First thing every morning Kebba walks the two dogs and feeds
all our pets, we were woken to the sound of the metal dog bowls scraping on the
ground. The kettle was whistling and we
took that to be a hint to get up! Kebba
and I sat down and worked out the money needed for the day building at
Nemasu. Karamo, a friend of Kebbas’ came
to look after the compound while we went out for the morning. We got in the truck and set off, dropping
Kebba at the turntable to take a town car to Nemasu. We went to the tourist area and the Wild
Monkey bar which has Wifi and had a late breakfast. On the way back we called at the storeroom
and sorted out things to deliver to Naata and Nemasu this week as per their
requests.
This afternoon we had a visit from Abdoulie Jammeh, the
young student who had taken part in the competition run by Newsquest last
year. He had done exceptionally well and
was awarded a laptop by the newspaper.
Abdoulie explained to us what he had had to do, which was an article
every month about an aspect of life in the Gambia
as chosen by the paper. Because here
most people do not have access to the Internet, Abdoulie included, he had
written his article by text, sent it in parts to a friend who posted it onto a
message on facebook for him. He then
copied and pasted it onto Microsoft word to edit and eventually attached it to
an email to the paper. We admired his
determination and dedication to getting the job done! As a
result of his efforts he has been given a job as a reporter with an online
newspaper here called Gambia Affairs. He
finishes at the high school this year and hopes to be able to study journalism
at a university. Later after Abdoulie
had left us, we settled down to watch a film with Kebba.
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