PAGEANT

PAGEANT PAGEANT is a recently formed charity (2002), started by Ian and Pippa Howard, which aims to provide support for educational needs in The Gambia.

PAGEANT stands for Projects Aiding Gambian Education and National Talent. For many years, tourists have been encouraged to provide help to schools near to the tourist areas, but most up-country schools get little help.

Pageant is providing assistance to one of these schools, Bakalarr. Telephone 01403 730610.

Tesito

Tesito is a UK Charity partnering with local communities in The Gambia to improve the lives of ordinary Gambians and undertaking community based programmes to raise the standard of health and education.

The major current objective is to lower the malarial morbidity rate in infants and pregnant women in Julangel village by 10% by 2006 through the use of impregnated bed nets, environmental control and social intervention.

Schools for Progress

Schools for Progress (email link – there is no website yet), is a registered charity in The Gambia and in the UK.

It was started in 1986 by two people working in the Atlantic Hotel.

The original objects were to assist poor children to go to school instead of begging from tourists on the beach.

Over the years the number of children being helped has steadily grown.

Currently we are sponsoring 33 children at all levels from Nursery to Senior school, (and have a queue waiting).

The Charity has also undertaken small projects including rebuilding the kitchen and adding a new roof at Bijilo School, building an extra classroom and furnishing it at the Pentecostal Nursery School in Banjul, supplying New Yundum School with a classroom of new (16) locally made metal framed desks and refurbishing the toilets at the Albion School in Banjul.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The FCO provides constantly updated Country Profiles which aim to provide a general overview of the country concerned.

They include information on the country’s recent history, recent political developments, relations with the international community and bilateral political and commercial relations with the UK, as well as links to other relevant pages on the FCO website.

Save The Children Fund – UK

Save The Children Fund – UK Aims to achieve lasting benefits for children within their communities, to make a reality of children’s rights and to work in partnership with governments, non-governmental agencies and local communities in the areas of health, child welfare, community development and education.

Nova Scotia Gambia Association

Nova Scotia Gambia Association The Nova Scotia-Gambia Association is a non-profit, non-government organization (or NGO) dedicated to the creation and operation of sustainable development programs for Gambian and Canadian youth.

Since 1985, the NSGA has carried out more than 25 successful development projects in The Gambia, mainly in the health and education sectors.

International Society for Human Rights

International Society for Human Rights supports local groups and individuals engaged in human rights activities and education.

It facilitates the publication of articles, reports, newsletters and other materials on human rights topics.

An important area of concern is the participation of women in the program and sensitizing young women on their rights.

The society advocates public disclosure against all forms of human rights violation.

Derek Bailey Foundation

Derek Bailey Foundation is a UK charity whose objective is to relieve the need, hardship and distress and promote education and healthcare of the people of Nyofelleh and the surrounding villages in the Gambia, West Africa.

There are two immediate objectives, firstly to provide funds to enable the school to continue to operate and to do so with better facilities, and secondly, to contribute to the completion, equipping and staffing a Medical Dispensary.

June and Brian Cox Educational Project

June and Brian Cox Educational Project, UK Education Charity, email only

West Africa Mission

West Africa Mission, (TANGO), aims to propagate evangelism (Church ministry) among the people and to address the problems of youth through the development of a community, sports, and vocational center.