London Corner Nursery School

London Corner GTS Dumbarton School Serekunda

Briefly, the discovery that two sponsors, unknown to each other, were funding the feeding programme for the above school, the community of Dumbarton, Scotland under their priest Father Kenny decided it would be better to open a new nursery school and invited parents to transfer their children to the new nursery.

Washing hands
before eating

Many children transferred and the school now has three classrooms, a feeding programme and a medical programme that provides for all the children to be examined once each term.

The funding of Dumbarton London Corner is totally from the caring community of Dumbarton but the school is administered by GETS who receive an administration fee to assist with the expenses incurred in supporting the school.

Dumbarton's community commitment is high and to be applauded. The preferred autonomy and added control afforded by registration as a separate Scottish charity has now been obtained by Dumbarton.

The cooks

Although externally funded it is still viewed very much as a GETS project. (Having been established before the educational projects were moved under the GETS banner, the school's name still reflects the important input of the then 'stand alone' GTS.)