# U'Soforal Bakary Sambou-Ya

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218793 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218793)
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Other charitable activities
- Area of operation: The Gambia
- Trustees: 9
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/usoforal-bakary-sambou-ya

We provide financial grants, medical equipment, and structural infrastructure support to an established healthcare clinic in Bakary Sambou-Ya The Gambia. Our core strategic project is the construction and commissioning of a new infrastructure expansion to introduce specialized maternity and midwifery services. Additionally, we support and deliver community healthcare education and training.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The preservation and protection of good health in Bakary Sambou-Ya and the surrounding areas within Gambia by providing grant funding to enable access to healthcare services, including treatment, medication, equipment and resources not provided by the statutory authorities and to support in the training of medical staff and the improvement and maintenance of healthcare facilities.

## What it funds

U'Soforal Bakary Sambou-Ya is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and health / saving of lives for children / young people, older people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy / advice / information.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as The Gambia.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from U'Soforal Bakary Sambou-Ya in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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