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National Assembly Engagement on the plight of the blind – Assistive tools
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… Read more
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Digital Pedagogy Training on PhET for Gambia College
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… Read more
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Digital Pedagogy Training in Collaboration with PhET Interactive Simulations Global Team for Nigerian and Zambian Teachers
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… Read more
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HumanWare Donated Blind Education Devices to The Gambia
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… Read more
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World Braille Day
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… Read more
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MCJSupport ORG Director – Thanked partners of the Blind Support Program funded by the US Embassy
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… Read more
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