A welcome and celebration from my students

  Since the beginning of my participation in the Gambia in 2011 there have many students who have received the gift of kindness and help from teachers, sponsors and others who have played a role in tutoring, encouraging and caring. I decided to do something different and a little unique by having current students collectively […]

Students thanks to donors

 

A tribute to Justin and Genille French

Once again life’s magic has brought two very gifted, caring, and passionate individuals into my life – they are most special.

A year in transition

(These are some of the children, young adults who we have in school in Gambia) This year bears witness to a world in transition, turmoil and war which encompasses generational, ideological and potential governance changes vested in autocracy, unlike any time before in modern history. We have entered a world of twilight perhaps leading to […]

The tangled web of life

An introduction The recent crisis in Israel and Palestine hits at the heart of a recent article that I have been writing these past few weeks for publication. The magical web of technology, media and social media is at the heart of the planning of this conflict as well the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. […]

The breaking of a new dawn

After a recent trip into space William Shatner described his experience and feelings: …. but when I looked in the opposite direction (of earth) into space there was no mystery, no majestic awe to behold…all I saw was death. I saw a cold, dark, emptiness. It was unlike any blackness you can see or feel […]

Challenge of Change – an era ends

(Even children in a very poor country want to help and know how.) I began to write this article about transitions but after some work realized that I was writing about the end of an era, which is different in that it involves many transitions plus the introduction of several new generations of people. The […]

Seeking community – its fundamentals

(Picture: These children deserve a warm and loving community and a world of wonder in which to grow and flourish like those in most developed countries) I have been invited to participate in projects around community development, learning activities around world transitions, and discussions of all sorts about the dilemmas faced globally. I find in […]

Life on the edge

We hate not fitting in more than anything else, and yet, we’ll never be all the same. Aldous Huxley, Brave new World) (The newest member of my Gambian family with his big brother) It has been one year and one month that the latest plague in the world COVID 19 paid me a visit and […]