Annual Report 2014:

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, vegetable plot, books, chalk, stationery, text books, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, 19 tables and benches, roof and wall repair, Islamic Conference, kettle, bicycle, 200 kg rice, building of new windows, new toilets, rebuilding of collapsed classrooms, 40 uniforms
Farato: teachers’ salaries, books, chalk, textbooks, stationery, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, roof repair, 160 uniforms, painting of school, 2 qurbani, 40 tables and benches, painting of school
GNPC (Gambian National Paralympic Committee):
funding for first 6 months of Skill Centre Project, laptop, funding for second 6 months of Skill Centre Project, 5200kg rice, 3 qurbani
Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, making Zikr with pupils, mixed Zikr, car maintenance, 4 qurbani, 6000 kg rice, bicycle, 1650 kg sugar, 500 kg rice
Disabled: secretary salary, housing support, house for Ebrima Joof and toilet, 2000kg rice, Housing support, Computer Stationery Shop
Babilon: rebuilding of Ebrima Joof's house
Needy: 2650 kg rice, mobile phone, 15 qurbani for Maulana, 67 qurbani, 3000 kg rice
Darubjusambala: 1 qurbani, building of new toilets,

Mosques:
Masuda's Mihrab: mihrab for Tanji Mosque in memory of Masuda
Tanji: building of new mosque in honour of Qasim's grandfather, supervision
Yundum Mosque: building of new mosque in honour of Shakura's father, transport of earthblocks
Sheikh Ngum's Mosque: recital of 40 Surat Ya Sin, 1 qurbani and meal for Maulana Sheikh Nazim
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: water, 6 qurbani, 630 kg rice

Wells:
New Yundum: adding a waterway and protection ring to the new well
Daru Bjusambala I: completion of building of new well for the mosque
Daru Bjusambala II: new well with lid
New Yundum: building of 5th well with a pump
Kombo Kerawan: building of new well with pump
Kembo Jeh: well repair

total Qurbani: 99
total Rice: 17 180 kg
sugar: 4650 kg

Mali:

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicapees: 8150 kg rice, 103 qurbani, running of centre
Traditional Healers: 7 qurbani, 450 kg rice

Sham: £256 for soup kitchen

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop: 20 Magdalene Street. Open: Mo-Sat 11-17
Zikrs:
-Wednesdays 11.30 am ladies’ Zikr in private homes
-Thursday or Friday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes
-first Sunday of the Month: mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in St. Margaret's Chapel, Magdalene Street
-second Sunday of the month: Sufi Sound Streams (musical mixed Zikr) with Sheikh Mikail Rose at the Red Brick Building
-third Saturday of the month mixed Zikr at Malika's and Abdul Malik's in Low Ham
Ramadan:
Communal breaking of fast and Tarawih Prayers in private homes
Maulid ul Nabi: 11.1. with Hajji Shahid, 19.1. with Sheikh Mikail
Events:
Sheikh Ahmad: Whirling Dervish Workshop in Shekinashram, April
Sheikh Hassan Sufi Weekend, August
Holy Quran intensive course with Ali and Maryam Keeler, October

2013 Report

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, vegetable plot, books, chalk, stationery, text books, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, tables and benches, water meter, teachers' salary contract, 500 kg rice, roof and wall repair and painting of school from the outside.
Farato: teachers’ salaries, books, chalk, textbooks, stationery, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, new school building, blackboards, re establishing of schoolgarden, 2 toilets, english teacher top up salary, teachers' holiday salary top up, waterway from well to allotment, 20 benches and tables, teachers' salary contract, 500 kg rice, roof repair, wheel barrel, 120 uniforms, wall repair, 1 Qurbani
GNPC (Gambian National Paralympic Committee): office and secretary costs, 4650 kg rice, Skill Centre Project, 7 Qurbani.
Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, running of school vegetable gardens in Tanji and Farato, making Zikr with pupils, mixed Zikr, 12 Qurbani, 5625 kg rice, laptop, car maintenance, support for epilepsy diagnosis in Dakar, 3 prayer mats for Zikr, 7 serving plates
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: 9 Qurbani, 1750 kg of rice, water
Disabled: secretary salary, housing support, house for Ebrima Joof and toilet, Osman house doors, living allowance, rebuilding of Ebrima Joof's house
Kotu Craft Market Mosque:
Tanji: building of new mosque in honour of Qasim's grandfather, 3 Qurbani, supervision
Kembo Jay Orphanage: 500 kg of rice
The Needy: 9 Qurbani, 100 kg rice

