Gambia Red Cross
The Gambia Red Cross is an organization that seeks to combat human suffering with complete impartiality, acting in accordance with the ideals and principles of the Geneva Conventions. To alleviate human suffering through the power of humanity. The Gambian Red Cross is SUPPORTING THE Spanish Red Cross in the implementation of the EU funded ‘Promotion of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Standards in The Gambia’ project as part of the Non-State Actors Strengthening Programme. The project focuses on enhancing the promotion of human rights in development projects implemented by local and international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). This focus is particularly important since human rights form the basis of any developmental work by the Red Cross and NGOs play an important role in helping disempowered people to assert their fundamental rights. This project involves a dual strategy: 1. Empowering NGOs with knowledge of the International Protocol and Human Rights Principles signed by The Gambian Government through sensitisations on these documents. 2. Creating a communication tool and strategy guideline to enable organisations to better express their message to the Gambian people. This project should reinforce the communication capacity of the NGOs and their knowledge of human rights so that they are able to effectively sensitise local people on their rights and encourage local governments to protect them. |
To ensure the availability of required resources and to improve the situation of the most vulnerable through the power of humanity. The Gambia Red Cross operates nationwide in the following sectors: • Disaster management: • Health and Care: • Humanitarian Values • Organisational Development We are organised by having 23 board members who are elected to serve a 3 year term at our General Assembly. We practice activity based narrative reporting and produce financial reports as well as compiling an annual report and circulating regular newsletters to encourage accountability and transparency. We build the capacity of our team by attending trainings in finance and grant management, reporting, communication, health and disaster management. Our donors are ICRC, IFRC, UNHCR, UNICEF, Global Fund through Action Aid International the Gambia, Icelandic Red Cross and the EU through the Spanish Red Cross. |
Gambia Red Cross
Address: 53 Mamadi Manjang Highway,
Kanifing, Banjul,
P.O. Box 472, Banjul
Tel: (220) 439 2405/439 6989/437 3568
Fax: (220) 439 4921
Telegram: GAMREDCROSS BANJUL
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.redcross.gm