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ActionAid International The Gambia
Annual Report
2016
May 2017
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Contents
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Section one: background information ii
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Section two: 3
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Campaign effort 11
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Section three: challenges, lessons learnt and recommendations .. 27
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Appendix 1: Audit financial statements 30
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List of Acronyms
AAI ActionAid International
AAITG ActionAid International The Gambia ACTIVISTA ActionAid Youth Network ADWAC Agency for the Development of Women and Children
AER Agro -Ecology and Resilience CRSA Climate Re silience Sustainable Agriculture CPA Child Protection Alliance
CSOs Civil Society Organisations CSP Country Strategy Paper EFSTH Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital
FAWEGAM Foundation of African Women Educationists Gambia Chapter FGM Female Genital Mutilation FLAG Female Lawyers Association Gambia
GBV Gender Based Violence HRBA Human Rights Based Approach LRPs Local Rights Programmes
MUTAPOLA Network of Women Living with or affected by HIV&AIDS NAFS National Alliance for Food Security NDMA National Disaster Management Agency
NGBV Network against Gender Based Violence OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children PLIHIV People Living with HIV
PRRP Participatory Review and Reflection Processes PRS Promoting Rights in Schools TANGO The Association of Non -Governmental Organisations
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Where We Work
Mission Objective 2: To improve quality public education for all children in the LRPs and enhance youth participation
and leadership in national development by 2017.
Mission Objective 3: Break the cycle of poverty and violence and attain economic alternatives for women and
girls to be in charge of their sexual and reproductive health right s through joint -action of women and men.
Mission Objective 4: Contribute to the
eradication of HIV&AIDS and Malaria by
supporting the elimination of new infections, providing care and support through evidence based services.
Who we work with
implemented through partners who carry out nationwide campaigns and policy work. In addition, AAITG operates 3 Local Rights
Programmes (LRPs) in The Gambia. LRPs are selected long term programme areas in the country where A ctionAid focuses its
work. In The Gambia, the 3 LRPs are located in the Niaminas in Central River Region (CRR) and Upper Nuimi District in
North Bank Region (NBR), covering 139 villages. LRP 8, Niamina East District covers 47 villages; LRP 9, Upper Nuimi: 32
villages and LRP 11 Niamina West and Niamina Dankunku Districts: 60 villages.
Section one
This report documents overall performance and engagements AAITG
carried out during period 1 st January to 31 st December 201 6. It is divided into three ma in sections: Section one
covers relevant background information including vision, Mission, our identity, theory of change, partnership model and
interventions areas amongst others. Section two deals with interventions implemented and key performance areas
during the year. Under this section our programme interventions and policy work in 2016 are presented under the 4
pillars of Human Rights Base Approach (HRBA) as main headings namely: Empowerment, Solidarity, Campaign and
Promoting Credible and Sustainable Alternatives/Livelihoods. Also, in this section, we have recorded key
achievements obtained under each of our six (6) Organizational Priorities: Human Resources and Organizational
Development (HR/OD); Institutional Governance, Child Sponsorship, Suppor ter Care, Communication and
Fundraising, Internal Audit, Monitoring & Evaluation.. Finally, Section three highlights some key challenges
encountered, lessons learnt during the year under review and the way forward.
Our Vision A world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys their right to a life of dignity.
Our Mission Work with poor and excluded people to eradicate poverty and injustice.
Our Values
Mutual Respect
Equality and Justice
Honesty and Transparency
Solidarity with the poor,
powerless and excluded
Courage of convection
Independence
Humility`
Background information
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Our Theory of Change (How we believe
change will happen)
and injustice can be achieved through purposeful individual and collective action, led by the active agency of people living in
poverty and supported by solidarity, credible rights -based alternatives and campaigns that address the structural
Who We Are
ActionAid International The Gambia (AAITG) is part of a global justice
Federation working to achieve social justice, gender equality & poverty eradication. AAITG has been in existence
since 1979 working throughout The Gambia with particular focus on Niami na
East, West and Dankunku Districts and Upper Niumi District.
Our main target groups are women, children and youth living in poverty and exclusion whom we concertize to be able to
realize and claim their constitutional and human rights from duty bears t hrough our Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA)
namely: empowerment, campaigning solidarity and creating sustainable livelihood alternatives. AAITG works with
the above groups in ways that increase their awareness of rights and fulfillment of those rights. The results of our work have
contributed to significant and lasting improvements in the lives of women, children, youth and communities in our
intervention areas.
Organisational Structure
AAITG has a two - tier governance structure, i.e. a General Assembly and a National
Board comprising of 24 members (12 female & 12 male) and 11 (6 female & 5 male) respectively. The day to day
programming and operations of AAITG are led by the Executive Dir ector with support of the Senior Management team (SMT). In
addition, AAITG has a staff complement of 45(18 female & 27 male).
AAITG Strategic Priorities 2013 -2017
AAITG develops a Country Strategy Paper (CSP) every five years which guides its operati ons. The current CSP, which is the
Advancing the Agency of Women and Youth towards
Eradicating Poverty . The year 2016 marks four years since the implementation of the strategy commenced and it has the
following four Mission Objectives: Mission Objective 1: Promote
sustainable agriculture and control over natural resources to improve lives and livelihoods of people living in poverty
and social exclusion by 2017. Mission Objective 2: To improve quality
public education for all children in the LRPs and enhance youth participation and leadership in national development
by 2017.
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Who we work with
implemented through partners who carry out nationwide campaigns and policy work.
In addition, AAITG operates 3 Local Rights Programmes (LRPs) in The Gambia. LRPs are selected long term programme areas in
the coun try where ActionAid focuses its work. In The Gambia, the 3 LRPs are located in the Niaminas in Central River
Region (CRR) and Upper Nuimi District in North Bank Region (NBR), covering 139
villages. LRP 8, Niamina East District covers 47 villages; LRP 9, Up per Nuimi: 32 villages and LRP 11 Niamina West and
Niamina Dankunku Districts: 60 villages.
Mission Objective 3: Break the cycle of
poverty and violence and attain economic alternatives for women and girls to be in charge of their sexual and
reproduc tive health rights through joint -action of women and men.
Mission Objective 4: Contribute to the eradication of HIV&AIDS and Malaria by supporting the elimination of new
infections, providing care and support through evidence based services.
Wh ere we work
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shared with us prior to the AAI Annual
General Meeting.
As we roll out the new global strategy by unpacking it for wider understanding by
our partners and other stakeholders, the Board will also accompany Management in the development of the new country
strategy in 2017 for implementation come 2018.
On the national front, we continued to be challenged by the continuous shrinking political space as Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs) using Hum an Rights Based Approached HRBA to development in The Gambia. I must commend the ED and
his management team for the professional manner in which they managed the operations of the organization during these
difficult days in our political landscape.
In co nclusion, I w ould like to call this Assembly to our collective resolve to
ensure that we continue to support Management to position AAITG to take advantage of the new political dispensation
to continue the struggle for social justice. The Board will contin ue to work with Management to train all of us to have a
deeper understanding of the concept of Feminism, a key concept in the global strategy . Join me in praying that the New
Gambia will not only provide us with the required democratic space but also creat e an environment conducive for a vibrant
donor investment where we can mobilize the much needed resources to scale -up the impact of our work by reaching more
people living in poverty . Thank you.
