Preparations are underway for three volunteers visiting The Gambia in the beginning of June 2013 to offer help to children and families from Barra village and Serekunda town in The Gambia.
We really can’t wait to visit “The smiling coast of Africa” – The Gambia! We can’t wait to show our sponsors this wonderful country, the smallest country on mainland Africa and, sadly, one of the poorest; their people and the nature.
We are looking forward to meet the local families and to find out more about their life in The Gambia. We will be visiting families, local schools, nurseries and hospitals. Our aim is to find new ideas for coming projects for helping kids and women in The Gambia.
Tourism is a great boost to the local economy so we will also meet up with some local tourist agencies and try to find the way for cooperation and help to promote the country as a tourist destination where volunteers can travel and help. We are looking forward to present new volunteer opportunities in The Gambia soon.
Our work has started before the trip. We are collecting school supplies for our kids and raising funds for rice. Our wish is to buy and deliver food to all families which we support every month. If you want to donate for a bag of rice (approx.. 35€), please feel free to contact us (info@kidsaretheworld.com) and we will forward you an account details of Charity Pearl The Gambia, our sister NGO established in The Gambia 2012.
We are delighted to be able to help this way and we hope you will follow us and help us to make a difference in life of smiling children in The Gambia.
We are individuals, wives and mothers, who have realised that many children grow up in difficult conditions, and would like to aid them in any way we can. It began with the idea to cheer up the children in Gambia with toys that would bring smiles to their faces and joy to their lives. We wanted to help them through tough times and let them know that people care about them.
Our mission is not only to provide toys, but also to provide funds for education and to improve the living conditions of children from underprivileged families. Our aim is that all children, regardless of their financial state, race, religion or nationality, should have access to their basic rights that make them happy and complete. When we assure that all children have access to these rights, and quality education that draws from gender equality, we have influenced the generations who follow.
The feedback has been very positive and we collected a big amount of shoes, clothes, school materials… Our mission has not been finalized yet because of the high cost of shipping to The Gambia. We are still hoping for a help of companies or individuals to sponsor the shipping of collected things to The Gambia.
Despite unrealized goal regarding shipping we decided to continue with our work. Main mission is to help vulnerable and poor children, educating and protecting them. Education is a fundamental human right. Every child is entitled to it. Too many children in the world are out of school or receive spotty, sub-par educations. Each one of these children has dreams that may never be fulfilled, potential that may never be realized. By ensuring that every child has access to quality learning, we lay the foundation for growth, transformation, innovation, opportunity and equality.
In many countries, parents have to pay tuitions to send their children to school, even though education is free. The costs vary according to the school and city, but a small donation can make all the difference in the world of little girls and boys.Based on these facts, we have appealed to the people to sponsor the tuitions and enable more than 70 students to finish their school year 2011/12. Than we realized that we could make a new step and decided to help to those kids on monthly basic. Because a hungry and sick child cannot learn we began with “sponsor a child” project.
Sponsorship is a great opportunity for people to help children who are born in poor families. A monthly donation of 20€ will ensure a stable and secure childhood for these unfortunate Gambian children as it will give them access to health care, daily meal and quality education. Up to date we are sponsoring more than 70 children on monthly basic. The number grows every day and we are proud of this.
One of our “making a difference in The Gambia” projects was fund-raising for rice, sugar and oil for poor families from The Gambia. Rice is essential for Gambians. A 50 kilo bag feeds a family for almost a month. Gambian farms do not produce enough rice, so they are forced to import it. The prices are inaccessible to many. The poorest can only buy leftovers that fell from torn bags during shipments. Sugar is an important ingredient in Gambian cuisine. They use it for cooking and preparing drinks, and they use it in much greater quantities than for example, flour. Sugar is a dietary supplement to their everyday nutrition. Oil is the basic ingredient of almost every meal and indispensable in every household.In 2012 we have distributed rice, sugar and oil to almost 50 Gambian families.
The main reasons for our work are the smiles on the faces of the people we have helped and it feels good to do something for another person! It begins with me, it begins with you.
Our english version of website www.kidsaretheworld.com is coming soon! Stay tuned!
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