Our Activistas in The Gambia work with local communities to stop violence against women. And this International Women's Day they've been investigating what the major issues are for...
This post is written by Ebrima Ceesay, who is a core Activista in Activista the Gambia.Recently, I was fortunate to represent Activista the Gambia as a conference delegate at this noble gathering of...
The cost and availability of food is in the news worldwide. What we wanted to do for World Food Day this year was bring new voices to the debate from communities at risk of losing their land. Many...
I have a healthy interest in global justice, and a probably unhealthy interest in all things digital, which means the ongoing exponential rise of SMS and mobile internet across the globe is making me...
It’s my eighth week working for ActionAid and I’m in The Gambia, listening to Muhammed, our Activista Co-ordinator for the country. Whilst I sit listening to him speak, I’m reminded why I’m doing the...
Inspired by our discussions at Activista The Gambia we took upon ourselves the task of going to the market to make a small survey on the effects of the food crisis to think about means of prevention...
Women play a bigger role in our modern society taking up responsibilities than men do and immensely contributing towards the political and socio-economic development of any country, and not only in...
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...
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...
