The Gambia Upcountry Development Charity

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		Indian Meal in Chichester June 2011 The Masala Gate Indian restaurant, in St Pancras, marked its ninth birthday by hosting a lunch to raise funds for the Gambia Upcountry Development Charity (GUD). Founded in April 2007 by David and Janet Underwood, GUD works with upcountry villagers in the Gambia, West Africa, helping them to developing viable and sustainable education in areas where the need is greatest. “We started about four years ago working in the remote village of Kanubeh, a place where there is little outside support and people live in poverty,” said Mr Underwood... Read more. Midhurst and Petworth Observer http://www.midhurstandpetworth.co.uk/news... GUD Work in the Gambia March 2011 The dust along the roads to the village of Kanubeh coats every available surface and, by the time we arrive, the late afternoon sun pounding against our skin, we are filthy and tired. At the side of the road the villagers are waiting and as our feet touch the cracked earth, a cacophony of drums and singing fills our ears: as always, the exhausting journey upcountry is worth it. As with much of upcountry Gambia, Kanubeh has little outside support and no services, with most of the villagers living in poverty (the UN’s definition of income of less than US$1 a day). When the Gambia Upcountry Development (GUD) charity first spoke to the villagers... Read more. Ella Spencer GUD Trustee http://www.the-actuary.org.uk/875402 African School Runs on Generosity November 2010 More than 100 children in an impoverished part of Africa will continue to receive schooling thanks to the generosity of Southern Water staff. A dress down day at the company's Durrington and Horsham offices collected Ł523 for the Gambia Upcountry Development Charity. Its founders, Janet and David Underwood, have supported people in the rural village of Kanubeh to build their own school and were raising funds to help keep it going. The money raised is enough to pay the entire running costs of the school, which has three classrooms, for more than three months. Janet, 59, and David, 62, from Aldingbourne, near Chichester, were introduced to Kanubeh in 2007 by a friend who was born there but lives in the UK. Keen to help, they spoke to the village elders to see what they wanted to be improved... Read more. Karen Hoy Southern Water http://www.southernwater.co.uk/News/latestNews... Aldingbourne couple help boost African village June 2009 David and Janet Underwood have raised more than Ł10,000 in just two years to support the village of Kanubeh in The Gambia. The couple, from Aldingbourne, near Chichester, became involved with the village after being introduced to it by friend Essa Dambelly who grew up there. They were so moved by the lives of its 3,000 villagers that they set up Gambia Upcountry Development Charity. Mr Underwood said: “Our belief is that change comes from within. If we try and build a school from outside it is not really their school. But by building the school themselves, they own it." ... Read more. The Argus http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4437316... Race against nature to provide hope for future March 2008 The Aldingbourne couple have just three months to complete the school building they have financed before the monsoon season begins. The three months of torrential rain which fall on the Gambian village of Kunebeh from July will destroy the waist-high structure which has been built so far. Increasing the walls to roof height and adding a roof is a necessity if the educational facility is to survive as a beacon of hope for the future of the villagers... Read more. The Bognor http://www.bognor.co.uk/news/...