Commonwealth Dance> Gambia Dance Clothing Collection

Collecting Dancewear, Dance Shoes, Books and DVDs to enable and support the Gambian Ballet School.

The Gambian Ballet School give underprivileged children in Gambia the opportunity to discover ballet through dance, music, acting, and storytelling, in their workshops and after-school activities.

By watching ballet DVDs, storytelling, group discussions, listening to music, and teaching the basic ballet steps, it soon became obvious that the women were starting to enjoy the perfection of ballet itself.

They also manage a number of female self-reliance, empowerment, and education initiatives in The Gambia, that advise women on micro-finance, family planning, reproductive health, illiteracy, FGM, etc.

In Africa, every little helps, be it old ballet shoes, ballet pumps, costumes, ballet training equipment, manuals, annuals, books, CD’s, DVD’s and absolutely anything else in any way related with ballet and dance. The Gambian Projects Overseas Charity provides continued support to The Gambian Ballet School, by shipping all of the donations from the UK to The Gambia.

Thank you to The Otley Studio, who are driving the collection of dancewear, dance shoes, dance books and dance DVDs, and providing a drop-off collection point at the Studio.

If you have good quality dancewear, dance shoes, dance books, or DVDs that you would like to donate to the Gambian Dance School, then please get in touch with us. You can also drop off any dance items at The Otley Studio, Three Horseshoes Yard, Otley, LS21 1BQ.

Alternatively, feel free to make a donation and we will purchase suitable dancewear on your behalf and ship it to Gambia.