Fresh Start Foundation

Thank you to everyone who has made a donation to FSF. We are now pleased to announce that Kwinella Lower Basic School has now got a clean water supply and the library project is nearly complete. We are now filling a container so if you have anything to donate e.g. clothes, books and household items please contact us.
If you would like to make a donation the details are on our 'Support us' page.

'JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION TOWARDS CHILDREN!'
please see our Proposal for this ambitious project here

The Fresh Start Foundation was established in 2006 by Lamin and Rebecca Daffeh in order to support orphans and other vulnerable children in The Gambia, West Africa. The Fresh Start Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom and a registered Non Government Organisation (NGO) in The Gambia.

FSF supports children between the ages of 7 to 18 years old, whom, due to poverty are vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. FSF's main focus is to provide access to education and health care.

The Foundation provides these children with the following provisions:

Access to mainstream schools
Educational resources
Access to Health Care
Clean water and sanitation

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Mission Statement

FSF exists to provide a safe and emotionally nurturing environment where extremely vulnerable children can have access to basic and uninterrupted education whereby they can develop skills and self awareness to achieve personal autonomy.

Vision for the future

Over the next five years, the Fresh Start Foundation is looking for stable funding streams from organisations, schools and individual donors to develop and sustain The Fresh Start Foundation School and a Health and Social Care Centre in The Gambia.

Country Profile

The Gambia is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranking 160 out of 173 countries in the 2002 UNDP Human Development Report. With a population of 1.7 million The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, spanning only 4391 square miles! It is a serpentine-shaped territory running on either side of the banks of the River Gambia completely surrounded by Senegal.