GambiaRising posts weekly updates on students and projects on our Facebook page.
We also send updates every few weeks by email. Updates linked below.
We also send updates every few weeks by email. Updates linked below.
Updates
Latest updates
Truly Amazing (January, 2025)
2024
Making Change (Holiday Letter, 2024)
So Many Milestones (December, 2024)
Giving the best a chance (November, 2024)
Being local, being available, making a difference (October, 2024)
Schools are about to open. Who will be able to go? (September, 2024)
Ripple Effect: TREES !!! (September, 2024)
This is How Change Happens (August, 2024)
Coming Through When Needed (June 30, 2024)
Housing Teachers, and Hoping for Help (June, 2024)
Not Mother's Day 2024 (May, 2024)
Books + Cloth = Changing Lives (April, 2024)
The Kindness of Neighbors (March, 2024)
Oh My, They've Grown (February, 2024)
On the Ground 2024 (January, 2024 trip report)
2023
Holiday Video (December, 2023)
A Holiday of Hope (December, 2023)
What Two People Can Do (November, 2023)
Ebrima and Mariama Do Their Part (October 28, 2023)
Thirteen Years Later (September, 2023)
Unintended Opportunities (August, 2023)
One Girl's Life, Changed (July, 2023)
One Teacher, 104 Lives (June, 2023)
Not Mothers, Not Yet (May, 2023)
Mariama is Making Her Mark (April, 2023)
They're Going Even Further (March, 2023)
A Family Visit (January, 2023)
2022
A Year of Miracles (December, 2022)
Ripples in Still Water (November, 2022)
Young and Older, Deserving a Chance (Oct. 23, 2022)
From Tragedy to Hope (Sept. 24, 2022)
And after 12 grade? (August 31, 2022)
The teachers and mothers of Sinchu Njegundi (August 3, 2022)
A New Headmistress Asks for Help (July 12, 2022)
Education and Climate - The Economist, June 4, 2022
Dramatic Change in Kuli Kunda (June 4, 2022)
Fanta and Jakong (May 18, 2022)
Not Mothers, Not Yet (May 1, 2022)
Not in Our Wildest Dreams (Sare Wuring Revisited) (April 13, 2022)
Modest Beginnings and Results to be Proud of (March 23, 2022)
Sewing for Change (February 23, 2022)
Off the Track (Trip Report) (February 8, 2022)
On to an Important New Year (January 25, 2022)
2021
Holiday Greetings (December 23, 2021)
Changing Lives in Sare Sarjo (December 12, 2021)
Opportunity, Leadership, and Democracy (November 21, 2021)
Three Generations in Ten Years (November 3, 2021)
Who Will Help the Peace Corps Training Villages? (October 16, 2021)
Christiana Would Not Give Up (September 1, 2021)
Mariama is at Notre Dame. It's a Long Way from Sahadatou (August 21, 2021)
Immediate Needs, Long-Term Effects (August 7, 2021)
Ndey Makes Her Case (July 18, 2021)
Getting Trained and Giving Back (June 19, 2021)
A Short History of GambiaRising (May 26, 2021)
Some Wonderful News (March 27, 2021)
Even in March (March 6, 2021)
Changing the Future (February 14, 2021)
... and Beyond (January 12, 2021)
2020
A Time for Good News (December 20, 2020)
This is What Hope Looks Like (November 17, 2020)
A School Where There Had Been None (November 3, 2020)
Going Back for Those Left Behind (October 13, 2020)
Success, and Need (September 15, 2020)
Stepping Up in Sare Samba (August 18. 2020)
Staying Hopeful, but Needing Help (July 21, 2020)
Walking Together (June 20, 2020)
Not Mothers, Not Yet (May 10, 2020)
Just Add Cement (April 7, 2020)
A Little Good News (March 24, 2020)
Sulayman Walks to School (or Used to) (March 5, 2020)
But What About the Stars? (February 18, 2020)
Trip Report (I Wish You Could Have Been There) (February 1, 2020)
Action, and the Effect (January 5, 2020)
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2019
Let's Celebrate These! (December 17, 2019)
Four Girls, Four Remarkable Stories (November 23, 2019)
Making a Difference (November 3, 2019)
Hopes and Dreams (October 5, 2019)
Effective Giving (August 10, 2019)
Changing Lives, Together (July 13, 2019)
Sewing for Change (June 29, 2019)
What is at Stake: Just too young (June 16, 2019)
Going to School: "It is not easy." (May, 2019)
From Westfield to Iowa City (April, 2019)
A Miracle in Korrop (March, 2019)
Just Back from The Gambia (January 27, 2019)
Celebrating the Students (January 5, 2019)
2018
What We Did Together (December 2018)
What a Dilemma! (November 2018)
They're Back in School (October 27, 2018)
A New School Year... and bumpy rides (October 3, 2018)
GambiaRising's Annual Report for the 2017-18 School Year: What We Did Together
In this busy world, we try not to over-communicate. But once a year, we write a longer report to summarize what our donors and our Gambian team accomplished together. You can read this year's here.
In this busy world, we try not to over-communicate. But once a year, we write a longer report to summarize what our donors and our Gambian team accomplished together. You can read this year's here.
They Keep Surprising Us
It is graduation season in The Gambia and some of our students are producing remarkable results. You can read about them here.
It is graduation season in The Gambia and some of our students are producing remarkable results. You can read about them here.
Independence !
For young Gambian women, the chance to get an education gives them greater control over their lives. You might even call it independence. Read more here.
For young Gambian women, the chance to get an education gives them greater control over their lives. You might even call it independence. Read more here.
Two Young Gambian Women, Given a Chance
You can read about what two of our scholarship students have done with the chance they were given by our donors here.
