Teach beekeeping to 58 young people in The Gambia

Summary

This project provides training and facilities for 58 young unemployed in The Gambia to become beekeepers and sell honey to hotels. It also helps protect the African honey bee.

Received £48 from 2 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The project helps to protect the native African honey bee, essential to food crop pollination and the overall ecological balance in The Gambia. The project is also helping Sifoe Kafo community farm to extend their bee keeping and sell honey to hotels, providing extra income opportunities. 67% of the farmers are women and this extra income is offering greater security and a brighter future, to them and their families.

Activities

Building of bee boxes, training and capacity building of women (training in hive construction, site selection, harvesting, honey & wax processing, packaging, marketing, business skills and value-added production) and planting of flora fauna.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

The Travel Foundation website (http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk/who_we_are.asp)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will help conserve the native African honey bee. It will offer sustainable livelihoods for 58 additional farmers, to increase their income so they can provide for their families health and wellbeing.

Project Message

58 farmers and beekeepers will benefit from this project. Overall, it is set to increase their income by 500%, which will help to pay for health care and schooling.
- Adama Bah, Programme Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Jane Coles,
Communications Manager
The Travel Foundation
The CREATE Centre, Smeaton Road
Bristol, England BS1 6XN
United Kingdom
01179273049
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Travel Foundation

Organisation

The Travel Foundation
The CREATE Centre Smeaton Road
Bristol, England BS1 6XN
United Kingdom
0117 927 3049
http://www.thetravelfoundation.org.uk

Learn more about The Travel Foundation and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Gambia, The and can also be found under Economic Development.

For more information about Gambia, The, read the Human Development Report on Gambia, The or the Wikipedia entry for Gambia, The.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 06, 2008.

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