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war against women, In D.R.C
Related to country: Congo, DR

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Sifa was pregnant, but that didn't stop her rapists. Armed with a machete, they even cut at her genitals! ! !

To understand what is happening here, you have to go back more than a decade, when the genocide that claimed nearly a million lives in neighboring Rwanda spilled over into Congo. Since then, the Congolese army, foreign-backed rebels, and home-grown militias have been fighting each other over power and this land, which has some of the world's biggest deposits of gold, copper, diamonds, and tin. The United Nations was called in and today their mission is the largest peacekeeping operation in history.

Since 2005, some 17,000 UN troops and personnel have cobbled together a fragile peace. Last year they oversaw the first democratic election in this country in 40 years. But now all they have accomplished is at risk. Fighting has broken out once again in eastern Congo and the region threatens to slip into all-out war.

Each new battle is followed by pillaging and rape; entire communities are terrorized. Forced to flee their homes, people take whatever they can, and walk for miles in the desperate hope of finding food and shelter. Over the last year, more than 500,000 people have been uprooted. A fraction of them make it to cramped camps, where they depend on UN aid to survive.

One camp Cooper visited sprang up just two months before. It was already overcrowded, but more people kept arriving. They would go there seeking refuge, a safe haven, but the truth is in Congo, for women, there’s no such thing. Even in these supposedly protected camps, women are raped every single day.


February 14, 2009 | 4:24 PM Comments  5 comments

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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Related to country: Zimbabwe

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Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.



Article 1.

* All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.


Article 2.

* Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.


Article 3.

* Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.


Article 4.

* No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.


Article 5.

* No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.


Article 6.

* Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.


Article 7.

* All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.


Article 8.

* Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.

Article 9.

* No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.


Article 10.

* Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.

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Article 11.

* (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
* (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.


Article 12.

* No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attack
Article 13.

* (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
* (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
WE REALLY NEED TO COME TOGETHER, IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN AND KEEP THIS DECLAARATION OF HUMAN AND PEOPLE'S RIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN ABUSED BY HUNGERY WORLD LEADERS JUST TO SUSTAIN THEIR SEATS.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

February 11, 2009 | 3:04 PM Comments  0 comments

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Youth Action Against HIV/Aids Trains Youth Parliamentarians
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The Youth Action Against Hiv/Aids Project of the National Youth Parliament of the Gambia under the Small Grant Program of the Global Youth Coalition has conducted four training sessions for Youth Parliamentarians.

The Four Trainings of each attended by 30 participants took place in Brikama, Western Region from 22 – 23 November, Lower River Region from 30 – 31 November, Bansang, Central River Region from 6 – 7 December and Basse, in the Upper River Region.

The trainings focuses on HIV/AIDS Modes of Transmission, Prevention and Control; Sexually Transmitted Infection; Traditional Cultural Practices that Influences HIV/AIDs; Youth and Hiv/Aids Roles and Responsibilities; Impact of Hiv/Aids on Development; Voluntary Counseling and Testing; Global and National Statistics; Peer to Peer Approach; Community Outreach Approaches.

It was characterized by Presentations, Group Work and Plenary Discussions as well as questions and answers. The participants also have the opportunity to share case stories brain storm and discuss over them.

Each of the regions has developed their own activity plan for the implementation of the follow up activities in their respective regions. These activities will be monitor and supported by the members of the Training Team in order to ensure the adequate and effective sharing of knowledge amongst the young people and enables the achievement of the project goal.

The trainings have offered the young youth parliamentarians the opportunity to learn, interact and discuss on critical issues surround Hiv/aids in our society. One key issue that remained critical to all the training session is how to break the culture of silence through youth sharing of information at the family level and amongst their peers.

At each of the training sessions, Hon Lamin F Bojang, The Speaker, National Youth Parliament and beneficiary of the GYCA grant, expressed his gratitude to the Global Youth Coalition Against Hiv/Aids and their Donor for the grant. He described it as an opportunity that young people need to make good of by spreading the message to all colleagues, peers and family information about the truth of Hiv/Aids.

