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