 
Contact Address:
Child & Environment
Development Association
Banjul area Head office
70 Garba Jahumpa Road
Bakau New Town
PO Box 763, Serrekunda
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4495976 / 9940239
(Helpline)
Email: cedag@qanet.gm
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Information:
CEDAG Gambia was founded in 2001 and is a registered
non-governmental organisation which campaigns and advocates
for child health, education,
food
security, health, social welfare, the environment
and youth development exchange programmes. Due to its
fields of intervention it works in partnership with
the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare.
CEDAG is an indigenous grassroots organisation that
is committed to ensuring that the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child (CRC) and the The African Charter
on the Rights and Welfare of the Child are observed.
They are also committed to making sure that the Children's
Act of 2005 and child maintenance laws of The Gambia
are enforced.
The youth body has been operating in the areas of research,
public sensitization, disseminating information, producing
publications, training and making comments in the media
about its work. It is active in child and mother welfare,
combats child prostitution and promotes family
planning programmes. They also provide urgently
needed shelter for victims particularly children as
well as psychological counselling.
Areas of Intervention & Concern:
• Child physical
abuse / sexual abuse
• Child labor
• Community inspired schemes
• Disaster preparedness
& emergency contingency plans
• Emergency
and disaster relief contingency
• Foster care
for orphaned kids
• Mental and social development
of children
• Schooling
• Social marginalization
Structure:
CEDAG's headquarters in Bakau New Town is staffed by
a team of Gambian voluntary workers along with the National
Coordinator who heads the office and organisation.
Programmes:
• Community Development Programme
• HIV/Aids & STIs Programme
• Street
& Migrant Children Programme |
