Dear Gambia-L Members, 
 
The Gambia Education Support Organization GESO Transition Team is proud to 
announce that four secondary school students have been selected as the first 
recipients of GESO scholarship. The four were chosen after a series of 
interviews and background checks by our GESO Gambia Zonal Coordinators to 
ensure that help gets to the most needy.
 
On behalf of these students and their families, we would like to thank all 
those who contributed to making GESO successful: the GESO members.  Thanks to 
their generous monthly contributions, some needy children will have an 
opportunity to continue sitting in a classroom. 

To those who just joined Gambia-L, GESO was established in 1998 after some 
Gambia-L members expressed the need for an organization to be established to 
help out education in the Gambia. 

The Mission is to provide assistance to Gambians and Gambian institutions in 
education in the Gambia. A vital part of the Organization's mission is to 
become a medium through which intellectual, logistic and material resources 
of Gambians and friends of the Gambia can be utilized to improve education in 
the Gambia.

To this end, the Organization will:

Provide intellectual, material, logistic and other support to individuals and 
institutions in need at all levels of education in the Gambia.

Facilitate access to information and resources on education and
research in the Gambia.

Improve coordination and communication among members to support education in
the Gambia.

Develop and maintain a responsive and financially stable organization.

-Presently, GESO has three Zones, North America, Europe and Gambia. We have 
Chapters in Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom. 

GESO has three Programs: 
1. Program for Institution in Education
    - Gambia College library support: book donations to the college library 

    - Computer facility upgrade: Donate computers to schools

    - School classroom support: help textbooks, pencils and other materials 
to   
      classrooms

2. Program for Individual Development

    - Scholarships: Provide assistance to needy kids

    - Mentorship and guidance: Big Sister Little Brother 

3. Education Information Program

    - Develop and maintain an Internet Education Resource Center for the 
Gambia

How can you help?

1. Annual membership contributions: 

US $10 per month for non-student members residing in North America, Europe, 
Australia New Zealand and Japan.
US $2.5 adult members elsewhere including Gambia.
US $5 Students in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.
US $1.00 for students elsewhere

2. Dominate to one of the many activities of your choice

3. Become a volunteer in coordinating one of the activities

If you need more information about GESO, would like to make a donation or 
become a member, please do not hesitate to contact the Zone Coordinator 
nearest you.  You may also visit our website at:  
http://home3.inet.tele.dk/mcamara/geso/ 

GESO UNITED KINGDOM:
c/o Ndey Jobarteh
(NDEY, PLEASE INSERT YOUR MAILING ADDRESS HERE)
E-mail Address:  [log in to unmask]
OR
Ebrima Ceesay
(EBRIMA, PLEASE INSERT YOUR MAILING ADDRESS HERE)
E-mail Address: [log in to unmask]

GESO DENMARK:
c/o Mr. Momodou Camara
Charlotte Muncksvej 20.3th
DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
DENMARK
E-mail Address: [log in to unmask] 
GESO-Denmark Account 
Reg.nr. 1199 Account Nr. 1-673-2109
BG Bank A/S
DK-0800 Høje Taastrup
Denmark 


GESO NORWAY:
c/o A. Kabir Njie
Lofsrudhogda 13D
N-1281 OSLO
E-mail Address: [log in to unmask] 
GESO-Norway ACCOUNT. NR: 0819 2077541. Postbanken
c/o Amadou Kabir Njie
Lofsrudhøgda 13 D
1281 Oslo
Norway 


GESO NORTH AMERICA:
c/o Ms. Jabou Joh
511 Laurel Park Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37205
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E-mail Address:[log in to unmask] 


GESO GAMBIA:
c/o P.O Box 2152
Serrekunda
THE GAMBIA
Emails:[log in to unmask] 
or 
[log in to unmask] 
Account NR. 09538 112 103 05069
International Bank for Commerce (Gambia) Ltd
Bakau Branch,
11a Liberation Avenue, 
P.O Box 211, 
Banjul The Gambia, 
West Africa

Sincerely,


GESO Transition Team
 

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