Wells:
New Yundum III: building of new well with pump for school
New Yundum IV: new well with pump for new mosque with waterway and protection ring
Daru Bjusabala: building of new well with lid for mosque
Kembo Kerawan: building of new well with lid, 1 Qurbani
Junna: building of new well with lid

total Qurbani: 42
total Rice: 13 625 kg

Mali:

Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicapees: 4400 kg rice, 72 Qurbani,

Traditional Healers: 1600 kg rice, 11 Qurbani, medical herbs

Bamako:
Femmes Handicapees: for Ramadan soup kitchen for refugees from Timbuktu, 2950 kg rice, 37 Qurbani

total Qurbani: 120
total Rice: 8950 kg

Sham: £115 for soup kitchen at Sheikh Abdullah Daghistani Maqqam Damascus

Glastonbury:

Sufi Charity Shop: 20 Magdalene Street. Open: Mo-Sat 11-17
Books: Printed 2000 copies 5th edition of Sheikh Nazim's Natural Medicine Book
Support: for Ra's Art Studio
Zikrs:
-Wednesdays 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes
-Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes
-first Sunday of the Month: mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in St. Margaret's Chapel, Magdalene Street
-monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House
Ramadan:
Communal breaking of fast and Tarawih Prayers in private homes
Maulid ul Nabi: at Sue & Jean's with Hajji Shahid and Sheikh Mikail
Events:
Sheikh Ahmad Dede: 26.4. Meeting and Zikr in St. Margaret's Chapel,
27.4. Assembly Rooms, Whirling Dervish Workshop
June: Sheikh Hassan Dyck: Zikr and Sohbet

2012 Report

The Gambia:

Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, vegetable plot, books, chalk, stationery, text books, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, 5 Qurbani, 250 kg rice, 40 uniforms, 20 tables and benches, dustbin, 7 praying mats, 3 footballs, repair and clearing of toilet,
Farato: teachers’ salaries, books, chalk, textbooks, stationery, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, completion of wudu area and watertank, 5 Qurbani, 200 kg rice, 12 praying mats, petrol for generator, 12 kettles, new school building with 3 classrooms, one teachers'/storage room, 10 benches and tables
GNPC (Gambian National Paralympic Committee): office and secretary costs,
6550 kg rice, 1 wheelchair
Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making Zikr with pupils, transport (car maintenance), mixed Zikr, 16 Qurbani, 7425 kg rice, funeral costs, mobile phone, 4 Zikr mats, sewing machine, Cyprus trip reimbursement
1 wheelchair, 1 bicycle,
Maryama: completion of BJ's house
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: 1 Qurbani, 1850 kg rice, water, roof repair, electric meter, 4 mats and paint
Yurunku: 300 mosquito nets: completion of project: 'A mosquito net for everyone in Yurunku!', repair of water tank
Disabled: secretary salary, housing support, printer, house for Ebrima Joof, shop stock for E.Colley, rice 500 kg, 1 Qurbani
Kotu Craft Market Mosque: Zikr Bench in memory of Ebou and planting of coconut trees
Wells:
New Yundum I: completion of new well with pump

New Yundum II: new well with pump
Kembo Jeh: repair of broken pump, 1000 kg of rice
Babilon: building of well with iron lid, new roof for Osman
Lamin Village: building of new well with lid
Kembo Kerawan: building of new well with lid

total Qurbani: 29
total Rice: 17 775 kg

Timbuktu, Mali:

Femmes Handicapees: 9616 kg rice, 58 Qurbani, £700 support for opening shop

Traditional Healers: 1800 kg rice, 11 Qurbani, medical herbs
Bamako, Mali:
Femmes Handicapees: £345 for Ramadan soup kitchen for refugees from Timbuktu, 3078 kg rice, 50 Qurbani,

Sham: £9505 for soup kitchen at Sheikh Abdullah Daghistani Maqqam Damascus

Glastonbury:

Sufi Charity Shop: 20 Magdalene Street. Open: Mo-Sat 11-17
200 Sheikh Nazim Books donated to German Naqshbandi Centre

