Nakam? Bahna!

First of all, can I apologise to everyone who has been waiting for news in the last couple of days. The internet here in The Gambia is a bit hit and miss and over the last two days I haven't been able to get a connection either because of bandwidth speeds or powercuts. If anyone has been trying to email me, I haven't been able to access my account either - and still can't! The best way to contact me will be by sending a comment to the blog.

I am having a great time, working long hours, in stifling heat (Aw, bechod!), but having great job satisfaction.

On Tuesday I led the second of two community workshops based on the Outcomes Approach to Strategic Planning and yesterday I was working directly with the board of Aid for Orphans and the Disabled (AFOD) on their Organisational and Strategic Plans at their office at Bundung Borehole.

The board members as you can see from the picture are nearly all young people, their motivations for improving quality of life in their communities and commitment to action is fantastic. It is so refreshing to listen to them talking about their vision, the values they want to project and genuine desire to serve their people in the best possible way they can.

Travelling by bush taxi is quite an adventure and you see some fantastic sites. I have sat next to breast feeding mother a couple at times and the other evening I was in a small 12-seater minibus - and there were 20 of us in it! The level of material poverty here is huge, but everyone is so happy.










The title of today's post means How is it? It is good! I'm trying to learn a new phrase every day, but there is a choice of range of local languages - Wolof, Mandinga, to name just two. many people speak up to five and English.