When I assumed th e
chair in 2016, the Board experienced some challenging moments,
but we collectively demonstrated tremendous commitment
in providing the requisite strategic oversight to Management. Our difficult moment was when half of the Board members, six hard working visionary
colleagues, retired as members of the
constitution and governance manual. This
mass exodus included the former chair Amie Bensouda and Vice Chair Dominic Mendy, Baboucarr Bouy, Naffie Barry and
Ndey Secka -Sallah. They served selflessly with courage and humility to steer the affairs of AAITG for six years going down in
history as being among the first Board Members of Action Aid. With the ir departure our institutional memory would
have been lost without Ya Fatou Touray as my Vice Chair and Dr . Sana Ceesay who stayed to help me steer the Board with
their tremendous experience.
In the discharge of our mandate as a
Board, we have during the year under review; successfully accomplished all our statutory obligations by conducting all
planned board meetings including sub -committee meetings as well as the 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM). In
addition, we have actively participated in the AAI new strategy development process and provided our inputs to AAI motions
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Prominent among them include the unusual
rainfall pattern during the 2015/2016 rainy season resulting to floods. Crop fields were inundated at planting stage which led to
poor growth of crops resulting to poor harvest . In addition, major donors continued to de -prioritize The Gambia
making fundraising a daunting task. Youth migration from the rural areas and eventually out of The Gambia through the
continued unabated which drains the country of its much needed labour force.
Patriarchy is still hampering progress in our
ownership and control over production resources including land.
Despite the above challenges, AAITG continued to create awareness in the
rights issues particularly gender based violence, increased control over land and other productive resources for women,
empowerment of communi ties through trainings and livelihood skills for income generation and sustainable livelihoods. Our
advocacy efforts has contributed to the amendment of the Children's Act 2005 which now includes ban on Child Marriage
and an age limit set for marriage in The Gambia.
To conclude, I would like to thank our partners , child sponsorship supporters,
donors, AAITG General Assembly, National Board, staff, and colleagues within AAI federation for their continued support for
the period under review .
period. For the first time since The Gambia became independent in 1965 an incumbent president has been defeated in elections.
No one ever thought that former president Jammeh, who ruled the country for 22 years, can be removed from power through
the ballot. However, the transfer of power from the
outgoing government to the incoming one was marred with serious challenges. Many people left the country as refugees in
neighboring countries. Both the internally displaced people and refugees posed a development pro blem as most of our
planned activities for December 2016, could not be implemented.
During the political crisis, the youths made very good use of the social media in updating each other on the situation as
well as in mobilizing and convening meetings desp ite the hostile politically charged atmosphere. I would like to
important role the youths played in bringing the political problem to a peaceful
end. Like other years, 2016 posed some challenges but together with our partners; we were able to overcome some of them .
From
Hello readers, it is a pleasure to present
Annual Report
2016 . The year 2016 will ever be remembered for the unprecedented historic
political changes that have taken place during the
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Section two
13,024 women reported increased control over land representing an over achievement of 117% of the target for
the CSP period at end of year 4
24,746 women aware of rights and entitlements to land other natural resources
63 hectares of land was allocated to 78 women groups in our LRPs
2,392 people (278 households) from NBR, LRR & CRR supported with cash transfers following floods and
windstorms
748 people reported increased food security as a result of CRSA
635 smallholder farmers practicing CRSA
3228 young people mobilized through ActionAid platforms who are taking sustained action against poverty
and injustice. This represents an over achievement of the CSP target by 107%
62,633 youth mobilized through ActionAid platforms who take solidarity action on poverty and injustice
5430 women mobilized through to challenge violence and harmful traditional practices at LRP and National levels
593 women participated in organized income generation activities representing an overachievement of the
indicator target of 500 women
19,807 people were engaged with AAITG at various levels during the year under review
894 young people trained on various capacity building and entrepreneurship skills
8,329 pupils (4817 girls and 3512 boys) enrolled in schools in LRPs 8 and 11 for 2015/2016 academic year
2,425 people sensitised on child rights and child protection issues
2 Mobile Vans and 3 wellness centres established in Basse , Soma and Barra under the Global Fund Project providing HIV&AIDS services to high risk groups in those areas
2043 People Living with HIV (PLIHIV) have received Home Based Care to promote healthy and positive living
445 Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) have received educational support for 2015/2016 academic year
249,702 people reached with pro -HIV prevention and stigma elimination messages
New One - Stop Centre opened at Bansang Hospital to support victims of gender based violence
Key Highlights
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The year 2016 marks thirty seven
Gambia and six (6) years since the agency attained full membership to ActionAid Federation. The full
membership to the federation provides AAITG a dual identity; a national NGO as well as a n
International NGO. This makes it better for the agency to continue to
levels in the country. In addition, the long period of uninterrupted engagement in development work
in the Gambia, AAITG is strongly rooted in c ommunities and has created strong partners whose
capacities are continuously build to deliver appropriate development intervention where they exists. Our
main approach in delivering CSP objectives during the period under review remains HRBA which
involves focusing on protecting and fulfilling the human rights of people living in poverty. That means
building capacities of local
and linking these organizations with
networks, platforms, alliances and movements at national and
international levels in line with the following four HRBA pillars; Empowerment, Solidarity,
Campaigns and Credible & Sustainable Alternatives/Livelihood.
Introduction
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Kumba Sanyang adding her voice to the problem of access to land that women are facing
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Empowerment Efforts
management committees and other right holder groups at community, regional and national levels on ranges of issues. These
include land rights especially on access and control for women, CRSA, Promoting Rights in School (PRS), Violence against
s economic empowerment, HIV&AIDS prevention including the prevention of stigma and
discrimination, HRBA, governance and social accountability amongst others. We have also conducted series of policy
dialogues at national level on the above issues for CSOs a nd relevant government sectors as part of our policy advocacy,
rights awareness and demand creation interventions in partnership with TANGO.
Empowerment is the process through which we enable people living in poverty
to become rights activists. We do t his by making them more aware and more critical of power relations and by
strengthening their own power. Empowerment is one of the most important pillars of our HRBA.
Interventions planned under the empowerment pillar in 2016 have overall
been implemente d successfully. AAITG in collaboration with several partner organizations continued to mobilize and
conduct series of capacity building/strengthening activities for women and youth groups, networks,
small holder farmers, school
Young activists pose for the camera during 2016 International Youth Day celebration
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In addition, 80 participants from 30
schools (59 males & 21 females, out of which 50 were students and 30 teacher
coordinators) from child - led clubs were trained on life skills such as public speaking, media presentation and
advocacy techniques. The obje ctive of
inner capacities and competencies to
enable them to join the advocacy on
According to Kaddijatou A. Bah, Grade 9
student from Pakalinding UBS Tuseme before, only elders are allowed to
speak during gatherings but now I know
that children also have rights to speak out and make their feelings known. Also, I now know that all rights are needs but
not all needs are rights. We also know where to go when our rights are violated
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funded project, 24,746 women were
made aware of their land rights and as a result, these women are confident enough to claim their land rights from their
respective village heads. A total of 78 hectares of land were documented and allocated to 13,024 women from 78
women groups in Niamina East West and Dankunku Districts. The target set for those acquiring land during the CSP
period was (6000) but this has been surpassed by end of 2016 at 117%. This was as a result of the significant
contribution by EU Funded Women's Rights Project under which capacity building and advocacy activities were
scaled up in LRPs 8 and 11.
