Information:
 The
affiliated Gambian chapter of Rotary Club International
(RCI) was founded in Banjul on the 7th of August 1979
with 24 members after receiving its formal charter.
The club has in fact been in existence since 1974.
It is a fundraising charitable organisation and registered
NGO which focuses on community–based development projects.
It also operates an education scholarship program giving
20 scholarships per year to needy and meritorious school
students who otherwise might miss out on completing
their high school education. The funds for this scheme
are raised yearly via the annual sponsored walk.
In collaboration with its partners the Rotary Club regularly
participates in Polio-Plus, its Polio immunization campaign.
The club has also engaged in the medical field by supplying
the Bansang Hospital with medical equipment such as
an auto clave sterilizing unit and Royal Victoria Teaching
Hospital with various medical equipment and pharmaceutical
drugs. RC has also provided a 15 passenger minibus
to the charity named The Gambia Organisation of the
Visually Impaired (GOVI) and has donated an ambulance
to Sulayman Junkung Hospital in Bwiam in 2011 with the
collaboration of the Rotary Clubs of Gravenhage Kijkduin
in the Netherlands and the Gambian Future Fund.
One of the Banjul Rotarians' biggest achievements, in
partnership with the charity Water Aid, has been the
construction of just over 90 concrete lined water wells
with hand pumps dotted around villages and towns in
The Gambia.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Rotary in 2005,
all clubs were asked by Rotary International to undertake
a major project in their country or area. In response
to this challenge the Rotary Club of Banjul decided
to build and fully equip a laboratories complex for
the teaching of science and technology. The building
facilities includes biology, computer, chemistry, physics
and agricultural science labs. Their partners
were the Trust Bank, Africell and Total Gambia Limited.
The Secondary School Science Laboratories Project was
conceived with the primary aim of providing a hands-on
environment for the garnering of scientific knowledge
by secondary school students.
Branches:
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Opening Hours:
Meetings are every Wednesday evening from 8 -10pm. |
