The current project stage of the schoolfeeding in the Gambia will end next summer.
The WFP in the Gambia is working on a strategy that the local schools should create their one contribution by creating and maintaining a schoolgarden. Kids can learn a lot by working in this garden.
On thursday we've visited a school in the north-east part of the Gambia. Ik took us a 3 hour travel by boat and car. In this area of the Gambia you see the kind of houses as we see on TV. Build up with palm tree leaves and construction material. Not very stable and you can't even call it a house.
Today we followed the total logistics chain. We started in the port of Bajul to see where the containers come's in. Further we visited the customs department and had some discussions with the master of the Port operations, the customs officer and tax department. Also in the Gambia there are strict rules and policier regarding security and customs, like we have in Benelux. It gives issues sometimes to get the food transported through the port to the logisitics warehouses of the WFP.
We're in the Gambia since monday evening. Today we had an briefing with the entire WFP staff in Gambia. We introduced TNT and our Team and the WFP team did the same. It's good to have a real understanding of each others business, so that we can support eachother better.
We visit the WFP warehouses, willed with rice, salt, palmoil and yellow spil peas. A lot of food is there available and the do organize regular transport into the schools within the Gambia. We discussed how the transport is organized and will look in it during this week.
