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Senegalese school head gives supplies to 150 pupils in Ndothie

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El Hadji Mbayang Diop, headteacher of Thiel secondary school, gave more than 1,000 exercise books, 400 pens and 100 geometry kits to 150 pupils at CEM de Ndothie in Senegal. The distribution is the sixth edition of his local initiative in support of education, Dakaractu reports.

El Hadji Mbayang Diop, headteacher of Thiel secondary school, donated school supplies to 150 pupils at CEM de Ndothie, in the commune of Kamb, Senegal, Dakaractu reports. This is the sixth consecutive year of the initiative in support of pupils.

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