Empowering Women and Girls. Promoting Equality. Building Resilient Communities. The Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI) is one of Daughters of Africa’s flagship community empowerment programmes designed to advance gender equality, strengthen women’s leadership, protect the rights of women and girls, and…
Mini Aya Pre-School was started to ensure that local children aged 4-11 years old are skilled in phonics, reading, handwriting and numbers as these are the foundation subjects taught in government schools. Our volunteers are guided by both Gambian and…
Gambian Girls Matter is a youth led project developed by DOAF in response to what was felt by female youth leaders to be an urgent need to raise awareness about the need for societal improvements in the safety and health…
The DOAF Credit Union was founded to address the fact that only 19% of the population uses formal financial services and products in The Gambia, and the majority of women remain do not use banks to save which results in…
My name is Muhammad Saidykhan, and I am one of twenty Daughters of Africa Youth Leaders. I was involved in the recent DAIGO project in January 2020 that was led by the University of West England (UWE) students. I was…
In The Gambia it takes talent, drive and perseverance to be a visual artist, it is not a career that is valued and students may experience little arts training beyond year nine. Our aim is to contribute to the raising…
My name is Fatoumatta. I am a 20-year-old Gambian and a student and youth leader for the Daughters of Africa NGO. The Gambia is in West Africa and 95% of the population are Muslims. It is a country where tradition…
