by Drink Baotic | Feb 2, 2019 | Africa Development, The Gambia
(Part of the Gambia 2018 Tour Series) Sustainable development. Travelling back to the Gambia is always emotional. I have said it is in many ways like a pilgrimage for me in how it re connects me to humanity, people, communities, my inner self as well as the...
by Drink Baotic | Jan 18, 2019 | Africa Development, The Gambia
(Part of the Gambia 2018 Tour Series). Baobab Sustainability. One great thing about visiting The Gambia at this time of the year is that many of the Baobab trees are full of yummy Baobab fruits! Although generally it’s still a little early, some trees, and some...
by Drink Baotic | Jan 10, 2019 | Africa Development, The Gambia
(Part of the Gambia Tour 2018 Series) During our Gambia visit, at the end of 2018, we set ourselves a typical insurmountable amount of work to try to achieve. It was an amazing opportunity to catch up with friends and family, the ongoing community projects, and the...
by Drink Baotic | Jan 7, 2019 | Africa Development, The Gambia
Gambia 2018 Baobab Community Meetings Happy New Year Friends! We hope you had an amazing festive period with friends and family, and managed to unwind a little after a busy 2018, ready fighting fit for another amazing year ahead! For ourselves, the end of 2018 was a...
by Drink Baotic | Sep 23, 2018 | Africa Development, The Gambia
In 2008 as a VSO volunteer with Voluntary Services Overseas I (Paul) was living with Isatou and her family in the village of Mansajang, Upper River Region in rural Gambia. l started as an IT capacity builder working for the ministry of education, embedding the...