About Us
Information about the Foundation

Ummul Khoura Foundation for Islamic Studies and Scientific Researches is a young charitable educational foundation, but at the same time it has risen rapidly and advanced in a few years.
It was founded in 1992 by a sincere preacher and encyclopaedic teacher, the late: Sheikh Mustapha Lowe.
This foundation was a small library of modest size in a corner of Banjul, and today it is a high-rise charitable educational foundation with many schools.
The Foundation Vision
The vision of the Foundation is to be within the year 2020 -2025 a distinguished foundation among local and international foundations, and to have a wide spread in everything that would serve the human being in general and Muslims in particular and have a tangible contribution to building society.
The Foundation Mission
The mission of the Foundation is to implement all kinds of charitable programs and projects as much as possible, and to provide tremendous services for the benefit of people with special needs, regardless of tribal affiliations.
The Future aspirations of the Foundation
The Foundation always seeks to serve the community, as it looks forward to making more achievements and effective contributions in the field of science, work and advocacy, including;
- Establishing an integrated Islamic library, so that it includes a large number of books in various fields to enable researchers to conduct various researches on different Islamic and scientific matters.
- To strengthen the foundation’s relations with international bodies and countries to increase the dispatch of its graduates abroad to further their academic career.
- Establishing a computer lab to allow its graduates to know the principles of computer before entering the higher education or the work sector.
- Building a vocational school to enable its graduates to the labour market.
- providing charitable and advocacy projects to all Gambian society.
Administrative Structure of the Foundation
The foundation enjoys effective management, which is structured as follows:
PRESIDENT
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SECRETARY GENERAL
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HEAD OF EDUCATION
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TREASURER
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HEAD OF ORPHANAGE
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HEAD OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS
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HEAD OF DAWAH
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HEAD OF CULTURE