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Youth With A Vision-The Gambia

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Advocacy and outreach
  • Capacity building
  • Human rights of women
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Men and boys
  • Geographic scope: National
    Country of activity:
  • Gambia
  • Millennium Development Goals:
  • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  • Achieve universal primary education
  • Promote gender equality and empower women
  • Reduce child mortality
  • Improve maternal health
  • Ensure environmental sustainability
  • Mission statement:
    Year established:
    Year of registration: 2002
    Organizational structure: Youth With A Vision that composed of two main structures.The Main organization that comprised of all the registered members across the country in all the 7 regions between the ages of 8 to 30 years. The second component is The Girls Plat Form that composed of 80% of girls and 20% boys between the ages of 8 to 20 years. The admin officer and Coordinator of the plat form coordinate all the activities of the plat form in consultation with the committee the is headed by the female child as chairperson. The committee serves a 2 year term in office.
    Number and type of members: The member is 80% young girls and 20% boys who have interest in gender and girls empowerment. The organisation has a registered membership of 500 members including school base clubs in some regions.
    Affiliation with NGO networks: National Youth parliament of The Gambia, Action Aid-The Gambia, Afrcan centre for human and peoples right, Peace Ambassadors, National Youth council-The Gambia, West African Network of Peace(WANEP)
    Funding structure:
  • Fees for providing consulting or research services
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
  • Foreign and international grants
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