ADRA Gambia

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Gambia is a non-governmental, non-sectarian, development-oriented organization established by the Gambia Mission Station of The Seventh-day Adventist Church for the specific purposes of community development, disaster relief and rehabilitation in The Gambia. ADRA Gambia belongs to a network of more than 130 supporting and implementing country offices world-wide. The ADRA network has its international headquarters in Silver Springs, Maryland, USA. The agency has been in Gambia since May 1984 implementing projects in Education, Food security, Economic empowerment, and responding to emergencies. ADRA Gambia is duely registered with the NGOs Affairs Agency under the Office of the President.

ADRA Gambia’s work involves identifying communities with needs that are in consonance with its mandate, mobilizing donor funds for implementing projects to meet such needs, working cooperatively with beneficiary communities to achieve the desired goals, enabling and empowering partner communities to be responsible for improving their conditions, and bringing about lasting change.

ADRA Gambia’s work compliments government efforts. It cooperates and collaborates with a number of government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), as well as some sister non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Its activities, which are creative, innovative and needs-driven, address aspects of Government of The Gambia development plans.