Title: Kate Walters (
The Gambia)
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travelling tales - 05/Dec/2010 14:35 - 4894 days ago
I am now in my final month in The Gambia and one of the things I will certianly not miss is the journey between the Kombo and So...
Untitled - 22/Nov/2010 12:59 - 4907 days ago
Ashley our visitorAsh creating a map of the region and its schools in the office!Me taking a few gin-assisted low vantage ...
how do you quantify success? - 22/Nov/2010 12:44 - 4907 days ago
With my final days of work approaching I have started writing handover notes and packing up my house. It is hard to imagine the ...
rather this than a tumbu fly... - 08/Nov/2010 10:25 - 4921 days ago
The week before last I was somewhat unwell, but unable to put my finger on quite what was wrong. Incessant tiredness, no appetit...
a little hiccup - 25/Oct/2010 13:13 - 4935 days ago
As the sun came up on Saturday morning we dragged ourselves out of bed to head off to Kwinella for a cluster based Phonics works...
drawing the line - 15/Oct/2010 12:47 - 4945 days ago
There are plenty of aspects of living here I find hard, but one that is particularly frustrating is working in a different cultu...
feeling a bit shy - 14/Oct/2010 15:16 - 4946 days ago
We discovered the stats tab for our blogs today and spent a good hour finding out who has been reading and from where. I'm now t...
stabilisation - 03/Oct/2010 10:23 - 4957 days ago
With the start of a new academic year comes the process of stabilisation. Teachers and Headteachers alike may find they have bee...
no rest for the wicked - 20/Sep/2010 11:06 - 4970 days ago
International Literacy Day was on the 8th of September, so on Saturday the 18th our Region hosted a function to celebrate it. We...
the wonderings of a restless mind - 12/Sep/2010 13:40 - 4978 days ago
Pete thinks that the evolution of the middle ear was over-complicated and unnecessary and a third leg would have addressed the b...
things I'm not doing today - 01/Sep/2010 15:12 - 4989 days ago
going back to work after a not-quite long enough summer holiday and hearing how we improved again and must get 100% next yearcyc...
they didn't think I'd come back... - 22/Aug/2010 13:04 - 4999 days ago
Coming back to the Gambia after a month back in the UK definitely allows you to see things through new eyes. The things people b...
and relax - 04/Aug/2010 10:08 - 5017 days ago
Having a brief holiday in the UK and thoroughly enjoying myself. Missing the other volunteers massively and feel quite guilty ev...
doing my bit for tourism - 16/Jul/2010 14:45 - 5036 days ago
We had a little weekend away in Boboi - stunning beach entirely to ourselves, give or take a cow or two.We actually went with th...
school's out for summer - 04/Jul/2010 16:52 - 5048 days ago
well technically school is out for summer in another 2 weeks, but as not much will go on due to exams and the annual conference ...
dedication's what you need - 23/Jun/2010 20:58 - 5059 days ago
We have officially started training teachers how to teach phonics. Quite regularly the 'Record Breakers' theme tune enters my he...
keeping myself occupied - 24/May/2010 14:16 - 5089 days ago
There is plenty of time to fill here. On the days we haven't been going into schools, we leave the office about 3 and the rest o...
leaves on the track - 24/May/2010 14:11 - 5089 days ago
Just as we actually get into schools and speak to some children, it is time to return again to the Kombo for yet more meetings. ...
whilst the election is underway... - 06/May/2010 13:18 - 5107 days ago
in the real world, you're all busy voting - I hope. Well we've actually started work at last. After much deliberation, we decide...
a brief interlude - 20/Apr/2010 17:43 - 5123 days ago
So with a Whole School Development workshop providing a perfect excuse we have left behind the 'gas mark 6' temperatures of Soma...
imagine if you will... - 16/Apr/2010 13:33 - 5127 days ago
Not having the mad rush that is the start of term. Instead a more sedate beginning where you may still be travelling back f...
self preservation - 07/Apr/2010 21:24 - 5136 days ago
Sanity at least partly restored after our weekend away, where we were spoiled rotten, drank plenty of beer and aired our mutual ...
busy doing nothing - 01/Apr/2010 11:03 - 5142 days ago
Well work this week has been a challenge, but not in the way I had been expecting. Our role here is to work with the region's te...
Not in Kansas Anymore. - 24/Mar/2010 14:42 - 5150 days ago
Well life has been pretty varied the last few weeks! We left the Kanifing house unsure as to whether the vast amounts of stuff w...
Day of Reckoning. - 07/Mar/2010 11:43 - 5167 days ago
Saturday morning I wake-up ever so slightly excited about the off-road ride ahead. I prepare for a bone rattling ride and s...
Blood, Sweat&Tears. - 05/Mar/2010 16:05 - 5169 days ago
Motorbike training Day 1 (Tuesday):We turn up at Riders for Health, an international company who VSO use to give our training an...
Untitled - 01/Mar/2010 16:53 - 5173 days ago
23rd Feb - I arrived at the office and my first birthday card had arrived from my tutor group - thanks to Kerray and Suzanne for...
Untitled - 16/Feb/2010 15:20 - 5186 days ago
So we moved into the house in Kanifing where we'll spend the next 3 weeks whislt we finish our in country training. I've added a...
First impressions - 10/Feb/2010 17:43 - 5192 days ago
I've now spent 6 days in The Gambia and I'm loving it. We're staying in a hotel until Friday, when we move into a house in town ...
2 weeks to go. - 21/Jan/2010 13:43 - 5212 days ago
Well here we are - finished work last week and said goodbye to some very good friends whom I hope will keep in touch. I&nbs...
Snow days - 21/Dec/2009 17:37 - 5243 days ago
Finished the second training course at Harborne, met some fantastic people and really focused on the work that will be done. It'...
Counting down - 23/Nov/2009 21:43 - 5271 days ago
6 weeks of work to go.... I leave for The Gambia on the 4th Feb. I am so ready to do this. Got SKWID coming up 17th Dec, then my...
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