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African setting salutes UK nursery funders

A nursery in Gambia is changing its name in honour of a Preston nursery group that has raised thousands of pounds to support it.

The LK Nursery in Kerewan will be renamed Rosy Apple Noel-Baker school,or RANB for short, in honour of Rosy Apple childcare and the Noel BakerCommunity School in Derby, who also support the Gambian nursery.

Head of the Kerewan nursery school Yuspha Tamba wrote to Rosy AppleChildcare, 'I am pleased to let you know that we wish to acknowledge allyour hard work by giving our school the new name of RANB. We arecelebrating our fifth anniversary this month, so this is a goodopportunity to show our appreciation for all the very useful materials,learning and teaching aids you have so kindly provided.'

Michele Fitzpatrick, chair of Rosy Apple's Gambia committee, said, 'I amvery honoured that Mr Tamba and his school have bestowed such an honouron us.'

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