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Here at Diapalante Centre we had an amazing – and educational –  festive period! We managed to link December’s theme of Christmas in to a variety of different subjects, from English to science and even maths! The month started off with some paper crafts for some of the younger members. They tested their folding abilities […]

Some of our English learners present Scene 1 of The Robbery, a short play by Martyn Ford.

Recently the older members all enjoyed practicing their speaking with a small competition! The members broke into pairs and had to learn a short dialogue off by heart, which they then performed in front of the whole class. Here you can see the winners, Ibou and Abdou, performing their piece. Their efforts won them both

I have been teaching here at Diapalante for over one month now, which has been plenty of time to get into the rhythm of the centre. Its rhythm is rather irregular, however; the teaching we do here is completely unlike any teaching done in the UK. The nature of the centre means we never know

Hello! The first few weeks were certainly a struggle trying to set up the computer room but we got there in the end! In the meantime, I found a black wooden board in the store cupboard and so we gave it a much needed makeover. We now have our own diapalante board featuring a balloon

Salaamaalakum ! After a hectic few weeks, we have finally found 5 minutes to introduce ourselves. The centre now knows us (Corran and Polly) as Awa and Mame Diara and it is so exciting to be open for business. It has been a tough few weeks acclimatising to the heat and the bites… mosquitoes, we

The diapalante members have been doing a series of sewing workshops led by Lizzi (returned volunteer 2015/16). This has involved learning to use the machines and sew in straight(ish!) lines, cutting, preparing templates and designs to make some lovely, Senegal-coloured bunting.

The younger members of Diapalante very much enjoyed an afternoon preparing and planting seeds – mint, papaya and nebedaye for the Diapalante courtyard. Many thanks to the people who bought the Christmas calendar and supported it.    

Diapalante was proud to host parents and family members for an afternoon tea last week. The celebration was a chance for the members to receive certificates for the hard work they have put in this year – whether that be in Coding, Electronics, Reading, Computer skills, English or just for having general worked hard and