WYCE Blog

April Newsletter

Dear all,

The time has come again for me to give you a ‘quick’ update of the huge amount of progress that has been carried out in The Gambia and in the UK over the last month.

IN GAMBIA

HEALTH:                 - The Clinic: Thanks to the help of our volunteers, the veranda’s floor outside the clinic has been completed with broken tiles of various colours and is now looking absolutely fantastic! A ramp was also built to facilitate wheelchair access between the ambulance and the clinic entrance. Finally, the small area of stick fencing at the end of the veranda was replaced with a 2 metre high wall which makes the area look much neater and will help keep out some of the heavy rain during the wet season.

                              A big progress was also reached for WYCE when it became apparent that villagers now understood the convenience of our Clinic for straightforward deliveries as it offered a clean environment for mums to deliver their babies. It was therefore agreed that, on top of offering gift packs to all new mums delivering in our clinic, pads should be supplied to all new mums choosing to deliver babies in their own home.

- Parents and Toddler Group: The group is still going well but, over the last month, it became apparent that some parents were sending their oldest children with the toddlers rather than attending the sessions themselves. A change of refreshments offered was therefore introduced in order to act as an incentive and get more adults to attend the group. Furthermore, in order to give the older girls the opportunity to have a break from household chores and baby minding duties, a separate group was set up every Wednesdays for one hour where outdoor games like rounders, skipping, football and indoor board games like Ludo, Snakes and Ladders would be organized by Samba.

- Cataract Operation: Finally, a wonderful piece of news recently came through Muslim Aid when our cataract operation proposal was agreed. Thanks to this, 70 cataract operations will shortly be carried in our Clinic on the children and young adults of the Kombo South area!

BEE FARM:             During Phil Healey’s last visit, a couple of weeks ago, all our hives were found to be occupied with hard-working bees! However, Phil was made aware of the fact that as our bee project consultant Kebee was recently involved in a motorbike accident, he had not been able to visit the site and take any honey harvest. Nevertheless, we are all pleased to know that Kebee’s injuries are slowly healing and that he will soon be returning to our project in order to carry out a now imminent honey harvest!

VEHICLES:              The work on the WYCE vehicles during April 2008 was achieved due to the generous time, money and expertise offered by Tim Wall from Wolverhampton. The main focus was the Land Rover which had been part of the WYCE programme from the outset but had been off the road due to engine failure since September 2007. Thanks to the generosity of Liveridge a replacement engine had been sent out from the UK and was waiting in The Gambia to be installed. Prior to his arrival, Tim had also arranged for other parts such as an exhaust system and a battery to be ready and waiting for him and, after 2 days of hard work, the main aim of this visit had been achieved! Once the road tax for the vehicle was obtained, the Land Rover was finally back on the road and all staff were delighted! Tim’s work however did not stop at this and his final days were spent replacing the exhaust system of our Vitara, fixing our Tomos moped, and adjusting our Ambulance in order to make it consume less fuel and be more financially viable to run. Needless to say that Tim has left the project in a much stronger position and we are all very grateful for the amazing work he has carried out whilst in Madina.

VOLUNTEERS:                     We would finally like to thank the following volunteers who visited our Lodge this month and thanks to who our project is going from strength to strength: Sharon Richter, Zane Powles and his three children, Iain King, Rob Davies, Kerry McAllister, Sophie Lockley, Amy Kruczek, Lettie and Bernard Harris, Faye Williams, Cara Williams, and Amy Newlands, Maureen Batley, Tim Wall and Phil Healey.

IN THE UK

AWARENESS EVENING:      Our next Awareness Evening is to be held on Thursday 8^th May from 19.00 to 21.00 in our Wednesbury Head Office. We would love for our old AND new supporters to come and bring any family member/friend/work colleague interested in finding out more about our Charity and the ways in which to support it. We all look forward to seeing you there!

SPONSOR A BRICK:            As you all know, our main aim for 2008 is to raise £20,000 to finish building the final part of the Early Years Centre and so, in order to help us reach our aim, we have launched a ‘Sponsor a Brick’ fundraising initiative. The idea is simple, get everyone you know/work with to buy a brick for £1 and send your collection back to us as soon as possible as work HAS to be completed before September. Please contact us to obtain your sponsorship form.

