Sindola Lower Basic School · Serekunda
Five classrooms. Around 200 children. Twenty teachers, one directorship, one promise.
Five classrooms. Three more under construction.
After COVID we moved from the countryside back to Serekunda — where the population is, where we reach more children. We teach in five classrooms today. Three new ones open in September 2026.
We follow the Gambian primary curriculum, in English. Classrooms are around 30 children each — small enough that every child gets seen.
Basic. Honest.
- · Water, electricity and toilets — all in place
- · Two laptops on site (no computer room yet)
- · A small playground — land in Serekunda is expensive
- · No kitchen — local mothers bring hot lunches
- · No library yet — books are limited but present
Around 200 children, ages 6 to 14.
80% pay school fees. 20% attend for free because their parents can’t afford it. We cover the cost for that 20%. School runs 8:30 to 13:00.
What’s next.
Five years: all classrooms finished, a computer room, and Saturday trades — carpentry, plumbing, masonry. Ten years: kindergarten through secondary. Long-term dream: kids who go from Sindola to university.
Help us build it