RURAL FINANCE AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROJECT (REFCIP)
   

 

THE GAMBIA

PIWAMP

REFCIP

   

I – ADDRESS

Box 739, Banjul, The Gambia
Tel : +220 44 97 343/44 94 921 ; Fax : +220 44 97 353
E-Mail : ruralfin@gamtel.gm ; ruralfin1@gamtel.gm

Name
Position
telephone
E-mail
Basiru Jobe Project Coordinator +220 44 97 355
ruralfin@gamtel.gm
Omar Baldeh Rural Finance Officer +220 44 94 907 rforfcip@qanet.gm

II – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Durée : 1999-2005
Montant : 10.990.000 $
Tutelle : Department of State for Agriculture (DOSA)
P. O. Box 739, Banjul, The Gambia

III – OBJECTIVE

The overall goal of this six-year IFAD-initiated project, is to improve the household food security and incomes of rural farm families in the deprived areas of the country.

More specifically, the project aims to:

  • consolidate and expand rural financial services;
  • increase access to a diversity of nutritional food and promote the means of boosting rural incomes;
  • promote self-help activities that can enhance household food security and provide a focal point for strengthening the capacity of village groups and their members to more effectively establish their development priorities.

IV– INTERVENTION AREAS

As the main thrust of the project is consolidate and expand the VISACA network throughout the country, the rural finance development component is implemented in all six rural divisions.

     
   
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