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US Denies Visa to Gambian School Robotics Team

By Magic 103.7July 4, 2017Updated:January 16, 2018No Comments2 Mins Read
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Five teenage pupils from The Gambia who built a robot for a prestigious international competition in the United States will not be able to accompany their invention to the event after being denied a visa.

The Gambian pupils become the second team of students refused entry to the US to attend the FIRST Global robotics event in Washington, DC, on July 16-18. On Saturday, it was reported that an all-girls team from Afghanistan were also denied a visa to travel to the US to showcase their creation at the same competition.

We’re not giving up, despite the challenges we face, we still continue to work hard.

Fatoumata Ceesay, student

Moktar Darboe, director of The Gambia’s ministry of higher education, research, science and technology, told Al Jazeera that the team, made up of high school pupils aged 17-18, were “very disappointed”.

“They put in so much effort into building this, and now, after all the sacrifice and energy they put in, they have been left disheartened,” Darboe, who is also the team’s mentor, said on Monday.

The robot, a ball sorting machine, will be shipped off in the next day or two, he added.

The Gambian American Association will represent the team at the event and the students in The Gambia’s capital, Banjul, will watch it over Skype.

The FIRST Global Challenge is open to students aged 15 to 18 from across the globe. According to FIRST, around 158 countries will be represented, including 40 African countries. Only the teams from Afghanistan and The Gambia have had their visas rejected so far.

Darboe said that the visa was denied shortly after their interview at the US embassy in Banjul in April. They were not given any explanation.

“We were only told that we did not qualify and that we could try again.”

Source: Aljazeera

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