These efforts and those conducted under other HRBA pillars have during the year
significantly contributed to the attainment of many CSP targets in 2016 as reported under the respective HRBA
pillars.
Youth Network) , a total of 894 young people were empowered through trainings on various capacity building
and entrepreneurship skills to help them develop sustainable livelihoods skills.
These trainings included: leadership skills, social media engagement, campaign pl anning, movement building,
civic rights, and responsibilities, etc. In addition, participants were also exposed to governance and social accountability
in order for them to lead the advancement of holding duty bearers to account in fulfillment of youth ri ghts.
Rights Project, 2425 people were
sensitised on child rights and child protection issues. As a result, there is now increased knowledge/awareness on
child rights, child protection and responsibilities partic ularly definition of a child, effects of child marriage, teenage
pregnancy and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child protection actors and steps for redress in case of child rights
violations, etc. for school children, teacher coordinators, parents, child
intervention areas (LRR, CRR & URR).
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AAITG and partners in schools and key
stakeholders about the 10 core education rights and provisions of funds to implement school improveme nt plans in
our intervention areas. Furthermore, work carried out on number
of youths mobilized through ActionAid platforms who took sustained solidarity actions against poverty and injustice
obtained great success in 2016. Activista, our youth network, f acilitated the over
achievement of CSP IV target in this area (3000 against 3284). This was as a result of scale -up of activities by Activista at
both national and at regional levels. The total number of youth reached was 6250. They carry out sensitization meetings,
trainings, seminars, match processions, mass and social media activities such as radio programmes as well as social media
engagements e.g. photo shops, use of Facebook and WhatsApp. The above activities have generated interests among
the youth i n taking active roles on national development issues that affects them (e.g. the HIV and AIDS campaigns,
FGM, early and forced marriages, land tenure system and how it affects youths). AAITG and partners' contributed
technically and financially to Activist a for all activities implemented during the year under review.
With regards interventions on mobilizing women through to challenge violence and
harmful traditional practices at LRP and national levels, significant achievements have been recorded. Compar ed to 3,391
people mobilized in 2015, we were able to
On education interventions, we
contributed to creating awareness among stakeholders and the inclusions of the 10 core education rights into the
current Education Policy 2016 -2030 through series of PRS interventions carried out and direct engagement with
the ministry over the period. The implementation of the policy at national and regional levels is subjected to
regular q uarterly reviews and monitoring by the joint committee (Ministry of Basic
and Secondary Education (MoBSE) Coordinating Committee Meetings).There has been significant progress in the area
of access to school (e.g. new schools have been built in Kudang and D ankunku Senior Secondary Schools) which
reduces the distance that children have to travel, school enrollment continues to increase especially more girls being
enrolled than boys e.g. as shown in LRPs 8 & 11 (4817 girls and 3512 boys for 2015/2016). There a re now more
separate toilets for boys and girls in almost all schools in our intervention areas. In addition, there is evidence of
availability of policies (e.g. anti -bullying, sexual harassment, school maintenance, etc.) displayed in schools which shows
the MoBSE's commitment to promoting safe and non -violent environment for schoolchildren. The numbers of qualified
female teachers have also increased for example; there are now 38 qualified female teachers in our intervention areas
in 2015/2016 academic yea r, representing an increase compared to 2014/2015. These can be attributed to
the continuous awareness rising by
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studies, community outreach and mass media activities, series of awareness
rai sing trainings and participatory methods being implemented by STAR circles in communities for example. In
addition, in collaboration with AAITG, the Mutapola Network has mobilized and trained 100 women on HRBA, policy
advocacy and influencing with focus on HIV&AIDS prevention and control. These trainees serve as treatment advocacy
campaigners in their respective areas across the country. Similarly, 65 people
were reached with policy advocacy messages on the comprehensive care and support for people living w ith HIV&AIDS
and anti -stigma and discrimination out of which 60 were women. During the same period, 330 people were reached on
malaria sensitization. Out of this total 285 were females and 45 males. This is geared toward mobilizing key
stakeholders elimina ting stigma and discrimination which remains a challenge to the national HIV&AIDS response.
mobilize 5,430 mainly due to additional funding received from our new project
(Strengthening the Capacity of the Network Against Gender Base Violence) funded by AmplifyChange. On incidence of
harmful traditional practices against women and girls, this was challeng ed with the share culture of silence in
communities. However, some improvement has been recorded during the period. Twelve (12) child/forced
marriages and 2 FGM cases were reported which is a break from the culture of silence
over issues of this nature. Ho wever, with the ban against child Marriage and FGM, and the efforts AAITG and partners are
making, we expect improved awareness and empowered in communities that will be good enough to encourage more people
to report such cases in years to come.
In the a rea of HIV&AIDS prevention programmes, significant amount of
interventions were financed through the Global Fund New Funding Modal HIV&AIDS project. These include IEC and BCC
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Presentation of motorbikes to partners under the Global Fund Project
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Solidarity Efforts
objectives for this initiative was to raise awareness on existing frameworks and safeguards around large scale land based
investments and demand for their application in securing legitimate tenure rights of rural women in Africa.
With support from AAITG, National Alliance for Food Security continued to
promote food security in the Gambia during the year under review. The network conducts quarterly meeting to
review activities of its members such as National Agricultural Training Center (NATC) which works on facilitating access
to seed for small holder farmers and training them on agricultural techniques
Solidarity is the process of uniting allies in a politically supportive relationship
struggle to support and strengthen a movement for change.
In 2016, AAITG has strengthened partnership and alliance building with all its partners across the country. AAITG
supported Activista and representatives of Rural Women Assembly to participated in the Mount Kilimanjaro Ma ss campaign
on women land rights. The Kilimanjaro
from across Africa towards an iconic
moment at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in October 2016. One of the key
Road to Kilimanjaro: Fist in the air, a sign of women empowerment
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to promote quality public education on
child rights in the country during the year.
On the HIV response, we have completed
the Procurement of Vans and the wellness centers all of which will be handed over to the ministry of health during the first
quarter of 2017 to serve people at higher risk of HIV transmission completed and AAITG continue to pay for OVC
educational support and 445 students benefitted from it throughout the country. IEC BCC message book on HIV and AIDS
was developed and printed and different media especially radios were used to disseminate those information. These
activities will continue under the project through to the end of 2017.
We work with the National Malaria Control
Program especially on the commemoration of World Malaria Day as a policy advocacy space for more public
funding for Malaria at national level. At the level of LRPs we have reach out to 330 people Malaria advocacy and
prevention messages through our community outr each interventions during the period.
such as CRSA etc. National Farmers
platform provides capacity building on advocacy for farmer groups and lobbying access to extension services. Activista,
another member of the network mobilizes youths and women on
over land. These efforts contributed to increased awareness on CRS, the need for more farmer extension support as
well improved access and control of land by small holder women farmers.
