Belgium and England to The Gambia end of 2009 / start 2010, a lot of small movies have been made which we would be happy to share with you. For this we started populating a YouTube Channel which can be found HERE . The first movies have already been put into place. The Chairman of the local NGO interviews various local Boardmembers. Please meet the humans behind the Gambian Board and also get to know how they view the work that has been done by the various European Foundations. Work which would never have been possible without your support! Please sit back and.... enjoy. |
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Visiting Report projects September 2009 Gambia |
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A Report from the heart.....
 In September 2009 Beppie Smits, Treasurer of the Foundation in The Gambia, visited various projects in the Bakadaji Region. For a well-written and extensive report, please follow the following link by clicking HERE.
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