Alla la Daaro is the inspiration of Meg Roberton, a British community/social worker who first visited The Gambia in 1998. Between this first visit and 2004 Meg visited The Gambia on a regular basis staying for various periods of time and initiating good community relations by establishing a community base within a local compound in Brikama town which provided workshop space, a daily lunch, meeting place and support to individual children and their families.
 

In January 2001 Meg was offered, by the Alkalo (head of Village) of Bakary Sambouya village, the land on which Alla la Daaro has been created. The first locally built long house with outbuildings i.e. made from mud blocks with cement facing, was mostly completed in 2002 and it was in the same year that an identified school sponsor from the UK first visited bringing many educational materials for the Bakary Sambouya voluntary nursery school. Since this time the school has moved from a one room building into well-equipped permanent buildings with five classes and is staffed by locally qualified and trainee teachers. The school site is fully walled and has its own vegetable garden. Local women cook a free school lunch in the school kitchen every day and a caretaker looks after the site. A Community Bus has been running for some years and the village now also has a Health Clinic with ambulance.

The Sponsors, who are based in South Devon and well supported by their local community, are now an established charity known as The Kambeng Trust. All enquiries to Sue and Tim Currant (00 44 136473237) scurrant@hotmail.com
 

In October 2004 Meg moved to The Gambia living at Alla la Daaro until June 2007 when she returned to London to resume her career. During this period the major development of Alla la Daaro took place including all landscaping, windmill making, completing of existing buildings and construction of The Wooden Deck House. All works from land clearing to building works at Alla la Daaro have been undertaken by local people. Youth development has always been a major focus of Meg’s work and it is for this reason that she has always employed local young people, whom she has offered skills training, to live in and undertake all daily domestic, maintenance and gardening works. Various individuals receive ongoing support via Alla la Daaro.