The regional office for Social Development Fund (SDF) in NBR/LRR is situated in Farafenni Town about 30m from the Kerewan Garage and on the main Highway to Physical Planning office and Kerewan Area Council. The office operates through programme officers (PO) which are located in each of the two operational Zones of NBR/LRR under the supervision of the Regional Manager based in Farafenni.

The PO in NBR covers Barra to Palodi and is based in Farafenni while the PO in LRR covers Taborankoto in Kiang West to Pakaliba and is based at the Area Council office in Soma.

At regional level, we work as a team to effectively implement projects and programmes to the best of our ability. Currently the only product of SDF we have is the credit component to CBOs, Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) and Kafos. The capacity building component enables awareness creation/training of clients (Entrepreneurs) on Business Development Services (BDS). Our services are available and accessible to all qualified groups, CBOs, MFIs during working hours. For further information, please contact us on the following:

Regional Manager (LRR\NBR)

Pa is a social scientist with a professional grounding in participatory integrated grassroots and poverty reduction strategies and approaches including project planning and management, community-based organisational management and training among others. As Regional Manager, his duties include effective and efficient management of SDF operations at the regional level including technical support and supervision of program officers. He joined SDF in 2008 as Programme Officer and became an acting Regional Manager and Regional Manager in 2009 and 2011 respectively.

Pa holds an MSc in Development Finance from the Graduate Institute of International Development and Applied Economics, University of Reading (UK) in addition to certificates and diplomas in Integrated Rural Development, Micro-finance and Micro & Small Enterprise Management Training. Further to the above, he participated in a number of local and international training courses and workshops.

Contact: (+220) 7784455
info@sdfgambia.gm