Zikrs:
-Wednesdays 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes

-Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes

-First Sunday of the Month: mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in St. Margaret's Chapel, Magdalene Street
-monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House

-9.11. Zikr with Sheikh Ahmad Dede in St.Margaret's Chapel

Ramadan:
Communal breaking of fast and Tarawih Prayers in private homes, 4th of August with Hajji Shahid at Sue & Jean's,
Eid at Sue & Jean's
Events:
Sheikh Hassan Dyck: Caravan of Love Mystical Musical Sufi Evening in the Assembly Rooms: 8th of July 2012 & Allah is the Beauty!
Methodist Church 9th of July: follow up workshop
Sheikh Ahmed Dede in St. Mary's Church Hall 8.11.Whirling Dervish Workshop

2011 Report

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, vegetable plot, 87 uniform hats, books, chalk, stationery, text books, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, qurbani, teachers' room cupboard, 10 tables and benches, 200 kg rice,
Farato: teachers’ salaries, books, chalk, textbooks, stationery, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, teachers' toilet, 50 uniforms, 80 uniform hats, water tank installation and new wudu place.
GNPC: office and secretary costs, 3700 kg rice,

Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making Zikr with pupils, mats, turbans, transport (car maintenance), mixed Zikr, 37 qurbani, housing support, laptop, 9500 kg rice, 6 mats for Zikr, Mr Ngum's visit to Lefke to meet Maulana,
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: water, 1600 kg rice, storage room, 6 mats, 7 qurbani,
Wells, water: Farato school water tank for ablution new ablution place, Farato well: completion of pump installation for well and watering of vegetable garden, Jurunku: village water system improvement: repair of pump, solarsystem and 2 water tanks installation, building of tank tower, Mandinah Bah completion of building new well with pump
Farato Well: completion of pump installation for well and watering of vegetable garden
Mandina Bah: completion of building new well with pump
Jurunku: village water system improvement: repair of pump, solarsystem and 2 x 10 000 liter water tanks installation, building of tank tower, 1 qurbani, 350 mosquito nets
New Yundum: building of new well with pump
Disabled: secretary salary, housing support, furniture
Kotu Craft Market Mosque: Zikr Bench in memory of Ebou and planting of coconut trees
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital: 60 liter insulin
Qurbani: 45
Rice:15 000 kg

Timbuktu, Mali:
Femmes Handicapees: 6950 kg rice, 105 Qurbani, 2 motorized tricycles, £700 to open shop
Traditional Healers: 800 kg rice, 11 Qurbani, herbal medicines

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop 20 Magdalene Street. Mo-Sat 11-17
15 crutches for the Red Cross
Zikrs:
Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes
Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes
Monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House
Zikr with Sheikh Ahmad Dede in St.Margaret's Chapel
Events:
Practical Islam Course with Sheikh Shahid
2 Whirling Dervish Workshops with Sheikh Ahmad Dede
Ramadan: Saturday, Thursday Night communal breaking of fast and Tarawih Prayers in private homes

2010 Report

A version of this report with photos is here

The Gambia:
Tijani-Naqshbandi Schools:
Tanji: teachers’ salaries, 160 uniforms, books, chalk, stationery, text books, uniforms, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, buckets, bicycle, 10 benches and tables, doors and windows repairs, toilet repair, teachers' chair, classroom paint

Farato: teachers’ salaries, 150 uniforms, books, chalk, textbooks, stationery,
building of well, building of wooden fence around the allotment, monthly Naqshbandi Zikr with pupils, lid for the hand well, 10 benches and tables, building repairs, paint, garden tools, seeds for vegetable plot
GNPC: office and secretary costs, disabled car
repair

Naqshbandis: Task Force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making Zikr with pupils, laptop, sewing machine, 4 mats, turbans, 26 mosquito nets, transport (car maintenance) birth certificates and passports and visa applications for Al H.& BJ's trip to Lefke, netbook, external writer, printer, mixed Zikr, ladies' Zikr
Sheikh Nazim Mosque: water, 3 mats, painting
Wells, water: Farato school well with pump, water tank for ablution,
Mandina: surveillance of building new well
Yurunku: watersystem improvement
Yurunku: mud blocks for the Maqqam of El Hadj Ibrima Khalidou Ndiaye, 24 mosquito nets
Wheelchair Distribution: secretary salary, housing support, 6 wheelchairs
Kotu Craft Market Mosque: Ebou memorial Zikr bench repair, planting of 3 coconut trees, 12 mosquito nets
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital: 24 kilo insulin
Appeal: for trip to Sheikh Nazim in Cyprus and passports for BJ and Al Hagie
Qurbani: 40 sheep
Rice: 8610 kg

