We keep orphaned children in school, fed and looked after across The Gambia’s West Coast Region, and give each one a tree to plant in honour of the parent they lost.
Since 2019 we have stood beside orphaned children 
with school fees 
, meals, mentors 
and now, a tree each 
.
School fees, uniforms, shoes, exercise books and a school bag for every child in our care. We stay in touch with each school, sit in on parents’ meetings in place of a parent who is gone, and help with homework after class so that no child leaves school because the money ran out.
Sponsor a school yearRice, oil and fresh vegetables for the households that took a child in, help with clinic visits and medicine, and regular home visits by a volunteer who knows the child by name. Most of our children live with a grandmother, an aunt or an older sibling; we make sure that family is not carrying them alone.
Support a household
For every orphan, one or two trees are planted in honour of their parents, creating a lasting legacy of remembrance, hope and environmental sustainability. Our first planting runs across the West Coast Region in August 2026, with the rains, and each child tends their own tree through the dry season that follows.
How a tree is plantedOur volunteers are young Gambians who give their weekends to the children: reading clubs, football, skills days and simply being an older brother or sister to someone who needs one. Together we are uplifting and empowering the next generation, one child and one family at a time.
Become a mentorOne Orphan One Tree joins climate action and remembrance. Every tree carries the name of a mother or father, and every child who plants one becomes its keeper. Here is how it goes, from the first name on our list to the first leaves after the rains.
Each child is registered with their guardian. We write down the name of the parent they have lost, and whether they will plant one tree or two.
Seedlings of mango, cashew, moringa and native trees are raised in nursery bags through the dry months, ready to go into the ground when the first rains come.
Planting days in August 2026 across the West Coast Region, with schools, families and volunteers. The child digs, plants and waters the tree themselves.
A tag goes on every tree with the parent’s name and the planting date. It is a place to come back to, and a living thing that grows with the child.
Through the long dry season each child waters and guards their tree, with a volunteer checking in. We count the trees that make it, and replant the ones that don’t.
200–500
trees planted across the West Coast Region, each one in a parent’s name
100–200
orphaned children taking part
Aug 2026
first planting, with the rains
Four working groups run One Orphan One Tree and everything around it. Pick the one that fits what you are good at. Communication and partnership work can be done from anywhere; coordination and outreach happen on the ground in the West Coast Region.
Content creation for social media, graphics and storytelling. Media engagement and publicity. Documentation in photos, videos and reports.
Event planning and logistics. Volunteer management. Scheduling and supervising activities on planting days.
Engaging NGOs, institutions and stakeholders. Sponsorship outreach and support mobilisation. Building strategic collaborations.
Community engagement and awareness campaigns. Registering participants and beneficiaries. Grassroots mobilisation and advocacy.
Gain leadership and teamwork experience, contribute to climate action, and stand with children who need it.
Fund a tree for a child in our care, or dedicate one to someone you have lost. We plant it this August and send you a photo of its tag.
Tree 1 of 500
In honour of
Mother & Father
Nyancho Orphan Foundation Gambia
West Coast Region · Rains of 2026
Sponsor a school yearMonthly
Fees, uniform, shoes and books for one child, for a full school year. You receive their term report.
Fund a treeOne-off
A seedling, its tag and a year of watering, planted by a child in honour of a parent.
Feed a householdMonthly
Rice, oil and vegetables for a family raising one of our children.
Delivered by a volunteer, in person
School suppliesIn kind
Exercise books, pens, school bags and reading books, collected before each new term.
Give your timeRemote or local
Join one of our four working groups, from storytelling online to planting days on the ground.
Partner with usOrganisations
Schools, businesses and NGOs that want to sponsor a planting site or a group of children.
The West Coast Region runs from the Atlantic shore to the mangrove creeks of the Gambia River: baobabs on the roadsides, rice fields in the lowlands and Brikama’s busy market at its heart. More shade, more fruit and fewer bare fields is a future our children will live in.
Yes. Nyancho Orphan Foundation Gambia is a registered non-profit in The Gambia, Registry ID 2019/C9904. We are happy to share our registration documents with any donor or partner who asks.
In the West Coast Region of The Gambia: Brikama and the towns and villages around it. Our children live with relatives in their own communities, so we go to them.
To the child: school fees and supplies, food for their household, health costs and the One Orphan One Tree planting. Tell us if you want your support kept for one purpose and we will keep it there.
Fruit and shade trees that suit the region, such as mango, cashew and moringa, alongside native species. Planting with the rains and a child to water each tree gives them the best chance; any that fail are replanted next season.
Yes. The Communication and Partnership working groups work largely online. Coordination and Mobilisation & outreach volunteers join us on the ground in the West Coast Region.
Please do. Write to us before you travel and we will tell you the dates and places of the August 2026 planting, and pair you with a volunteer on the day.
We read every message and reply within a few working days.
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West Coast Region, The Gambia
Registry ID 2019/C9904
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