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

We have helped with building work and supplies, with paying the monthly salaries and training costs for the teachers, and with the provision of books, pens, and other vital supplies. We have also provided essential healthcare and clinic facilities for those same children and communities.

 Above: Children in Kunta Kinteh Nursery School

These nursery schools really are important. Not only are they providing a solid pre-school education for some of the world’s poorest children, but they are also places of hope – somewhere for these most vulnerable of children to be cared for, nourished, supported and encouraged.

Pre-school education is a vital first step out of the cycle of poverty for young Gambians aged three to seven years, giving them not only a head-start when their primary education begins, but also a sense of ambition and hope that can stay with them throughout their adult lives.

Click here to find out more about Gambia, or read about our current work at Kunta Kinteh Nursery School in Kunkujang, Serrakunda, at Baduma Nursery School in Jappineh, the Mariama Mae Nursery School in Gunjur or our latest project, the Hilary Emery Nursery School in Talinding.