GESO Update
January 2001
The Gambia Education Support Organization (GESO) Transition Team is pleased
to announce that GESO is now sponsoring a total of fourteen (14) needy
students in the Gambia. At the onset, four secondary school students were
selected as the first recipients of GESO scholarship. These four students
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.
Now, in addition to these four secondary students, GESO UK is also currently
sponsoring ten (10) more students at Jarumeh Koto Primary School in Sami,
Central River Division (CRD). Since its establishment over a year ago, the
GESO-UK Branch has undertaken a wide variety of fund-raising events in order
to assist needy Gambian students, and to support education services in The
Gambia. From July to December 2000, GESO UK has managed to bank £2,500
pounds sterling.
Consequently, during August 2000, ten (10) needy Grade 6 students attending
Jarumeh Koto Primary School in Sami District, CRD, were identified by the
Headmaster and the members of the School's Management Committee for
scholarships of £50.00 sterling per annum.
These scholarships will enable the ten children to embark on the next phase
of their education in Junior Secondary Schools; and dependent on reports
from their Secondary schools, the students will continue to receive funding
to take them through Junior and Senior Secondary Schooling.
Furthermore, GESO-UK is currently considering other ways of supporting
Education services for the community in The Gambia. We are receiving
suggestions for village/District education projects in areas where there is
urgent need. Suggestions have been put forward for the establishment of
well-stocked and staffed District Libraries in the provinces; for the
establishment of Skills Centres which would target those young people in
The Gambia who have not had the benefit of education (especially young
women); for specific District support in education more generally.
GESO-UK and other GESO branches are keen to make sure that GESO grows from
strength to strength so that its goals can be achieved. All of us at GESO
are keen to ensure that any money raised is going directly and as quickly as
possible, to support those with the greatest need. Our view is that an
educated youth will ensure a peaceful, just, and enlightened government in
the future.
Meanwhile, on behalf of these students and their families, we would like to
thank all those who contributed to making GESO successful. The GESO members
are also thanked for their generous monthly contributions: some needy
children will have an opportunity to continue sitting in a classroom.
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.
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. Volunteer your time in organizing fund raisers, managing GESO's website
and other organizational 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 can also get more information on the GESO website. This is
the GESO web address: http://www.gesor.org
GESO UNITED KINGDOM:
c/o Ndey Jobarteh
E-mail Address: [log in to unmask]
OR
Ebrima Ceesay
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
557 Holt Valley Road,
Nashville, Tennessee, 37221
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) Ltdv Bakau Branch,
11a Liberation Avenue,
P.O Box 211,
Banjul The Gambia,
West Africa
Sincerely,
GESO Transition Team
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