Country of Service: the Gambia
Service Type: Education (Adult Literacy)
Dates in Service: 1976-1979
Keywords: Education, Community Development, Literacy

Accession Date: October 5, 2018
Access: No Restrictions
Collection Size: 2.75 linear feet and a USB containing Photos, Slides, and Audio; .01 linear feet of audio cassette tapes

Document Types

• Audio Cassette Tapes (September 9, 2020)
• Reports
• Publications
• Memoir

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Finding Aid

1. Box 1
   1. 3 Audio Cassette Tapes (each tape is double-sided)
      1. Tape 1, Side A: “Religious Practices in a Gambian Village”
      2. Tape 1, Side B: “Lecture at UMass CIE by ?, Early 1980s”
      3. Tape 2, Side A: “Pakalinding, 1977”
      4. Tape 2, Side B: Blank
      5. Tape 3, Side A: “Guitar Music: Pakalinding Interview (11 March 1978)”
         1. Additional inscriptions: “Guitar; Class Vvsit; 2 drummings”
      6. Tape 3, Side B: “Japine: 10 March 1978”
         1. Additional inscriptions: “Japine classes; songs by girls”
   2. Background Info re: the Gambia, 1976-1982
   3. Curriculum Materials & Assessment Tools, 1976-1979 (1/2)
   4. Curriculum Materials & Assessment Tools, 1976-1979 (2/2)
   5. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 1967-1979 (1/3)
   6. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 1967-1979 (2/3)
   7. Documents Prepared by Paul Jurmo, 197601979 (3/3)
   8. Financial Reports of Nat’l Literacy Advisory Committee, 1979
2. Box 2
   1. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (1/3)
   2. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (2/3)
   3. Ideas for Reading Materials for Adult Literacy, 1977-1981 & undated (3/3)
   4. Info About Attempted Coup D’état, 1980-1982 (1/2)
   5. Info About Attempted Coup D’état, 1980-1982 (2/2)
   6. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (1/3)
   7. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (2/3)
3. Box 3
   1. Minutes of National Literacy Advisory Committee Meetings, 1976-1979 (3/3)
   2. Newsletters of Gambian Agencies, 1976-1979
   3. Notebooks, 21 September 1976-14 January 1977
   4. Notebooks, 18 January 1977-20 June 1977
   5. Notebooks, 20 June 1977-12 January 1978
   6. Notebooks, 20 January 1978-1 April 1978
   7. Notebooks, 7 April 1978-20 July 1978
4. Box 4
   1. Notebooks, 22 July 1978-9 December 1978
   2. Notebooks, 10 December 1978-2 February 1979
   3. Notebooks, 2 February 1979-11 May 1979
   4. Notebooks, 12 May 1979-13 August 1979
   5. Notebooks, 13 August 1979-December 1979
   6. PC the Gambia “Bantaba” Newsletter with Article about Paul Jurmo’s Adult Literacy Project 1977-1978
   7. PC Project Description and Pre-Training Candidate Booklet 1975-1978 & Undated
5. Box 5
   1. Personal Reflections, 1976-1979 & Undated
   2. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (1/4)
   3. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (2/4)
   4. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (3/4)
   5. Project Planning Doc’s and Reports, 1976-1982 & Undated (4/4)
   6. Public Awareness Flyer Re: Adult Literacy by PCV Karl Warma, Undated
   7. Reports about Adult Literacy Efforts in Various African Nations 1977-1979
   8. Supervisor’s Log (To Document Site Visits), 1978
   9. Training Materials Used to Train Community Development Staff 1977-1979
   10. Workshop on Formal Ed as Component of Integ’d Rural Development, April 1979
6. Box 6
   1. Donation Information and Co-Op Logo, Undated
   2. MEP Program Evaluation (Documents from 2 Formative Evaluations and 1 3rd-Year Evaluation (1982-1984); Program Evaluation
      1. MEP Formative Evaluation, June-July 1982
      2. MEP Formative Evaluation, November-December 1982
      3. MEP Program Evaluation, Numeracy Program Quarterly Report, March 31, 1983
      4. MEP Program Evaluation, Planning of the Evaluation, June-September 1983
      5. MEP Program Evaluation, Information Collected for Evaluation, 1983
      6. Evaluation Report Draft by Jurmo (1983) and Final Report, Revised by MEP Staff, 1984
   3. MEP Staff Training