You can read about what two of our scholarship students have done with the chance they were given by our donors here.
Celebrating Not-Mother's Day
Our primary mission is supporting Gambian girls to stay in school. Especially those of marrying age. Read about these brave young women here.
Our primary mission is supporting Gambian girls to stay in school. Especially those of marrying age. Read about these brave young women here.
Trip Report: One Year After the Return of Democracy
A February 2018 report from The Gambia from our Managing Trustee can be found here.
A February 2018 report from The Gambia from our Managing Trustee can be found here.
What the Finish Line Looks Like
A January 2018 report on our year's end activities, and four remarkable students can be found here.
A January 2018 report on our year's end activities, and four remarkable students can be found here.
2017
Holiday Greetings 2017
Here are just some of those whose lives we have completely changed, together...
Here are just some of those whose lives we have completely changed, together...
The Other Victims of the Back Way
A note about what happens to families when their fathers decide to try to go to Europe,... and don't make it. To read the note, click on the title above, or here.
A note about what happens to families when their fathers decide to try to go to Europe,... and don't make it. To read the note, click on the title above, or here.
The School Year Begins
A note about some of the new students back in school with support from GambiaRising donors, and some risks we are taking To read the note, click on the title above, or here.
A note about some of the new students back in school with support from GambiaRising donors, and some risks we are taking To read the note, click on the title above, or here.
Just Days from Now, Schools Will Open
A note about the new school year in The Gambia, and the stories of 12 young Gambians on our waiting list. To read this report, click on the title above, or here.
A note about the new school year in The Gambia, and the stories of 12 young Gambians on our waiting list. To read this report, click on the title above, or here.
Bringing Hope - GambiaRising's Annual Report
At the close of the 2016-17 school year, an overview of our program, our organization, challenges, and the road ahead. To read this report, click on the title above, or here.
At the close of the 2016-17 school year, an overview of our program, our organization, challenges, and the road ahead. To read this report, click on the title above, or here.
What a Time to Visit The Gambia!
A report from our Managing Trustee on a post-election visit to the places we work, and the people we work with.
A report from our Managing Trustee on a post-election visit to the places we work, and the people we work with.
With Change Comes Hope - Let's Do Our Part
The dramatic events surrounding the election of a new coalition President has led to a surge in expectations in The Gambia. How can we help?
The dramatic events surrounding the election of a new coalition President has led to a surge in expectations in The Gambia. How can we help?
2016
Support, over Time
When we promise to support a child's education, we do everything we can to keep that promise, long term. Here are some of those we've been backing for a while. Click on the link above to read more.
When we promise to support a child's education, we do everything we can to keep that promise, long term. Here are some of those we've been backing for a while. Click on the link above to read more.
Farming for Education, Education for Farming
While our focus is on providing scholarships to those who, without them, will not be able to go to school, where we can, we also work to improve the quality and relevance of their education. Especially, since most of our students are farm children, on improving the teaching of agriculture in rural schools where we work.
While our focus is on providing scholarships to those who, without them, will not be able to go to school, where we can, we also work to improve the quality and relevance of their education. Especially, since most of our students are farm children, on improving the teaching of agriculture in rural schools where we work.
Annual Report
Here's what we did together this school year At the end of the 2015-16 school year, we summarize our program and its results for the year. Click on the link above to read this report, which was sent to our donors.
Here's what we did together this school year At the end of the 2015-16 school year, we summarize our program and its results for the year. Click on the link above to read this report, which was sent to our donors.
But What if There is No School to Go To?
After finishing 9th grade, the students around Fula Bantang, in the lower Central River Region, had no senior secondary school closer than 15 miles away. So we launched a special campaign to begin building a senior secondary school with the community, one grade per year. Click on the title above to read a progress report.
After finishing 9th grade, the students around Fula Bantang, in the lower Central River Region, had no senior secondary school closer than 15 miles away. So we launched a special campaign to begin building a senior secondary school with the community, one grade per year. Click on the title above to read a progress report.
A Donkey-Cart School Bus?
When our Community Coordinator in Kaimoh discovered the twin sister of a 1st grade student had never walked, she had to take action.
When our Community Coordinator in Kaimoh discovered the twin sister of a 1st grade student had never walked, she had to take action.
Coming to America (for graduate school!)
Fatou Kineh Ndow's story didn't stop when she was accepted to study math at the University of The Gambia. Nor when she graduated summa cum laude and was class valedictorian. Now she is on her way to Ohio University to study for her Master's Degree. To read more, click on the link above.
Fatou Kineh Ndow's story didn't stop when she was accepted to study math at the University of The Gambia. Nor when she graduated summa cum laude and was class valedictorian. Now she is on her way to Ohio University to study for her Master's Degree. To read more, click on the link above.
Pacharr School has mobilized the community
About the way GambiaRising collaborated with the remote village of Pacharr to create a school that now serves more than 300 children.
About the way GambiaRising collaborated with the remote village of Pacharr to create a school that now serves more than 300 children.
2015
"May I speak with you?" she asked
About one of GambiaRising's neighborhood coordinators, and the effect he is having.
About one of GambiaRising's neighborhood coordinators, and the effect he is having.
Back in School, thanks to you
To read our October, 2015 report on the new school year in The Gambia, click on the title above.
To read our October, 2015 report on the new school year in The Gambia, click on the title above.
No Child Left Behind, Fula Bantang Style
About one community's inspiring effort to make sure all its children get an education.
About one community's inspiring effort to make sure all its children get an education.
2014
A Community Builds a School
About our South Bank Coordinator's work with the community of Pacharr to build itself a school.
About our South Bank Coordinator's work with the community of Pacharr to build itself a school.
2013
2012