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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.
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