Members of Ridgewood High School in Wollaston share their stories from Gambia

The Project Gambia team with High Commissioner Sharon Wardle

Project Gambia team 2018 hard at work as VIP pays a visit

Students on Sintet Farm

Students on Sintet Farm

Ridgewood Students get busy decorating medical centre

The Half Dye wall mural

The Half Dye wall mural

Project Gambia 2018: Report by Ridgewood School

Mrs Jenkins and Mrs Shinner, Olive Hill Primary School. First experience in The Gambia. Picture from Ridgewood School

Mrs Jenkins and Mrs Shinner, Olive Hill Primary School. First experience in The Gambia. Picture from Ridgewood School

Project Gambia 2018: The heat is on as the Ridgewood team gets to work

Project Gambia 2018: Youngsters in tune with new Gambian friends

Making friends young and old in Gambia. Picture from Ridgewood School

Making friends young and old in Gambia. Picture from Ridgewood School

Project Gambia 2018: Work begins in West Africa

Project Gambia 2018: The adventure begins

Sintet villages with one of the bags of onions which have grown at the farm which was backed by Stourbridge News’ Well of Life Appeal. Photo: Project Gambia

Sintet villages with one of the bags of onions which have grown at the farm which was backed by Stourbridge News’ Well of Life Appeal. Photo: Project Gambia

Well of Life Appeal one year on: Sintet village farm celebrate successful harvest

Art and craft at Half Dye school. Photo: Project Gambia

Art and craft at Half Dye school. Photo: Project Gambia

Goodbye to Project Gambia 2017

Handing out mosquito nets at Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Handing out mosquito nets at Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day 13

The clothes shop supported by Project Gambia. Photo: Project Gambia

The clothes shop supported by Project Gambia. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day 12

Working with the children at Methodist Special School. Photo: Project Gambia

Working with the children at Methodist Special School. Photo: Project Gambia

Letters from Gambia - Day 11

Distributing footballs at Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Distributing footballs at Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day 10

Olivia Humphrey, Year 12 student at Ridgewood High School, writes about her day in Sintet

Olivia Humphrey, Year 12 student at Ridgewood High School, writes about her day in Sintet

Letter from Gambia - Day nine

Market gardens at Madiana supported by Project Gambia. Photo: Project Gambia

Market gardens at Madiana supported by Project Gambia. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day eight

Lee Clarke, founder of Give Penny, was part of this year’s Project Gambia trip. Photo: Project Gambia

Lee Clarke, founder of Give Penny, was part of this year’s Project Gambia trip. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day seven

The children of Half Dye School

The children of Half Dye School

Letter from Gambia - Day six

Ridgewood High School students visit Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Ridgewood High School students visit Kutosilo village. Photo: Project Gambia

Letters from Gambia - Day five

Project Gambia during their visit to Half Dye School. Photo: Project Gambia

Project Gambia during their visit to Half Dye School. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day four

Onions grow at Sintet farm. Photo: Project Gambia

Onions grow at Sintet farm. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day three

Project Gambia visit the market garden at Madiana, last year the area was just wasteland. Photo: Project Gambia

Project Gambia visit the market garden at Madiana, last year the area was just wasteland. Photo: Project Gambia

Letter from Gambia - Day two

Letter from Gambia - Day one

Letter from Gambia - Day one

Letter from Gambia - Day one

Stay up-to-date on Ridgewood High School's Project Gambia 2017 trip with Stourbridge News

Stay up-to-date on Ridgewood High School's Project Gambia 2017 trip with Stourbridge News

Stay up-to-date on Project Gambia 2017 with Stourbridge News

Stourbridge News’ Well of Life appeal was Highly Commended in Midlands Media Awards’ Campaign of the Year category

Stourbridge News’ Well of Life appeal was Highly Commended in Midlands Media Awards’ Campaign of the Year category

Stourbridge News' Well of Life appeal 'highly commended' at Midlands Media Awards

Young villagers share their joy as water flows thanks to Project Gambia and the Well of Life appeal. picture by Gillian Broadhead

