08 February 2018
8th February
Preparing for the microscopy
workshops
On Friday 9th and
Saturday 10th February we will be delivering our microscopy
workshops to student teachers from Gambia College. These will take place at the
University of The Gambia which is next door. The workshops will be delivered by
Pippa, Kathy, Abdoulie, Wandifa and, we hope, Yankuba for at least part of the
time, and me.
We spent the morning at the hotel
unpacking the microscopes from their boxes and checking they worked. We were
joined by Karamba (the young man referred to in an earlier blog who hopes to
become a chef). We recognise that whilst Yankuba is working at the Atlantic
Hotel he might not always be available to help deliver workshops, so we think
it will be useful to give him some experience. We also put together the kits
that go with the microscopes for the students to use.
That done, we went down to the
University to unpack and get the laboratory ready. We were pleased to see that
the lab had recently been very well decorated.
Once finished we headed back to
the hotel, stopping off en route to give out some sponsorship monies. We were
delighted to be given presents of three freshly picked grapefruits at one compound;
and some oranges at another.
My next blog will cover the two workshops
and I hope to have some good photos to show then
