Comments on: Cooking with Kumba http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/ An audio adventure through Africa Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jason''s mum http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-1577 Jason''s mum Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:47:05 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-1577 Just having a browse, over the Kairo Konko listings - what a great find to hear the girls at KK. We have sang their praises since 2005 when we first met them and the great team at KK - headed up by Lamin Kinteh. We are a local charity in Berkshire, who were looking to do some "Good Deeds" in The Gambia, a place very dear to our hearts, as we have visited there since the early 1990''s - a haven in the sun. After, the untimely death of our son in 2004 our goal was to build a classroom in his name - with that and many other projects achieved and behind us, we are still in partnership with KK and still visit every year to overveiw the latest developments - this year we intend to give, a wheelchair bond disabled lad, his indpendence back, his family had to move into his accomodation, as the family home collapsed - 1 guy - mum, 6 sisters into two rooms, is not a good solution for anybody - we are blessed and humbled to be able to help. Anybody passing through (once Gambia has caught your heart, I know you will return, so I''ll bet quite a few folks will be saying "Hi" from us the Chant Family) please send our love to the KK Team in Soma. A place of Hope. Just having a browse, over the Kairo Konko listings – what a great find to hear the girls at KK. We have sang their praises since 2005 when we first met them and the great team at KK – headed up by Lamin Kinteh. We are a local charity in Berkshire, who were looking to do some “Good Deeds” in The Gambia, a place very dear to our hearts, as we have visited there since the early 1990”s – a haven in the sun. After, the untimely death of our son in 2004 our goal was to build a classroom in his name – with that and many other projects achieved and behind us, we are still in partnership with KK and still visit every year to overveiw the latest developments – this year we intend to give, a wheelchair bond disabled lad, his indpendence back, his family had to move into his accomodation, as the family home collapsed – 1 guy – mum, 6 sisters into two rooms, is not a good solution for anybody – we are blessed and humbled to be able to help. Anybody passing through (once Gambia has caught your heart, I know you will return, so I”ll bet quite a few folks will be saying “Hi” from us the Chant Family) please send our love to the KK Team in Soma. A place of Hope.

]]> By: bex http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 bex Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:59:21 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-1211 How brilliant! We didn''t meet Bintou but everybody else seemed really well. It really was an amazing place - with our favourite people that we met in the Gambia. Please send our love to everyone from the cyclists-with-microphones next time you go! How brilliant! We didn”t meet Bintou but everybody else seemed really well. It really was an amazing place – with our favourite people that we met in the Gambia. Please send our love to everyone from the cyclists-with-microphones next time you go!

]]> By: regan http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 regan Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:50:54 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-1135 ive been there i have stayed there over the year a month in total its soo goodto be hearing their voices. kaddi,kumba i cannot hear bintou i have a feeling she is at college i and several friends have set up a fund for her to goto college what is the girls name with 5 kids she told us she wanted 20 and how is kumbas children wen did u get back ? ive been there i have stayed there over the year a month in total its soo goodto be hearing their voices. kaddi,kumba i cannot hear bintou i have a feeling she is at college i and several friends have set up a fund for her to goto college what is the girls name with 5 kids she told us she wanted 20 and how is kumbas children wen did u get back ?

]]> By: bex http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-687 bex Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:37:46 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-687 Maria Helena, you have a wonderful way of summing things up. The longer we're on the road, the easier it becomes to take this all for granted, so thank you for reminding us not to. xx Sue, heh, sorry about the email work and thanks for letting us know all our sounds were broken (we were very glad someone noticed...)! I'm glad you weren't disappointed. Even as the world's worst cook, I agree with you about cooking and sharing thoughts - some of our best conversations on this journey have happened around the stove or the fire. Anyway, cheers :) Maria Helena, you have a wonderful way of summing things up. The longer we’re on the road, the easier it becomes to take this all for granted, so thank you for reminding us not to. xx

Sue, heh, sorry about the email work and thanks for letting us know all our sounds were broken (we were very glad someone noticed…)! I’m glad you weren’t disappointed. Even as the world’s worst cook, I agree with you about cooking and sharing thoughts – some of our best conversations on this journey have happened around the stove or the fire. Anyway, cheers :)

]]> By: sue c ogden http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-683 sue c ogden Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:27 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-683 Thank you for this audio! It took a bit of email work to get it but I am pleased with the sounds as I thought I would be! Years ago I helped cook in a Haitian woman's humble back yard and the sounds were quite similar! Cooking and sharing thoughts are one of the keys to friendship wherever one goes in this world! Thank you for this audio! It took a bit of email work to get it but I am pleased with the sounds as I thought I would be!

Years ago I helped cook in a Haitian woman’s humble back yard and the sounds were quite similar!

Cooking and sharing thoughts are one of the keys to friendship wherever one goes in this world!

]]> By: maria helena http://www.listentoafrica.com/audio/cooking-with-kumba-04112009/comment-page-1/#comment-668 maria helena Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:05:37 +0000 http://www.listentoafrica.com/?p=3875#comment-668 Sounds of happy people, pots and pans, women cooking together, easy laughter, birds signing - what else could you want from life? Enjoy this unique chance everyday of your lives. Love, Maria Helena Sounds of happy people, pots and pans, women cooking together, easy laughter, birds signing – what else could you want from life?

Enjoy this unique chance everyday of your lives.

Love,

Maria Helena

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