Young villagers share their joy as water flows thanks to Project Gambia and the Well of Life appeal. picture by Gillian Broadhead

WATCH: Stourbridge community thanked for 'Well of Life' donations

Young villagers share their joy as water flows thanks to Project Gambia and the Well of Life appeal. picture by Gillian Broadhead

Young villagers share their joy as water flows thanks to Project Gambia and the Well of Life appeal. picture by Gillian Broadhead

Gambian gift of life as our appeal brings fresh water to drought-hit African village

Tragic Mustapha Tamba died in Sintet aged just eight

Tragic Mustapha Tamba died in Sintet aged just eight

Tragedy turns to hope after appeal was launched in memory of boy killed in the shadow of his own home

Meeting the mayor - Project Gambia day seven: village school, Madiana

Meeting the mayor - Project Gambia day seven: village school, Madiana

Meeting the mayor - Project Gambia day seven: village school, Madiana

Mustapha's Well Of Life

Mustapha's Well Of Life

Water, water, everywhere - Project Gambia day six: Sintet - Mustapha's Well Of Life

Children in the slums near the clinic

Children in the slums near the clinic

The price of a life - Project Gambia report day five: Charity International Clinic, Kanifing

Project Gambia has provided hope for schoolchildren in Africa

Project Gambia has provided hope for schoolchildren in Africa

A brighter future – Project Gambia day four: New Life Children’s Centre school, Kanifing

Disabled children face a desperate situation in The Gambia

Disabled children face a desperate situation in The Gambia

The forgotten children – Project Gambia report day three: Methodist Special School, Kanifing

Banjul freight terminal. Picture from Google

Banjul freight terminal. Picture from Google

Freight expectations – Project Gambia report day two – Banjul port

Children forage for whatever they can find on the rubbish tip

Children forage for whatever they can find on the rubbish tip

Life on the rubbish heap – Project Gambia report day one: Kutosilo

Stay up-to-date on Project Gambia 2016 with Stourbridge News

Stay up-to-date on Project Gambia 2016 with Stourbridge News

Stay up-to-date on Project Gambia 2016 with Stourbridge News

Surlender Pendress hands over the Write Size pencils to Ridgewood High School students Jacob Reynolds, 15, Jordan Bristow, 15, Charlie Poole, 14, and Lottie Bowen, 14

Surlender Pendress hands over the Write Size pencils to Ridgewood High School students Jacob Reynolds, 15, Jordan Bristow, 15, Charlie Poole, 14, and Lottie Bowen, 14

Partnership to help Gambia youngsters get the Write Size of education

Children at Madiana Lower Basic School in The Gambia with the chairs and tables donated by Newfield Park Primary School

Children at Madiana Lower Basic School in The Gambia with the chairs and tables donated by Newfield Park Primary School

Hundreds of Gambian pupils celebrate arrival of Dudley school's tables and chairs

The solar pump has now been installed in the farming village of Sintet thanks to Well of Life donations

The solar pump has now been installed in the farming village of Sintet thanks to Well of Life donations

Our readers give village the best Christmas present ever

The current state of Madiana school, in The Gambia, which will benefit from hundreds of tables and chairs donated by Halesowen's Newfield Park Primary School

The current state of Madiana school, in The Gambia, which will benefit from hundreds of tables and chairs donated by Halesowen's Newfield Park Primary School

Gambian schoolchildren get life changing donations from borough youngsters

Cycling legend Hugh Porter gets the Halesowen One Hundred Cycling Sportive underway

Cycling legend Hugh Porter gets the Halesowen One Hundred Cycling Sportive underway

Cyclists’ £1k donation ends well fundraising

WE'VE DONE IT! Celebrations as the £10,000 Well of Life appeal target is reached

WE'VE DONE IT! Celebrations as the £10,000 Well of Life appeal target is reached

WE'VE DONE IT! Celebrations as the £10,000 Well of Life appeal target is reached

Ridgewood pupils Izzy Smith, 14, Lauren Schuck, 15, and Ben Dunn, 15, with event day visitors Libby, 3, and Lauren Fannon.

