SOS Children's Villages - The Gambia

SOS Children's Villages - The Gambia SOS Kinderdorf International first became active in the Gambia with the construction of the SOS Children's Village Bakoteh in 1980.

Since then the SOS operation has grown continuously and has established itself as an integral part of the local community.

Today there are 10 family houses and 77 Children of different age groups live with their SOS Mothers in the Family Houses.

The project also includes a kindergarten, schools and vocational training facilities.

Plymouth to Banjul Banger Rally

Plymouth to Banjul Banger Rally The first Rally took place on Boxing Day 2002 with 30 cars costing less than £100 raising funds for the Castellan West African Trust Project and Riders for Health.

Some of the participating cars were donated to charity. In 2003 car 144 - "Gerryatricks Frogs" - is running and will be donated to Friends of GOVI on arival in Gambia. It is a Mitsubishi L300 Estate, LHD, 4wd, 2.5 diesel.

The team departed London on 19th December 2003 and were expecting to spend Christmas in Marakesh!

Islamic Relief Association

Islamic Relief Association, (TANGO), works to improve the socio-economic standards of the rural poor, especially women, by providing credit and skills training for income generating activities.

It promotes greater awareness of the environment and endeavours to replenish it physically.

It aims to create awareness and understanding from an Islamic point of view of harmful cultural practices, for example it promotes the elimination of female circumcision, prostitution, violence against women and drug abuse.

It also assists orphans, abandoned children and 'Almudos'.

Gambia Good Seed Mission

Gambia Good Seed Mission, (TANGO) The mission's purpose is to feed the hungry, to multiply good quality seeds for distribution to farmers, to assist farmers with a range of improved agricultural practices, to establish good quality seed producers in The Gambia and to work in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture on research projects.

Village Savings And Credit Association

Village Savings And Credit Association, TANGO, concerned with training staff of NGOs and other organisations who want to establish VISACAs in different parts of the Gambia. So far the center has trained staff from EDF, FORUT, AFET, and FFHC/WRP.

VISACA projects are implemented by C.I.D.R. France under the Ministry of Agriculture with financial support from K.F.W. Germany and IFAD (UN).

The project aims to develop self managed associations at village level in order to channel cash savings towards productive loans for villages under their own control.

SSHFC - Social Security Housing Finance Corporation

SSHFC - Social Security Housing Finance Corporation

Gambia Youth Federation

Gambia Youth Federation, (TANGO), undertakes to support the socio-economic development of young men and women, to assist communities to achieve self-sufficiency through self-help and to assist in improving the equality of life in rural communities