PUDC Model In The Gambia

Programme for Accelerated Community Development

Introduction

The project aims to address the rural-urban inequalities and disparities focusing on the provision access to basic amenities, services, infrastructure and the creation of sustained local economies by December 2022.

PACD The Gambia

The Programme for Accelerated Community Development (PACD) model provides a vehicle for a multi-sectoral approach to addressing poverty and inequality at community level and will help government to respond to social demands through a partnership with development partners to ensure accelerated, multi-pronged, participatory, and accountable delivery of services particularly to far-to-reach populations.

Impact

START DATE

January 2019

END DATE

December 2025

STATUS

Ongoing

PROJECT OFFICE

Gambia

IMPLEMENTING PARTNER

Ministry of Fin & Econ Affairs

DONORS

GOVERNMENT OF GAMBIA

Peacebuilding Fund

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Unspecified

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS

$10,234,547

DELIVERY IN PREVIOUS YEARS

2019$0

2020$1,853,743

2021$3,064,150

2022$1,046,109

2023$309,103

2024$169,004

Full Project information

Water

100

percent

31 identified Communities were provided with access to potable drinking water

Electricity

478

Households

3,824 people have access to electricity representing 48% of the overall applicants

Food security

19

Communities

were provided 19 Tractors benefitting 2,650 Households, and 21,200 people (17,408 men and 474 women) as of October 2022

GIS Phase II Platform and App

100

percent

launched to support real-time geo-reporting of issues to ensure sustainability of assets in PACD beneficiary communities