BEN NEVIS:                         We are still looking for our remaining 30 challengers to climb Ben Nevis. The first 30 spaces sold out in less than a month so, if you are interested, please download your application form on the website and send it back to our Head Office together your £50 registration fee as soon as possible! Spaces will ONLY be confirmed to those applying for the event this way.

MONTHLY SPONSORSHIP:   Every month, we have to raise a minimum of £3,000 just to keep going and pay for our Gambian staff’s salaries and our project’s day-to-day running costs. We are therefore desperate to find a minimum of 300 regular donors willing to donate £10 per month to WYCE by direct debit (or 600 people donating £5 per month) in order to enable us to grow and carry on extending our project in Madina. Will you be the one to help us reach this target?

MONTHLY DRAW:               This month’s winners are: 1^st prize: Chris Tapley - £22; 2^nd prize: Brian Powell - £13; 3^rd prize: Jane Roberts - £9. This is with only 43 people playing! Just imagine; if we had 200 players, this would make a 1^st prize of £100! So please, contact us for more details or download the registration information on our website and start playing now!

JUST GIVING:                     We are now registered with the fundraising site jusgiving which enables supporters to create a fundraising page for a special event or purpose and makes donating to WYCE a paperless and almost effortless initiative! For more information on how to join, please contact us or visit their website at www.justgiving.co.uk.

FUNDRAISING EVENTS:       We will shortly be publishing an exciting calendar of fundraising events running from June until December 2008. So, if you would like to attend a leadership or goal setting workshop, have the opportunity to buy famous brands of clothing for a third of their retail price, take part in our exciting musical event, swim with sharks, learn how to walk through fire, get a clairvoyant to predict your future, or take part in a fun paint-balling session; please keep visiting the “Latest News” section on the website for more information!

As always, we would like to thank you all for your ongoing support. If you have any queries or would like to contact us, please email us at: axelle.douine@wonderyearsce.co.uk, give us a call on: 0044 121 556 0666, or pop in to our Head Office at the following address: Arundel House – 50, Church Hill – Wednesbury – WS10 9DJ.

March Newsletter

Dear all,

The first 3 months of 2008 have seen an amazing amount of progress from both the UK and The Gambia side of the project and it is therefore time for us to give you all a quick update of what has been achieved so far!

PARENTS AND TODDLERS GROUP:  A Parents and Toddlers group was set up on 24^th January by Wendy (volunteer) and Lettie (Trustee). Its aim is to prepare younger children to enter Nursery 1 classroom and familiarise themselves with their future teacher Samba through playing with toys suitable for their age group, getting used to play alongside other children. The first meeting generated a huge amount of interest and, once the purpose of the group was explained, the children and the mums started to interact with each other using the various toys and seemed to settle in very well. Towards the end of the session Wonjo Juice and fruits were given out to a very happy group. Samba (WYCE teacher) was very pleased to see that the group had started so well and will ensure that the group meets every Mondays and Thursdays from 4.30 pm until 6pm. The group is still going from strength to strength and it has been noticed that when the mothers can't make it to the group, an older sibling of the child accompanies them instead which shows commitment and enthusiasm!

FIRST BIRTH OF 2008:          On Thursday 31^st January at about 12pm Yusupha (WYCE Lodge Supervisor) informed us that his wife was about to have a baby and asked our staff to come and collect her from his compound with her two midwives to be taken to our Clinic. Yusapha (Health Manager), Awa as well as Wendy and Lettie were all present to assist with the delivery. A few hours later Yusupha’s beautiful baby girl, Kaddy, was born! Fingers crossed she is the first of many babies that will be born in the clinic in the coming year!

BEE FARM:  The past few months have been very busy at the bee farm with Phil Healey’s arrival and a newly appointed attendant. At the moment there are 23 hives fully occupied with bees (18 KTB and 5 Dadants) with 2 more Dadants empty and awaiting entry of swarms. All hives were examined during his stay; a few had wax moth but the majority were very strong with plenty of brood - a sign that there is potentially a good honey crop around the corner. Some old combs were removed to encourage the bees to build new ones. After the storms of the rainy season, some damage was made to the leaf covering. All the Rhun Palm roof struts have been replaced and half of the area was covered with corrugated sheet.  The other half will be covered next year when funds allow. The local village carpenter and his team have been employed to do the main construction work with the rest being done by a new member of staff.

