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The Gambia is a developing country in western Africa; the capital is Banjul. The official language is English, but many inhabitants speak indigeneous languages such as Wolof or Mandinka. Facilities for tourism in the Banjul area are good; however, outside the capital region, tourist facilities are limited in availability and quality.

Gambia: Do not give up your dignity for (Tom Yum Kum) a bowl of soup. ?Love is blind??
I know which Gambia I would rather live in and I hope a less cynical ... Are Gambians his lovers because we agree with Geoffrey Chaucer, known as the Father of English literature, who said love is bli...
Publ.Date : Sun, 07 Oct 2018 17:57:00 GMT

Health The Gambia
HTG supports healthcare in The Gambia by funding small projects at Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), the only sizeable facility in the area, and by arranging staff training. It provides healthc...
Publ.Date : Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:03:00 GMT

Gambia: English Teachers Capacitated
In their attempt to complement their line ministry's effort in providing quality teaching, the English Teachers Association of The Gambia, recently organized a two day training for English Language te...
Publ.Date : Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:56:00 GMT

Poor teaching quality slows education progress
Enrolment rates at all levels of education have improved in The Gambia ... teachers and low staff retention levels, fewer than half of Gambian students pass standardised tests. In 2008 national exams, ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:59:00 GMT

MPH sophomore from Gambia is working to build a school
Along with offering girls a comprehensive education, the school will teach the women a trade ... the Sarrs want to sponsor six-week tutorial workshops in Gambia that will focus on the Gambian girls' E...
Publ.Date : Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:13:00 GMT

WHO donates medical equipment to Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH)
The items, meant for Edward FrancisSmall Teaching Hospital (EFSTH), are worth over 2 million ... purchased for the Government of The Gambia (GotG). He highlighted that as part of Government efforts to ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:33:00 GMT

Indian helping to light up Gambia
"This is an initiative that must be applauded," Abdou Jallow, a teacher in the Serekuda district of the Gambia's capital ... Mohan, son of a former English Language professor at the National Defence A...
Publ.Date : Sat, 22 Nov 2014 01:03:00 GMT

An American and an Arab journalist walk into a Saudi Consulate
My colleagues and I teaching Islam at Columbia University uptown thought ... north of Riyadh. MBS spoke in English, while his brother, Prince Khalid, the new Saudi ambassador to the US, and several se...
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Oct 2018 07:09:00 GMT

Sailing up the river to the heart of Gambia
When the tidal current began to run upriver, we raised our anchor from the muddy bottom of the River Gambia and began a voyage ... which meant that she spoke no English.) Junkung had not yet become a ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 01 Jan 2001 03:59:00 GMT

Gambia: Family Gambia Intensifies English Literacy Training At Gambia College
Family Gambia Peace Education, a charity organisation, is currently conducting weekly English literacy classes for Islamic students undergoing Primary Teachers Certificate (PTC) course at the Gambia C...
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2015 05:57:00 GMT

Excerpts from the biography of Justice V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe - Unfinished Journey
All siblings of Charles had been given several English names, a tradition that continues in the ... with one of his favourite teachers, C.T. Nylander, and schoolmate Warren Gamaliel Akwei (alias Kofi ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:20:00 GMT

Peace Corps volunteer reports from The Gambia
Most of my host family speaks little to no English ... teaching 10th graders exponents, and multiplying exponents with variables." Katie then traveled to Brikama to work in the Regional Education Offi...
Publ.Date : Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:01:00 GMT