Sending was 12 when GTS first started sponsoring her schooling.

She lives in the village of Lamin and travels each day to school in Brikama some kilometers away.

Sendings parents are traditional Griots from the Mandinka tribe. They are the oral historians of the families in the area and attend all cremonies such as naming, initiation, marriage and funerals to offer traditional prayers and to tell of the deeds of the family concerned.

The call for Griots has deminished in the urban areas of Gambia and the economic status of Griot families has suffered even if their social status remains a valued and important feature of Gambian society.

Sending is a very bright girl who has been doing well at school for the years since GTS started sponsoring her. She is one of the regular student visitors the GTS office and it is always a pleasure to meet and chat with her.