An island-
Converting a shipping container, exported from the Western Isles with a cargo of desks, into a part of the building should have made the project easier.
But, with just a week to complete the project, Jonathan Maciver and a group of volunteers with the Gambia Partnership arrive in the small, predominantly Muslim country to discover the container is stuck in customs.
Time is running out and progress is slow in the face of hurdles and traditional village customs to set up the school in the rural village of Kabakel.
Feachdan Ionatain / Jonathan’s Army has been produced for BBC Alba by Corran Media and is being transmitted on Thursday 1 of October at 9pm.
Island charity's mission to build a school in Africa
1 October 2015