United Planet Ambassador Club of University of The Gambia

The Club Members of the Gambia Club

The United Planet Ambassador Club of the University of The Gambia is housed by Gambia’s only university, which is located at the heart of Serrekunda, the largest and closest suburb to The Gambia's capital city of Banjul.

Since its establishment in September 2008, it has partnered with all the major clubs of the University with the hope of working with many others in the wider community. One very important relationship is their collaboration with the Student Union. The picture below shows the Club President, Biram (left) with the student Union General Secretary.

The Club in the Gambia has organized various activities to strive towards reaching their goals, and towards the overall mission of United Planet. "We are happy to share our activities to continue encouraging people to work to achieve a United Planet!" Some of their activities include:

• In fall 2009, Biram visited the United Planet Boston Office to discuss the future of The Club in The Gambia. During his stay, he did various CAP presentations at schools, and had volunteered with various members of the United Planet Team at the Pinestreet Inn shelter. (Read more about Biram's visit on the UP Blog).

Biram and another volunteer helping at the Pinestreet Inn Shelter in Boston

Biram and a UP Team member enjoying an autumn day in Boston.

• For the Summer of 2010, Biram and Osee Romeo, The President of the Ambassdor Club of the Cameroon, are planning another collaborative CAP week called "Expocult 2010 Cameroon". They want to promote global awareness on local and international levels, though would also like to work on a community development project; the restoration and development of a local farm center in partnership with a local association. This project comes with various benefits, such as food self sufficiency, support for the communities in need, fight against poverty and unemployment, Environmental conservation and much more!

Location of the Club

The Republic of The Gambia, commonly known as Gambia, is located in Western Africa. It is the smallest country on the African continental mainland and is bordered to the north, east, and south by Senegal, with a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Flowing through the center of the country and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean is the Gambia River. On February 18, 1965, The Gambia was granted independence from the United Kingdom and joined The Commonwealth. Banjul is its capital, but the largest town is Serrekunda, where the University of The Gambia is housed.