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Developments:
The Tesito Eco-lodge in the scrub outside Kartong was a project funded by the United Nations Development Programme to encourage environmentally-sensitive tourism in southwestern Gambia. After a promising start, the programme gradually disintegrated as the lodge's locally-employed managers either emigrated or found more rewarding jobs in the major tourist resorts. When the UN funding ran out, the project collapsed completely. The site became overgrown and the buildings began to crumble.
Today, a couple of villagers are trying heroically to resuscitate the lodge. Absent any more funds, they are looking to tourists to invest in the venture with them. All the rooms are empty when we visit, however, and none looks as if it has been occupied in the recent past.
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