Our cost per child is significantly below the sub-Saharan African average

GSS’s annual cost per child:

  • £78 since Jan 21 (all costs including capital expenditure and fees collected by the schools)
  • £70 forecast for 2026-27

Comparator:

  • £90 sub-Saharan average (study published 2015 by the Copenhagen Consensus Centre (£140 if adjusted for Gambian inflation)

This is how we have spent the £643k raised since Jan 2021

643k Raised 630k Projects in The Gambia 338k Assisting schools 193k Capital investment 126k Buildings 223k Teacher pay 58k Maintenance 30k Teacher training 27k Food 26k Class / play equip. 30k New classrooms 10k Toilets, flooring 99k Supporting GSP 10k Reserves 3k Running costs

 

Since January 2021 GSS has raised £643,000 which has been spent as follows

  • £630k on the project in The Gambia
  • £3k on GSS’s running costs
  • £10k added to the GSS reserve (now set at £100k)

Of the £630k sent to The Gambia:

  • £338k spent on assisting the schools (mainly contributions to teacher pay)
  • £193k on infrastructure – restoring school buildings, adding classrooms and providing good classroom furniture, teaching materials and playground equipment
  • £99k supporting our local implementing partner

Where we spent £193k on infrastructure & equipment:

  • £126,450 on construction/repairs to bring the schools up to a good standard. Some were ok when they joined the network, others had to be largely re-built.
  • £26,250 equipping with appropriate classroom furniture, teaching materials and playground equipment
  • £30,300 adding 4 new classrooms at 3 school s
  • £10,000 on improvements such as tiling classroom floors and upgrading & extending toilet blocks