Contact Address:
Institute for Social Reformation &
Action
32 Sayerr Jobe Avenue
Banjul area Head office
PO Box 2542, Serrekunda
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4370418
Fax:
4378694
Email: isra@qanet.gm
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Information:
ISRA is a registered non-governmental organisation engaged
in financing of community programmes and education of
youth. It is often engaged in assisting vulnerable Gambian
street children who often beg on the streets with food,
clothing, life skills training and basic education sometimes
channelled through Koranic schools or Majalis.
According to research in 2006 it has been found that
around 60% of street children, or Almudus as they are
locally known, are from other countries in the West
Africa sub-region. They are often sent out to beg for
money by their Marabout (religious teacher).
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