Author Archives: Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

Economic Migrant Gold Miners, South Eastern Senegal, West Africa

Thursday 20th December 2012 – Paddling distance: 11.4km (total to-date: 83.65km) – ‘River Gambia Expedition–1044km source-sea African odyssey‘ Even our tents and canoes, situated by the river over 2 miles away from the mine itself, were covered in a fine film of the pale pink, talc-like dust… ‘A relatively short day’s paddling on the RiverContinue reading “Economic Migrant Gold Miners, South Eastern Senegal, West Africa”

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Multimedia: ‘I am Amigoe Dieudonné – The Artist Painter’ continues his odyssey

  Update: April 26th, 2017: Amigoe needs a little help, to enable him to exhibit his work in Belgium   A short video portrait shot in The Gambia, of Togolese painter Amigoe Dieudonné, who has traveled for over thirteen years around West Africa in his wheelchair, stopping along the way to create extensive bodies of work,Continue reading “Multimedia: ‘I am Amigoe Dieudonné – The Artist Painter’ continues his odyssey”

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Global Hand Washing Day – tippy tap, The Gambia, West Africa

  ‪#‎GlobalHandwashingDay‬ – October 15th, 2015 Global Handwashing Day, celebrated every year on 15 October, is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases. UNICEF Gambia

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