In addition, AAITG succeed in forming an education consortium on PRS over t he years which supported the
mainstreaming of PRs in key stakeholder policies on education during the year under review. The consortium has
provided added capacity in terms of skills and resources to reach out to more schools and partners in as short perio d
of time. This resulted to creation awareness on PRS within stakeholders and facilitated more commitment by
government to fulfill the rights of children in schools. AAITG is a member of Social Welfare Committee on Children,
Local Education Group and Natio nal Literacy Committee, all of which continue
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Campaign Efforts
individuals through support by local structures and institutions have
significantly increased. Following the Mini Kilimanjaro land rights
campaign held in Jahally Village in Central river region coordinated by Activisa in October 2016, a delegation of 9 people
comprising 7 Rural Women Assembly members from our LRPs and 2 representatives from Activista were
supported to participate in the AA
at Kilimanjaro Mountain in Tanzania. The Kilimanjaro initiative marked a historic
power through organisation, mobilisation
and communication around a simple and powerful demand, to achieve a measurable political or social change.
During the year under re view, series of engagements with policy makers were
conducted that are aimed at creating public awareness about women's land rights as part of our Mini Kilimanjaro
such, it has been evidenced that
d control over land either as women's groups or
Activista volunteers at a countrywide voter education and sanitization
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education for children. The event generated awareness among stakeholders
about teacher issues, facilitated discussions on issues affecting the status of teachers with a view to encouraging
the State and other relevant partners/donors to participate in the improveme
provided financial support in solidarity with Gambia Teachers Union and EFANet to facilitate the event.
In our campaign efforts to mobilized women to challenge violence and harmful
traditional practices, a total of 5430 wome n were mobilized to lead campaign events such as International Women's
Day, 16 Days of Activisims and Anti -FGM Campaigns. Some of these women were trained to conduct sensitizations on the
'He for She' Campaign against GBV at both national and community lev els.
Activista also embarked on an online photo action and formed alliance with # Gambia HAS decided movement which
added on the pressure put on former President Yaya Jammeh at national and international levels during the political
impasse to hand over power to President -Elect Adama Barrow. Online campaign
was carried in collaboration with print and electronic media houses as well as Activista volunteers who also mobilize
other youths to take a photo of themselves with the various messages such as #Gambi a Has Decided,
#JammehStepdownForThePeaceofTheGa
and #PeacefulTransitionWeCallFor etc.
Other campaigns efforts included
campaign action, as it supported 35 Rural Women to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro,
gathered 400 women to develop a charter with 15 demands on women land rights which was presented to the
representative of AU Commission Chairperson.
This resulted to a couple of public declarations that were made in support of women's land rights during the year
under review f or example, the Deputy Governor of Central River Region pledged on behalf of the Governor, their
strong support for women's land rights during the Mini Kilimanjaro rally in Jahally village in CRR. The National
Assembly Member for Jarra East Constituency (Mr. Bafai Saidykhan), the Councilor of Brikama Ba Ward, CRR and
the Village Chief and Imam of Brikama Ba all gave their strong support to women's land rights during our
consultations with them during the campaign.
Participation in Education Networks AAITG in partnership with Education for
All Network (EFANet) celebrated World Teachers Day. The event attracted 1,400
people comprising Teachers, Officials from MoBSE/MoHERST, representative from civil society organizations, NGOs,
Parents, SMC members, Loc al opinion leaders, students and media personnel.
Improving their Statuspart of advocacy and campaign efforts
towards facilitating quality public
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natural resources, support the implementation of Anti -FGM Law. Also,
Landfor Campaign aimed at policy dialogue between Rural Women Assembly and duty bearers which facilitated an
interface between communities and duty bearers to discuss on issues regarding women's socio -economic rights, Series
Radio Talk Shows aimed at sensitizing the general public on women's rights issues, civic, land, education, political and social
economic rights, GBV, etc.), laws protecting women and providing information on how to access services
were carried out during the year.
engagement with National Assembly Members (NAMs) as part of campaign
efforts to advocate for a more comprehensive Anti -FGM law that will tackle cross -border issues and
monitoring. For example, girls are taken outside The Gambia to perform FGM on them and there are no provisions in the
Anti -FGM law which criminalizes performing FGM on Gambian girls outside the Gambia. Regional level
advocacy campaign targeting District Chiefs & Village Heads o the - inclusions of women in all district tribunals,
women's ownership of land and other
Isatou Jeng (right) during s ensitization on the anti FGM law under the AmplifyChange Project being implemented by ActionAid and the Network Against Gender - based Violence (NGBV)
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Credible and Sustainable Alternatives/ Livelihood Efforts
compost and botanical pesticides as well
as the use of ash resulted to less use of chemicals. This resulted to an increase in production and subsequently an increased
in food and income security. Jakaba Women's Group in Upper River Region for example, have repor ted increased food
security as they were able to provide food for their families from the proceeds of vegetable sales. According to Sarjo
Jabbie, President of Jakaba Women's soil quality in the garden has
improved since we started using
Facilit ating sustainable and Alternatives
is the process of building the capacities and capabilities of people living in poverty to take innovative and rights -
based actions for sustainable alternatives that can transform lives on a sustainable and significant sca le.
With regard to food security, smallholder farmers practising vegetable gardening
have started realizing benefits in adopting CRSA innovations in crop/vegetable production. The use of
Women building resilience: construction of gabions in communities affected by erosion
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As a result of the above interventions, the number of women who report increased
control over income and greater negotiating power within the household has increased. The target set for this
during the period has been over -achieved, at 105%. This demonstrated increased control over their incomes and
greater negotiating power for women within their households. AAITG provided financial, technical and logistical support
which facilitated the implementation of the above activities.
As part of efforts to address immediate needs at community levels t o strengthen The Landfor Campaign on women's
ownership and control over land and other natural resources, AAITG provided labour saving devices/farm implements
and inputs to small holder farmers in LRPs through the EU and AER Projects.
Response to Disasters
AAITG in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and United Purpose, formerly Concern Universal (CU) worked
jointly and responded to the emergency throughout the country with funding from the Start Fund. The sun of £150,000 was
received from Start Fund as immediate support to affected communities in the country. Response activities were done in
partnership with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and their decentralized structures at regional
levels. A cash transfer approach w as used to facilitate access for affected people to food and non - food items such as building
composts and the garden has helped us to complement the efforts of our
husbands to ensure adequate access to food even during the lean period ." In support o
organized income generation activities, AAITG targeted 500 women in 2016 and based on that, we have been able to
achieve the target during the period. This this is mainly to contributions from our two donor funded projects which
provided extra funding (EU Women's Rights Project and the Agro -Ecology and
Resilience Project). Under the Agro -Ecology and Resilience Project (AER), a total of 79 women (68 from LRPs 8 & 11
and 11 from LRP 9) were engaged and trained on soap making, busine ss management, tie & dye, batik, rearing of
small ruminants and marketing. For the EU Women's Rights Project, a total of 30 women participated in vegetable
production, soap making, business management, tie & dye, batik. In addition, 484 women from the
MUTAPOLA network were supported to participate in various socio -economic engagement activities. For example the
international trade fairs, tailoring, hair dressing, manicure and pedicure, video clubs operations and petty trading. A
new skills center was also opened by MUTAPOLA at Tabotoko in February, 2016 where these women apply their
skills to gain income, boosting their self -confidence, income levels and making them more financially independence thus
reducing their vulnerability to gender based violence and HIV& AIDS.
