Education is the cornerstone of societal progress and individual empowerment, and in The Gambia, efforts to expand educational opportunities and enhance literacy rates are shaping the future of the nation. In recent years, strides have been made in addressing the challenges that hinder access to quality education, yet there remains much work to be done. …
This was our first fundraising event with the new committee and we raised an amazing £365! Thank you to everyone who helped out and brought delicious bakes.
Thanks to the hard work of everyone involved in its organisation, the 2019 Christmas Ball went down as a huge success and raised an incredible £1,200
As our first term on the 2019/20 Swansea Gambia Link Committee heads into the final weeks, we thought it’d be good to take a brief pause from visa form-filling and Christmas Ball planning to introduce ourselves properly. Below is the SGL Committee for 2019/20 with some fun facts to get to know us (where provided!). …
The Swansea-Gambia Link Charity held a bonfire bonanza to raise money. They hosted a house party with mulled wine, roasted marshmallows and sparklers and then headed down to the beach to enjoy the firework display in Swansea bay! It was an amazing time and £100 was raised for the charity.
The new 2019-2020 Gambia Link Society started their fundraising year on the sweet side with a Halloween Bake Off. Some incredible cakes were brought in and judged by our very own Paul Hollywood (Carl!), and it was Lauren who won a much coveted handshake as well as a free ticket to the Winter Ball. It was …
It’s been a day of emotional goodbyes today, with Fatoumatta leaving this afternoon and our goodbye potluck lunch for everyone! These last two weeks have gone so fast; thank you so much to our colleagues for the beautiful painting!
Very sadly its coming to the end of our exchange student’s visit for this year, so we thought we would take the opportunity to look back over the past couple of weeks. We’ve had some great food (thanks to the second years, Arian and Henry’s BBQ!), sightseeing in Cardiff, and some great football and volleyball …
A little late coming but we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that made the evening a success this year.We managed to raise the money for the Gambian student exchange and did it in style. Thank you to our fab photographer Jordan for all of these great photos!
We are hosting a gig at the end of February to continue our fundraising effort for this year, scheduled for 23/02/17. It will be a fantastic event which is being held at Divas nightclub on Swansea University campus, with sets from two critically acclaimed South Wales based bands – Rag Foundation (www.ragfoundation.co.uk) and Ofelia (www.ofeliaband.com). …
