Unity College, a Maine-based institution offering environmentally focused degrees, has stepped forward to offer a free online education to Penda Jallow after her application for a US student visa was denied. 

August 30, 2018

Everything was in place for a young woman from a poor family in Gambia to come to the U.S. to get a college education. But she can't get a visa.

April 30, 2018

Ashleigh DeLuca, formerly of Glen Cove, started the Starling Sponsorship Program when she was 17 to help her most promising students.

April 11, 2018

Ashleigh DeLuca, BA ’13, helped impoverished Gambian children graduate from high school. But she’s not stopping there. Her next goal is to bring them to the U.S. for college.

April 02, 2018

A gap year prior to starting GW brought lasting friendships with Gambian students for Ashleigh DeLuca. Now she’s trying to bring three of them to college in her native New York.

February 12, 2018

Ashleigh DeLuca created a program 10 years ago to help Gambians earn their high school diplomas. She now plans to help raise $270,000 for some of their college tuitions.  

February 10, 2018

A Long Islander who helped teens from Gambia achieve their high school diplomas is now working to help them continue their education at colleges in the United States.

May 22, 2017

Ashleigh DeLuca, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication in 2013, is raising money to send three students that she worked with in Gambia to college in the U.S.

December 21, 2017

At the age of 17, she traveled to Gambia to teach schoolchildren, and after three months decided to start the program to help those who truly wanted to learn.