The Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership (POHGEP) provides technical and financial assistance to educational and economic development institutions in the Gambia and provides scholarships to economically-challenged students to attend those institutions.

POHGEP also provides opportunities for people in the United States and the Gambia to share information about each other through community involvement, cultural exchanges, events, sharing of news and travel opportunities for Americans to visit the people of the Gambia.