TANGO trains Gambia police on human rights

TANGO considers the Gambia Police Force as a primary duty bearer in the defense of human rights and the rule of law in The Gambia, a tiny West African country where human rights remains a challenge. (Photo Credit: Gambia Beat)

Silence and gossip under the corridors of the GTUCCU

Silence will break if the gossip goes on within the corridors of the Gambia Teachers Union Credit Cooperative Credit Union (GTUCCU). 

No stress can shadow the idea of elevating the financial status of the teachers in the country but the managerial system of their shared institution can be questionable, writes Ebrima Bah.

 

Restoring Human Dignity Thru Social Cash Transfer: The Liberia Success Stories And The Need For A National Social Protection Strategy

Three of the beneficiaries of the Liberian Social Cash Transfer Program including, 19-year-old Hawa, mother of two children, seated in the middle

(LIBERIA) - Nineteen-year-old Hawa Kromah lost her parents during the war years (1989-2003). At 14, she turned mother of her first two children. Her children’s father left under the pretext of going to “hustle” and would never return. 

Her life was shattered—hopeless and preoccupied with an unbearable burden. However, today, everything has changed for the better after she became one of the beneficiaries of the social cash transfer program.

Curbing the inadequate capacity of local institutions

Beneficiaries of good governance project, Sanba Njabeh Village/photo:M.S.Joof/Nov2011

Gambian voters in the Badibou, Jokadou and Lower Niumi districts will not be voting along party, ethnic or religious lines in this year’s National Assembly elections and the 2013 local government elections.

That is, if the success of a “capacity building project on good governance” implemented by a local agency is anything to go by, communities in the three districts would be able to determine which candidate really deserve to be elected to represent their interest in the legislature and in at the local government level.

Non-State Actors benefits from EU Funding

The Non-State Actors (NSA) Programme Management Unit (PMU) and the National Authorising Office Systems Unit have ended a one-week training for grant recipients to manage their projects in compliance with all necessary rules and regulations.

The training, which ended on February 25 at the Paradise Suites Hotel, is aimed at helping NSAs to achieve their set project goals in the interests of their target groups at community level.

The NSA Strengthening Programme is funded to the tune of €2, 469, 900 by the European Union (from the European Development Fund – EDF) and is being implemented in close collaboration with the Government of The Gambia.