The African Oyster Trust Charity | Nursery Education and Healthcare in Gambia

By Alison Calvert, founder of the Mariama Mae Nursery School

Earlier this year, a Mariama Mae School information leaflet was given to Lady Mary Jephcott, who later contacted me and invited Jo and I to meet with her to discuss the possibility of a donation from the Jephcott Charitable Trust.

Thank goodness for Jo, a very dear friend of mine who beavers away on her computer helping me in all sorts of ways towards the school. Our visit was very successful and we came away knowing clearly what we had to do to put together our application to the Trust.  

Again, thank goodness for Jo, because she did it so well that while I was still in Africa in April the news came through from her that we had been successful in our bid.  This enabled me to set in motion the completion of classroom three because the trust had donated £1,700, allowing us to put our strong roof on this classroom.

Thank you Mary for your help and guidance, it was invaluable and very much appreciated.

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