Timbuktu, Mali:
Femmes Handicapees: 2100 kg rice, electric bill, 70 Qurbani
Traditional Healers: 850 kg rice, 13 Qurbani

Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop 20 Magdalene Street. Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17

Zikrs:
Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ Zikr in private homes-
Thursday evenings: men's Zikr in private homes-
Monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose in the Abbey House
Mixed Zikr with Sheikh Shahid
Zikr with Sheikh Ahmad Dede in St.Margaret's Chapel
Events:
Mystical Musical Sufi Evening in the Assembly Rooms with Sheikh Hassan Dyck and the Caravan of Love
Workshop with Sheikh Hassan Dyck
Moment of Prayer on the 40th day of the passing of Sheikh Bukhari in the St. Margaret Chapel
Eid with Sheikh Shahid
Weekly opening of St Margaret's Chapel and Magdalene Almshouses in memory Pamela Bellars
Ramadan: Saturday,Tuesday and Thursday Night communal Tarawih Prayers in private homes.

2009 Report

The Gambia:-
Tanji Naqshbandi-Tijani School: teachers’ salaries, 40 uniforms, 10 tables & benches, building of porch, Tabaski money for teachers, Eid-ul-Fitr support, books, chalk, praying mats, bell, water connection repair
Farato Naqshbandi-Tijani School: teachers’ salaries, well repair, toilet repair, 20 tables & benches, 40 uniforms, office furniture, Tabaski money for teachers, Eid-ul-Fitr support, books, chalk, praying mats
Nema Nazir Naqshbandi-Tijani School: teachers’ salaries
Farato Mosque: floor, windows
GNPC: office and secretary costs, Tabaski money, 40 mosquito-nets, housing support, waiving of annual fee for membership of Paralympic Committee, 1 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr, 6 Qurbani Eid-ul-Adha
Sheikh Nazim’s Mosque: roof extension, painting and repairs, Sufi Books, water
Kotu Craft Market: reconstruction of Ebou Jammeh Zikr Bench, planting of memorial tree, Sufi Books
Qurbani: 66
Naqshbandis: Sufi Books, food supplies, Qurbani: 1 sheep & Maulud celebration, 8 Qurbani for Haji Nefi Bey, Housing support, 2 Qurbani Haji Nefi Bey, 3 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr,10 Qurbani, car repair and maintenance, petrol money, 2 bicycles, rice, founding of Task Force for school check-ups, school vegetable gardens and making Zikr with pupils
the needy: 27 Qurbani
Kembo Jeh Orphanage: well repair, 1 ton of rice, completion of well, 1000kg rice for school children, 1 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr
Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital: 80 doctors’ coats, 40 sphygmomanometers, 40 stethoscopes,11 000 sterile gloves, 40 000 swabs, 3.8 kg of insulin, IHPUK: Signing of the Gambia Health Alliance, 4 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr, 3 Qurbani Eid-ul-Adha, defibrillator
Old Yundum: Building of a well with pump for the mosque and school


Timbuktu:
Femmes Handicappees: 300 Euro, 7 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr, 600 kg of millet, 16 Qurbani Eid-ul-Adha
Traditional Healing Centre:100 Euro, 3 Qurbani Eid-ul-Fitr, 5 Qurbani Eid-ul-Adha


Glastonbury:
Sufi Charity Shop, 20 Magdalene Street. Open Mo-Sat 11-17, Sun 14-17, shop renovation: painting inside and outside and laying of new wooden floor, extended ceiling lights, fitting of awning
Talk by Ian Bradley in St.Mary’s Church Hall:King Arthur, Sacred Monarchy and Britain
Abbey House: Hakim Archuletta workshop: Being in the moment, monthly mixed Zikr with Sheikh Mikail Rose
Weekly Zikrs: Wednesday 11.30am ladies’ zikr in private homes
-Sunday 6pm mixed Zikr in St.Margaret’s Chapel
St Margaret’s Chapel: -Sunday 6pm mixed zikr-Tuesdays 12-2pm opening of the Chapel in memory of Pamela Bellars

