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Update: Container

Published December 27, 2021

The Butterfly Friends container still hasn't arrived in The Gambia. Unfortunately, Butterfly's administrator in The Gambia can do nothing but travel to Banjul every other day to check and ask when the container will arrive. Many dates have been mentioned, but that’s not enough. We’re pretty sure it’s coming, but there’s nothing we can do but wait. We’ll let you know as soon as we have more information. Two wonderful Butterfly Friends volunteers are traveling to The Gambia in early January, and they will likely join the administrator—along with several others—to unload the container when it arrives at New Jeshwang School. We’ll keep you updated on our progress.

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