Gambia Food and Nutrition Association

13/12/2025

Today GAFNA wraps up the training of refugees and hosts in the border village of Ballen on the production of cooking briquettes after conducting similar trainings in the border villages of Upart, Karunor and Buluntu. This initiative is funded by UNHCR and implemented by GAFNA with technical support from Women Initiative Gambia. The intervention is aimed at introducing a more environmentally friendly technique as opposed to the traditional method of charcoal production that rely heavily on cutting trees that contributes to deforestation and is risky, tedious and also associated with a lot of safety risks.

26/11/2025

21/05/2025

Earlier today, a two days training on business and entrepreneurship knowledge and skills acquisition ended at the GAFNA Head Office for the first batch of eleven refugees of different nationalities. At the end of the training, each of the participants was given Cash Assistance to invest in carefully chosen business activities geared towards self-employment to enhance self-reliance. The training was facilitated by very experienced external Resource Persons. This initiative is funded by UNHCR and implemented by GAFNA

23/08/2024

High level engagement with the President of the Republic by UNHCR MULTI-COUNTRY OFFCE SENEGAL Representative and staff and UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR of The Gambia and Mr Mbenga of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss refugees, statelessness and mixed migration issues. They were accompanied by the Director General of Immigration and heads of UNHCR Partners (GCR and GAFNA) in The Gambia

05/06/2024

Earlier today, GAFNA has rolled out the engagements with District and other Opinion Authorities (District Chiefs, Imams, Ward and Lady Councillors) in the promotion of integrated Immunization/vaccination campaigns in the communities of the Foni Districts of the West Coast Region. This is part of a bigger project funded by the Expanded Programme for Immunization and contracted to TANGO for implementation by selected NGOs/CSOs including GAFNA. This first activity will be followed by a door to door sensitization in communities in the five districts in the Foni and culminate with a workshop for members of the Refugees Sofora Association, Child Protection Committees and other selected community structures

25/05/2024

Honouring the invitation from Africa Catalyzing Action for Nutrition (AfriCAN) at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center

02/11/2022

UNHCR Partner staff (GCR & GAFNA) on annual retreat in Rainbow Hotel in Sanyang to draft their 2023 project submissions

26/04/2019

Day One posts of joint field monitoring of UNHCR funded and GAFNA implemented projects in rural areas of West Coast Region

09/04/2019

Handing over ceremony of Fifty two (52) young rams for fattening for sale during the upcoming feast of EID UL ADA (Tobaski) by the Wellingara Bantaba Youth Association as part of socio-economic empowerment of returnee youth migrants. A project funded by the United States Embassy, Banjul Office and implemented by GAFNA

06/04/2019

Posing with members of the Wellingara Bantaba Youth Association at the end of a Ram Fattening Training as part of a project funded by the United States Embassy-Banjul Office and implemented by GAFNA for returnee youth migrants from Libya. This technical training was delivered by staff of Department of Livestock Services.