Rug Aid in The Gambia - December
2007 - #1 Heather returned to The Gambia in December 2007
to teach 35 students rug making at the Friends of GOVI
Resource Centre in Kanifing.
Rug school 1 Heather working
with a student on her first rug.
Rug school 2 A rug in progress.
Rug school 3 Many of the students
were partially sighted or blind.
Rug school 4 Close-up of some of the finished rugs created
during the two weeks of teaching.
Rug school 5 One of the students
at the school, working on her rug in the shade of a tree.
Rug school 6 Heather guides a
blind student to demonstrate the techniques for rug-making.
Rug school 7 Heather working
with Jankey, who attended the Rug Aid workshop in February
2007.
Rug school 8 A student working
on her first rug.
Rug school 9 Heather guiding
a blind student.
Rug school 10 A blind student
makes the finishing touches to his first rug.
Rug school 11 A student hard
at work on her rug.
Rug School 12 All of the rug
hooks were hand-made by Les Ritchie.
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