Here’s how the Morgan Clark Lower Basic School, Jarjari, was built…
The Gambia is a third world country and the north bank is the poorest region. Villages such as Jarjari, near the border with Senegal, do not have electricity or running water. Education is seen as vital for the future of their children. So when in 2009 the village’s mud brick infant school was washed away in heavy flooding, the villagers were devastated. Now it has a substantial and purpose-built new school which has become the centre of learning for the region. This is the story of the Morgan Clark Lower Basic School, Jarjari.
The story began when Phil Morgan, Chairman of Morgan Clark, visited the area in December 2009. He was so moved by the enthusiasm and total commitment of the village elders to rebuilding the school that he decided to do something to help. And so the Morgan Clark Foundation was set up.