Saturday 7 March 2015

1st March, 2015 Sunday. Brunch out.


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.

No comments:

Post a Comment