Schools in the UK

Birchwood Grove School

Birchwood Grove School donated all the furniture and school materials for Kanubeh Nursery School. And, if that wasn't already enough, in the last two years, the School has managed to raise a fantastic £2,000 for GUD!

The children of the School are guided in their fundraising and researching efforts by Mary Everett, a teacher at the School, and the headteacher, Catrin Jones.

During David and Janet's visit to the School in November 2011, they met with the School Council and discussed with the children the way in which they thought it would be best to spend the £2,000 they had raised. One of their suggestions was to spend £500 on books and educational toys and games for the children at Kanubeh Nursery School.

The children at the School have also written letters with photographs and drawings for David and Janet to take with them to Kanubeh in January 2012. Everyone at GUD is excited about the children continuing to show an interest in the development of the village and the lives of the children attending Kanubeh Nursery School.

Visit the School's website here: http://www.birchwoodgrove.ik.org/.

Amberley First School

On 12 December 2011, David and Janet Underwood attended a presentation at Amberley First School. The children of the school, led principally by headteacher Michelle Clifford, had researched life in West Africa and bought 20 reading books for Kanubeh Nursery School with money kindly donated by the friends and children of Amberley First School and St James Primary School. David and Janet will be taking the books over to Kanubeh on their next trip in January 2012.

Thank you to everyone involved for your donations to this brilliant cause. It is great to see yet more children in the UK becoming aware of and taking responsibility for poorer people around the world.

Read more on the school's website: http://www.amberley.w-sussex.sch.uk/Books-for-Kanubeh.

Involve your school

If your school would like to get involved with or know more about the charity, please get in touch.

We are currently putting together an education pack that has some great ideas for GUD- and Gambian-based activities and lessons that you can do in class. So far, we have visited schools interested in our work developing a banana plantation in the village of Kanubeh.

Depending on your location, a GUD volunteer could come in to an assembly to give a small presentation about the charity and the work it does.