A holistic approach to climate resilience.

01

Youth Empowerment & Climate Education

Young people are The Gambia's greatest resource. We invest in youth capacity at every level, from primary school classrooms to international climate negotiations.

• School-based climate education workshops reaching thousands of students
• Eco-Clubs in 18+ schools to build long-term youth environmental stewardship
• She-Climate Leadership Fellowship for young women from all seven regions
• Green Solutions Challenge: national innovation competition for environmental entrepreneurs
• Art4Earth: using art, creativity, and culture to raise climate awareness
• Youth advocacy training in partnership with UNICEF Gambia
• First National Children and Youth Conference on Climate Change (2024)

02

Ecosystem Restoration & Reforestation

Since 2017, we have planted over 45,000 trees across The Gambia, including 14,000 coconut trees along Banjul's coastline as a nature-based defence against rising sea levels.

• Tree-planting campaigns in schools, forests, reserves, and communities
• Banjul Beach planting of 14,000+ coconut trees with Future Proof and Banjul City Council
• Community greening initiatives with local councils and institutions
• Community outreach and cleansing exercises
• Environmental clean-up campaigns across communities and beaches

03

Gender & Climate Justice

Women and girls in The Gambia bear a disproportionate burden of climate change, yet their voices remain largely absent from the climate decisions that affect their lives. We centre gender in all of our work.

• She-Climate Leadership Fellowship: a 7-month programme training 25 young women from all seven regions
• Policy submissions on gender and climate change at UNFCCC from COP23 onwards
• Land rights advocacy for women farmers
• Community-based gender-responsive climate resilience projects
• YOUNGO Women and Gender Working Group leadership (COP23 to COP27)
• UNFPA joint working group on Gender and Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

04

Policy & Advocacy

Real systemic change requires sustained engagement with the institutions that make the rules. We bring the lived realities of Gambian communities into policy spaces locally, nationally, and internationally.

• First National Children and Youth Conference on Climate Change (2024) with UNICEF and Government of The Gambia
• Side event at the Gambian Pavilion, COP28, Dubai (December 2023)
• Participation at the UNCCD COP, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2025)
• UNFCCC COP representations from COP23 (Bonn) through to present
• UN ECOSOC Forum participation (2018, 2019)
• UN Youth Climate Summit, one of 30 youth globally selected to organise the first-ever event (2019)
• Africa Climate Week facilitation and participation
• Policy submissions contributing to The Gambia's Nationally Determined Contributions

05

Coastal Resilience

The Gambia is ranked among the ten countries most at risk from coastal erosion and sea-level rise globally. Banjul itself faces the risk of submersion. We work with coastal communities to build nature-based defences.

• Banjul Beach Coastal Tree Planting: 14,000+ coconut trees with Future Proof and Banjul City Council
• Conservation and restoration advocacy
• Community-based coastal adaptation planning
• Disaster risk reduction awareness in coastal communities
• Early warning systems advocacy through the UN Secretary-General's Early Warning for All Advisory Panel

06

Community Outreach & Environmental Awareness

Lasting environmental change begins in communities. We run extensive sensitisation programmes, education campaigns, clean-up exercises, and awareness drives reaching all seven regions of The Gambia.

• Community clean-up campaigns and beach clean-up exercises
• Radio, social media, and digital awareness campaigns
• School engagement programmes and environmental education workshops
• Art4Earth creative arts and storytelling for environmental engagement
• Eco-Clubs established in schools to sustain environmental education
• UNICEF-supported climate advocacy training for children and youth activists