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| - This is a collection of local flavor and sources of information about The Gambia, with a focus on individual voices. Please add other sources below. See the Bridge Index style guide for advice on how to list new sources on this page. +/-
- The Gambia has no official state religion and the constitution guarantees religious freedom. Islam is the majority religion in The Gambia, followed by 90% of the population. Most of The Gambia's Muslims follow Sufi traditions. Almost all business in the country ceases during the Islamic festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha. Christianity, predominantly Roman Catholicism, is the religion of 8% of The Gambia's people. Less than 0.1% of inhabitants are Buddhists, mostly immigrants from Asia.
- The Gambia is either absorbed by Senegal, or is free and remains independent until Ebola crazes it and hits it. This article is a . Please improve this page by expanding it.
- An organization in the United Kingdom, the Gambia Fellowship Association, has been promoting solar cooking in The Gambia for a number of years. Four units to produce cookers have been developed by the group with assistance from the British High Commission, the Gambia Energy Department, and the British Foreign Office in London. The organization has also made a film about solar cooking which is shown from time to time on Gambian television.
- The Gambia (the i/ˈɡæmbiə/; officially the Republic of the Gambia), also commonly known as Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is surrounded by Senegal, apart from a short strip of Atlantic coastline at its western end. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa. The country is situated either side of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the country's centre and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Its area is 11,295 km² with an estimated population of 1.7 million. Banjul is the Gambian capital, but the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.
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| - This is a collection of local flavor and sources of information about The Gambia, with a focus on individual voices. Please add other sources below. See the Bridge Index style guide for advice on how to list new sources on this page. +/-
- The Gambia has no official state religion and the constitution guarantees religious freedom. Islam is the majority religion in The Gambia, followed by 90% of the population. Most of The Gambia's Muslims follow Sufi traditions. Almost all business in the country ceases during the Islamic festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha. Christianity, predominantly Roman Catholicism, is the religion of 8% of The Gambia's people. Less than 0.1% of inhabitants are Buddhists, mostly immigrants from Asia.
- The Gambia is either absorbed by Senegal, or is free and remains independent until Ebola crazes it and hits it. This article is a . Please improve this page by expanding it.
- The Gambia (the i/ˈɡæmbiə/; officially the Republic of the Gambia), also commonly known as Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is surrounded by Senegal, apart from a short strip of Atlantic coastline at its western end. It is the smallest country on mainland Africa. The country is situated either side of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the country's centre and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. Its area is 11,295 km² with an estimated population of 1.7 million. Banjul is the Gambian capital, but the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]
- An organization in the United Kingdom, the Gambia Fellowship Association, has been promoting solar cooking in The Gambia for a number of years. Four units to produce cookers have been developed by the group with assistance from the British High Commission, the Gambia Energy Department, and the British Foreign Office in London. The organization has also made a film about solar cooking which is shown from time to time on Gambian television. Another group, the Boka Loho Organization, in The Gambia itself, has built and demonstrated solar cookers at agricultural shows and other gatherings. They produce cookers, train users, and also work with schools in the promotion of solar energy usage. An individual, Mr. Saikou Jarra, has also promoted solar cooking for years in his area of The Gambia. Other organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, seem to be active as well, including the Ministry of Trade and Industry which has trained women's groups as users and carpenters in the making of box cookers. One of the early promoters was an organization called Rescue Mission, which disseminated 200 cookers in the early 1990s through demonstrations and classes. For some years, a British woman, Rosalyn Rappaport, has been spreading solar cooking in Western Gambia, working through the Methodist Agricultural Mission, the Gambia Renewable Energy Centre, and the Women's Solar Cooking Club of Marakissa. Initially, they only had a small number of box cookers, which women shared by taking turns using the devices. Many women worked in the fields, and the larger box cookers were difficult to transport, requiring a cart at minimum. Ms. Rappaport decided to try the panel cooker which is much lighter in weight. Women there invented a variation that used string to hold the folded sides of the cooker together. After systematic testing to see if the panel performed well enough (it did!) the panel came to be more widely used. The panel is made locally, and a substitute for the plastic bag was found in a product used to package sugar (Solar Cooker Review - August, 2002). In a more recent report, Ms. Rappaport described the ongoing development of solar cooking projects in The Gambia, particularly the Marakissa Solar Cooks Club. The group has been in existence for a number of years, and members use both box cookers and the panel cooker (CooKit). They have engaged in demonstrations in a number of villages and towns. Originally (see above) they had difficulty locating plastic bags for use with the CooKit, but have recently found a local manufacturer of inexpensive bags. Local women use an existing Methodist church network, and have attempted systematically to follow up with newly trained cooks to assess progress made. Reports thus far have been favorable, and most food used in the country lends itself well to solar cooking (Solar Cooker Review - March, 2002). Other Gambians have indicated their interest in solar cooking by corresponding with Solar Cookers International (that number includes persons affiliated with government and non-governmental organizations). [Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
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