LODGE GARDENS:  The grounds of WYCE Lodge have been experiencing a rapid transformation since Christmas 2007 thanks to Omar (our Chief Gardener) and his plentiful band of volunteers having been making headway with the vegetable plots. With much care, attention and a spot of donkey manure, the gardens are blossoming into beds of carrots, tomatoes, onions, cabbage, oranges and much more. The rate of growth is astonishing and the kitchen will soon be benefiting from lush, organic products to compliment the already bountiful supply of paw paws from the Lodge gardens.

VOLUNTEERS:         We would like to thank the following volunteers who, since January, have dedicated their time to join us in The Gambia: Ben Southall, Luke Mills, Luke Chambers, Lisa Allen, Lucy Brookes, Jennifer Thornton, Sam Thomson and Kelly Smith from Newman University College, Ian Parker, our Trustees Bernard and Lettie Harris, Phil and Wendy Healey, Sallie Scott, Pat Chester, Sharon Richter, Nigel Sadler, Vicki Kavanagh, Jane Roberts, Jude and Richard Johnson, Sue Mitchel, Karen Shaw, Indra Kubicek, Chandra Wilby, Kay Simon, Lindsey Simon, and Judy O’Keefe.

WEBSITE:    For those of you who haven’t yet checked our brand new Website, please log on to www.wonderyearsce.co.uk! We can now publish regular blogs and news updates to keep you informed of the project’s development and enable you to read our volunteers’ stories. As with everything to do with WYCE, this site is EVERYONE’S site so, if you have any stories, feedbacks, and/or pictures you would like us to publish, please email them to us and we will upload them onto it.

AWARENESS EVENING:      A big ‘Thank You’ goes to all our supporters who came to our first Awareness Evening on Thursday 6^th March. The evening was a great success and we were able to get invaluable feedback on what was presented. The next Awareness Evening will take place on Thursday 8^th May from 19.00 to 21.00 in our Wednesbury Head Office. We would love you to come and bring any family member/friend/work colleague interested in finding out more about our Charity and the ways in which to support it. We look forward to seeing you there!

SCHOOL APPEAL:   Our main aim for 2008 is to raise £20,000 to finish building the final part of the Early Years Centre. If we do not build extra classrooms before September, our 8 year olds will not be able to progress onto their next class so it is crucial for us to raise this money as soon as possible. We need your help! Please, take a few minutes to circulate an email around asking for donations towards our project. If you work in a big organisation, small donations will go a very long way! Thank you all in advance for your support….

BEN NEVIS:             Our next challenge will take place from 18^th until 20^th July 2008. We are looking for 60 challengers to raise a minimum of £400 in sponsorship to come to Fort William and climb the UK’s highest peak! Will you rise up to the challenge? For more information, please contact us for details or visit our website. All application forms and deposit must be sent to our Head Office by 18^th April and the £350 sponsorship money must be sent to us by 31^st May.

DONATIONS:          We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who was kind enough to donate to and organise fundraising events for the Charity. In total, we received £2,734 this month. As most of you will know by now, just to keep going, we need to raise between £3,000 and £3,500 every month to pay for our Gambian staff’s salaries and the project’s day to day running costs. This is why we would like to find a minimum of 300 people willing to donate £10 per month to WYCE by direct debit (or 600 people donating £5 per month). Will you be the one to help us reach this target?

Furthermore, did you know that we could claim gift aid on all donations made to WYCE? Could you please therefore ask all tax payers to download a Gift Aid form from our website and send it to us together with any future donation?

MONTHLY DRAW:   This month’s winners are: 1^st prize: Vicki Kavanagh - £21; 2^nd prize: Julia Welbourne - £12; 3^rd prize: Sue Mitchell - £9. This is with only 42 people playing. Just imagine; if we had 200 players, this would make a 1^st prize of £100! So please, contact us for more details or download the registration information on our website and start playing!

SPECIAL THANKS: “On behalf of the government, people of the Gambia, Staff, community of Madina Salaam and the children whose general welfare is committed to our charge, I wish to extend sincere thanks and profound appreciation to the Board of Trustees and all the potential donors for their immense contribution in sending a 40ft container full of assortment of valuable items. The provision of a reconditioned referral ambulance for the community was welcomed with much enthusiasm, pride and dignity. The funfair celebrations and jubilations which characterised its arrival, attested to the fact it could not have come at a better time. Apart from the essential social services the ambulance will provide, other assortment of items such as clothing, sporting outfits and school materials, equally brought much relief and pleasure to many families, groups and individuals in the community. Finally, I have been asked to assure you that everything included in the container was useful and benefited the community immensely. Thank you for everything and may god in his infinite powers reward one of you abundantly. Amen. Yours Faithfully, Alieu Sowe (Secretary NGO Board and General Manager.”

