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Gardens for the Gambia was established to provide water for wells in the gardens of primary schools in The Gambia.

The vegetables grown provide school dinner for the poorest children who would otherwise have nothing to eat all day. The surplus produce is sold, stationery and educational equipment is bought with the profit, and the children learn the basics of sustainable agriculture.

They grow all sorts of vegetables, and usually the school also plants an orchard of citrus and walnut trees.

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Each well costs an average of only £400 to dig, but it means that a very poor school in one of the most impoverished countries in Africa can feed the children and grow a cash crop. Charity administration is kept to a minimum.

Philippa Gregory raises money in the UK and sends it to a Gambian headmaster who receives applications from schools and organises well digging. Gardens for The Gambia, PO Box 165, North Yorkshire, UK TS9 7WX.