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- EIN 27-6775063
- (415) 902-1195
- 1500 Park Ave Apt Ph 1 Emeryville CA 94608-3522 USA
- www.gambiarising.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: International, International Development
Mission: Gambiarising provides opportunities to impoverished gambians to better themselves through their own work - primarily through scholarships and financial assistance to gambian students who otherwise might not be able to stay in or go to school. Our only criteria are character and need, and the amount of difference that our support will make in recipients' lives. We focus most of our work on keeping students in school, especially girls at the higher grades. We have also funded construction of several rural schools, and supported other gambian schools through physical improvements, donation of learning materials and technology, and funding additional training for their teachers. We supported several local infrastructure projects, including the construction and improvement of rural several health clinics.
Programs: 668 students were given scholarships consisting of whatever was needed to have them start, continue, or go back to school. This included school uniforms, books & supplies, study fees, tuition as needed and occasionally bicycles, car fare, lunch money, medicine, shoes, etc. As well. College students were also provided laptops.
we are fully funding the construction of a new senior secondary school (grades 10 through 12) in fula bantang, central river region. The capacity of the school will be 400+ students. In january 2016, the first classroom building (grade 10) opened. In september, 2016 the second classroom building (grade 11) opened, along with the school's administration building. Also funded during 2016 was a combined fish pond/poultry house/garden for the school, and construction began on the science labs.
a health center was built in alkali kunda, a photospectometer was supplied to kafountine community hospital, and new solar batteries were supplied to the kiang nema and jaara sutukung health centers.
private bathing areas were built for the women teachers' staff housing at st. Matthew's lower basic cycle school in kaimoh.
used laptops were provided for a digital library at st. Therese's basic cycle school in fula bantang.
a donkey cart school "bus" was provided for the village of kayenga, for the transport a child who needs to use a wheelchair, and others from the village.