Harriet Ndow

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Harriet Ndow ( Harriet Martha Ndow or Harriet Margaret Ndow, born as Harriet Njie on October 28, 1926 ; † June 18, 2019 in Kanifing , Kanifing Municipal ) was a Gambian educator and entrepreneur .

Life

Ndow was born in 1926 as the first daughter of shopkeeper William Njie and Elizabeth Njie. She belonged to the Wolof ethnic group and was Catholic.

She attended St. Joseph's Infant Primary and St. Joseph's High School . After graduating from school in 1945, she went on a scholarship to Achimota College in the Gold Coast (today Achimota School in Ghana ) to train as a primary school teacher.

From 1948 she taught at St. Joseph's Primary in Bathurst , Gambia. In 1955 she went to the Portsmouth Training College in Great Britain for further training and later studied in Oxford .

In 1963 she opened the Campama Primary School as headmistress . In 1966 she was promoted to the Serrekunda Primary School as headmistress , where she worked until her retirement in 1981.

She was the head of the Gambia Girl Guides for a long time and was involved in the Women's Corona Society .

She was married to Chips Ndow, the headmaster of Latrikunda Junior Secondary School , and had several children with him. After her death, there was a lawsuit in July 2019 because an acquaintance of Ndows forged her checks and, according to her daughter, sneaked around a million Dalasi .

School start-ups

Starting in the 1980s, she founded several schools of her own with government support and a US $ 7 million loan from the World Bank , first the St. Joseph Nursery School and then secondary schools. In 2009, eight schools were part of their Ndow's Group of Schools. These include Ndow's Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Bakau New Town with 575 students in grades 10 to 12 (as of 2009).

Awards

In 1999 she was voted “ Person of the Year ” by The Gambia News & Report magazine . After Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy (1997), she was the second woman to receive this award.

In 1984 she received the Order of the Republic of The Gambia from the Gambian President Dawda Jawara in the member level and from his successor Yahya Jammeh this order in the commander level.

In 2014 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sheriff Janko: 9 Inspiring Women to Know from The Gambia. In: Culture Trip. September 6, 2018, accessed June 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Mrs. Ndow A Shining Example in Academic Arena. In: WOW Gambia. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ Decorated Gambian School Proprietor Dies. In: Jollof News. June 18, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 . Ndey Sowe: Harriet Ndow, Educationist Passes Away At 93 - Foroyaa Newspaper. In: thegambiaradio.com. June 19, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Dawda Kairaba Jawara: Kairaba . 2009, ISBN 978-0-9563968-0-8 , pp. 111 .
  5. ↑ Hassoum Ceesay: Gambian women: an introductory history . 1st edition. Fulladu Publishers, Gambia 2007, p. 38-39 .
  6. ^ Tijan M. Sallah: Memories of a Dedicated Educational Heroine - Eulogy to Mrs Ndow. In: Gainako News. Retrieved June 20, 2019 .
  7. ^ Contractor allegedly steals money from late Mrs. Ndow's account. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Late Mrs. Ndow's daughter testifies in contractor's forgery trial. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Lamin Darboe: Ndow's Comprehensive Holds Graduation Ceremony. In: Africa.gm. June 16, 2009, accessed January 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ GCCI Business Awards 2014. In: Gambia.com Blog. May 7, 2014, accessed January 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ndow, Harriet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ndow, Harriet Martha; Ndow, Harriet Margaret
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian educator and educational entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1926
DATE OF DEATH 18th June 2019
Place of death Kanifing , Kanifing Municipal