Information:
 The
Fawegam Gambia chapter is a registered, gender based
education
NGO which was founded in 1996. It carries out
a number of activities such as supporting girls' schooling,
mentoring in schools, creating science clubs etc.
It works closely with schools, NGOs, communities and
ministries to aim towards gender
equality in education via targeted schemes. It also
advocates for policies geared towards addressing girls'
issues within the education system as well as in Gambian
society in general.
Objectives & Areas of Intervention:
• To continue
to lobby for the integration of gender issues in education
plans & policies.
• To advance girls'
academic standards.
• Encourage female mentors
to visit schools.
• Voice of FAWEGAM, a newsletter
that carries girls' views & experiences.
• Set up Girls' Clubs & Science Clubs in schools.
• Published a Career Resource Manual &
Scholarship Directory.
• Fight poverty
and social exclusion.
• Take Your Daughters
to Work Programme.
• A bursary scheme which
provides funds for deprived schools in Gambia.
• The setting up of a Centre of Excellence for
girls in Sambang Upper Basic School.
• Mothers'
clubs - Advising girls, issuing DEET soaked mosquito
nets.
Background:
The local branch has its origins in FAWE which is a
pan-African non-governmental organisation founded by
5 African women ministers of education back in 1992
after an impromptu meeting during a World Bank meeting
of donors in 1991. Today, FAWE has over 30 offices in
various African countries. |