Kenya: 3 Qurbani for the Maulid in Lamu

2008 Report

THE GAMBIA:

Schools:
Nema Nazir:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
Farato:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
40 uniforms
Tanji:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
40 uniforms, Arabic school books
Lamin Kotu:
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 6 sheep

Naqshbandi group:
Qurbani: Eid ul Fitr: 4 sheep
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 5 sheep

Kembo Jay
Building of well
Handpump for well
175 mosquito nets

Al Kauthar Bookshop:
CDs and cassettes
New electricity connection installed

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital:
Container sent with gauze, mosquito nets, rubber gloves, stethoscopes, sphygmanometers, doctors’ coats and insulin
Qurbani: Eid ul Fitr: 4 sheep
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 5 sheep

Gambian Physically Disabled Association:
Salary for secretary and office running costs
Scholarship for further education of secretary
Annual membership fees for IPC and ASCOD
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 8 sheep

TIMBUKTU:

Femmes Handicappees:
Qurbani: Eid ul Fitr: 5 sheep
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 5 sheep

Traditional Healers:
Qurbani: Eid ul Fitr: 2 sheep
Qurbani Eid ul Adha 3 sheep

KENYA:

Water & Relief Foundation:
5 wheelchairs
5 mosquito nets
50 Sufi Books
Qurbani: Eid ul Fitr: 4 sheep
Qurbani Eid ul Adha: 15 sheep

Free Medical Camp in Lamu:
Travelpacks with 100kg medicine in joint venture with IHPUK taken and donated to more than 5000 patients

Lady of Mercy Orphanage:
building of well and instalment of water tank

GLASTONBURY:
Sufi Charity Shop
Weekly zikrs:
Sundays mixed zikr in St Margaret’s Chapel
Wednesdays ladies’ zikr in private homes
Talk/workshop at Abbey House with Hakim Archuletta
St. Margaret’s Chapel:
memorial service for Pamela Bellars,
Tuesdays 12-2 opening of the Chapel in her name
Meditation bench in her name.

2007 Report

THE GAMBIA:

Schools:
Nema Nazir:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
Stationery, pens, books, chalk and paper materials for the whole year
Farato:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
Stationery, pens, books, chalk and paper materials for the whole year
Tanji:
Salaries for teachers
Tabaski money for teachers
Stationery, pens, books, chalk and paper materials for the whole year
Lamin Kotu School:
Completion of toilets
40 benches and tables
English books
Completion of well: instalment of pump

Naqshbandi Group:
Qurban al Fitr: 6 sheep
Qurban al Adha: 4 sheep
Housing support

Spalding Mosque:
Electric bill and outside painting

Fruitsellers’ Association:
Seasonal blessing ceremony

Al Kauthar Naqshbandi Bookshop
Building, installation of electricity, cassette and copying facilities
Books

Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital:
300 mosquito nets
30 stethoscopes
30sphygmomanometers
glucometer
9000 surgical gloves
40000 gauze
Travel Pack worth £3000 in co operation with IHPUK
Qurban al Fitr: 3 sheep
Qurban al Adha: 4 sheep
20 stethoscopes
10 glasses
19 boxes paracetamol
17 tramadol hydrochloride
2 diclofemac sodium
1 ultrasound fracture healing system

Gambian Physically Disabled Association:
Salary for secretary and office running costs
Scholarship for Ebrima Colley advanced business school
Tabaski/Eid money

TIMBUKTU:

Femmes Handicappees:
Qurban al Fitr: 7 sheep
Qurban al Adha: 10 sheep
20 000 CFA for food supplies for each member. Total £630

Tuareg midwife in Tiriken:
300 Euro for medical equipment

Traditional Healers:
Building of Traditional Healing Centre with pharmacy, teaching room and clinic
Qurban al Fitr: 3 sheep
Qurban al Adha: 2 sheep

KENYA:

Water and Relief Foundation:
Qurban al Adha: 20 sheep

GLASTONBURY:
launch of website
running of Sufi Charity Shop
weekly zikrs:
Sundays mixed zikr in St Margaret’s Chapel
Wednesdays ladies’ zikr in private homes

2005 report:

I: The Gambia:

In our 3 schools we are employing 14 teachers and 1 gardener and paying them a monthly salary, also during the holidays and extra money for Eid.
All 380 pupils have been given exercise books, stationery, pens, rubbers and the teachers have received teaching materials for the year.

