Omega School
Omega School is a small
school in Sinchu Sorrie, Kombo North, which is in the west coast region of The
Gambia.
Established in 2015 the
school’s aim is to give poorer children in the Sinchu Sorrie area an
opportunity to attend school. There are currently 194 children in the school
which has 6 classes: Nursery 1 -3 and Grades 1-3. Although children should pay
fees to attend the school; for uniform, equipment and stationery many of them
cannot afford to. This means that
the school has very few resources.
In
2020 the school was in rented premises and had been given notice to quit by the
landlord, so new classrooms were being built on a nearby plot of land. Following
their visit in February 2020 The Royal School Wolverhampton donated nearly
£2000 to complete the building and later in the year The Rotary Club funded the
building of a new toilet block.
To support the school over the
past few years we paid teacher’s salaries during COVID lockdown. We have also
provided reading books, pens, pencils and other school equipment, furniture and
resources. Each year Christmas shoeboxes are also given to every child
in the school.
In May 2022 we launched a
‘Sponsor a Child’ programme to support those children who are struggling to pay
school fees. Sponsoring a child costs £12 a month which pays for school
fees, uniform and books. Sponsors receive photos of their sponsor child, termly
reports and any letters/cards/ pictures etc which the children give us when we
visit.
For more information about the programme and/or if you
would like to sponsor a child please email Bev Hodt: bevhodt@projectgambia.org.uk
Future
Plans
As
the school is expanding more classrooms are needed. Currently Grades 1-3 are in
the new classrooms but Nursery 1- 3 are still in the old building and cannot
move until more classrooms are built. Over the next 12 months we will be
raising funds to build classrooms for the nursery children.