2010 to January 2011
The original building was built by SOS and
then handed over to the Bakoteh community to run in 2005.
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bakoteh Village
Development Committee in June 2010, which allows GETS to operate the Centre, it
has been renamed Sunrise Centre and was run by GETS with Helen Touray as
Centre Director. Our existing nursery at Bakoteh has been integrated into the
Centre.
The Sunrise Centre opened in
January 2011 with Skills classes for 80 young adults (15-24 years) teaching English, Maths,
Tie and Dye, Cookery and Sewing and 2 Nursery classes for 48 4-7 year olds.
By
July
2011
GETS trustees, advisors and volunteers
were at the Centre
from January,
assisting in the classrooms, clearing the site and helping in the administration
office.
Signs were put up around the site to
direct people to the Centre. The Centre is well used by the community for events
and meetings.
All staff and students now have uniforms
provided by GETS and made from material tie dyed by our Skills Classes.
2012
January - Work on building the
Lower Basic School began.
September - Lower Basic Grade 1 opened
2013
September - Lower Basic Grade
2 opened
2014
September - Lower Basic Grade
3 opened
2015
September - new nursery
classroom and Lower Basic Grade 4 opened
2016
September - Lower Basic Grade
5 opened
2017
September - Lower Basic Grade 6 opened
2024
Bakoteh Community
took over running Sunrise