Thank you to you all for your immense support. If you have any questions or would like to contact us, please email us at: wyce_axelle@hotmail.co.uk or give us a call on: 0044 121 556 0666.

Independence Day Celebrations

The children of Gambia’s Kombo (Western) region celebrated Independence Day on the 15^th of March 2008, despite the fact that Independence Day was actually on the 18^th of February. The celebration was held in nearby Darsilami, the Town of Peace (like Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). There was a full day of festivities, which were a lot of fun, even though it was a long day in the hot Gambian sun. 59 schools from the region attended the celebration, which was stationed at Darsilami’s primary school.

One child from each of the schools was chosen to represent a child minister and there was a procession of all the child versions of the political figures to kick off the festivities. Then the child President was brought out in a motorcade and child guards pushed everyone back as they would for the real President. Yaya, a student from WYCE school, was dressed up in a suit as he was selected to represent the Secretary of State for Higher Education. It was fascinating to see the child ministers because they chose boys or girls depending on whether the actual official was a man or a woman, so the child Vice President was a little girl as the real V.P. is a woman. In addition, the child ministers were dressed according to how the minister actually dresses, either in formal Western clothing or traditional Muslim attire.

The program began with each of the schools lining up and marching around the football pitch. However, more than marching, this part involved standing around in the baking hot sun for two hours while all the children were lined up and organized for the march. After the schools finally marched around the pitch, they gathered in rows for the arrival of the ministers and then sang the Gambian national anthem and listened to a few speeches, including one from the child Presidents, which unfortunately no one could hear. The children held up surprisingly well and were very well behaved, but some of the teachers and I were dying in the heat.

After a few hours the marching and speeches were over and everyone gathered in the shade for lunch, which the teachers had prepared the day before. Unfortunately, the lunch break lasted for almost three hours, so everyone got bored and restless. The teachers had a break, while Gemma, Emily and I played with the kids and tried to keep them entertained.

Around 4:30 it was time for the sports events to begin, but none of the students from Madina Salaam participated, instead we sat and watched the races and cheered on the other schools. The races were hilarious; there were typical running races and three-legged races, but there were also events such as running with a bucket of water on your head. I couldn’t believe how calm and behaved the children were, as by this point we had been there for about ten hours! We finally left to go back to Madina Salaam around 7:00, with everyone exhausted from the day. It was a great day of fun with the children, who really seemed to enjoy the day out.

Sharon Richter (WYCE Volunteer)

Football Match: Gambia vs Mauritania

On Saturday, several WYCE volunteers and staff members went to a football match at Independence Stadium, the only football stadium in the Gambian. The match was Gambia vs. Mauritania for the African Nations Championship, a qualifying game for the next Africa Cup of Nations. As I am from the United States, where we do not follow football (despite the arrival of David Beckham), it was the first football match I had ever been too!

We got to the stadium a few hours before the match was set to begin, in order to get tickets and good seats in the shaded section. As we arrived at the stadium, we saw the buses for each team bringing the players to the match, escorted by police cars with lights and sirens blaring.

Before the game began, there was music playing throughout the stadium; the music was very good, but it turned out to all be advertisements for Africell, the largest mobile phone provider in the Gambia. A few of us danced along in the stands to kill time until the game began.

Independence Stadium is actually quite nice, although there is no score board or even a clock to mark the time of the game. In addition there are no seats, except in the V.I.P. section; everyone just sits on rows of concrete steps around the stadium. Because Gambia is a Muslim country, no alcohol is sold at the stadium, which I think helps keep the crowd under control, unlike British football fans. There were women walking through the stands selling food and drinks from buckets carried on their heads.

I really liked the Gambian uniforms, which were designed to reflect the Gambian flag, with red jerseys, blue shorts and green socks. The Mauritanians were in yellow and green, the colours of the baseball cap Talibo was wearing, which we promptly made him remove. After a rather sloppy first half, the Gambians stepped up their game in the second half. The match ended in a 1-1 tie (there was no shoot-out), which was a slightly disappointing ending to an otherwise great day.

