"Illiteracy and Poverty are not invincible foes of humankind."

A grassroots organization, the Foundation Njuma Koor Fay (FNKF) was founded by the family of the late Njuma Koor Fay (1892-1969) to continue his legacies of empowerment and literacy-building for the people of the Ex Canton de Ndiaganiao-Sandock.

Njuma Koor Fay was born in Ndiaye-Ndiaye Ndiaganiao around 1892. He passed away on April 10th, 1969.

Fighting as a Tirailleur Sénégalais during World War I, Njuma Koor Fay observed the critical link between education and the modernization and economical development of Europe.

A few years after returning from the battlefields of WWI, he started a campaign to open schools in the villages of the former Canton de Ndiaganiao-Sandock. THe local administration of that time felt that this was a dangerous initiative. They were quotes as saying, "Once these people know how to read and write it will be next to impossible to rule them easily."

After a few years spent mobilizing the populations and some time spent in a prison in Podor, Njuma Koor Fay was able to get one school open. His success was possible thanks to the support of many other people in Ndiaganiao-Sandock. From that school and the ones that followed, have graduated hundred of people who today occupy high-paying jobs, and/or key positions in the Sénégalese government.

The raison d'être of the Foundation is to continue and extend the horizon of the more than thirty years effort by Njuma Koor Fay to improve the living condition of Ndiaganiao-Sandock's populations.

Main Objectives

Improve the enrollment and success rate in school for the children in the rural areas, and in the inner cities of Sénégal and Gambia.

Open computer labs in the Universities and high schools of Sénégal and Gambia.

Set up a Bulletin Board System (BBS) to create information networks between various schools.

Provide an affordable internet access to students and teachers.

Assist disenfranchised and poor families, especially female heads of household, to gain access to microcredits which will help them use their present skills and know-how to become self-sufficient.

Funding Sources

The yearly African Musical Festival for Education (AMUFE).

The lotto for education (Tombola pour l'Education - TED).

Contribution from the Njuma Koor Fay Family.

Individual contributions.

Grands from other foundations and NGOs.

Government subventions.

The Short-term Focus

The establishment of working partnership and collaborations with the Sénégalese and Gambian governments; the NGOs operating in Sénégal and Gambia; and, all international and national entities which can assist the foundation in meeting its short and long term goals.

What the FNKF Needs

At this particular phase in the life of the Foundation, the focus of the Public Relations and Fundraising Committees is to find human and material resources that can help the foundation achieve its objectives.

No contribution is too little, because as a grassroots foundation, we count on the hands and hearts of many to build our strength.

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