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|Summary of
achievements|the main
ofthe charity|' GSShas been operating
for 7years and in the past year we have
undertaken
3new projects:||
|---|---|---|---|
|during the year||||
|||Pirang Nursery
School||
|||Pirang isa large village
in a rural 'up country'
location. Abandoned|some|
|||years ago by its European sponsors, the school was rundown
with|its|
|||l staff demotivated
and underpaid.
Working with the village elders|and|
|||' the Ministry ofEducation GSSrefurbished
and improved
the buildings.||
|||provided
equipment/teaching
materials
and teacher training.||
|||Bakary Sambouya
Nursery School||
|||A UK charity hsd assisted this community
nursery school for many||
|||years, though
had decided todose down putting both school at risk.||
|||GSSagreed to assist the school which was doing well though
2||
|||dassrooms
were out ofaction due totermites attacking its roof||
|||timbers. We restored the classrooms. are training the teachers and||
|||providing
equipment
when needed.||
|||Brufut ECD Center||
|||In ajoint venture
with the Ministry ofEducation
and local community.||
|||we have recently created a new nursery
school for 185children. GSS||
|||funded the restoration
of5dilapidated
classrooms
in the grounds|ofthe|
|||Brufut State Primary school, recruited the staff and equipped
the||
|||school. The new school opened
in September 2021.||
|||More generally,
we apply our Trustees'
business and governance|skills,|
|||tailored to an African environment,
to the schools we sponsor aswe||
|||believe that this will deliver a sustainable
educational
model. Todate||
|||this has stood us in good stead with our donors, local communities|in|
|||the Gambia and the Ministry ofEducation.||
|||GSShas no employees
and its minimal
UK overheads are paid by its||
|||trustees. Our trustees donate
all their travel and accommodation|costs|
|||and GSS's accounts are independently
examined on a pro bono basis.||
|||The trustees make sure that every penny raised is spent In The Gambia||
|Briefstatement ofthe|The Trustees policy isto maintain 9-12monlhs reserves which currengy
amounts
IoE40,000Iof50,000.|
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|charity's
policy on reserves||