Tanji Haqqani School:
- The145 students have each had a new uniform made.
- A new lady teacher has been employed.
- The ruins of the old school have been built into an office and storage room for the teachers.
- The water has been connected.
- 3 teacher's tables and 10 desks and benches have been built, 33 more desks and benches are under construction.

Farato Haqqani School:
- The school has been registered.
- A well specialist has repaired the collapsed well by enforcing the wall with cement.
- 10 desks and benches and 3 teacher's tables have been built (30 more are under construction)
- The toilets are ready.
- A wudu place has been built.
- The floors and back wall have been repaired.
- New praying mats
- Textbooks
- School-wall drawing

Nema Nazir Haqqani School:
- The school has received a school sign
- water has been installed.
- A wudu place has been built.
- The vegetable garden of the pupils is developing wonderfully.
- A new planting area has been developed under the terrace.
- The school wall has been painted with oilpaint.
- The inside of the school is being painted
- Toilets and store room is being repaired
- New garden tools and seeds
- Nema Nazir received 11 sheep and 3 goats for Eid ul Adha 2005,

The Royal Victoria Hospital: Received:
- 3.8 kg insulin
- 9000 rubber examination/surgical gloves
- 40000 gauze swabs
- 75 mosquito-nets
- 45 sphygmomanometers
- 3 wheelchairs
- we helped to send 9 fully equipped ambulances from the NHS Sussex to the RVH
- 3 sheep and 1 goat for Eid ul Fitr 2005
- splints

The GPDSA/ Gambian Physically Disabled Sports Association
Have been helped with:
- setting up a workshop to build their own wheelchairs
- travelling expenses for disabled basketball game in Mauritania
- 20 wheelchairs
- 2 pairs of crutches
- Sufi books
- Laptop, printer, scanner
- Mobile phones
- 73 mosquito-nets
- rent for office and salary for Ebrima to be the secretary

Lamin Kotu:
- old well has been repaired
- building of new well with a pump in the new school
- building of new school: toilets, windows, floors, blackboards, doors, securing of walls, painting in and outside,

Kotu Craft Market Mosque:
- building of a rubbish disposal unit to contain the terrible spread of rubbish in front of the mosque

II: Timbuktu, Mali

Handicapped Ladies of Timboktoo:
- have been given £540.20 for the electricity of their workshop centre in Timbuktoo

Traditional Herbalists of Timboktoo:
- 6 sphygmomanometres
- 5 stethoscopes
- 3 thermometers

Report from 2004

Projects in The Gambia:

- in our three schools we are now employing 14 teachers.
- all 360 pupils have received stationery and school books for the coming year.
- the well in the Farato school has been completed.
- the pupils of the Farato school have received their uniforms.
- the toilets in the Farato school have been built.
- 33 desks and benches for the Farato school have been built and delivered.
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- the new school building of the Tanji school is complete, the extension still under
construction, as building works had to be halted during the rainy season.
- Tanji school has received new praying mats and 22 benches and tables.
- Tanji school has had a wall built around it with a secure iron gate.
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- Nema Nazir school has been painted.
- water facilities and wudu area in Nema Nazir are under construction.
- Nema Nazir pupils have received a new set of uniforms.
- Nema Nazir has received a complete set of garden equipment for vegetable/fruit growing classes.
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- The GPDSA Gambian Physically Disabled Sports Association have been helped financially four times, by cash being given to each player.
- we have bought a bicycle for their trainer, so that they can start marathon racing.
- we have paid their NGO registration fee so that they are an official recognised body now, and can start to applying for grants.
- we have paid their Paralympic yearly membership, dated back 3 years.
- we have given them money for travelling expenses for their partnership games in Senegal.
- we have helped them apply for a stadium for the disabled to be built by the US, by
getting permission for land use by the Mayor of Serekunda and filling in the
forms.
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- we have renewed the roof of the Kotu Craftmarket Mosque and put in a tiled floor.
- we have installed 5 fans in the Nema Nazir Mosque.
- We have distributed 270 mosquito nets in co-operation with the Royal Victoria
Hospital, brought medicine and teaching aids from the UK for the hospital.
- sent 13 wheelchairs and crutches.

Zahra Thyra Quensel /Trustee of Charity Healing Hearts