Peace Corps Volunteers

Peace Corps Volunteers work closely with Gambians to alleviate the most pressing problems.

In the words of the Gambian President at the Peace Corps' 30th anniversary celebration, "Their [Volunteers'] unique experiences and fraternal interactions at the grass-roots level of Gambian society can only add to greater understanding and good relations between the two peoples, and we urge them to continue their roles as American Ambassadors of peace, understanding, partnership, and progress."

Voluntary Service Overseas

Voluntary Service Overseas VSO recruits volunteers for posts where they can assist with the development of skills which will allow people increased self-sufficiency, choice, and opportunity in their lives, helping to improve the living standards of the poor and disadvantaged by involving them in the work that benefits them and aiming to enhance the status of women.

United Nations Volunteers

United Nations Volunteers

Sight Savers International

Sight Savers International Aims are to support the national eye care plan, to reduce preventable and remediable blindness through the provision of curative and preventive eye care services and to provide ophthalmic services within reach of the entire population through the integration of primary eye care with the existing primary health care structure, mobile eye service and ophthalmic health centres.

HASTE - Help African Schools to Educate

HASTE - Help African Schools to Educate, UK Education Charity, email only, no website.

Kindergarten Linden in Gambia

Kindergarten Linden in Gambia, a German Charity

Institute for Human Rights and development in Africa

Institute for Human Rights and development in Africa is a non-profit, non-governmental pan-African organisation headquartered in the Gambia.

The Institute is committed to contributing to the development of the African human rights system through its programme activities.

We are dedicated to making the human rights treaties of the Organisation of African Unity as effective as possible.

The Institute works to strengthen the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights with whom it has observer status.

GAP Foundation

GAP Foundation, UK charity for Education, Aid and Relief, email only

Gambian National Olympic Committee

Gambian National Olympic Committee

Gambia Red Cross Society

Gambia Red Cross Society A major part of the work of the Red Cross in Gambia is to assist refugees.

It also provides services such as health care, relief programs, sanitation, day care centers, education and skills training, first aid, emergency and disaster relief and community based rehabilitation programmes

Worldview International Foundation

Worldview International Foundation Conducts participatory communications and media projects from grassroots level to the latest virtual reality products.

Their video training and production and participatory communication training deals with areas such as fuel saving, forestry, horticulture, crop production, skills training, family planning and institution building.

St Mary's University

St Mary's University St Mary's is a Canadian university contributing to the provision of degree level education in The Gambia.

Gambia Good Templars Association

Gambia Good Templars Association The International Organisation of Good Templars is an organisation which promotes the ideals of temperance, peace and brotherhood.

It is the largest international non-governmental organisation working in the field of temperance. IOGT is a community organisation with a wide range of social, educational and recreational activities.

International cooperation is encouraged and a variety of projects are carried out.

IOGT's development programme helps to provide better living and learning conditions.

The promotion of a positive, alcohol-free lifestyle is an important part of any such programme.

Riders for Health

Riders for Health Africa cannot hope to develop, to fight disease and to move out of the poverty trap if it continues to depend on walking, and on 13th-century forms of transport such as donkeys and hand-carts.

But neither can it develop if the 21st century vehicles sent by development agencies and others continue to break down after only a few thousand kilometres.

Riders for Health addresses this issue with a range of techniques to ensure vehicles operate for as long as they would anywhere in the developed world.

And at a normal, reasonable cost. Riders relationship with the Gambia began in 1989, when they carried out their first exploratory training projects.

In 2002 Riders and the Government of the Republic of Gambia signed a historic agreement: that the Gambia would outsource all its vehicle management (beginning with the Department of State for Health) to Riders.

Never before has an African government taken such a step.

The World Bank are lending set-up and running costs as part of their larger Participatory Health, Population and Nutrition Programme.

Riders Logistics operates through three transport management units, in Serekunda, Mansakonko and Bansang. As well as DoSH, the World Health Organisation and a number of NGOs have committed vehicles and motorcycles to the programme.

Gambia Help

Gambia Help the Gambia Health Education Liaison Project, is a US non-profit organisation enabling communities in Gambia to protect, conserve and improve their own health, the health of their community, and their natural environment by providing books, educational opportunities, seed money, and human resources.

The Well Project improves health by providing clean water year round.

The Books & Library project has created libraries and sent 25,000 books for distribution throughout Gambia. GambiaHELP also supports Library Education so the books are well cared for and accessible.

Youth Empowerment Network, Parklands, South Africa

Youth Empowerment Network work creatively with young disadvantaged and unemployed South Africans, to overcome inner oppression, and develop self-confidence, lifeskills, and leadership qualities, as the bridge to a productive life.

The mission of the Youth Empowerment Network is to empower out of school and out of work youth that are at risk in South Africa. Particularly from the disadvantaged areas, the combination of an inadequate education, depressed socio-economic circumstances and low employment prospects, make young people vulnerable to temptations such as crime and drugs.

The youth Empowerment Network aims to achieve this by providing bridging programmes that will prepare participants to enter proactively into life and work, and by motivating participants to take charge the participants to take charge of their lives and in particular take their next steps towards creatively securing their economic independence.