Some of the projects below, such as the Day Care Centre, were started in the late 80s, while the most recent, the introduction of a caretaker for the Women's Garden, was last year. Most of them have the capability to become either self-sustaining, such as the Women's Gardens, or contribute directly to the improvement of village life, such as the bednet scheme and the child sponsorship scheme.

Health

  • Malaria - Every person in the village – men, women and children have been supplied with a bednet. As a result there has been a noticeable decline in the incidence of malaria - despite a s;ight resurgence last year. The bednets are replaced or repaired as necessary.
  • Primary Health Care Centre - A stock of simple medicines is maintained at a small village pharmacy overseen by a manager whose salary is paid for by the Link and who has undergone training.
  • The money for a new secure storage cabinet was donated by Yate Rotary Club.

Education

  • A Day Care Centre staffed by Foday Dampha and his assistant Amie is maintained by the Link. Its object is to give the pre-school children of Genieri a free basic education before they begin their Primary School education at nearby Kaiaf School. It also allows their mothers to work in the women's garden and the rice fields. 
  • A sponsorship scheme is in operation which pays the Primary School fees of approximate six children a year whose education would otherwise finish at the age of seven due to lack of funds.
  • The Link provides uniforms for all the children at the Centre.

Agriculture and Fishing

  • A fully fenced garden area has been set up on fertile ground near the village. In the garden, which is about the size of a football pitch, three wells have been sunk and the ground divided into plots for the families of the villagers.
  • The gardeners have recently completed a course on pest and disease control, organised by the Department of Agriculture of The Gambia and paid for by the Link.
  • A caretaker, whose salary is paid by the Link, lives on the site. Among other duties his job is to keep wild animals away.
  • A market stall was built on the main road which passes near to Geneiri. Currently this is not used as the road became neglected and consequently there is too little passing trade.

  • Three fishing boats are in use by the village. One of them was paid for with money raised by the children of North Road Primary School in Yate and another by the town of Bad Salzdetfurth, Yate's twinned town in Germany.
  • Bee-keeping was introduced to the village and a team of keepers, trained by the National Bee-Keepers Association of the Gambia, regularly produce honey and wax.

Sport

  • The village football team is supplied with kit and footballs as well as goal posts and nets, the latter donated by Bristol Rocks, the online guide to the local music scene.