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commodities that would enhance evidence -based advocacy and lobbying with states and other relevant duty
bearers in The Gambia and West Africa sub - region. The study concluded that stakeholders in the Agriculture and
Natural Resource (ANR) have generally, weak access t o markets within the value. It further indicated inadequacies in policy
and regulatory mechanisms provided by government to enforce trade facilitation. An overall general weakness in capacity
especially at the levels of the smallholder farmers who collecti vely produce the bulk of the food was found to weak. The report
of this study will inform the 2017 policy advocacy and program interventions work of AAITG as part of economic
empowerment program for women and small holder farmers.
Interventions on Malaria As part of our contributions towards the
eradication of malaria, open field days attracting 500 people were conducted in different communities: Sambel Kunda in
LRP 8 and Papa in LRP11. These communities were selected in consultation with health facilitie s within
the area. The two communities are identified as Malaria prone communities
in the LRP based on the clinical data recorded by their respective health centers (Kudang & Dankunku). The
activity was designed to increase knowledge and understanding abou t malaria infection and prevention within
the LRP. Findings shown that Malaria contributes to serious economic loses (spending money on medication,
materials for reconstruction of damaged
houses. The support was provided to affected people in the rural areas in North Bank, Central River and Upper
River Regions. A total of 2,392 people (278 households) were supported through direct unconditional cash
transfer towards food and shelter following natural disasters (floods and windstorms). Women and other lo cal
community members were part of the response process as members of the Regional Disaster Management
Committees and Food Management Committees. They participated in the identification of those affected, needs
assessment, sensitization and distribution pr ocesses.
A victim of 2016 windstorm in CRR
Evidencing our Work in Ensuring
Food Security /Research AAITG in collaboration with International
Food Security network (IFSN) conducted Research on Market Access for Basic Agricultural Commodities at National and
regional levels focusing on Gambia and Senegal. The objective of the study is produce a policy doc ument on market
access and marketing of basic
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Overall Programme Performance against CSP Priorities
Overall indicator performance against CSP targets as at end of December 2016 (fourth year of implementation) is very encouraging. Based on the available data
collected so far, our average.
SOs Number of Indicators
Achievement Number with data availability issues/not achieved
Percentage achievement
SO1 33 21 12 64
SO2 29 13 16 45
SO3 21 16 5 76
SO4 13 9 4 69
Total 96 59 37 N/A
Overall Indicator performance
59 37 61
transportation etc) to households/ families and to a lager extend to a nation. The impact can also go as far as preventing households from attending social activities and livelihood activities for the family. Malaria can also prevent children from
attending school which bring setbacks to their academic performance.
Table 1: Indicator performance
0
100
200
300
SO
1
SO
2
SO
3
SO
4
To
tal
IndicatorperformanceAnalysis # ofIndicators
CSP IV indicator performance is achieved at 61% as at end December 2016. We experience
some weakness in data collection for some of the indicators. This is mainly because the data is either
not available in the form necessary for the CSP or not consistently collected due to
costs or capacity. Some noti ceable differences were observed in terms of performance within the four individual SOs especially between
SO2 which is at 45% achievement and the rest.
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procedures and strengthen staff skills & capacity as well as motivate them to cost -effectively
steer the strategy to achieve its aspirations .
Year 2016 started quite well after a meaningful engagement with staff during a general staff retreat
few weeks before 2016 began. The retreat allowed time for reflection on our ways of working
and occasioned staff enough time to discuss on broad range of issues and came out of it with
important resolutions. As such, we set out from the beginning of the year re -creating our st aff
performance tool. The HR/OD Unit completed
recruitments for 7 vacant positions ranging from project and LRP staff including
project on Topography Survey. Some capacity building
interventions were also carried out includ ing training of three staff on accounting and finance
using advance excel as well as SUN training for two finance staff
in Ghana. Eight drivers were trained on traffic rules and defensive driving. Meanwhile,
training on transformative leadership organized by AAI at the MS TCDC in Arusha was
attended by the Program
the Head of HR/OD and Head of
Figure 1: Indicator Analysis More indicators were achieved under SO3 (76%)
followed by SO4 (69%), SO1 (64%) and then SO2 as illustrated in the two charts above and below. The low performance of SO2 can be
attributed to poor availabity of partnership of funding as well as the high number of indicators with data collection issues. Data collection issues
generally affected performa nces in all SOs (see table above) although at varying levels with SO2 imsot impacted.
0
20
40
60
80
SO1 SO2 SO3 SO4 total
Indicator performance by SOs % Achievent
Indicatorperformance bySOs % Achievent
Figure 2: Indicator performance
Organizational Priorities
AAITG has committed itself to strengthen human resource capacity, systems and
processes towards ensuring the fulfillment of various accountabilities, facilitating efficient and effective attainments of Mission Objectives.
This is expected to be delivered through six organizational prio rities to guide the process.
Organizational priority 1 : Have in place a responsive organizational structure, adapting our internal policies, systems, strategies and
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purchased and designed to host the DHIS2 M&E database and three other VM
(virtual machines) for File servers. All three VMs are working but work on the online hosting of DHIS2 database server
is still in progress and expected to be completed in 2017.
Organizational Priority 2: Strengthen our governance systems and processes towards the attainment of Affiliate status
and our local and federal objectives for .
successfully accomplished all its statutory obligations in terms of meetings. These
meetings include all quarterly and sub -committee meetings and the 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in June,
2016.
Apart from its statutory obligations, the Board and the Assembly continue to play important roles at ActionAi d International.
R. Sallah -Njie continued to serve as an AAI Board Member and also as a member
of the AAI Audit and Risk Committee. The new Board Chair, Mr. Ousman M. Cham, was part of the AAI Assembly
members who me t in Arusha, Tanzania, to review and approve the New AAI Strategy (Strategy 2028: Action for
Global Justice). Also, our Board Chair and Executive Director represented AAITG in the last AAI AGM held in June 2016 in
Maputo, Mozambique.
fundraising . Training was also facilitated for four members of staff; three of whom
on procurement and one on leadership development.
Management also sought and obtained the approval of Board on salary adjustment to compensate for Cost of
Living Adjustment (COLA) payment that was never paid for more than five years. In response to issues and grievances
coming out of logistics concerns, a draft Vehicle Policy was completed in an effort
to improve the old - inadequate policy that existed for a while.
Information Commu nication (IT) Unit
As part of efforts to improve IT communication systems, an upgrade of LRP8 office wireless network was carried
out by moving from 2G wireless data card to 1MB wireless internet. Also achieved was an upgrade of the global
domain contro ller for network access from Windows Server 2008 Standard to Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and
also completed configuring the Global Fund Project Server.
