WHO ARE WE

Child and Environmental Development Association is a Non Governmental Organization, founded in 2001 and registered in the Gambia at the NGO Affairs Agency and The Association of Non Governmental Organizations TANGO.

Our vision is that the poor and marginalized, especially women and children are empowered and poverty is alleviated through Participatory Development Process (PDP).

Our mission is to facilitate sustainable development of our environment and the lives and livelihoods of the poor and the marginalized, especially women and children.

As an indigenous grassroots oriented organization, CEDAG has its Headquarter in Bakau New Town, which is modestly equipped and staffed by a core team of volunteers with the National Coordinator as overall management and leader.

CEDAG is commits itself to support all effort already undertaken by its members, communities, government, NGOs and inter-governmental organizations to alleviate the human suffering.

We work together with the people at community level in order to ensure that their dignity and rights are protected.

Through our members we have deep historical roots and our networks are closely linked to the cultural social environment of the people and have effective channels of communication that can be utilized.