My worksite is at an Agriculture Senior Secondary School (ATC), and the school strives to involve the students in all of the agriculture activities. The school recently purchased ten bee suits, and now there are opportunities for the students to get up close and personal with bees. Currently, there are four bee hives at ATC, and the students helped harvest the honeycomb from one of… ....READ MORE | 1 Comment
I visited the Abuko Nature Reserve recently, and had a peaceful couple of hours enjoying this beautiful place so close to the chaos of Kombo. It is The Gambia’s most visited tourist attraction receiving approximately 33,000 visitors per year, although while I was there I only saw five other tourists. One interesting fact is that it is the nearest tropical forest to Europe.
I was particularly intrigued about this place, after learning… ....READ MORE | 1 Comment
I participated in the Gambia Teachers Institute (GTI) one day conference, with three teachers from my Senior Secondary School in Farafenni – the Agriculture Technical College (ATC). The event was hosted by the Banjul American International School (BAIS), and included various sessions focused on practices for effective teaching, and other skills applicable to Gambian educational contexts. The primary focus of the sessions was on inquiry-based education… ....READ MORE