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Our core work has been on Digital Pedagogy, All-inclusive education and now, on the diversification of opportunities accorded to youths to improve their professional and economic growth. This round table brief discussion with OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation, Gambia Federation for the Disabled, and two parliamentarians from the education committee was focused on assistive tools for blindContinue reading “National Assembly Engagement on the plight of the blind – Assistive tools”

Mentorship and Community Joint Support Organization in partnership with PhET Interactive Simulations had a week-long training for The Gambia College STEM lecturers on Digital Pedagogy using PhET Sims. 3rd to 7th January 2023. As part of efforts to improve STEM education in The Gambia with Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia, collaborating withContinue reading “Digital Pedagogy Training on PhET for Gambia College”

In Coordination with the PhET Interactive Simulations Global Team, we have been able to introduce and trained more than a hundred Gambian STEM teachers in government schools on PhET Sims (Digital Pedagogy), also privileged to have been part of the team that trained Zambian and Nigerian teachers. We’re looking forward to engaging the private schoolsContinue reading “Digital Pedagogy Training in Collaboration with PhET Interactive Simulations Global Team for Nigerian and Zambian Teachers”

Our office presented Blind Education devices to Gambia Organization for the Visually Impaired School at Kanifing, which is preceded by an online training from the company that donated the devices HumanWare, worth D200,000, aimed at running a pilot program to gauge the understanding of blind students using digital pedagogy, in partnership with MoBSE. This isContinue reading “HumanWare Donated Blind Education Devices to The Gambia”

PhET Interactive Simulations launches Fellowship program to promote STEM education in Africa and Latin America Who is Muhammed Chuka Joof? A 28-year-old Gambian-born STEM educator, The Executive Director of MCJSupport Org (Mentorship and Community Joint Support Org). Through his organization, Muhammed has implemented multiple projects with the US State Department U.S. Embassy Banjul, The Gambia;Continue reading “Mentorship and Community Joint Support Organization Executive Director Muhammed Chuka Joof won a fellowship award”

UN Geneva 1.3 billion people are living with some form of distance or near vision impairment. On #WorldBrailleDay, we are raising awareness about the importance of the universal touch-based communication system for the full realization of human rights for blind & partially sighted people. To our leading partner in development for the differently-abled society U.S. Embassy Banjul, TheContinue reading “World Braille Day”

MCJSupport Org director Muhammed Chuka Joof dedicated this project to his late GrandFather- Makou Tiyanna Ceesay, who used to be an instructor for the visually impaired in CRR, so this is a continuation of his wonderful work in improving the livelihood skills of the visually impaired in The Gambia. At the event, he further statedContinue reading “MCJSupport ORG Director – Thanked partners of the Blind Support Program funded by the US Embassy”

We thank the U.S. Embassy Banjul, The Gambia for supporting our Blind Support Program, this is not a surprise as we know how much the Embassy is particular about critical issues of our society and ways on how to solve or improve them. It was a blooming morning for the staff, teachers, and students ofContinue reading “Presentation of Equipment to GOVI, Braille Printer, Victor Reader and Laptops”

Gambian Blind students find it very challenging to follow lessons and limitations to access educational resources due to their medium of learning, In partnership with the U.S. Embassy Banjul, The Gambia, we will provide through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia a high-end braille printer which is going to be used toContinue reading “Blind Support Program, The Gambia – MCJSupport Org in Partnership with US Embassy, Banjul The Gambia”

MCJSupport Org in partnership with the U.S. Embassy Banjul, The Gambia, and Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia, launched a week-long capacity-building training for teachers of St John’s School for the Deaf to improve the learning and teaching of Science and Mathematics using PhET Interactive Simulations as a supplementary tool to accommodate theContinue reading “Deaf Support Programme – Capacity Building Training for Teachers on PhET Interactive Simulations”