Sharon Richter (WYCE Volunteer)

Story of the WYCE Bee Farm project

The WYCE Bee Farm began in November 2005 when a number of hives that had been given to WYCE by E.K.Sarr, the chairman of WYCE Gambia were recovered from their storage place at the WYCE lodge and were cleaned up and made fit for habitation by bees. The hives were a mixture of KTB (Kenyan Top Bar) and Dadants (frame hives similar to those that we use in the U.K.). They had been stacked up beside a building and were slowly being destroyed by termites. In a short time they were made ready for use and were baited with short strips of foundation which would help to attract bees.

 

     KTB Hives          Dadant Hives

While this early work was being done we were introduced to Kebee Famara Touray, a qualified and experienced beekeeper who lived in the next village to Madina. He immediately offered advice as to how the hives should be positioned and set up and very soon it was obvious that he would be the ideal person to oversee and manage this bee project. So the 25 hives were set out on tyres and very soon they became occupied with bees  -  they came in naturally as Kebee said they would, if they were baited with wax foundation.

Prepared hive set out in bush area

In addition to managing the bees it was decided that a training programme should be started for any local people who would like to learn how to keep bees. Kebee would be their tutor. 5 men from the village came forward.

Setting out for a night's beekeeping.   

Kebee observing a hive

One of their first achievements was to erect a shade area to protect the bees from the intense sun and also from the heavy rain in the rainy season. This was duly constructed from materials obtained locally. However, the extreme weather of the 2007 rains destroyed much of leaf covering and so in February 2008 a lot of repair work was carried out and half of the shade was created using corrugated sheeting. If this proves to be successful the other half will be completed in 2009. The village carpenters were employed to do this repair work. By the end of March the rest of the shade was established using palm leaves and then soon after the hives were returned to their original places under the cover ( they had been moved out so that the shade replacement work could be carried out).

Eighteen months into the project a beehouse was built 50 yards away from the apiary site. The purpose of this was to provide an area where hives could be contructed, training could be carried out and honey could be extracted. This has been well used so far and in the future it is hoped that it will be used even more. There has not been a huge honey crop to date but hopefully this will improve with time and the sale of it will boost the general funds of the WYCE charity.

Combs with KTB   Frame of bees from

Hives honey         KTB Hive

In February 2008 one of the trainees was taken on as a member of staff to manage and care for the bee farm. He is Yankuba Ding Ding and his early responsibilities have included clearing unwanted vegetation from around the site(a real fire danger as it dries out), setting out a fence around the bee farm, putting water out for the bees and also watering and caring for the trees in the adjacent wood lot. In the future he will manage th e bees themselves and carry out the necessary manipulations of the hives.

The Bee house in Jan 08

The final honey product

Everything is now in place for the WYCE bee farm to really take off and be very positive in the production of honey and other bee products. Kebee remains an integral part of the project as a consultant and trainer. It is hoped that more young people from Madina will come forward to learn how to keep bees to assist in their generation of income and production of a food resource. It is also envisaged that Madina Beekeepers will become registered with the Gambia Beekeepers Association and that the WYCE project will be recognized as a national resource within Gambia. Many individuals and groups in the UK have supported this project and we are extremely grateful to them -  they are too many to list! We look to the future with great optimism and hope to soon report on a wonderful honey harvest from Madina bees.

Phil Healey

Local Cookery Evening - 27.03.08

Our first ever cookery evening at WYCE was a great success. To get in the ‘ladies in the mood’ (men of course were banned from the cookery), the African ladies dressed us in traditional robes and head tie, what a pretty sight we made!

Mama took charge and gave us all African names.  We collected wood and with help from Mai we made two fires: one for meat domada and one for the vegetarian equivalent.

Mama, Sarjo and Mai gave us all a task to do and kept a careful eye on us! We chopped vegetables (some from the Lodge garden), cut the beef, pounded pepper, peanut paste and tomato paste and put it all in the big pots to cook.  Lots of pushing the fire took place and a great deal of stirring.

While we were waiting for the food to cook we practiced our drumming and some even danced.

Some of the ladies ventured to the village shop for more paste and as dusk fell it was time to put the rice onto boil.

We swept the area in traditional African style before we could eat and Mama invited us all to share the food by saying “Alna na seman” (come for dinner).  Large bowls of domada and rice were prepared for us to share; the men had their own and ate somewhere else.

