We offer an exciting alternative to the standard Gambia holiday hotel and beach package. Imagine creating a trip to Africa that matches your specific requirements. Gambia Holiday News can customise a tour to suit your special interests, needs, ambitions or favourite locations.

In general, our brand of ecotourism offers an insightful, mindful and participatory travel experience to natural and cultural environments, assisting the well-being of the local cultures and environment for future generations.

We are very flexible and we can help you design your own itinerary to suit your needs. We also organise airport transfers, hotel bookings, incentive tours and conferences. We involve the local communities in the ecotourism decision-making process and has a high success rate in creating and sustaining profitable ecotourism projects that benefit the tourist, the local villages and the environment. We strive to bring the tourist in direct contact with the local people to experience their culture and sample their friendliness and hospitality.

Computer Recycling in The Gambia

Gambia Holiday News is a supporter of the Fight Against Social and Economic Exclusion. In Gambia there are only three computers for every 1000 people and increasingly employers are demanding computer skills as a condition for employment. Gambians are eager to learn about computers, information systems and the Internet and want to be able to improve their lives in whatever way possible. Computer access and training improves their opportunity for employment, increases their access to information and brings the power of networking with others.

The Gambia Holiday News Telecentre and Internet Cafe in Kololi has evolved into a multi purpose business centre from simply offering public access to telecommunications such as telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet and business support services such as word processing, photocopying and printing.

Three jobs have been created in the refurbishment of the computer hardware and the experience gained in setting up the centre has opened other hardware and network maintenance opportunities. The centre also offers free technical support to help evaluate local IT needs and requirements.

"Computer & Internet Training Workshops" are the key components of a particularly effective educational program recently launched in The Gambia aiming to help bridge an ever-widening gap in computer and Internet utilisation between African and Western nations. Staff at the centre give early hands-on training and exposure to IT through regular workshops and classes that are open to all.

More advanced workshops have been held in 2006 to help increase local understanding of the marketing and business opportunities available on the internet within the export and tourism sectors.

Leaders of local trade and welfare organisations have also been invited to collate all relevant information and systems of best practice have been introduced to turn this raw material into effective marketing websites.

PAPWEC provides an example of this innovative approach to assist people and organisations in the production and maintenance of locally relevant digital information resources

Telecentres and Internet Cafes in Gambia.

Telecenters are one of the most rapidly growing applications of IT in the developing world fulfilling the need for a practical and cost-effective way to bring the community of Africa into contact with itself and with the world.

Shared-access to refurbished computers and telephone systems allows the provision of a wide range of services to more users at lower cost than privately-owned home or office computers which are often out of the financial reach of the poorer people.

The definition of a telecenter is as varied as the activities that such a center can offer. Smaller telecenters usually include access to fax, phone, and photocopying, the larger ones may also include a basic internet service

Others may include targeted activities in education and training, health, e-commerce, e-government services and more. The physical composition of telecenters also varies widely.

Common models include kiosks, school computer labs made available to the public after hours, multipurpose community telecenters, and mobile telecenters.

Eyecare projects in Gambia

Gambia Holiday News is an active supporter of the The Gambia National Eye Care Programme

Many children and adults in developing nations struggle through life with poor or severely impaired vision, due to expensive and limited eye care resources.

According to the World Health Organisation, the eyesight of one-in-four people worldwide can be improved through the use of corrective lenses. In these countries, only 20 percent of the population can afford eye care.

Through many years of recycling spectacles, Gambia Holiday News have developed a close relationship with the Optical Unit of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Gambia and with the continued help and generosity of our clients and refering opticians are able to make regular shipments of not only spectacles and lenses but also specialist dispensing optician's equipment such as, ultrasonic cleaners, frame warmers, digital pupilometers, lens identifiers and lensometers.

Optical Dispensing Training is now offered to those who need to adjust spectacle frames and do basic lensometry tasks on a daily basis. The course sponsored by Optimax is intended for ophthalmic technicians, optometric assistants and those seeking such employment.

The course ntroduces the student to ophthalmic technology, including the role of the ophthalmic technologist, duties and responsibilities of the technologist, basic ocular examination techniques, measurement of visual acuities, basic lensometry, identification and usage of ophthalmic equipment and maintenance of ophthalmic examination procedures and records.