Ridgewood pupils Izzy Smith, 14, Lauren Schuck, 15, and Ben Dunn, 15, with event day visitors Libby, 3, and Lauren Fannon.

Variety of fundraising events pushes Well of Life appeal total closer to £10k target

Ridgewood High School pupils Megan Brazier, Lydia Robinson, Eleanor Duff, Izzy Smith, Lottie Taylor, Lauren Schuck and Daisy Narrowmore, at the appeal's previous event day.

Ridgewood High School pupils Megan Brazier, Lydia Robinson, Eleanor Duff, Izzy Smith, Lottie Taylor, Lauren Schuck and Daisy Narrowmore, at the appeal's previous event day.

Busking and event day in Stourbridge town centre to increase Well of Life appeal funds

The borehole reached water 50m underground the Gambian village of Sintet.

The borehole reached water 50m underground the Gambian village of Sintet.

Well of Life appeal hits water as your cash floods in

Stourbridge Tesco Extra store manager Wayne Barker, with staff members Adele Handley, Jayne Budd and Zowie Doyle. 251515L

Stourbridge Tesco Extra store manager Wayne Barker, with staff members Adele Handley, Jayne Budd and Zowie Doyle. 251515L

Stourbridge supermarket set for Well of Life appeal bag packing event

Deputy Mayor of Dudley Mohammed Hanif presenting a cheque to Ridgewood High School's Project Gambia leader Bev Hodt, head boy Ben Dunn, 15, and head girl Lydia Robinson, 14. 251508L

Deputy Mayor of Dudley Mohammed Hanif presenting a cheque to Ridgewood High School's Project Gambia leader Bev Hodt, head boy Ben Dunn, 15, and head girl Lydia Robinson, 14. 251508L

Deputy Mayor's £600 donation puts the Well of Life appeal over £7k

Dr Ian Cole surveys the parched farmland during Project Gambia's visit to Sintet in April.

Dr Ian Cole surveys the parched farmland during Project Gambia's visit to Sintet in April.

Vital water pump work can begin following YOUR Well of Life appeal donations

Well of Life appeal boosted after Ryemarket event day

Well of Life appeal boosted after Ryemarket event day

Well of Life appeal boosted after £3k raised from Ryemarket event day

Students and staff from Ridgewood High School meet with Sintet villagers at the site of the farm.

Students and staff from Ridgewood High School meet with Sintet villagers at the site of the farm.

Event day to make big push to appeal total

Dudley councillor Tim Crumpton and his granddaughter Kacey Bates, 9, are auctioning off a signed West Bromwich Albion football for our Well of Life appeal. 151511L

Dudley councillor Tim Crumpton and his granddaughter Kacey Bates, 9, are auctioning off a signed West Bromwich Albion football for our Well of Life appeal. 151511L

Signed Albion ball auction to benefit Well of Life appeal

Proceeds from Kingswinford and Stourbridge Lions Club's plant sale will be donated to the Stourbridge News Well of Life appeal.

Proceeds from Kingswinford and Stourbridge Lions Club's plant sale will be donated to the Stourbridge News Well of Life appeal.

Deadline looms for fundraising plant sale

Firefighters Ian Yapp, Chris Oliver, Steve Hunter and Anthony Dingley taking part in the charity car wash supporting the Stourbridge News Well of Life appeal.

Firefighters Ian Yapp, Chris Oliver, Steve Hunter and Anthony Dingley taking part in the charity car wash supporting the Stourbridge News Well of Life appeal.

Borough firefighters give support to Well of Life appeal

Students in The Gambia wearing old Church of the Ascension Primary School uniforms which the school donated.

Students in The Gambia wearing old Church of the Ascension Primary School uniforms which the school donated.

Wall Heath pupils make donations to Gambian villagers

Taking cold drinks to the builders who are redeveloping Half Dye School.

Taking cold drinks to the builders who are redeveloping Half Dye School.

Project Gambia: In the Field – Day 10