We crouched on the floor and using our hands, shared our meal together- a truly magical moment.

Vicki Kavanagh (WYCE Volunteer)

Spread the Word

Hi All,

This was just a quick message to let you all know that WYCE was now on Facebook and on Myspace! Please sign up to both of them and try to spread the word about the amazing work we do to as many people as possible! 2008 will be the year WYCE goes Global!

Thanks to all of you for your help and support.

All my best,

Axelle Douine

Updates from Madina

Dear All,

This one will be short as there is a long line at this internet cafe. I just wanted to let you all know that I am having a great time. WYCE has now filled up with 12 more volunteers, and we have been getting a lot of work done on the gardens, etc. at the lodge. This morning we packed 200 plastic bags with "soil" (actually wet sand with a bit of manure) which tomorrow we will add orange seeds to grow trees for the annual tree planting in August. The young trees are sold in England as a plant a tree type thing to raise money for Madina and the fruits when the trees mature also become a revenue source for the village.

Two interesting things I've learned working in the gardens here. First, banana trees only grow bananas once and then they die. However, if you cut the stalks/trunks when you harvest the bananas they will regrow and produce bananas again. Second, cashews grow on trees. The nuts grow out of the bottom of a fruit, which is delicious. They are unique, and the texture is strange - the meat is rather dry but they are very juicy so you don't really notice. Right now our big cashew tree is just getting ripe, so when it is all ripe with fruit we want to try to make cashew fruit juice.

I will sign off now, but hopefully I will get to an internet cafe again next weekend, as we are planning another trip into town for some shopping.

Happy Easter and Happy almost Passover to you all!

Love,

Sharon (WYCE Volunteer)

Commonwealth Day

Monday was Commonwealth Day in the Gambia, being celebrated for the first time in Madina Salaam. To celebrate, the children of the Wonder Years Centre of Excellence came to school dressed in traditional Gambian clothes, particular to their tribe, with their hair specially plaited for the day with beads, cowry shells and candies attached. They brought with them an array of traditional foods, prepared by their mothers, to be shared and eaten by all at lunch time.

Once assembled at the school, the children lined up and began a march through the Village, accompanied by traditional drumming. Emily and Gemma, the British staff, and I joined the march, with the children racing up to us for the chance to hold our hands as we walked. As soon as a kid wandered off, another would appear to grab the free hand. The children marched first to the village Imam’s compound, where they gathered in a circle for traditional dancing. The children of the four tribes in Madina Salaam (Mandinka, Wolof, Fulla and Balanta) each took turns in the centre of the circle, demonstrating their unique dances while everyone clapped along with the drumming. The march then continued to Alkalo’s compound, the village mayor, where the dancing circle was repeated for his benefit. Finally, the children marched to the WYCE lodge, where even more elaborate dancing took place for the benefit of the staff here and for E.K.

E.K. then gave a speech to the gathered children about Commonwealth Day and why it is celebrated. Though he began the speech in English, he soon switched into Mandinka, which was easier for the children to understand, but meant that we never did learn the meaning of Commonwealth Day. It is in honour of the British Commonwealth and its influence in the Gambia, but we are unsure of the specifics.

The celebration ended back at the school, where lunch was served in the customary style – everyone gathered around a bowl, eating with their hands. There were many kinds of traditional Gambian food, most of which were rice dishes with meat and sauce poured over the top. The children arranged themselves in small circles around a bowl and everyone enjoyed the near feast. The teachers and WYCE staff ate with the children, with Gemma and I moving about the groups, trying several different dishes. Most of the dishes were excellent, although a few were not to our Western tastes, often being extremely spicy.

 

It was a great day full of celebration, and it was enjoyed by all. I am now eagerly awaiting the Independence Day celebration next weekend!

Sharon Richter, WYCE volunteer 10/03/08

Awareness Evening

This was just a quick email to say a big thank you to those of you who turned up on our very first Awareness Evening last Thursday! I am very pleased to say that everything went superbly and that it was a great first trial!

We're hoping to organise another one very soon and try to host a few all throughout the country to make sure we get the chance to meet you all.

If you would like anymore information or would like me to email you the power point presentation that was delivered, just email me at wyce_axelle@hotmail.co.uk.

I look forward to hearing from you all.

Lots of love

Axelle Douine