In addition, central UPS batteries were replaced while the battery banks for servers down time re dundancy were
configured. Also, 2 wireless routers were installed at the AAITG Conference Hall for guest users and others partners
at headquarters. With funding from The Global Fund
Project, a Dell Power R730 was
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Board Meeting Attendance in 2016
Name of Board
Member
April June Oct. Extra -
Ordinary
October December
Amie Bensouda
(Chair) Retired Retired Retired
Baboucarr Bouy Retired Retired Retired
Cherno Jallow Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
Dominic Mendy
(Vice Chair) Retired Retired Retired
Haddy Dandeh -
Jabbie
Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
Isatou Ndow Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
Mamie Njie -Dambell Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
X X X
Maria Dacosta Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
X
Naffie Barry Retired Retired Retired
Nana Gerstrom
Alsted
X X X Resigned Resigned
Ndey Secka -Sallah Retired Retired Retired
Ousman M. Cham
Sana Ceesay, Dr.
Satou Barrow Appointed in
June 2016
Appointed in
June 2016
X
Ya Fatou Touray
(Treasurer)
X X
Yusupha Dibba
= Means Present
X = Means Absent
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Sponsors. We received a total of 698 new sponsors from both Brazil and Italy, with Brazil accounting for the largest number.
We also lost a total of 1087 sponsors during the period. Therefore, the total number of links at the end of 2016 was
8327 financial supporte rs. More, compared to averages, AAITG was among the countries with higher incidences of
child withdrawals from our sponsorship scheme (Jan -Jun 2016 CS & SC Dashboard) which is as a result of
migration of sponsored children in our intervention areas.
Organizational Priority 4: Raise at least 45% of total income (£14 million) from partnership funding through
diversified sources to finance intervention areas across the four main objectives
The year under review saw the continuous engagement of instituti onal and high value donors for partnerships to
mobilise additional resources to fill the funding gap for the implementation of CSP IV Mission Objectives. The year 2016
witnessed the launching of four donor funded projects namely: 1) the second EU grant for
Rights in 3 Regions of The Gambia worth
with Child Protection Alliance and Forum for African Women Educationist, The Gambia Chapter. 2) A two year project
funded by AmplifyChange for the Eradication of FGM in partnership with the Network against Gender Based Violence
from the Swedish Postcode Foundation worth 4.9 million Swedish Krona to
Organizational priority 3: Deepen our relationship with supporter s to enhance their understanding of our work and
increase our supporter base . During the year under review, the Child
Sponsorship and Supporter Care Unit have recorded some great achievements. A total of 6189 child messages were
mailed to sponsors whilst a total of 170 transfers were processed in 2016. In addition, we collected 800 New Profiles
from LRP8, processed and submitted them to Brazil (600) and Italy (200). These have since started yielding new
sponsors especially for Brazil who continued to lin k children even during our Christmas break. According to the
Child Sponsorship and Supporter Care Dashboard (Jul -Dec 2016), AAITG was among the top ten achieving countries
with regards to photo updates scoring 100%. In addition, AAITG was among the top p erforming countries for child
message coverage attaining over 90% and also among countries with most supporters serviced (meeting report
deadlines with affiliates) on time (>=97%) and (>=98%) for Jan -Jun 2016 and Jul -Dec 2016 reporting periods
respectivel y.
However, compared to 2015, there was a drop of 389 financial supporters in 2016. Brazil supporters have contributed
to most of this drop as some of the sponsors thought this was just a one off contribution and thus withdrew their
contributions. During the year under review AAITG started off with 8716 links altogether including the Next Step
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or build new partnerships at home and
abroad through the funding affiliates. During the year, seven concept notes and proposals were submitted to donors for
funding under the four strategic objectives. Out of these, only the emergency response project was
successfully funded and completed, three were unsuccessful whilst feedbacks are awaited on the other three.
As part of this process, a joint donor visit was made to Dakar in partnership with
ActionAid Senegal and three key donors were engaged with prospec ts for partnerships in the future. Key action
points were agreed for implementation by AA Gambia and AA Senegal to explore the opportunities in 2017. Additionally, local
partnership engagements were done through visits to UN agencies including
UNDP, UNIC EF, UNFPA, FAO, IOM and National Commission for UNESCO for possible collaboration. .
Overall, the year was rated good although no big new contracts were signed for
funding but we will continue to strive hard to get the right contracts to support the imp lementation of CSP IV objectives.
Organizational Priority 5: Strengthen financial management and accountability systems, standards and processes to
ensure quality planning, monitoring and reporting .
Risk Management In 2016, a review and reassessment of
organisational risks was conducted with
implement a pilot project on MyChild
System in partnership with Shifo Foundation based in Sweden. MyChild system is an information technology
platform with a number of applications that will support child health service delivery in The Gambia. There are
ongoing engagements with donors led by Shifo Foundation to mobilise additional resources to scale up the pr oject
nationwide in the coming years. 4) The forth project was a short term emergency response project funded by
the Start Emergency Fund in UK worth £150,000. This project was implemented in partnership with Catholic
Relief Services and Concern Universa l during the months of October and November 2016 where food and non -
food items were distributed for flood and windstorm victims affected communities.
In addition, 2016 witnessed the closure of the governance project (Promoting
Local Governance Decentralisation) implemented in partnership with Kuntaur
Area Council funded by the British Embassy from July 2015 to March 2016. The year also included the facilitation of
a fundraising training for AAITG staff and some partners to impr ove technical knowledge and skills for better
participation in resource mobilisation in their respective institutions.
Aside from the implementation of the new and previous projects particularly
Project, ongoing enga gement with relevant donors continued to strengthen
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Programme Quality Assurance
In addition to its routine monitoring visits, the M& E have conducted series of
activities aimed at improving programme
Key among them were a Mid - term Peer
Review of our current Country Strategy Paper (CSP IV) in January 2016 following which we have revised and upd ated our
M&E framework that is used to measure progress on CSP mission objectives and organisational priorities. The final report
has already been shared with staff and key implementing partners so that the recommendations can be put into
practice. To imp rove data quality, a two -day re -
fresher training was conducted for 18 staff and partners (10M; 8F) on the use
of training was to promote effective data collection, compilation and reporting.
User Accounts were create d for all participants to ensure accessibility for all users and participants were also trained
on basic skills on how to access the system, enter/view and how to edit and
Global Fund Assistant M&E Officer and Data O fficer also attended a 10 days training on DHIS2 Data Management in
Pretoria, South Africa to improve their skills on data quality and management for quality assurance, reporting and to
promote shared learning. This training was in preparation for the onl ine hosting
to be completed.
Management and the Risk Register updated during the annual planning period. The Global Fund New Funding
Model HIV & AIDS Project risk matrix was also recently reviewed and updated. There were no critical risks noted, except
substandard quality of health products (condoms) rated as a medium risk. Out of the 3 donor funded projects audited in
2016, only one has been note d as a high risk project. The issues raised from the
audit of this Project are being addressed by Management, though at a much slow pace. Risks noted from the audit of the
other donor funded projects are being managed by the respective project teams.
