The Power of Community
The aim of the day was for the students to understand the importance of community through the written word. Alex Scott of Thriving Through Venture said: “Our group will expand their understanding of community when they travel to The Gambia on May 28 for one week. “Here, they will complete their personal development journey by…
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“The journey with Thriving Through Venture facilitated a truly life-changing experience. After finishing the programme, I am truly taken aback at how much my perspective of the world has shifted” UK Participant “Thriving Through Venture taught me I can make it here (in The Gambia) and I don’t have to make the dangerous journey to…
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Day 13 – Drumming workshop and party! Updated: Aug 29 Our final full day: our Gambian partners came to the Gunjur Lodge for lunch, for a drumming workshop guided by Butch our host at the Gunjur Project Lodge, followed by swimming and finishing off remaining piece of the projects.And then to the party! Many of us…
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Day 11 The women’s garden, the unfinished mosque and spiders We’re busy doing our project work at the moment, but we did get out in the morning – quite early – to visit the women’s vegetable garden. It’s a very large, ten hectare site that had been given by a family to the women of…
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