ChildFund The Gambia

It's International Day of The Girl! Empowering girls is crucial to creating inclusive, open and prosperous societies. That's why ChildFund Country Director, Musu Komma, Ag. Director Children's Affairs at the Ministry of Gender, Children & Social Welfare, Ms Harriet Bass, Western Region deputy governor, Baba Galleh Jallow, Country Coordinator, Child Protection Alliance, Lamin Fatty, and managers, ChildFund Federation partners, Sunkaru Jatta and Alieu Mendy joined the girls in Brikama to celebrate with them. As duty bearers, they also listened to concerns raised by the girls and promise action to ensure all girls realize their dreams. Happy #IDG2024 to all girls around the world! #empowerment #protection #girls

More than 100 women in Badume koto village can now grow and harvest fresh fruits and vegetables from this community garden where ChildFund The Gambia installed a powerful solar-powered water system for the community in Jarra Central district of The Gambia. Children will have access to nutritious food and their caregivers will earn extra income from sale of the garden produce as ChildFund Country Director, Musu Komma hands over the well equipped borehole to the community. “With this reliable water system, ChildFund has created an amazing economic empowerment project for my community. We thank ChildFund for this life changing intervention, says the village chief of Badume koto, Seedy Sonko. #womenempowerment #foodselfsufficiency

These school #children used to walk 6 - 7 kilometers to their school in Bafuloto, in the North Bank Region. But that’s no more, thanks to these bikes provided for them by ChildFund under the Zero Out Of School Children project funded by Education Above All Foundation through UNICEF Gambia, and being implemented by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia, ChildFund and EFANet Gambia. ChildFund pledged 3,000 bikes towards the project, and has so far delivered 1,500 to the ministry for onward distribution to the children who need them most. #educationforall #education #bikes

When children have access to learning materials, it contributes to their attainment of quality education. That's why ChildFund International working with its Local Partners in The Gambia provides learning materials to over 10,000 children annually at the start of each school year. As schools reopen this week, one of our Local Partners, Ding Ding-Ding Yiriwa Federation hands over learning materials to children in Kombo North and South districts. "I am no more worried when schools reopen because I know that my children will receive their back-to-school package from Ding-Ding Yiriwa Federation," says one of the parents of our children, Elizabeth, seen here smiling after receiving some books for her children.

It’s all smiles for these boys and girls and their parents! Over 1000 school #children in Kombo North and South districts receive learning materials from Ding-Ding Yiriwa Federation working with ChildFund, coming right at the start of the 2024/25 school year. Federation Manager, Alieu Mendy said children’s access to quality #education is his Federation’s top priority. ChildFund is committed to supporting children attend school and acquire quality. #Sponsorship #qualityeducation

ChildFund International accompanies sponsored children to the path they choose in their #education including those venturing into skills acquisition, as Ma Rohie Jarju, who now runs a catering service. "At the age of 9, I was chosen by a Danish sponsor called Henrik Oghell Valeur. Even as a young girl then, images of that moment still appear fresh in my mind. The ChildFund sponsorship served as assurance for my education, in which I also had the chance to participate in big events like the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting. The life skills training I participated in boosted my confidence in a way I never imagined. I am not just comfortable at public speaking but also, I have carved a career for myself. Today, I have graduated with a diploma in catering at the prestigious Gaye Njoro Skills Training Centre. I also serve as the president of the Girls’ Platform, a ChildFund-supported girl-led advocacy platform that is championing girls’ rights at the community level." MA-ROHEY JARJUE Girls Rights Advocate and Caterer #empowerment #skills #education #sponsorship

Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts! In fulfillment of our commitment to the UN’s SDG 13, ChildFund The Gambia signs MOU with Plantation Nurseries with the aim of partnering with them to plant mainly fruit trees in schools across the country. The initiative will boost reforestation efforts, and as well contribute to food security. ChildFund Local partners will work closely with Plantation Nurseries to implement the program. #sdg13 #environmentalpreservation #planttrees

Youths leading the change in promoting a sustainable environment for all! At the ChildFund Youth Day of Service (#YDOS2024) commemorations in Brikama, Western Region of The Gambia, the National Disaster Management Agency's Regional Disaster Management Coordinator Momodou BK Ceesay called on everyone to protect the environment to minimize the serious damage being caused to Mankind's only home. #cleanenvironmentforall

ChildFund International commemorates Youth Day of Service! In partnership with LEAP Africa and ChildFund Local Partners, SaamaKairo Federation, Ding-Ding Yiriwa Federation and Foni Ding Ding Federation, ChildFund The Gambia mobilized hundreds of young people to a massive cleansing exercise in Brikama, beginning from the Brikama District Hospital through the main market to the Youth Friendly Centre. #YDoS2024 #EnvironmentallyFriendly #wastecollection #cleanenvironment

ChildFund International Education Advisor for Sierra Leone and The Gambia Bando Marah, and Education Program Coordinator Bakary Seedy Dampha (Buba) together with our global Education Director, Janella Nelson and other Education colleagues from ChildFund Sierra Leone, ChildFund Philippines and ChildFund Uganda participated in the Global Education Experience Learning and Workshop in Sri Lanka. The engagements were centered on learning from the Sri Lanka program participants about the implementation of the Education for Protection and Well-being (EPW) program. The visiting team on the other hand, shared their rich experiences on how the implementation of the #EPWProgram can be sustained and scaled up in #srilanka. #education #children #partnership #impact