Young Women’s Christian Association

Young Women’s Christian Association The YWCA aims to build a fellowship among women and girls of all denominations devoted to the task of realising in our common life those ideals of personal and social living to which we are committed by faith as Christians.

Projects in The Gambia include a Vocational Skills Centre and a Child Development Center.

Christian Children’s Fund

Christian Children’s Fund The Fund supports and constructs schools and nursery schools, assists in community development, health care, nutrition, recreation and water resources, and provides assistance to needy children and their families.

It aims to develop the capacity of children and their families to become fully responsible for their own lives and to contribute to their community and nation. It also supports small enterprise development and provides loan schemes and skills training.

Young Men’s Christian Association

Young Men’s Christian Association The YMCA is a worldwide fellowship based on the equal value of all persons.

It initiates and maintains a number of projects within the community and provides accommodation to members in a Youth Hostel.

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.

Fresh Stream Christian Outreach International

Fresh Stream Christian Outreach International, UK charity for aid and relief in the UK Nigeria and The Gambia, email only

Friends of the Gambian African Christian School

Friends of the Gambian African Christian School is a UK based charity set up to help educate children of the Gambia, in particular those who attend the GACS run by the Reverend Richard Jackson.

At the present time they are a small charity run by a few people.

Their initial goal is to raise enough money to construct a school building in the village of Essau on the piece of land given to the Reverend by the village chief.

With the school building in place they will then need to supply funds to pay teachers and provide school equipment.