Gambia Health Education Liaison Project, also known as GambiaHELP, exists to enable communities in The Gambia to protect, conserve and improve their health and the health of their community while building a sustainable economy and environment.
GIVING THE GIFT OF
HOPE TO PEOPLE IN THE GAMBIA
Gifts of Animals, Water, Education and More
Press Release on Recent Trip to Gambia
Our projects include supplying books and creating libraries; supplying and creating computer labs; awarding educational gifts; sponsoring community projects; coordinating a micro lending project in The Gambia; and facilitating a Friendship Exchange between students in the USA and The Gambia.
GambiaHELP is a volunteer organization. We welcome donations to support our projects and volunteers to keep them going. Because we are a volunteer organization, 95% of all donations to GambiaHELP go directly to fund projects in The Gambia.
In addition to our many volunteers in the USA, we also have great volunteers in The Gambia that make sure projects stay on track and are completed. Above are Alhadjie Basse Mboge, Community Outreach Officer and Fatou Fatty, Women's group leader who have worked for GambiaHELP on mostly a volunteer basis for 10 years. We thank both of you for your unwavering support!
The Gambia is located in West Africa along the Gambia River. The country is surrounded by Senegal. Some of the biggest problems in West Africa and Gambia involve health, education, and nurturing a sustainable economy and environment. English is the official language of Gambia making it a good fit for cooperation with communities in the USA.
Through your donations, GambiaHELP gives educational funds to needy students, provides books and medical supplies, and supports sustainable projects like tie dye, soap making, sewing mosquito nets, and rice milling machines that are managed by women's groups (kaffos) throughout the country.
We take on bigger projects like building and repairing wells. This not only provides water, but allows gardens to flourish in the dry season providing much needed vegetables to the community.
Our biggest projects include building libraries, schools, and skill centers. Skill centers are buildings where the community can receive training, have meetings, store supplies out of the weather and make the goods for their sustainable projects.
The projects GambiaHELP supports come from the needs and dreams of the communities in The Gambia. GambiaHELP requires the community to donate 25% of the project in labor, services and land donations. This is a time consuming method, but because of this dedication and commitment, our projects have long lasting results and are beneficial to the entire community.
