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Sotokoi village
This village is near Brikama, the engineers finished the job this week with the help of the villagers digging all the necessary trenches. It will provide water for the 500 compounds in the village, almost 2,000 people. The currency exchange is very good at present and the solar panels are now higher capacity so we need fewer. This kept the price down and we completed the water system for 7,500stg. Th e villagers will build a fence around the equipment to protect it from anima
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Clean Water Initiatives in The Gambia: Our Ongoing Journey
Recent Developments in Our Mission All the details resulting from our visit in January have been completed. We added tanks, installed new meters, and improved fencing. These upgrades ensure that our efforts are sustainable and effective. This year, we have managed to reach four new villages, thanks to generous donors and our own income from framing. Providing clean water is a crucial step toward improving health and well-being. Meet the New Villages Our new village, Sami Essa
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Jun 142 min read
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Our trip to Gambia 2025
Delighted to report that all 19 projects are working well and since our return from spending time over Christmas in Gambia the agreed...
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Mar 41 min read
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2024 A successful year
PING Charity Annual Report for 2024. Â The saddest news of the year was that 8 young men from Bafaluto village, which we know very well,...
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Jan 53 min read
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Bantanto has clean water.
Thanks to some great donations and our ongoing picture framing we have completed a water system in Bantanto village which is situated...
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Nov 3, 20241 min read
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Busy Busy Busy
It has been a very busy few months with Neneh leading us into several new projects which are all just completed. Janjanbureh had already a...
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Aug 15, 20241 min read
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Faraba Sutu village complete
“After 34 years of existence the University of The Gambia,UTG can now boast of a permanent place and hope, the era of renting classroom...
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May 22, 20241 min read
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Janjanbrueh up and running
Janjanbrueh town founded in 1823 and is the capital of Janjanbrueh Island. Neneh visited it in early 2024 at a festival to celebrate its...
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Mar 25, 20241 min read
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2023 report to Northern Ireland Charities Commission
At the start of 2023 we decided to ask the Gambian University to ask their students studying agriculture if any would like to volunteer...
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Jan 31, 20242 min read
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Its nearly Christmas,and look at the gift we gave.
Our level of activity is directly related to funds available, its that simple. By October the commitments we made to various villages on...
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Dec 6, 20231 min read
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End of the rainy season
Our summer is Gambia's rainy season and the next harvest depends on enough rain at the right time. In July there was an abnormal period...
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Aug 24, 20232 min read
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Progress in April 2023
After much investigation of the water problems in Jamagen we have given out the contract for work to begin to sink a new Borehole....
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May 4, 20231 min read
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February Trip to Gambia
Can you help? Following our February trip, we came home with the following Shopping List. Our full trip report will soon be on the...
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Mar 20, 20232 min read
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January in the Gambia
Njongon Village Co-op. In February the Co-op will have been operating for 12 months.. A lot has been achieved; the site had to be...
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Feb 1, 20231 min read
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December 2022 Happy Christmas
It has been a couple of difficult years in The Gambia due to Covid since a massive amount of the country's and individual people's income...
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Dec 18, 20221 min read
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Our vision
To extend our model of a competitively priced water system backed by an economic activity to ensure its maintenance long-term
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
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Results so far
By developing a model in one village we have been able to scale that up to 9 more villages. We have developed a large network of local...
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Jun 24, 20222 min read
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Costs
Bafaluto cost 45k but the latest village cost 20K No paid staff and no admin costs. The Gambia in particular and West Africa in general...
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Jun 24, 20221 min read
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Beyond Covid
The Gambia in particular and West Africa in general has not been ravished by Covid but to date there has been no scientific or medical...
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Mar 24, 20222 min read
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Low Covid rates in Gambia
While the rest of the world has suffered horrendously from Covid in the last 20 months West Africa generally and The Gambia in particular...
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Nov 23, 20211 min read
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