For His part, Hon Ousman Conteh, the Program Officer, National Youth Parliament, highlighted the need for young people to be models to their peers. The National Youth Parliament, he said is about make change and making life better those young people we represent. The NYP he noted is on record of being very vibrant in sharing information with their colleagues across the country. He called on them to regularly, cross check their facts and only provide information that are factual and realistic.

Young people, he pointed are crucial and key to any struggle and the Hiv/Aids is no exception. He urged them to get the message to to those of their colleagues who need it most. He challenged them to always provoke discussions on the subject of Hiv/aids and be upon at all times. Information, he pointed should be simple, clear and straight to the point.

The two days trainings were conducted by members of the National Youth Parliament’s Training Team. This included Hon Ousman Conteh, Program Officer, National Youth Parliament, Hon Aminata Hydara, Deputy Speaker, Western Region Youth Parliament, Hon Ebrima Sillah, Administrative Secretary, National Youth Parliament, Hon Baboucarr Ceesay, North Bank Youth Parliament and Hon Lamin F Bojang, Speaker, National Youth Parliament.

January 3, 2009 | 11:12 PM Comments  0 comments

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Youth Action Against HIV/Aids Trains Youth Parliamentarians
Related to country: Gambia

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The Youth Action Against Hiv/Aids Project of the National Youth Parliament of the Gambia under the Small Grant Program of the Global Youth Coalition has conducted four training sessions for Youth Parliamentarians.

The Four Trainings of each attended by 30 participants took place in Brikama, Western Region from 22 – 23 November, Lower River Region from 30 – 31 November, Bansang, Central River Region from 6 – 7 December and Basse, in the Upper River Region.

The trainings focuses on HIV/AIDS Modes of Transmission, Prevention and Control; Sexually Transmitted Infection; Traditional Cultural Practices that Influences HIV/AIDs; Youth and Hiv/Aids Roles and Responsibilities; Impact of Hiv/Aids on Development; Voluntary Counseling and Testing; Global and National Statistics; Peer to Peer Approach; Community Outreach Approaches.

It was characterized by Presentations, Group Work and Plenary Discussions as well as questions and answers. The participants also have the opportunity to share case stories brain storm and discuss over them.

Each of the regions has developed their own activity plan for the implementation of the follow up activities in their respective regions. These activities will be monitor and supported by the members of the Training Team in order to ensure the adequate and effective sharing of knowledge amongst the young people and enables the achievement of the project goal.

The trainings have offered the young youth parliamentarians the opportunity to learn, interact and discuss on critical issues surround Hiv/aids in our society. One key issue that remained critical to all the training session is how to break the culture of silence through youth sharing of information at the family level and amongst their peers.

At each of the training sessions, Hon Lamin F Bojang, The Speaker, National Youth Parliament and beneficiary of the GYCA grant, expressed his gratitude to the Global Youth Coalition Against Hiv/Aids and their Donor for the grant. He described it as an opportunity that young people need to make good of by spreading the message to all colleagues, peers and family information about the truth of Hiv/Aids.

For His part, Hon Ousman Conteh, the Program Officer, National Youth Parliament, highlighted the need for young people to be models to their peers. The National Youth Parliament, he said is about make change and making life better those young people we represent. The NYP he noted is on record of being very vibrant in sharing information with their colleagues across the country. He called on them to regularly, cross check their facts and only provide information that are factual and realistic.

Young people, he pointed are crucial and key to any struggle and the Hiv/Aids is no exception. He urged them to get the message to to those of their colleagues who need it most. He challenged them to always provoke discussions on the subject of Hiv/aids and be upon at all times. Informations, he pointed should be simple, clear and straight to the point.

The two days trainings were conducted by members of the National Youth Parliament’s Training Team. This included Hon Ousman Conteh, Program Officer, National Youth Parliament, Hon Aminata Hydara, Deputy Speaker, Western Region Youth Parliament, Hon Ebrima Sillah, Administrative Secretary, National Youth Parliament, Hon Baboucarr Ceesay, North Bank Youth Parliament and Hon Lamin F Bojang, Speaker, National Youth Parliament.


