Direct aid.
No middlemen.
The village of Kemoto is home to around 200 people. Together with them, we work to give everyone clean drinking water, food, health care and education, on the village's own terms.
Help that goes straight through
The village decides
The residents prioritise the projects themselves through open, democratic processes. We build what Kemoto asks for, not what we think they need.
Everything is volunteer work
Right Hand is run entirely by volunteers. Nobody takes a salary, in Norway or in The Gambia. The digging is done by the village itself, shovel in hand.
Every krone arrives
With no middlemen and no administration costs, your contribution becomes pipes, medicine, electricity and schooling. Not offices. See our open books.
1 kilometre dug by hand. 1.6 to go.
The clean water has to be fetched 2.6 kilometres from the village, and the old pipes were too thin and leaking. When our fund ran dry, the village gathered everyone who could hold a shovel and dug down the first kilometre of new pipes, by hand.
This is what the money goes to
The plan was made together with the village. Here are the concrete projects, in the order Kemoto itself has prioritised them.
Clean drinking water for all
The system has been heavily upgraded with a new well, twin pumps and 2,100 W of solar power. What remains is 1.6 km of pipe and a backup generator.
Read more about the water →
Finishing the health centre
The foundation is ready. With a treatment room and medicine storage, the doctor who visits the village monthly can work in safe surroundings.
See the project →
Electricity and 35 PCs for the school
Electrical wiring and a dedicated computer room will give the children of Kemoto digital skills and a modern education.
See the project →
Better teachers' housing
A light and a power socket in every room, and a much-needed renovation, will help the school keep qualified teachers.
See the project →
Securing the village's food source
Salt water from the river threatens the rice harvest. After a successful test, a dyke around the rest of the fields will be completed with a bulldozer.
See the project →
The voyage of «Odin»
Seil med Larsen filled the sailboat Odin with clothes, school supplies and sports equipment, and sailed the donations all the way to The Gambia. The village responded with its own thank-you ceremony.
See the cargo and the ceremony →«They own almost nothing, yet give everything they have out of pure hospitality. That is exactly why they deserve our help so dearly.»
Buy sportswear, give clean water
We have received an enormous clothing donation from Topaz in Ulefoss, Norway. The clothes are sold in Norway, and every single krone goes directly to water pipes, the generator and the health centre in Kemoto.
One team in two countries
Martin Augestad Larsen
Founder, communication Norway–Kemoto
Benjamin Luane
Social media
Lamin Barrow
Logistics and democratic aid
Essa Touray
Technical maintenance, water system
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Right Hand is run 100 % by volunteers. Nobody takes a salary, and there are no administration costs. What you give becomes pipes, medicine, electricity and schooling, not middlemen. Every purchase is documented with a receipt in our open books.
From a cup of coffee to a metre of pipe: everything counts, and everything arrives. Vipps is a Norwegian mobile payment service; from abroad, please email us.