Donor: Global Fund through Catholic Relief Services

Time Period: January 2010-December 2012

A new Global Fund for HIV project was approved for the The Gambia in December 2009. It is a five-year project with two phases of two and three years respectively. In Phase 1 (January 2010 to December 2012), NSGA was tasked to train 4,671 young people, including out- of-school youth, on life skills based education. Part of the project also involved reaching an additional 63,141 Gambians (aged 15-49) using participatory methods such as radio, community video shows, drama presentations, and other outreach activities.

The NSGA has already trained 23,746 young people from schools and out-of-school youth groups. This represents five times more than the initial project target. A total of 8,228 Gambians have been reached using participatory approaches. These included radio talk shows, drama presentations by Peer Health Educators and outreach programs. Most activities will now focus on intensifying the reach among Gambians on HIV prevention, education, and importance of voluntary confidential counseling and testing using the above listed methods.

NSGA Driver "Uncle Sanna" drives our Trainers across the country to deliver life-saving education