Gambia
US-based Gambians give to flood victimsDaily Observer | 10 Jan 2011The Gambian American Association (GAA), the Gambian Christian People's Association of Metro DC (GCPA-DC), and the Bantaba Group in Washington DC,USA on Friday donated items worth D450, 000 to flood victims, through the Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS), at a presentation ceremony held at the GRCS headquarters in Kanifing.
Gambia | Economics and the Environment | Floods Gambia: Families Left Homeless by Floodsips.org | 06 Jan 2011Amie Manneh and her family lived securely in their single-bedroom home in Bundung, 15 kilometers from the capital, Banjul. Then their home was destroyed by heavy rainfall in September. Since then Amie, her husband and six children have been living in the damaged house. All of us sleep here, my husband and our six children, she said, pointing at the small room – part of which is severely cracked, making it not only vulnerable to the weather but also to rats.
Gambia | Floods | Food Security | Health and Environment Gambia: Protecting Our EnviromentAllAfrica.com | 21 Jun 2010The Gambia as we all know is a sahelian country; this implies that the country lies within the sub-tropical savanna belt and prone to desertification. Conservation and protection of our environment should be the concern of all. We urge every citizen of this country to take advantage of this rainy season to launch a green revolution by planting a tree so that we can collectively save the country from the double menace of deforestation and desertification.
Gambia | Climate Variability | Deforestation Gambia: NEA Inspector Testifies in Anti-Littering CaseAllAfrica.com | 18 Jun 2010Ndenneh Nying, an inspector at the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Wednesday testified as prosecution witness PW1 in the ongoing anti-littering charge of allowing waste water into the public street leveled against one Omar Ceesay before Magistrate MLK Bojang at the Brikama Magistrates Court.
Gambia | Waste Management Banjul Submerges In Flood Watersforoyaa.gm | 15 Sep 2009The people and residents of the capital city of Banjul on Wednesday 9th August experienced severe flooding as a result of the heavy down pour of rain. This reporter visited some places and compounds and spoke to victims on their concerns.
Gambia | Floods BANJUL FLOODSDaily Observer | 11 Sep 2009The torrential rain that gripped the Greater Banjul Area in the early hours of Wednesday morning, September 9, had left streets of Banjul, flooded and forced some families , shopkeepers and canteens owners to spend the rest of the day draining the water away.
Gambia | Floods Protect our environmentDaily Observer | 02 Sep 2009It is not unusual for trucks to be seen carrying huge amout of timber along our streets and highways. It is important for those involved in such a business to overlook profit and consider the repercussions of deforestation on the society. Forests have a huge impact on the environment.
Gambia | Deforestation Let's go greenDaily Observer | 07 Aug 2009The Gambia government continues to provide Gambians with quite a number of alternatives, which, if adhered to, will lead to our total liberation from poverty to more development.
Gambia | Biodiversity