COTG charity was founded in 1998 and our aim is to work with children, their families and communities to build/renovate schools and provide the children of Gambia with free education and an improved quality of life.

Kusalang Nursery School is situated in the bush, a 10 hour drive from our base in Serrekunda. This area is a farming community and the region is very dry and arid, money is very scarce. This school supplies

We find that many people cannot understand the vast and complex problems that face most of the population of Africa, so they turn their backs and say, "What's the point, my donation won't make any difference when there is that amount of suffering". We then tell them the following story.

Two friends were walking along a beach after a huge storm. As they walk along, they noticed thousands and thousands of Starfish washed up on the sand and rocks by the fierce waves. All were dying because they could not get back into the water. One person picks up a Starfish and throws it back into the sea.

First friend asks:  “What did you do that for? It won't make any difference"   

Second friend replies: "It will to that one!"