Home page of Friends of GOVI - a UK charity supporting the only school for the blind in The Gambia http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk en-uk Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:00 GMT Thur, 26 Jun 2008 17:42:00 GMT In February and March 36 children from the school were screened at the Sheikh Zayed regional eye care hospital. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news13.html Mon, 23 Jul 2008 22:38:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news13.html Thousands of Braille and audio books have been sent to the school in the Gambia thanks to Nicky Searle. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news12.html Mon, 27 Jul 2008 10:42:00 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news12.html A collection videos submitted by people working with Friends of GOVI and playlists of collected videos relating to the Gambia. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/video/youtube.html Mon, 08 Jul 2008 17:50:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/video/youtube.html The children sing their school song to welcome UK visitors when they delivered minibuses in December 2006. See 'Mission Accomplished' below http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/video/school_song.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:05:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/video/school_song.html We have changed the payment system for credit card donations to Friends of GOVI. This is great news for Friends of GOVI as the Charity Choice service is provided entirely for free and there are no commission charges made on money donated via credit card. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news11.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:05:11 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news11.html The keg of beer donated by Bill Russell of the Black Friars Brewery in Yarmouth was raffled at the town’s carnival on Sunday, June 29, and raised £80 for Friends of GOVI funds. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news10.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:02:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news10.html When Musa Mbye was 15-years-old he was sent from his home in the Gambia to Senegal to stay with a blind man so that he could learn how to beg. For most blind children in the Gambia that is the only way they can expect to make a living. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article03.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article03.html At Kanifing, just outside the main town of Serrekunda, Gambia's largest town, a purpose built school for the blind has been built. Until the building of the new school, GOVI's school for the blind and visually impaired consisted of two classrooms and a head teacher's office. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article02.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:55:00 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article02.html For blind and partially sighted children in the Gambia the future is bleak without education. Supporting the School is vital to ensure that the children receive the education they so enthusiastically crave and so richly deserve. Many children at the school come from backgrounds which would distress even the most stony-hearted reader. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article01.html Thur, 26 Jun 2008 16:44:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/articles/article01.html Three sacks of educational and tactile toys delivered and 50% of the sale price of the car used given to the school http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news09.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news09.html The rise in the cost of food throughout the world is affecting the feeding programme at the school. The cost of rice and cooking oil in the Gambia rose by about 35 per cent between December 2007 and May 2008. The exchange rate between the Dalasi and Sterling has also fallen so the money we send from England buys less. http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news08.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news08.html Steve plans to run the London Marathon to raise money for Friends of GOVI http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news07.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news07.html Summary of work carried out in 2007. Full report is available to download as a PDF file http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news06.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news06.html Ken Nicholas, an ambulance driver from North Yorkshire, trains a number of drivers in the Friends of GOVI supplied minibuses http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news05.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news05.html David Pointon and Chrissy Ritchie visit and provide support and training (with Heather supplying practical classes on rug making http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news04.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news04.html Barbara and Eric Lawley deliver a braille machine whilst on holidy http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news03.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news03.html Newsletter from the chairman of Friends of GOVI reviewing the work of 2006 http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news02.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news02.html The Dales team delivered two minibuses to GOVI after 3,448 miles across Europe, North Africa and the desert http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news01.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news01.html The index page of all new items on the Friends of GOVI website http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/news/news_index.html Link to the Friends of GOVI donation information page http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/make_a_donation.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/make_a_donation.html Link to the Friends of GOVI membership information page http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/become_a_friend.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/become_a_friend.html Link to the Friends of GOVI contact form http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/contact.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/contact.html Home page of Friends of GOVI - a UK charity supporting the only school for the blind in The Gambia http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/index.html Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:42:21 GMT http://www.friendsofgovi.org.uk/index.html