The Alexander Edwards Gambian Village Clinic Appeal

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Gambia is a very poor country with very poor people. All visitors are considered to be 'rich'.
Gambia is small - 4,000 square miles.
The Gambia is the smallest country on the continent of Africa. It is almost an enclave of Senegal.
Cash crop - groundnuts (peanuts) - provides 85% of Gambia's income.
Population - 1.5 million. Most of the population live away from the coastal areas.
The River Gambia is 200 miles long.
There is only a total of 1678 miles of roads - 1084 miles of these are unpaved.
Life expectancy at birth: total population - 53.2 years; men - 51.29 years, women - 55.16 years.
150 babies out of 1000 die at birth - compared to 3 out of 1000 in the UK.
Total fertility rate: 5.76 children born per woman.
The number of people with AIDS has doubled in seven years.
Danger from hippopotami, crocodiles and snakes.
Main threats to life:- childbirth, malaria, malnutrition, meningitis, infections, burns caused by falling into cooking fires.
Income per capita is approximately £250 per annum - among the lowest in the world.
Doctor's salary:- £30 per month
Nurse's salary:- £18 per month (statistics from the Government-sponsored clinic at Kudang)