December 30, 2008 | 6:48 PM Comments  0 comments

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YOUTH ACTION AGAINST HIV/AIDS
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The Gambia is a youth dominated society with about 69% percent of the population according to the 2003 Census below the age of 30. The HIV/AIDS prevalence is on the increase especially amongst young people and women though the prevalence rate stands below 3%.

COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS
This project will target new members of the National Youth Parliament of the Gambia whose will assume membership of the organization for the next three years. They will be enrolled formerly by October just three months before the coming to the end of the term of the current members in December 2008. For every term, the National Youth Parliament recruits 215 emerging young leaders from all the seven administrative regions of the country. Each regional youth parliament composed of 30 members. These are representatives of their respective community based organizations or district youth committees. They are therefore offered trainings on various issues that affect the life of the young people including HIV/AIDS and use to serve as models in their communities to serve as agents of change.
The project will address the issues of misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, Stigma and Discrimination. It will also enable young people to have access to the required information directly from their peers that is credible, factual and realistic.
The Culture of silence that promotes the spread of HIV/AIDS would also be address.

WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Since the elapse of the HIV/AIDS Rapid Response Program in 2005, much is not happening in the area of HIV/AIDS in the Gambia around young people. The focus of the Global fund for HIV/AIDS is currently on structures of government rather than on advocacy and sensitizations. Therefore, the need for information amongst young people on HIV/AIDS is more pressing now than ever before.
The National Youth Association for Food Security is only operating one Voluntary counseling testing centre in Tanji, Kombo South District of Western Region. The New World for Youth is also operating a youth friendly counseling centre in Bundung, Serrekunda, in the kanifing Municipality. The National Youth Council has also established a reproductive health centre in Farafenni, Pakalinding and Bansang.
Yet the biggest gap is that many young people remains without access to those facilities and everyone needs the information. And the issue of funding for youth HIV/AIDS Initiatives is indeed a constrain.

ACTIVITIES:
Trainings: The project will offer trainings on HIV/AIDS to all the 210 new members of the National Youth Parliament to be recruited next month. A training will be held in each of the seven administrative region for the 30 members of that Regional Youth Parliament. Each training will last for two days and will be take place in the following localities; Banjul, Kanifing, Brikama, Mansa Konko, Kerewan, Bansang and Basse. Each of the trainings will take the workshop format of presentations, Group discussions, and preliminary presentation. In addition to HIV/AIDS, other issues such as Community Outreach Approach, Public Speaking, and Communication Skills, group facilitations will also be part of the training.

Intergenerational Dialogue: Five intergenerational dialogues will be stage by each of the regional Youth Parliament following the end of their training. The dialogue will focus on the issue of culture of silence “why to end the silence” and Voluntary Counseling and Testing. It will bring the youth parliamentarians and the local authorities within the region together at each location. Each will last for 4 Hours.

Senior Schools Outreach: Each Regional Youth Parliament will also visit 7 Senior and Junior Secondary School within their Region. For this activity, participants or the youth parliamentarians will each be divided in 5 groups to carry out this activity. Each team will be headed by a team leader who will be the main speaker. They will hold session with students in their schools.

1. Project objectives:
a. Provide new members of the National Youth Parliament with the required information on HIV/AIDS in order to continue the spread of correct and accurate information on HIV/AIDS to the peers they represent.
b. To enhance the process of behavior and attitudinal changes amongst young people.
c. To address the issues of misconceptions associated with HIV/AIDS as well as stigma and discrimination.
d. To break the culture of silence over issues of Sex and Sexuality amongst young people.
To sensitize young people on the significance of Voluntary Counseling and Testing in order to make a popular attitude in youths.

