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How we spend our money (1), and why providing lunch is not an extra:

4/12/2018

 
​On Saturday we paid D21,170 (£322) for the two weeks food for people attending workshops and meetings.  
 
In Gambia notes (dalasi) it looks like a lot of money, much more than it did in sterling!
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​It’s a big part of the cost of our delivering workshops and training here. And when reviewing our costs and trying to keep budgets down, we considered removing it.
 
However Saturdays’ training with the GSL teachers reminded me why this isn’t an option. For many Gambians breakfast is just a soft white bread stick (often with nothing else), and on Saturday a number of GSL teachers hadn’t had any breakfast at all.  
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​It’s fair to say that by 12:30 I was starting to lose them, a combination of hunger and heat.  After lunch was provided, they really perked up, and were happy to carry on going past our finish time.
 
The photo below is of them after lunch.  And that’s why they’re still smiling!
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