      1. Early MEP Staff Training, October 1981
      2. MEP Staff Training, Workshop For Co-op Inspectors/ Education, Yundum, July, 1982
      3. MEP Workshop For Co-op Inspectors/Education, Training Schedule and Lesson Plans, November 1982
      4. MEP Workshop For Co-op Inspectors/Education: Workshop Report, Feedback from Participants, November 1982
      5. “Workshops for “Village Facilitators” of MEP Numeracy Classes, Administrative Tasks; held: Jenoi, December 1982; Chamen, January 1983
      6. Workshops for “Village Facilitators” of Numeracy Classes; Feedback and Workshop Report; held December 1982, Jenoi, and Chamen, January 1983
      7. Workshops for “Village Facilitators” of Numeracy Classes, Training Schedule, Lessons Plans, Notes, Participants and Staff; December 1982, Jenoi, and Chamen, January 1983
      8. Workshops for “Village Facilitators,” Assessment Tools Interviews, Written Tests;  December 1982, Jenoi, and Chamen, January 1983
      9. Evaluation of “Intermediate” Course For CIES; Final Report, Feedback From CIES and Facilitators; Yundum, July-August 1983
      10. Initial Planning for “Intermediate” Training Workshops For Coop Inspectors/Education (CIES’s), Held in July-August 1983 at Yundum
      11. Schedule and Lesson Plans for “Intermediate” Course for CIEs; includes written work by CIEs; Yundum, July-August 1983
      12. Assessments of Participants in the “Intermediate” Course for Co-op Inspectors; includes quiz, essays, and interviews; held in Yundum, July-August 1983
      13. Workshop For MEP Supervisors, Held at New MEP Office at Co-op Department Headquarters at Banjul, March 1983
      14.  Workshop for Co-op Inspectors/ED, Proposed Agenda Interview, September1983
      15. Workshop for Representation of Co-ops in 5 West African Countries, and of US-A and International Organizations Related to Co-Operatives: Lesson Plans, Schedule, “Study Notes” (Handouts); held at Atlantic Hotel in Banjul, October 1983
   4. MEP Learning Resources 1982/1983: Curriculum Materials For Numeracy/Literacy Instruction
      1. 1. MEP Learning Resources: Core Numeracy Curriculum: Learners Notebook, 2 editions (1983 and unknown), Co-Op Numeracy Facilitator’s Guide (1983, Second Edition)
         2. Homework Assignment Books: Bood 1, Addition, Book 2: Subtraction; Book 3: Money and Procedure Receipts, Undated
         3. Guidebook of Training Support Activities, 1983
         4. “Fun Activities:” Assorted Activities For Numeracy Facilitators, 1982
         5. Picture Stories” adopted as visual aids (Discussion Starters) in Numeracy Classes: Prototype Sketches by Jurmo; more-finished versions by Various Gambian Artists
         6. Numeracy Games: Farming Game, Extension Worker Game, Urban Worker Game, undated
7. Box 7
   1. MEP Learning Resources 1982/1983: Curriculum Materials For Numeracy/Literacy Instruction (con’t)
      1. “Simplified Bookkeeping” Guide for Numeracy/Literacy Training Groups, 1983
      2. “Specific Literacy” Activities: UMass/CIE Book (198); Handouts for MEP Staff (1982); Follow-up Project with IBAs and NEF Services of Ministry of Education (1982)
      3. Income-Generating Projects: Handouts for MEP Staff Training (1983); Meeting with Peace Corps Volunteers (1983)
      4. Curriculum Overviews/ History, c. 1982
   2. MEP Miscellaneous
      1. Proposal for Calculator Project with UMass/CIE, 1983
      2. Miscellaneous Background Readings Re: NonFormal ED From: UNESCO, Co-Op ED-Materials Advisory Service, MAP International, UMASS/CIE Health Education Games, c. early 1980s
      3. Tree-Planting Curricula Prepared For Peace Corps Volunteers (by Jurmos): “Word Problems” Adapted from MEP Curriculum For Use in Forestry Dept. Training, 1983
      4. Staffing Plans for Supervisors, Driver Performance Issues, Numeracy Education Coordinator Job Description, c. 1983
      5. Proposal For Study at UMass/CIE by MEP Staffer Dodou Jome, 1982
      6. Consultant Housing, 1983
      7. Consultant Paul Jurmo Expenses Book, 1983
8. USB containing digitized audio, photographs, and slides

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