Alumhari
resident based in Cotonou, Benin has donated brand new motorbikes to the
President Barrow Youths for National Development organization.
A
cross section of the community as well as officials of the organization
attended the handing over ceremony held last weekend at the organisation’s
Basse regional office in the Upper River Region.
The
donation which is meant to facilitate communication and outreach programme
between staff of the organisation’s regional office and projects beneficiaries
in the region came at a time when the organization had just unveiled 120
projects to the Gambian communities across the country.
Saturday’s
handing over ceremony in Basse that was also preceded with the handing over of
football jerseys to the 14 wards in the Upper River Region,manifests a clear
picture regarding an all inclusive development concept of the President Barrow
Youths for national Development, which according to the executive members has
no political bearings.
The
chairman of the President Barrow Youths for National Developments’ Social
Advocacy Committee, Lamin K. Saidy and the Outreach and Communication officer
of the organization represented the body at the handing over ceremony in Basse.
Speaking
at the ceremony, Lamin K. Saidy said the people in the Diaspora have developed
so much interest and commitment because of the visions they set for
themselves,“that is to ensure,we develop communities and they’ve been
mobilizing resources on our behalf to support our initiatives,” he said.
The
organization also presented 4 sets of jerseys to each of the14 wards in the
region as part of its youth empowerment programme.
According
to Saidy, the 120 projects that theyare rolling out are projects that were
identified based on the outcome of the need assessment test conducted by the
development unit of the organization. “We have projects ranging from
sanitation, we drilledboreholes, and we provide milling machines and fence
women horticultural gardens. We also felt that Gambian women have long been
decrying for support in horticultural gardening, so that is why we have that
also as part of our programmes,” he said.
The
chairman of the Board of directors of the organisation’s URR chapter, Bubu
Drammeh said the organization welcomes all Gambians irrespective of their
political affiliation.