Projects
5 schools, one health centre — and the Sunflower Women
Everything Butterfly Friends runs in The Gambia is run by people who live there: Gambian teachers, midwives, cooks, caretakers and night staff. One principle applies everywhere: in all our schools we always aim for eight out of ten pupils to be girls.
5
Schools
1,500
Pupils, aged 4–14
124
Employees in The Gambia
10,000+
Patient visits a year
Preschool
ABC Nursery School in Ebo Town
Our first school, opened in 2003. 240 children get three years of preschool with meals, uniforms and books.
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Primary school
ABC Primary School in New Jeshwang
Our largest school: 780 pupils in primary and lower secondary, with a library, computer room and kitchen.
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Preschool & primary school
Nursery & Primary School in Brikama
A preschool and a primary school with 308 pupils — the first cohort sat their exams in 2020.
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Preschool
ABC Nursery School in Bakalarr
A preschool in a small village north of the river that has just got electricity. 103 children get schooling, food and safety.
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Health centre
New Jeshwang Health Centre
Free health care since 2005: more than 10,000 patient visits, 300 births and a thousand women in family planning.
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Adult education for women
The Sunflower Women
Literacy training for adult women, with microloans for their own businesses. Paused since the pandemic.
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Former schools
Schools we no longer run
Butterfly Friends built and ran these schools itself. Today the Gambian education authorities have taken over the day-to-day operations, carrying the schooling forward in the same spirit.
