Sunglasses!

We'd like to give a shout out to Chic Sunglasses who gave us a nice discount so that we could buy 100 pairs of sunglasses with UV protection to take to The Gambia with us.

On our 2015 trip we ran an eye clinic and we identified lots of conditions which could be helped by, or prevented by, the wearing of sunglasses. The African sun is fierce!

We hope that we can find some people who these sunglasses will really help.

Fabulous donation for burns

We're very grateful to WaterJel for their generous donation of a whole pallet of burn dressings and treatments to go to clinics in The Gambia.

We will carry a small amount of it with us then the rest will go on a container which is being sent by our friends at Project Gambia in Sunderland.

Fundraising ball

On 11th March we had a fundraising ball. It was held at Widnes rugby league stadium and was attended by over 80 people.

Some members of #TeamGambia2017

With some of our friends and supporters

We were delighted to be joined by Jo Austin-Preece,
one of the founders of the Gunjur Project.

The profits were split between our fundraising for the Gunjur Project Association community training centre and Cheshire Scouts international trips. Our share of the profit was £550.

We're very grateful to the team of people who organised this event for their support!

Final briefing

We had our final team briefing on 5th March. We had oodles of resources to share out to carry and then we did lots of practice sessions. We're excited to leave now!