December 3, 2008 | 12:25 PM Comments  0 comments

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Democarcy is yet to be Democarcy
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what happen to Democratic concepts and theories in practice? why are the poor been still marginalised since they are the majority. whats the differnvce between democarcy and capitalism, exploitation, tyranny of the majority. with all its concept that serve as food for the poor, democracy to me is just the fastest and most widely used means to exploit the poor. Aristotle will said that Democracy can only exist among equals. why are we trying to impose a value we know cant really be achieved with the million signs or inequality and injustice in the world over. Democarcy is for the rich let them have it. the poor lets try to feed our stomach in a modest and more decent manner.
Democarcy is yet to democarcy unless we clear the barrier betwen the rich and the poor unless we bridge the gap of ineqaulity in doing so we shall all enjoy the purpose of life-happiness

November 4, 2008 | 5:54 AM Comments  0 comments

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ABOUT BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION
Related to country: Gambia


1-HISTORY

Bajito Onda Community Development foundation is established as a registrated organization in the Gambia (West Africa) on May 2004.
The foundation is inspired on the model developed by Amidu S. Mansaray,the founder and Global Director. The program is designed to reintegrate young people and adults returning abuses and sufferings back into society.
The model was established in an effort to break the cycle of recidivism by helping to restore dignity and hope on the lives of women and children in order for these people to build or regain dignity.
Bajito Onda Africa has given an opportunity to turn vulnerable women and children in Africa in a new life through educational sensitization.Thereby giving an alternative to those who have fallen from the society so as to increase global economy. Today, Bajito Onda Africa Foundation strives to empower women and children in Africa.

2-DEFINITION

Bajito Onda Africa Foundation is a Human Rights, Peace, Justice and development oriented, non profit, non discriminatory, charity organization established to coordinate and promote non violent practices and community development programmes and services through offering positive educational alternatives/choices for youths and communities, to street life, crime, drugs addiction and dependence, prison etc.
Thus we design creative hands up development programmes for disadvantaged youths/young women, drug addicts etc. And also offer trauma/stress counseling to those individuals with dysfunctional family circumstances. One of its main focuses is to advocate for issues relating to the protection and development of vulnerable group in the African Society. Paramount among which are issues relating to Women, Children and youths generally.

3-STRUCTURE

Bajito Onda Africa Staff consists of :
Mr Amidu Small Mansaray-Global Director,
Mr Mohamed Bah -Global Coordinator.
Bajito Onda Africa Foundation has Country Directors appointed by the Global Director in six Africa countries namely, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Guinea- Conakry, Liberia and Mali.
The Staff is appointed,suspended and discharged by the Board formed in Africa,which also supervises the policy pursued and approves the Annual Accounts of the organization in Africa.

4-POLICY

Bajito Onda Africa is fighting to empower women and children.Today many women and children in Africa are the victims of rejects in the society.The main reasons for this are the lack of access to and participation in political decision-making and the lack of access to education and health facilities.
Bajito Onda Africa can provide different forms of assistance to fill the need of the targeted community.When providing assistance it is the policy of Bajito Onda Africa to directly involve in the community need in finding ways to help solve it.It is not the policy of Bajito Onda Africa to give funds to any community based organizations. Nor to distribute money to targeted groups.

5-MISSION

Bajito Onda Africa believes…

Restoring the hope of vulnerable people - Breaking the cycle of injustice in Africa.
Bajito Onda Africa focus currently is women and children:
• Give women and children hope for the future so that they are successful contributing citizens.
• Save women and children from begging, labor, sexual risks, addiction, prison, and death.
• Provide women and children with educational materials and program for prevention through education.

6-VISION

Bajito Onda Africa wants to be a tottally inclusive nation wide in which the vulnerable women and children can be included and treated with dignity in order to save them from violence of any kind and to protect them from the violation of the rights to shelter, food, quality education and good health facilities, in a listening, conducive learning and hospitable environment towards rehabilitation.
Bajito Onda Africa tries to empower women and children to fully and equally participate in social and economic activities.

7-OBJECTIVE

The Foundations objectives are as follows:

• To provide a secure, non-corrupt environment that creates awareness and educates the public on human rights issues and empowerment programmes.
• To educate target beneficiaries on the pitfalls of living the street life, e.g. drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, irresponsible sexual patterns etc.
• To embark on community development programmes.
• To monitor, document and address human rights violations/abuses.
• To identify donor Agencies for funding of community development programmes and to guide targeted groups for the rational utilization of provided funds.
• To identify, design and supervise the implementation of community development project at grass root level.

