23 May 2011 - The Gambia Experience - Press Office
Specialist tour operator, The Gambia Experience [part of Serenity Holidays] held a fancy-dress ‘School Charity Day’ last Friday (20 May) in order to raise money for its own registered charity, ‘The School Development Fund’.
A total of £618.50 was raised (£118.50 by staff and a contribution of £500 from directors) with the specific aim of supporting the Kitty Upper Basic School in The Gambia, in particular the completion of its school roof prior to the onset of the rainy season.
Staff and management at the Serenity Holidays Hampshire office were asked to come dressed as a school pupil, teacher or dinner lady. Throughout the day staff enjoyed homemade biscuits, egg & spoon races, guess the member of staff from the Serenity School Photo competition, and the unlucky few also experienced a five-minute detention!
Kathy Burrington - graphic designer at Serenity Holidays and member of the School Development Fund committee - who posed as ‘Headmistress’ for the day, commented:
“Immense fun was had by everyone last Friday. Above all, we are delighted to have made a difference to our most recent school project in The Gambia – Kitty Upper Basic School. We have now raised enough money to complete the outstanding building works, as well as carry some across to the next school which needs our help.”
For more information on The Gambia Experience, visit www.gambia.co.uk as well as www.thegambiablog.co.uk and on its School Development Fund - established in 1989, and now having assisted over 100 school projects across The Gambia - visit www.schooldevelopmentfund.org
To view Serenity Holidays staff enjoying the School Charity Day, please see The Gambia Experience Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/GambiaExperience
