Organisation aims and activities: To contribute to the survival,
development and protection of
women and children in the Gambia
Primary areas of work: health &
nutrition; basic education; water,
environment & sanitation; advocacy
and social policy.
Further details:
Operational level: International
Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18
Organisation type: United Nations agency
Organisation mandate: Fund other organisations, Lobby governments and the United Nations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Work directly with children, Work in partnership with organisations, Work with media and press
Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Health and welfare, Justice, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Sexual exploitation and abuse
Other organisations based in Gambia:
- African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- Association for Child Education Gambia
- Association of NGOs (TANGO), the Gambia
- Centre for Children's Rights
- Child Protection Alliance
- Department of Social Welfare - Gambia
- GAM RURAL UNESCO Club
- Gambia/Switzerland Health Project
- Helping Lives International
- Hope for Children - Gambia
- International Institute for Child Protection
- IOGT Juniors Education Service - Gambia
- Kanifing East Youth Development Society
- National Federation of the Gambia UNESCO Clubs and Centres
- NGO Coalition on the CRC in the Gambia
- Pan African Congress Movement for Humanity
- Tayam
Organisations working in similar fields:
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- AKSHAYA Rehabilitation Trust
- Anita Home
- Artists United 4 Childrewn and Youth Development (AUCAYD)
- Associação Brasileira de Magistrados, Promotores de Justiça e Defensores Públicos da Infância e Juventude
- Association Défis - Jeunes pour le Développement
- Association for the Promotion and Progress of Children in Khenchela
- Association pour l'Encadrement des Orphelins et l'Education à la Paix
- Autre Vie
- Bangladesh Coalition for Child Rights
- Bangladesh Mohila Unnayan Sanghstha
- Center for the Human Rights of Children
- Centre For Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
- Centre for Women's Studies - University of Nijmegen
- Centro Internazionale Studi Famiglia
- Child Helpline Cameroon
- Child Rights Brigade International
- Child Rights Information and Documentation Centre
- Child Rights International Network
- Children Concern Organisation
- Children First - Pakistan
- Children Today Centre
- Children's Law Centre
- Children's Rights Project, Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
- ChildRight
- Christian Children's Fund - Geneva Office
- Community Children Organisation (COCO)
- Consortium for Street Children
- Defence for Children International
- Defence for Children International - Costa Rica
- Defence for Children International - Sierra Leone
- Defensores PROCDN
- Enfants du Monde - Droits de l'Homme
- Fortress Nigeria
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Ghana NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child
- Global March South Asian Secretariat/CWIN Nepal
- Good Neighbours Care
- Grupo Iniciativa Nacional por los Derechos del Niño, GIN-PERU
- HAQ: Centre for Child Rights
- Hellenic Association Of Poltical Scientists
- HFC Hope For Children UNCRC Policy Center
- Homeland Community Development Agency
- Human Rights - First the Child
- Integrated Regional Information Networks - IRIN
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- Jammu and Kashmir Child Rights Trust
- Joy for Children - Uganda
- Kinderombudsman
- Kinderrechte Afrika e.V. (KiRA)
- Lixbey Environmental Foundation
- Maison des Droits de l'Enfant
- Meerut CHILDLINE
- National Centre for Human Rights
- National Centre For Playwork Education - North East
- National Information Centre on Human Rights
- New Life Foundation of Bangladesh
- NGO/UNICEF Regional Network for Children in Central and Eastern Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Baltic States
- Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Office of the Children's Advocate - Jamaica
- ONG Espoir pour les enfants
- Organisation de Developpement et des Droits de l'Homme au Cameroun
- Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- Pan African Organisation for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children
- Parlement des enfants de Côte d'Ivoire section daloa
- People's Action in Development
- Plan Tanzania
- PRESS - Save the Children Youth Norway
- Red Iberoamericana de Defensa de los Derechos de la Niñez y la Adolescencia
- Relief Society of Tigray
- Right to Education Project
- Save Congo's Child
- Save the Children - Norway
- Save the Children Canada
- Save the Children Sweden - Office for the Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - Pakistan programme
- Save the Children Sweden - Regional Office for Middle East and North Africa
- Save the Children Sweden - South Africa
- Save the Children Sweden Denmark - Bangladesh
- Save the Children UK
- Save the Children UK - Sierra Leone Office
- Seyaj for Childhood Protection
- Society for Education and Development/Nepal
- Society for the Protection for the Rights of the Child
- Somali Children Rights Organization
- South East European Child Rights Action Network
- Southern Africa Child Development Initiative (SA-child)
- Spanish Committee for UNICEF
- St Mary's Orphan Home
- The "Future is yours" NGO
- The Ombudsperson for Children Republic of Croatia
- UNICEF - Belgique
- UNICEF - Belgrade
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- UNICEF - Cambodia
- UNICEF - Cuba country office
- UNICEF - Ethiopia
- UNICEF - Georgia
- UNICEF - India
- UNICEF - Malaysia
- UNICEF - Papua New Guinea
- UNICEF - PNG
- UNICEF Pacific
- UNICEF Podgorica
- UNICEF Togo
- World Vision - Japan
- Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
Last updated 03/07/2009 08:46:00
CRIN does not accredit or validate any of the organisations listed in our directory. The views and activities of the listed organisations do not necessarily reflect the views or activities of CRIN's coordination team.
