Kanubeh Banana Farm

GUD is committed to working in partnership with the villagers so that they receive support not hand-outs.

In 2007, the charity provided the villagers with the materials to construct and run their own school and every day more than 90 children attend! To maintain the running costs and the success of the school long term, smaller projects are needed in Kanubeh for the village to generate revenue itself.

The charity is in the preliminary stages of working with the villagers of Kanubeh to develop a banana farm in the village. The banana farm will be adjacent to the River Gambia and use the water from there to irrigate the land. Each of the compounds in the village will be represented in the workforce at the farm and profits will be shared between the workers and the projects running in the village.

The plans, negotiations with local businesses in the supply stream and conversations with the villagers are progressing on a weekly basis and a firm project plan will be finalised in November 2011. What is for certain is that both GUD and the villagers of Kanubeh are keen to put in the work to make the business viable and sustainable.