Basse Santa Su - Upper River Division, is almost as far as you
can go in the country and it is due east on the end of the main tarmac road heading straight for central Africa.
Being so far from the capital, the effects of materialism, and the trappings of commercialism do not really exist
here. The present condition of some of the old government structures are bad state of repair and there is an area
near the ferry, where in the olden times there where many shops and business but trade has ceased. The structures
are old buildings that have become dilapidated due to lack of resources to maintain them. With corporation from the
government authorities, the Trust hopes to renovate the place and bring tools/equipments so that many youths can
improve their skills and earn a living. This project has been designed to provide working aid for youngsters
graduating from Skill Training, who are unemployed and have little or no access to tools/equipments with which
start working for a living. These youngsters will be given access to tools & equipments at one of the Centres
established for that purpose, where they can work to save money for themselves, at the same time training other
disadvantaged youths of the community. With the help of volunteers from the Gambian members of "The Friends of
Kingfisher Trust", and with financial help from sponsors in Europe, we hope to renovate the area in the years to
come.
FENCING.
Without a proper fence, the produce of the gardens will attract unwanted visitors:
goats, cow, rabbits, playing kids and even thieves. To make a proper fence should be the first thing done. Apart
from work, it take poles, wire and chicken wire or coarser fencing material. The cost of this considerable. The
contribution of the project Instruction Team is their experience in the setup of a strong fence as cheap as
possible. It asked by any women's group, a loan may be made available by the project to cover this cost. Refunding
of this cost may be coupled with the productivity of the Garden. The women's group will be instructed in the upkeep
of the fence and the strengthening of it with the planting of thorny shrubs.
EXTENSION OF GARDENING
PROJECT TO SCHOOLS.
With gardening project of women groups as an example, the project instruction team
will offer to local for similar approach. An evident advantage of school centered gardening is that the pupil can
be trained in the basics of gardening and can apply what they learnt immediately at home. However. care has to be
taken to make sure that the schoolteachers get the proper training as well as the instruction materials to make it
possible that the children do the actual work. The care of the gardening should not be weighed to heavily on their
shoulders.
Finance for the plot, the water pumps and the fencing materials may need to be
organized in a different way. The project will se to it that the needed additional funds will be raised in due
time.
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