8-PROGRAMS

-Education
-Implementing Business Boot Camp




9-CURRENT ACTIVITIES

The current activities we are working in Bajito Onda Africa consists of:
. Strengthening the knowledge and capacity of the target group to act (empowerment)
. Enhancing the political influence of a target group (advocacy)
. Improving organisational performance and implementation (capacity building)

10-ISSUES

AIDS prevention, Drugs, Mutilation, Abandoned street children, Hunger and Housing for children and Women, Women and Family farmers.

11-ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Over 1000 women and children in Africa are benefiting annually in Bajito Onda Africa’s programs
• Chapters of Bajito Onda have been extended to African countries such as Sierra- leonne, Senegal,Liberia,Congo,Rwanda,Kenya,Tanzania.

12-RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Participation at the sensitization campaign on children’s rights-Banjul/The Gambia
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on children’s education-April 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Collection and distribution of donation to poor women-May 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on HIV/AIDS-June 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization Campaign on female’s sexual exploitation-July 2005 -Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Participation at the sensitization campaign on child labor-August 2005-Saint-Louis/Senegal
• Youth Reintegration Training and Education for Peace/Peace Sensitization- April 2005-Sierra-Leone
• Victim–Offender Mediation and Victim–Offender Reconciliation- August 2005-Freetown/Sierra-Leone
• Funding an Agricultural Project for the Women in Pewulay-February 2005 Sierra Leone.
• Human Rights Advocacy, Monitoring and Reporting workshop organize to train Human Rights Defenders-August-September 2005/Sierra-Leone

13-PARTNERSHIPS

Bajito Onda Africa has established partnerships with :
• the African commission on human and people’s rights ;
• the African centre for democraty and human rights studies ;
• the department of social welfare in the Gambia ;
• the national youth council in the Gambia ;
• the national association for youths and children organizations in the Gambia ;
• the national elections watch in Sierra-leonne ;
• the coalition of human rights defenders in Sierra-leonne ;
• the international human rights educational consortium in United States of America.
• The Voices of Change in United Kingdom
• ISPCAN



14-AWARDS

Member in standing of The African Commission on Human and peoples’ Rights. Have decision-making observer status at annual hearings

15-NEAR-TERM FUTURE PLANS

- Implementation of :

• An educational and rehabilitation center (A site run by trained professionals where people in hard situation can discuss freely, attend classes, receive counseling and learn about how to better their life).
• An empowerment Agency (A site run by trained professionals where Bajito Onda sells products and services and train vulnerable people to marketing and management)
• An exchange program (An internship program that connects Bajito Onda Africa with others Bajito Onda chapters as well as others organizations).

-Implementation of new projects such as

• Action for the girl-child
• Save the Talibe (Beggar Children)
• Secured future for children/youths
• Practical skills for effective women empowerment
• urban Media productions audio and visual recording studio
• Capacity Building on Human Rights Advocacy - Monitoring & Reporting for Civil Societies and Community Based Organization
• Auditing the activities of organisations benefiting from Hiv/Aids funds
• Advocacy and sensitization workshop on Female Circumcision (FM)

16-CURRENT CHALLENGES

Bajito Onda Africa needs :
• New materials for the expansion of the Secretariat in the Gambia
• Steady funding for operations
• Community partners and funding to implement new projects.

17-MAJOR DUTIES

• Raise funds for the African chapters
• Acquire other needed resources for the achievement of Bajito Onda Africa’s mission
• Create policies that Bajito Onda Africa’s staff will implement
• Fulfill the mission of empowering women and children in Africa
• Bring diverse experience, views, and suggestions to guide program creation and delivery



18-SOURCES OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT

Bajito Onda Africa basically gets its funds and support from:

• The Secretariat in The Gambia
• Donations through philanthropic agencies/institutions and individuals.
• Revenue from projects developed in the community.