Based on the audits conducted in 2016, it is the conclusion of internal audit that
AAITG maintained generally satisfactory controls for financial management and donor reporting. With the coming of a
new CSP in 2017, there is opportunity to review the curren t Partnership Strategy with a view to strengthen partner
management and supervision. It is also envisaged that the M&E Database when operationalized, will be an effective tool
for programme performance measurement.
With regards to external audit, AAITG received a clean and unqualified audit report for the year ended 31 December
2016. Implementation of the action points on the audit management letter is in progress.
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Bakalarr. These boards contained information on annual income and expenditure records, energy
consumption, and other information relevant to the LRPs such as list of villages per LRP, list of executive
members and activities implemented by each Apex/Eco -zone, etc.
Organizational Priority 6:
Communicating and documenting our work in order to enhance understanding of our work, raise our profile and support
the mobilization of resources for the successful implementation of our programmes .
The Communications and Documentation Unit continued to carry out its functions
with a view to enhancing understanding of AAITG;s work, raise its profile and support the mobilisation of resources for
As a separate fu nction during the first
half of 2016, the Unit supported programmes and projects by capturing their activities on video, still photos,
designing and printing of key AAITG documents which we shared with staff, partners. The also supported
programmes and pr ojects with press releases, case story collection and updating our social media sites on the
impact of our work. Radio and TV programmes were held to enhance awareness of what we do as an
organization. In 2016, the Communications & Documentation Unit was m erged with Sponsorship and
Fundraising functions named Fundraising,
In addition, a four -day training was organised under the new AmplifyChange Project aimed ensuring that all key
implementing partners have a common understanding on the importance of participatory M&E and to promote quality
reporting. Twenty - five participants (14F+11M) attended the workshop. Similarly, a 2 - day training worksho p
was also conducted on Participatory M&E for 14 (10M & 4F) Eco -zone Executive members. The main objective of the
training was to build Eco -zones
participatory M&E tools/approaches to
enable them to monitor progress of projects/interventions at their level and as well as evaluate the impact of
projects/interventions in their respective communities.
Furthermore, the M&E team also conducted a baseline survey for the new
objecti ve of the survey was to provide benchmark against which to track progress and effectiveness of the project
at the end of the project. The draft report has been shared with AAITG management and project implementing
partners for their comments before valida tion which is expected to take
place by end of quarter one, 2017. More, to promote transparency and
accountability, 9 new accountability and transparency boards were mounted at open locations at both headquarters and
LRP levels in the following location s: Kanifing, Kudang, Jareng, Choya, Dankunku, Kerewan, Albreda and
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Financial Performance During the year under review, AAITG
received a total income of D149, 751k as against budgeted income of D171, 720k, a decrease of 16% as a result of delays in
fund transfers from donors. Compared to 2015, there was a drop of 15% in total income and a 9% increase in 2016
planned Regular Giving Income (sponsorship income) from UK, Italy and Brazil. Partnership Income (income from
donors) was down by 32% (D75, 930K) against planned income of D112, 095K. Total expenditure on the other hand, was
D161, 936k compared to plan of D184, 579k thus indicating a budget utilization of 88% of forecast .
Figure 1: Income and Expenditure
Trends 2014 - 2016 (GMD 000)
Communications and Supporter Care but this merger does not have any effect or impact on our work.
Generally, AA ITG's work with people living in poverty and other stakeholders
is documented and communicated through various channels - reports, newsletters, flyers, leaflets, banners,
CDs, Videos, radio/TV, print and social media (Facebook, Twitter and AAITG website).
Key highlights for the Communications and Documentation
Unit in 2016 :
Produced a message booklet on HIV
& AIDS
Produced radio spot announcements and jingles on HIV & AIDS
A face -showing different pages for different
projects including photo gallery
50 print & online articles mentioning
130 radio broadcasts mentioning AAITG or featuring interviews with
AAITG
11 TV broadcasts mentioning AAITG
or featuring interviews with AAITG
4 Newsletters produced and share with our staff and partners
Conducted series of radio phone - in programmes on Climate Change,
Disaster Risk Reduction, gender based violence, HIV & AIDS,
Production of a video documentary on Women in District Tribunals .
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200,000,000
2014 2015 2016
INCOME & EXPENDITURE TRENDS 2014-2016
TOTAL INCOME TOTAL EXPENDITURE
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Figure 2: AAITG Partnership Income 2016 (GMD)
Figure 2 above shows income from our donors in 2016 amounting to D75, 930,000
a decrease of 20% on previous year.
48,298,000
6,907,000
6,836,000
848,000
246,000
9,185,000
3,610,000
AAITG Partnership Income
Global Fund Margaret A Cargil Amplify Change ACTIVISTA Bryan & Jackie EC START FUND
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Continuous use of chemical fertilizer
by small holder farmers. Although AAITG continue to build capacities of farmers on CRSA including
demonstrations in the fields as well policy advocacy
Continuous reliance of smallholder farmers on rain - fed agricult ure. We continue to lobby government for
policy change in favor of public investment on other alternatives such as irrigation farming and also
educating farmers to demand the same through their respective representatives
Frequent floods, erosion, and wind storm, pest and disease
infestation in communities. Flash flood due to heavy rains, submerged crops during the year. To address the above
challenges, more and more smallholder farmers in communities were encouraged and are now
adopting CRSA as an alternati ve method of farming in LRPs
More reported cases of GBV in 2016 thus creating a bigger demand on the One-Stop Centre staff and other
resources. This challenge was mitigated by training more staff from
health facilities on GBV cases to reduce workload on s taff the One -Stop
Challenges: Some of the main challenges
encountered during the year under review were:
Collecting data comprehensively for the Indicators within the CSP was not possible. As a result, overall
performance as at end 2016 continues to be affected negatively. These are a great need to carefully se lect indicators for the
new CSP
Raising the requisite partnership funding
for SOs was not possible. As such, performance for SO 2 was unfavorable
We partner capacity in fund raising and Monitoring. These have resulted to delays in submission of reports to AAITG
and weak ability in raising funds without support from AAITG
2016 was an election year, the election process and outcome affected one of our major campaign efforts which is the 16
Days of Activism as well as activity implementation planned for December 2016. This challenge was mitigated by
changing our plans from co nducting Country -wide Caravan, football matches and debates to a National Forum where
heads of youth organizations, civil society and government officials were
invited to take part in a discussion on our campaign theme: "Making Education Save for Girls".
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Challenges, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations
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chemical fertilizers not because they want to but because there is hardly
enough compost or manure that can be used as an alternative
The use of female Traditional Communicators have proven to be an effective way of communicating
information on early warning systems, disaster risk reduction and climate change. These women have helped
reached the hard - to - reach communities with information on early
warning systems, clim ate change and CRSA
Use of mobile phones to access and
share information on early warnings, disaster risk reduction and CRSA
proved to be an efficient way of message dissemination especially too hard to reach communities. This
minimizes the inaccessibility of information from Hydro -met units to smallholder farmers who do not have
access to televisions
The enactment of the anti -FGM &
Child Marriage laws without public consultation was seen as political and not participatory by some
communities but the sensitization by stak eholders has helped in neutralizing negative sentiments
around the law. However that momentum should be conti nued throughout 2017 and beyond.
