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A
Gambian Girl's Website
This has appeared on several pages but do look at it all |
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BBC
News Report
A BBC Newsround report from a 15 year old British girl on her visit
to The Gambia |
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Photo
Album +Text
This is a report of a British couple's visit to The Gambia as they
travelled all around Africa. Scroll all the way down the page to photos.
This
shows you the countries they visited |
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Photo
Album +Text
There are links to pages of this site on several pages but do check
it all out. It shows many photos and has very useful captions. |
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A Data base of photos
Charlie Dogget is much travelled. This is
a data base of his photos in The Gambia. |
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BBC Interview
'Listen again' facilities on this site allow you to hear about how
a girl from England went to live in The Gambia and she built a paper
mill. It includes an account of her marriage.
Programme heard 09/08/03 The
GTS site gives a back ground to her story and
an update |
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Official
Gambian Tourism Web site
The official Gambian Tourism site with lots of useful links |
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Gourds used as musical instruments
Dried gourds are put to many uses in The Gambia but this site gives
you details about use for musical instruments as well as a brief
introduction to gourds
2008The
site has now disappeared but here is something similar |
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Twinning Schools
How to form a link with another school
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Steve
Rice
A comprehensive website from Steve who was a VSO volunteer in The
Gambia. This leads to all sorts of information. |
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Global Eye
There are several references to this excellent education
site on other pages but do check it out. Look at the other tabs
at the top of each page which lead to ethical questions about tourism
etc or look at this page |
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My
Gambia
Gillian Hyde was a "Development Worker" with VSO
Canada for five months. Her comprehensive site provides much information
and is very thought provoking. |
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Global
Dimension is a useful website for teachers, with a helpful
guide to books, videos, posters and websites which bring a global
dimension to teaching. From climate change to poverty, water to
fair trade, you can find teaching resources for all age groups and
subject areas. Many of them are free, and you can search for resources
about particular countries using the database. You can also read
other teachers' experiences and views, and learn about local support,
professional development and school speaker services.
Scroll down to type in 'Gambia' under 'Country' |
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The
Geographical Association have developed resources for Unit 22 based
on The Gambia. Click on the icon for a range of resources.
Click
here for a direct link to the shop to purchase:-
SuperSchemes Unit 22:
A contrasting overseas locality: The Gambia
Author: Des Bowden and Pam Copeland
Series editor: Paula Richardson and Emma Till |
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Aftefacts
to buy and more!
Malika is a web site selling a variety of goods from West
Africa. Musical instruments, cloth goods, recycled items, beads
and jewellery etc are available. They could be very useful if you
wish to build up some sensibly priced resources. Look at the Links
page too for more useful sites. |
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Black
Baby Dolls Direct
This is a web site providing black, mixed
race and oriental baby dolls anatomically correct and in various
sizes. They do accept official orders from schools via FAX or emails |