19-OPERATING BUDGET

Current annual organizational budget : D 47,000
• Staff Budget D 20,000
• Administrative Budget : D5,000
• Operational Budget :D5,000
• Projects Budget :D10,000
• Others organizational expenses :D7,000
Last year’s organizational Budget :D42,000
• Staff Budget :D18,000
• Administrative Budget :D5,000
• Operational Budget:D5,000
• Projects Budget :D12,000
• Others Organizational expenses :D2,000

20. BANK INFORMATION

Name and address of the bank: Trust Bank Limited, Banjul-The Gambia
Account number: 110-615182-01
Account name: Bajito Onda Africa Foundation
Name and address of correspondent international bank:
HSBC USA
140 BROADWAY NEW YORK
NY 10015 – USA
SWIFT CODE: MRMDUS33
TRUST BANK GAM LTD
SWIFT CODE: TBLTGMGM

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TREE PLANTING EXERCISE
Related to country: Gambia


TREE PLANTING EXERCISE

Following the decentralisation of the operations of The Green Trust to the Lower River Division in August 2005, the community of Pakalinding Village have on 16th May 2006 issued an 80SqM plot of land to The Green Trust. The gift’s coincided with the coming of the rainy season, the Trust decided not to leave the plot bare. In that vein, we decided to grow varieties of early maturing products to be sold to the public as a means of generating funds for operations. The entire perimeter of the plot has been planted with both edible and non-edible tree species as well.

As part of our annual tree planting programme, The Green Trust on Thursday 10th August 2006 transplanted various tree species within the community of Jarra West. The beneficiaries are mainly schools and community places. The Forestry Department contributed magnificently towards the exercise by both donating various tree species and mobility to run errands. The following schools benefited:

1. Soma Lower Basic School “B” with 200 seedlings
2. Fongkoi Kunda Lower Basic School with 100 seedlings
3. Gambia Red Cross Society LRD Branch in Soma with 90 seedlings
4. The Greet Trust premises with 76 seedlings

Transplanting of another 300 seedlings is scheduled to be held at the following schools later in the month.

1. Toniataba Lower Basic School
2. Pakalinding Lower Basic School
3. Kani-kunda Lower Basic School

All key personalities within the Division attended the exercise. The Governor of the Division Mr. Ebrima Janko Sanyayng transplanted the first seedling for the 2006 tree planting exercise. The Mayor of the Mansakonko Area Council, Mr. Wally Sanneh; District Head Chief, Mr. Yaya Jarjusey; Mr. Jatto Sillah, Director Forestry; Divisional Forestry Officer, Mr. Muhammed Jaiteh; Security Chiefs of the Division and other heads of Government Departments and NGO’s and members of the community.

STRUCTURE AND NETWORKING:

The Green Trust is headed by a Chairman who is also the Chief Executive Officer, is assisted by four other officers on the executive Board of Directors and Three principal officers and numerous volunteers. Our national secretariat is has now been relocated in Soma in the Jarra West District, Lower River Division, about 181 KM from the capital, Banjul.

In order for us to realise our corporate objectives, we partner with many institutions both locally and abroad to make our vision operational. The following are some of our partners:

1. Office of The President, State House, Banjul
2. The Non-Governmental Organisation Affairs Agency
3. National Youth Council of The Gambia
4. The Association of Nongovernmental organisations (TANGO)
5. The National Environment Agency
6. Department of State for Agriculture
7. Department of State for Health and Social Welfare
8. Department of Forestry
9. Njawara Agricultural Training Centre
10. Office of the Commissioner Lower River Division
11. The Global Alliance for Youth employment
12. Global Environment Facility, etc.

VISION:

To have a better environment where people are involved, valued and included.

MISSION

The Green Trust is set up to Plant trees, clean the environment and recycle waste products.

BANK DETAILS

The Green Trust Bank Account details are below:

Bank : Guaranty Trust Bank
Account Name : The Green Trust
Branch Code : 201
Customer No : 101332
Account No. : 201/101332/110
Bank Address : 56 Kairaba Avenue, Fajara,
P.O.Box 1958 Banjul, The Gambia
Tel: (220)4376371-4 Fax: (220)4376398

For further information, please contact:

The Chief Executive Officer, The Green Trust
Bundung, P.O.Box 3309 Serre-kunda, The Gambia West Africa
Tel: (220) 9828506 or 9996706 Fax: (220) 5531001 Email: thegreentrust@hotmail.com


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GAMBIA IN WYC
About this event: World Youth Congress 2005 - Scotland


dear fellows,
My name is Baboucarr Camara and I live in a 11,295sqkm called the Gambia.I am glad as a Central Government Officer to be fully accepted as delegate to represent my Country to the 3rd World Youth Congress.