Centers. NGBV is also working on integrating GBV training modules into
curriculum so that lecturers can teach these modules at schools.
There is only one civil society
organization that provides legal aid to
women in the Gambia with very limited capacity and thus many women cannot access the ir services
Lessons Learnt:
CRSA is a great innovation that we
need to continue to promote as it can
add significant value in preserving land and in many aspects of farming for smallholder farmers. However, it
has been observed that one key component of it, compost making, is very la bour intensive and difficult to
apply it on a large scale especially in areas where the r aw material is not easily handy
PRS is a good approach, However, for
greater impact and partners should
proactively findings from the exercises and analysis in school s into a Citizen Report regularly and use it
to further engage on policy
The PRS situational analysis
conducted in schools have contributed to significant reduction of school based gender related violence
It is critical for the application of CRSA to be gradual. Mainly because Smallholder farmers are using
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Way Forward
Given the significant gains made and challenges
realised in 2016, AAITG and partners need redouble
efforts to sustain the gains and continue to aim at
attaining all CSP targets at least 90%. This will be
made possible by many way including:
The need to continue work with CSOs,
communities and all relevant partners on policy
advocacy and influencing for wider political
space for NGOs in The Gambia and the broader
African region.
Continues capacity building for Staff and
partners skills like advocacy, fundraising,
monitoring and evaluation.
Aggressive partnership fundraising both within
and outside The Gambia
Review CSP IV and develop another one (CSP V)
that will be aligned to the new AAI strategy
2018 -2028
Strengthen the monitoring and evaluation
system of all key partners at national and
community levels
Scale up programming and policy advocacy for
youths involvement in national development
endeavors
Gradually Scale work on CRSA with sustained
engagement of government, donor and
implementing partners at all levels.
Collaborate with key stakeholde rs and scale up
tribunals across the country to build on gains
already made in the LRPs and at Kuntaur Area
Council.
Focus fundraising efforts on SOs1, 2 and 3 to
facilitate access to the needed resources f or
catch -up on the existing funding and improve on
performance especially for SO2 before the end
of the strategy.
Conclusions
Despite restricted political space
for our work, AAITG has overall
performed very well during the
period under review. The year
2016 marks the fourth year into
the implementation of CSP IV and
started with a lot of excitement
within AAITG but this was late r
affected by the preparations for
the historic presidential elections
held in the country in December
that resulted to ousting of a
sitting president. This election
outcome affected our programme
implementation as it led to a
political impasse which laste d
through to the end of the year.
Therefore, some of our
programmes were cancelled and
or rescheduled which all impacted
on performance during the year.
However, with continuous
commitment of staff partners as
well as communities, we have
overcome some of these
challenges except the political
impasse that could not be
resolved before close at year end.
We have ended the year with a
general cumulative programmatic
indicator performance at 61%
with a total annual budget
utilization of 88%. AAITG was
able to participate in the
development of the new AAI
strategy and other key AAI
federational engagements at both
programme and governance levels
during the year under review.
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20. Ministry of Interior (Police & Immigration)
21. Ministry of Regional Government & Lands
22. Ministry of Youth & Sports
23. Mutapola Network The Gambia 24. National AIDS Control Program 25. National AIDS Secretariat 13. The
Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) 26. National Alliance for Food Security
(NAFS)
27. National Council for Civic Education 28. National Disaster Management
Agency 29. National Farmers Platform 30. National Malaria Control Program
31. National Women Farmers Association
32. National Youth Council
33. Network Against Gender Base Violence (NGBV)
34. NSGA
35. Office of the Vice President 36. Social Forum The Gambia 37. The Gambia Teachers Union
38. The National Assembly 39. CCM Gambia for Global Fund
Project
40. The Organization of Nongovernmental Associat ions (TANGO)
41. Think Young Women 42. UNAIDS 43. UNDP
44. UNFPA 45. UNICEF 46.
Donor Partners
1. A US Philanthropy 2. AmplifyChange 3. British Embassy Banjul
4. European Union(EU) 5. Global Fund 6. Shifo Foundation
7. START FUND Partners
1. Activista
2. Agency for the Development of Women and Children (ADWAC)
3. Area Councils (Kerewan, Janjabureh,
Brikama & Kuntaur ) 4. Child Protection Alliance 5. Department of Community Development
6. Department of Water Resources 7. Education For All Network 8. FAO
9. FAWEGAM 10. Female Lawyers Association Gambia 11. Gambia Family Planning Association
(GFPA) 12. GAMNAS 13. Girls Agenda
14. Hands On Care (HOC) 15. Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) 16. Ministry of Basic and Secondary
Education (MBoSE) 17. Ministry of Environment Climate Change
Water & Wildlife
18. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare 19. Minis try of Higher Education, Research,
Science & Technology
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Bakary Fadera LRP 8 & 11
Programme Manager
Almamo Barrow Current Head of
Programmes & Policy
Agnes Gomez Personal Assistant to
Executive Director
Alagie M. Kurang Accountant
Amadou Suno Driver/Messenger
Alagie L. Sonko Driver/Messenger
AAITG Staff and General Assembly Members
AAITG Staff 2016
Amie Bojang Accountant
Bai Cham HIV & AIDS
Project Manager
Bintou Jah Finance Coordinator
Bridget T. Correa Manager, EC funded
Project on Children
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Jainaba Fatty Field Coordinator
Agro - ecology
Project LRP 9
Jainaba Nyang Njie Comm s & Docs
Man ager
Jerreh Dibba Driver/Messenger
Lamin Barro Sponsorship
Manager
Lamin Fatty Driver/Messenger,
LRP 8
Madi Ceesay Supporter care
Comms Coordinator
Mohamed L Touray Communications
Technician
Molifa Bajo Driver/Messenger
Momodou L. Cham Head of Finance
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Fanta Jatta -Sowe Programme Specialist
Foday Kanyi Programme
Coordinator LRP 8
Musukuta Badjie AER Project Manager
Burama Mendy M & E Assistant
Haddy Sanneh M & E Manager
Musa Jallow IT Manager
Mamie Ceesay Supporter Care
Coordinator
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Saikou K Gassama Programme Specialist
Gov . & Partnership
Sainey Trawally Driver/Messenger
Salmina Bah Field Coordinator
Agro - ecology Project
LRP 8
Sulayman Cham Driver/Messenger
Sulayman Kinteh Procurement Specialist
Theodore Joof Internal Audit
Manager
Satang Huma HIV & AIDS Project
Accountant
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Ndella Faye Colley Head of Fundraising ,
Comms & Supporter care
Ndey Jarju Data Entry Officer, HIV &
AIDS Project
Pansaw Nyassi Manager, EC funded
Project on Women
Rohey Colley Admin. Coordinator
Yama Badjan Receptionist
Omar Badji Executive Director
Ousman Gaye HR/OD Manager
Sirrah Jammeh Asst. Accountant
HIV & AIDS Project
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