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News from Kate and Ben in the Gambia

Latest news

- Notes from the front lines of development - our work with VSO's Small Project Fund, in which we fund an income generating project for the Boy Scouts (June 2)

- Hearsay and gossip about politics here in the Gambia (June 2)

Archive of past news updates

- Ben gets a haircut and learns about bicycle repair and the generostiy of strangers here in the Gambia (April 20)

- Our trip to Abuko nature reserve with four visitors from the US (Kate's parents and their friends the Browns) (Early April)

- Kate proudly shows off her work at SDF over the past few weeks - a brand new "Success Brochure." This will tell you what micro credit really is and what she does here in the Gambia (March 30)

- Kate's business "trek" upcountry, and what we see in the villages there (March 14)

- Double Income No Kids in the Gambia--or How to Live on $6 a Day. (March 6)

- How we spent the Tobaski weekend (Feb 23-24) - a big festival equivalent to Christmas, plus a few other observations on life over here from Ben

- A day in the life of a VSO volunteer in the Gambia (Feb 25). In which Kate tells it like it is!

- On Monday, Feb 18 we attended the Gambia's Independence day celebrations at the National Stadium. View our report and pictures.

- Prior (furry) tennants evicted! (Saturday Feb 9)

- We moved into our house on Feb 1st, but didn't catch our breaths enough to write about it til Feb 7...

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Our big news

- As some of you may have heard, Kate and I are now engaged! Read all about it! (March 29)!