I am a passionate advocate of Women in STEM and work closely with a UK - Gambian charity called The Gunjur Project in collaboration with Girlguiding Cheshire Forest.
LJMU Microscope donations
In Sept 2019, LJMU Faculty of Science kindly donated 46 UG light microscopes. The technical team knew of my ongoing work in Gambia having previously donated histology slides that were to be discarded and kindly cleaned and serviced the microscopes that were originally destined for the skip. My collaborators and I set about fundraising to ship the microscopes to Gambia with the intention to fly out to meet them to help with the distribution and demonstrate how to use them but unfortunately the global pandemic prevented this. The microscopes were donated to health centre, Gambia college and The University of Gambia where they are supporting the students and local communities.
Full report can be found here
Top Left: LJMU microscopes, bottom left microscope being used in community health centre. Top and Bottom right: University of Gambia students receiving the donations from Gunjur Projects Alagi Bojang (centre),
Supporting Science in Gambian Schools
In collaboration with the Gunjur Project and Girlguiding Cheshire Forest I have been fortunate enough to visit Gunjur in The Gambia on 4 separate occasions. During our visits I have led science workshops for the science and maths clubs at Gunjur Upper Basic School, Sifoe Secondary School, Jambur School and the Brikama Access to Nursing College. Donations of science equipment and resources have been made and I have established the Science Geek Scholarship to support the education of girls in Gambia with an interest in STEM careers. The money raised during the UK science sessions go towards supporting the Gunjur project.
More details can be found here: Science geek Workshop