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| Swings |
The ‘Gambia Speelt Mee’, which means ‘Gambia plays along’, has
given Nema Day Care two swings - a seat joined by three ropes to a metal bar on
which a child can sit and move backward and forward.
Installing the equipment, a member of
Gambia Speelt Mee, Fatou Ceesay, said the playground will help to bring comfort
to the children.
Fatou said she derives her joy by seeing
children happy. “When I see children,
particularly schoolchildren, it makes me happy,” she said. “Making the children
happy, bringing comfort to them, while in school is the ultimate aim of Gambia
Speelt Mee.”
According to Ms Ceesay, the playground
equipment encourage the students to go to school and also improve their participation
in class because after playing on the equipment the children are active and
ready to participate actively in class.
The initiator of the project, Mr Bert
Min, a successful Dutch businessman, says the playground will help to increase
the enrolment of the school.
“Like I told the Principal of the school
(Name Day Care), the school will soon experience higher enrolment of students,”
Mr Min said.
“From my experience with other schools
where I installed playground equipment, when I go there again I usually find
out that the number of students going to that school has increased.
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| L - R: Mr Min of 'Gambia Speelt Mee' shaking hand with the principal of Nema Day Care Nursery School Ebrima Dickson |
Nema Day Care is the 15th school that Gambia Speelt Mee
project has given playground equipment to since 2010, when the project
started.
It has built and offered playground equipment - such as swings, climbing-frame, and seesaws
- to 15 nursery and primary schools in The Gambia.
With proper maintenance, the playground equipment have a lifespan
of 10 years.
