Salam aleikum, I’m Fatou Gaye, a nurse and midwife in The Gambia. And I am co-founder of Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass Foundation.
Our Foundation is situated in Kunkujang Keitaya, The Gambia.
It operates a community clinic with focus on obstetrics, and a children shelter (Darra) .
We base our noble course on the values of Holy Q’ran as taught by Sheikh Tihami Ibrahim Nyass.
What the Foundation is about
In 2009, we built a place for women to deliver safely in a clean, supportive environment, and opened a women-focussed clinic.
Today, the Foundation operates our well-frequented, not-for-profit clinic with delivery room & maternity ward offering all services from antenatal, via delivery to postnatal check up including immunization programs.
Moreover, we serve the community with general medical treatments. Patients with Malaria and Diabetes issues form the larges group.
In 2012, we opened a future-lookingly children shelter (Darra), based on Gambian traditional ideas, which takes in mostly girls, and since 2020 also boys.
Clinic profits, together with support from both The Gambia and abroad, maintain the shelter as an intermittent and/ or permanent home for appr. 55 girls and appr. 20 boys of all ages as welcomed members of our Sheikh-Tihami-Family. All of them get full support in terms of health, food, housing, school attendance an Q’ran lessons.
In 2014, our efforts became public until I was honored by news broadcaster What’s on Gambia as Woman of the Year 2014 which ever since has been resulted in growing support of our mission.
Short Facts about us
Foundation
**Please refer to **Transparency page
to find an administrative overview of our foundation, our documents, and annual reports.
For the improvement of the nation’s health status
24/ 7 Clinic – Laboratory – Pharmacy
2 doctors, 3 midwives, 3 nurses, 6 nurse attendance & many others ** Delivery room & Maternity ward ** ultrasound diagnosic ** inhouse Pharmacy ** inhouse Laboratory ** Fully equipped ambulance car for safe & attended transports to hospitals ** Immunization & scanning programs
** Read more… …about the clinic …about the lab …about the pharmacy
24/ 7 Midwife service
registration for birth ** monthly antenatal check-up and consultation ** continuously attended childbirth ** emergency transport to hospital ** postnatal care ** vaccination programs ** family planning
** Read more about midwife service
Community health
free first aid and general treatment for students during school hours ** reduced treatment fees for teachers
For the improvement of our nation’s educational status
training programs & interships
approved practical trainings for nurses, midwives, and doctors to be ** internships ** volunteering programms
Darra: Children Shelter
Caring home for ca. 65 girls and ca. 25 boys of all ages ** school attendance on all levels ** Q’ran lessons ** full medical treatment & immunization ** 2 nannies, 3 teachers & 3 cooks
