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Send Kids in Brikama Jalanbang to School

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I first met Lamin Ceesay on Twitter. When we began to converse, I learned that at 18, and with no employment or education opportunities, he has been supporting his entire family, including his mother and his 4 young siblings, ever since his father died 4 years ago, at which point he and all of his brothers and sisters also had to drop out of school, unable to afford the "fees" that amount to $1100/yr for all of them, and that they were hardscrabbling to manage even one meal a day from gathering wood in the forest, which is picked bare by other poor people in the same deaperate circumstances, and as well unable to afford access to medical care.

I have so far been sending various amounts through World Remit directly as part of a speedy response to immediate needs for food and shelter, and various media tools such as a new phone and 4g service to enable Lamin to better report out as to community needs in his village of Brikama Jalanbang, which is populated mostly by the very young and the very old and includes a great number of orphans or one-parent households or children being raised by grandparents.

These children cannot "afford" the "fees" to go to school, which includes costs of uniform, books, school supplies, and instruction, even though it is their only hope to escape poverty and starvation. These children and their families need food aid, housing, medical care, and education. A primary focus will be on education as a goal, which of course must also require basic human needs to be met as well. And this is the purpose of our campaign.

Campaign leadership is myself and 3 individuals in Gambia: Lamin Ceesay in Brikama Jalanbang, Basiru Bah, a primary teacher in nearby Brikama Town, and Ebrima Barrow, a carpenter and general contractor, formerly of Brikama, currently living in Kololi.

Organizer

Anne ONeill
Organizer
Oakland, CA

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