My Year In the Gambia

Sonia Parry spent a year in 1966, serving in Voluntary Service Overseas in The Gambia. Her wonderful description of her experiences are a joy to read. "It had always been my ambition to work abroad and when I was told I could not sit my finals in Haematology because I was two weeks short of the qualifying time, I decided to apply to Voluntary Service Overseas to travel for a year. I was called to attend an interview in London. I was accepted, then had to wait until they told me where they were sending me, and it was The Gambia..."