The Activistas are collecting stories from around the Gambia to understand how the food crisis is affecting people. Read the story of the women here:Underprivileged countryside women simply do not...
"If I can speak the truth, we have next to nothing this year," says Fatou Jeng, 55, of Panneh Bah village in The Gambia. Fatou’s village is one of hundreds across the country that are deeply affected...
World leaders from key emerging economies met here in Delhi yesterday and agreed to begin the process of creating a new development bank.The agreement was one of the primary outcomes in the BRICS...
Just inside The Gambian border with Senegal, Senegalese refugees seek protection from an ongoing conflict between rebels and the government. They are often hosted by Gambian families who share the...
I was born and raised in the urban Gambian setting and never experienced rural life. As a young person, I have always been convinced that life in the urban areas is the best thing someone could ever...
ActionAid International The Gambia has raised the alarm for the people of this small state in West Africa. There is not much time but if we act immediately a major humanitarian crisis on the scale of...
What lessons are there after decades of working with women smallholders?This was the question that brought together 9 development agencies with an academic and members of DFID food team in October...