We never participated in such a Congress and we further hope this would serve as a spring bench mark for other countries to emulate in making it as a point of duty to be part and pursle of the WYC series.

We of recent won the best Youth policy in a summit that was held in Kenya and I am of the highest conviction that with your experiences and rich cultural diversities we can blend a policy that is in the best interest of all Young within the World for further developments.

Feel free to be my friend/partner/teacher/student/advisor.

July 26, 2005 | 12:31 PM Comments  0 comments

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NY Times: A Better Way to Fight Poverty (Kenya)

A Better Way to Fight Poverty

NY Times


Kenya has never seemed to be able to live up to the potential of its rich farmland and staggeringly beautiful valleys. Its government is corrupt. Its capital, Nairobi, has become a haven for street thieves and muggers. Some 56 percent of the population lives below the poverty level. Malaria, which could be as treatable as strep throat, kills one in five children every year because the government grossly shortchanges its public health system. All in all, it is a classic case of how African governments can squander foreign aid.


But far from the noise, pollution and public and private crooks of Nairobi, the village of Sauri, practically smack on the equator, is an example of a better way to do things. It is one of two test cases for the United Nations' ambitious program to cut poverty in half by 2015. Sauri's story shows how direct aid can largely bypass governments, getting money and help straight into the hands of the people who not only need it the most, but also know what to do with it.


Anne Omolo, the head teacher of Sauri's sole primary school, arrived six years ago to find a student population that was listless, miserable and performing poorly in national exams. Some 500 children were enrolled, but attendance was low. She soon realized the problem. "They were hungry," she said.


So on her own, she started a food program. She went to the village parents who could afford it and asked them to bring in corn and beans. But almost half of the school's students were orphans whose parents had died of AIDS, and they couldn't afford to contribute food. So Mrs. Omolo and the 10 other teachers dug into their own pockets.


Eventually, they scraped together enough to feed about 100 students. It was a terrible choice. "Not everybody could eat," Mrs. Omolo said. So she fed the top two grades - seventh and eighth graders - because they would soon be taking national exams to move on to high school. Students from the younger classes went to the windows to watch their older schoolmates eat.The result was instantaneous. Attendance among the older children shot up to 100 percent, and their test scores followed suit. Sauri went from 68th out of 353 schools in the district in 2000 to 7th in 2004.


"This year," Mrs. Omolo says, "we will be No. 1." Part of the reason for her confidence is that this year, every schoolchild will eat. Sauri was chosen last year to be one of the United Nations' test villages - Koraro, Ethiopia, is the other - to show how poverty in Africa can be ended through programs that help villages directly. For the next five years, Sauri will receive $250,000 a year for agricultural, educational and health programs.


Much of the money will go to help farmers improve their crop yields. Farms are already looking better, thanks to people like Patrick Mutuo, a Kenyan soil expert who travels there from Kisumu four days a week to teach the farmers how to get the most out of their land. Because of Mr. Mutuo and his band of agricultural extension workers, Monica Okech's six acres of corn, ground nuts and beans are lush and green. Mrs. Okech, a fiercely independent 50-year-old whose husband left her in Sauri years ago, has planted leguminous trees and plants throughout her farm. These plants provide natural fertilizer for what was once depleted soil.



Mrs. Okech now feeds 10 villagers, and is building a chicken coop. The United Nations plan, spearheaded by the economist Jeffrey Sachs, seeks to expand the program to the entire district, and then all over Africa. But that will happen only if rich countries make good on their promise to ratchet up foreign aid to 0.7 percent of G.D.P. by 2015. Britain, France and Germany have all put out timetables for meeting the goal. The United States, the world's richest country, has yet to do so.


In the meantime, the people in Sauri work on their farms while trying to ward off killers like malaria, hunger and AIDS - some 25 percent of them are infected with HIV. But all it takes is for the villagers to look across the valley at the anemic farms and dismal test scores of their neighbors to know that they are still the lucky ones.



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