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Andra Mihalcea

CELEBRATING TWO YEARS OF CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN YUNDUM, THE GAMBIA

November 2022 marks two years since our New Yundum school opened its doors for the very first time. This small village is near to The...

Andra Mihalcea

2 NEW CLASSROOMS FOR WUDEBA

Back in 2018, donors helped us to build a school in Wudeba – a small village in The Gambia, West Africa. It’s the only school for miles...

Elena Edwards

BUILDING SCHOOL NO2 IN AFRICA IN 2018 - PROGRESS

WHEN NOTHING IS CERTAIN, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! a quote by Margaret Drabble It is June 2018 and the walls are going up. What an amazing...

Elena Edwards

WE ARE BUILDING SCHOOL NO.2 IN AFRICA IN 2018

HERE IT IS TO A NEW PROJECT THIS YEAR! It is January 2018 and I am so excited to embark on a new venture this year, building school No.2...

Elena Edwards

WE BUILT THE FIRST SCHOOL IN 2015

HOW HARD CAN IT BE TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN AFRICA? If you have a great team on the ground to help you organise everything then the answer is...

Elena Edwards

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BUILD TRUST WITH A STRANGER?

A FEW WEEKS… A COUPLE OF MONTHS… YEARS!!! WHAT DO YOU DO, WHILE YOU ARE BUILDING THE TRUST FOR SOMEONE? DO YOU DOUBT THEM? I left The...

Elena Edwards

WHAT DO YOU DO AT THE END OF YOUR HOLIDAY?

It was the beginning of 2015, and I have just completed the trip from the South Coast of England to Banjul – the capital of The Gambia,...

Elena Edwards

WHAT DOES SUCCEEDING IN LIFE MEANS TO YOU?

SUCCESS IN YOUR CAREER ... SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ... HAVING LOTS OF MONEY AT YOUR DISPOSAL ... Something else ... I am...

Elena Edwards

HOW SOON DO YOU BREAK A PROMISE?

WHEN DO YOU FIND IT TOO HARD TO KEEP IT? WHEN YOU GAINED WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, BEFORE YOU MADE THE PROMISE? I’ve met many people, in...