Supporting Schools in The Gambia

Houghton International recently made a donation towards a project to send unwanted school furniture and playground equipment out to schools in The Gambia.   Information on the project is below:

"The 40ft container left the UK at end of January 2012. It had taken about a year to collect, store and pack the container. Most of the stuff is unwanted furniture from schools that were being closed or knocked down and if we didn't take it, it would have gone to landfill.

The primary school in Gambia has about 2000 pupils and their needs were very basic as you can see from the photos.

The container arrived in February 2012 while we were there and it was quite an emotional sight when we saw it arrive (we weren`t there for our first one 2 years ago).

It took Phil and 3 helpers 2 to 3 days to pack the container. It took these boys just 2 hours to unpack when it arrived!  We were rewarded with a certificate of appreciation which was presented to us just before we left.

Your generous donation helped make this possible. Many many thanks. Sue and Phil Taylor"