 
Contact Address Details:
Lend
A Hand Society
Banjul area Head office
PO Box 2914, Serrekunda
Kanifing South
18 Radio Gambia Road
Kanifing Municipality, Ksmd
The Gambia, West Africa
Tel no: +220 4390550
9826035 / 7387164
3990399 / 6869612
Email: lahsgm@gmail.com
lahs_gambia@hotmail.com
Branches: 1 Kairaba
Avenue
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Information:
The Lend A Hand Society (LAHS) is a Gambian registered youth
NGO founded on April 18, 1995 in Banjul. The grassroots organisation's
main aims are to develop student sponsorship programmes to
support needy students, to encourage young people to develop
more self esteem, a positive outlook in life, good time-keeping,
responsibility, capacity building, self-reliance, tolerance
and respect for themselves and others around them.
Vision & Activities:
LAHS employs an integrated view of development of youth
within their membership. It is their conviction that confidence
in one's self is an essential requirement for achieving aims
in life. The Lend A Hand Society creates the enabling environment
to support youth to develop self-confidence from their own
initiative.
The centre has a sponsorship scheme for deprived students
financed through fundraising activities.
Their programs are tailored to meet such an integrated approach
of enhancing the capacity of their group and in turn add their
efforts towards the development of the whole Gambian people.
HIV / Aids awareness and training workshops for schools
& colleges with UNAIDS.
Hope is YOU
The idea behind the Hope is YOU project is basically for people
to make donations of materials they no longer need such as
clothing, footwear, books and other items. These are then
distributed to impoverished students or victims of natural
disasters.
Lead the establishment of a youth network named The Youth
Collaboration (YC).
Discussion on leadership qualities, speaking in public,
organising and other issues are regularly held. Their educational
programmes include talking in the media, group discussions
and forums as well as tutorials for students who require them
at their building during the school year as well as during
the summer holidays. LAHS also arranges various school competitions
among students in all grades of the education system.
The Lend A Hand Society's vision is for nationwide coverage
of their projects, and so far they have over 30 regional branches
in various secondary schools in the Western Region, Upper
River Region, Central River Region and the Greater Banjul
area. They have also initiated a scheme to introduce their
programmes to primary and lower basic schools on the West
Coast Region of the Kombo Saint Mary District.
Partners & Linkages in Gambia:
Association of Youths Against Malaria (TAYAM)
BAFROW Youth Advocacy
Bakau Youth Association for Childrens Welfare (BAYCAW)
Kanifing East Youth Development Society (KEYDS)
Ministry of Education
Red Cross Society Youth Wing
Rotary Club of Banjul
UNAIDS
UNDP
UNICEF
Youth Association for Advancement (YAA)
Partners Overseas:
Gambian Association in Italy
Pope John Paul II Sahel Foundation
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