The
International Federation of The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and
The Gambia government will today sign agreement to support in the area of
disaster and present a cheque to the Gambia Red Cross Society’s (GRCS)
solHealth and UB-One to the Ministry of Health for sponsoring 45 community
health nurse students enrolled at the community health nursing school in
Mansakonko and renovation of the school facility.
Speaking
at the welcoming ceremony held at the Red Cross Headquarters in Kanifing, The
secretary general of the IFRC Alhagie Ass Sy, expressed delight to visit The
Gambia, while disclosing that they are the largest humanitarian network in this
world. According to him, they have over 40 million volunteers.”
“When it comes to national society, there will
be no federation without IFRC and whatever we have or earn, we owe it to the
national societies through the volunteers.”
“It
is through leadership that the integrity is required, the knowledge to drive
the locally national society. If we don’t have good leadership and the
integrity, everything will crash.”
The
secretary general of GRCS, Alasan Senghore, has emphasised that this is the
second time of Mr. Sy’s visit to The Gambia and we are very close to his heart.
“The
agreement will enable the GRCS for more support. We have an obligation to thank
IFRC for their support. I sacrifice to come and work for the GRCS but this was
through an encouragement by Mr. Sy. He mobilised all the support for the GRCS
through IFRC.”
