My Nonprofit Reviews

The purpose of Full-Circle Learning is to support youth in accepting their position as social change agents and humanitarians. A methodical approach to instilling heart-centered habits in curriculum development, classroom management, service-learning, and the change process is provided by the Full-Circle Learning model.

The nonprofit organization Full-Circle Learning enables local communities to modify their educational requirements in accordance with a shared vision of transformation, action toward sustainable development goals, and dedication to the family of humans and all living things.

In order to influence the current generation to engage in community service and to extend classroom learning into communities, this organization's integrated school community support service is essential. It teaches students to become well-schooled in the understanding that "to serve is to lead and to lead is to serve," and it addresses real-life issues like health disparities, malnutrition, poverty, hunger, care for the elderly, gender inequality, and conflict.

In my capacity as an officer f FCL Africa Continental Committee -ACC and director of Full Circle Learning Gambia, I serve as a living example of this wonderful humanitarian organization as we progressively advance and as FCL has a positive influence on communities throughout Africa and beyond. A potential shift toward a more progressive learning approach in education may occur in the near future as a result of the human family, the environment, and communities being touched and having an impact on one another's minds and hearts. As a result, people's hearts will start to see the reality of life.

sincerely
Alagie Ndow
FCL Gambia

My name is Alagie Ndow, and I am currently the regional representative and lead facilitator for Full Circle Learning in the Gambia.

My involvement with Full Circle Learning began in 2013 when I received professional development training based on the transformative educational model of this organization. The training was delivered by Full Circle Learning founding board presidents in the Gambia, and it was from that moment of academic enrichment that I fell in love with this great humanitarian organization. My experience with Dr.Teresa has taught me the value of service for the betterment of global progress.

It was from that moment I began practicing and implementing their educational model as a young education facilitator tutoring children in the Gambia. FCL have increased my capacities as an individual and opened my mind to see the world holistically with a clear vision for an integrated society for all human beings to live together in the world, with love, dignity, peace and harmony. This vision and model have enriched me and uplifted me as an educational leader, and my experience over the last years working with FCL has enhanced my leadership as role model, trainer and community worker.

This unique education model uses customized steps called the 13s-unit steps, - flexible tools that can be integrated into any learning format to guide world global education and provide pathways to open up the road map of peace as the habits of hearts are being nurtured and uniting with self-mastery to reach a solution for the human destiny.

FCL through its Girls United project also equips girls to achieve academic growth, motivate good virtues which link academic skills, community service projects, to address relevant goals such as economic and gender issues, public health, the environment, arts and conflict resolution.

This organization’s integrated school community support service is key in impacting today’s generation to participate in action through community service and extending learning from classroom to communities, making real life service such as health disparities, malnutrition, climate change, poverty, hunger, care for the elderly, gender inequities and conflict - and teaches them to become well-schooled in the understanding that “to serve is to lead and to lead is to serve”.
I want to highlight few exemplary Full Circle Learning serve supported project in Gambia.

The children of Sajuka Lower Basic School felt excited to take on the identity of Climate Change Agents this semester. They considered local environmental challenges before determining how their skills and actions could help reduce climate change impacts in the future. Full Circle Learning supported them in creating a more sustainable environment with a tree planting project. The collaboration enabled the students to extend their learning from the classroom to the community and expand the carbon sink. To prevent erosion and flooding, students planted over 50 seedlings, including coconut palms and endangered mahogany trees, along the riverbanks.

This service project involves all member of the community, and it is beautiful for me to see parents, teachers and students all participating in the planting service, and it’s a great moment to see the joy in the students as they begin their first service project in their own community.

In February 2021 students from my country (Gambia) and Zambia collaborated on a tribal unification campaign creating a network of unity and fostering cultural understanding between groups of students from the both countries who worked together across borders to bring about a peaceful society for all citizens. Students at FCL schools in the two countries independently recognized the growing problem of tribalism, setting a course towards peace by organizing advocacy campaigns, conflict resolution demonstrations, and celebrations of cultural diversity.

Here in the Gambia, I was part of a group of student leaders conducting a peaceful advocacy mission through an open microphone session which allowed passersby to give their own speeches in the marketplace, and meant the whole community could contribute to the spirit of togetherness illuminating the gathering of hundreds.

The Royal Seeds students after mastering the Full Circle Learning Habit of Hearts delivered a service project on malnutrition, working with health practitioners on health field trips, researching malnutrition, and holding health talks with mothers of malnourished babies at one convent. After two months of this service the children and their teachers provided a gift of food for families to support their babies and fight hunger and malnutrition.

Through the intervention of Full Circle Learning, the students of Jalan Bang primary School had the opportunity to grow their own food in their own school community garden thanks to the support of FCL in providing capital in building up a security wall for the garden, bay garden tools and seedlings. This gave the students to grown their own food and organize food sharing day with community elders.

This organization has opened my wider understanding of how small and connected we are as one human family. In 2016 I founded the Gambia’s Inspiring Young Stars charity, which builds on the pillars and concepts of Full-Circle Learning. Since then, this infant sibling FCL organization has been impacting the life of young people thanks to Full Circle Learning.

Some testimonies from Full Circle Learning supported schools.
“My knowledge has been enriched as I digest the educational model of the Full Circle Learning, and it has opened my world on how I think about education and learning. As an educator today I have begun implementing this unique tool for my school and work to expand the team with many other schools in my country” says Mr. Sanyang, a teacher.

“I am so excited today about making peace with my best friend. I wasn’t able to talk with her for weeks, but thanks to the conflict material for helping us to reunite again as friends. I love the Full Circle model” says Mariama, a student from MyFarm.

As the head of Full Circle Learning Gambia, I am a living testament of this great humanitarian organization as we gradually make progress and as FCL has a positive impact in communities and across countries in Africa and round the globe. By touching lives and impacting minds of the human family, the environment and communities there is a possible transformation in the near future as their hearts begin to see the reality of life and sustainable impact will then begin to transform education and change to a more progressive learning approach.

When future leaders begin applying integrity in real life and practice peacemaking these will cement the true change agents in every corner in diverse societies, in every nation, and when students conceive, believe and achieve character education and self mastering units it enhances the destiny of the global human family, they maximize their own potential then this will influence a better world and elevate a society for all people and a sustainable world to live in.

With honor most respectfully
Alagie Ndow
country Rep
FCL Gambia