Today
Project Aid The Gambia donated another bulk of medical equipment to the
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, represented by Mr. Musa Saine, the
Director of Logistic of MOHSW.
The
items include among others
four ultrasound machines,
one EKG machine and its accessories
one reanimating machine
three X-RAY display boards
one oximeter
eight wheel chairs
two leg stabilizers
The
equipment handed over to MOHSW was donated by several hospitals and doctors in
Germany and brought into The Gambia through Project Aid.
Mr.
Matthias Ketteler, the German chairman of Project Aid The Gambia and Goodwill
Ambassador at Large, together with Mr. Famara Fatty, Project Manager of Project
Aid The Gambia, did the presentation of the donated items at the NGO’s
Headquarter in Manjai Kunda. On his remark he said: “Part of the equipment is
brand new, some items are second-hand, but tested and all are working fine.”
Mr.
Musa Saine, the Director of Logistic of MOHSW, together with Mr. Lamin Ceesay,
Logistic Officer of EPI, conveyed their gratitude to Project Aid The Gambia for
their continuous support to the Ministry of Health. Mr. Musa Saine continued
saying: “We really appreciate it. You are doing exactly that what is in the
name of your organization “Project Aid”. You are aiding the Gambia. We are
partners in development. On behalf of the President, on behalf of the minister,
on behalf of the ministry, we say a very big Thank you.”
Right
after the handing over ceremony all items were being loaded on a truck and
transported to the supply centre of MOHSW. The items then will be forwarded to
different hospitals in the Kombo.
Background
information on Project Aid The Gambia (International NGO A57)
Since
1986 “Project Aid The Gambia” (International NGO A57) has been running several
projects in The Gambia. The focus of the activities lies on the sister villages
Jahaly and Madina located at the South Bank in a 270 kilometer´s distance from
the Kombo region. A small Gambian management team is organizing the projects on
the ground.
The
German NGO, also called “Project Aid The Gambia” is funding the Gambian Project
Aid. The organization in Germany has got about 50 members and about 320 friends
and supporters, who are donating for the projects and doing fundraising events.
The administration costs of the German organization are extremely low, i.e. 1.2
% of our incoming donations in 2015. That means: from every single Euro that is
being donated, about 99 Euro cents directly go to the people of Jahaly and
Madina.
The
projects are: “Jahaly Health Centre” in Jahaly (since 1991), “Jahaly/Madina
Kindergarten” with nursery school (since 2004), four women´s gardening projects
(since 2003), the construction of eco-friendly smoke-free ovens (since 2010),
the plantation of Moringa trees (since 2012), the construction of the model
clinic “Njaba Kunda Health Centre” in the village Njaba Kunda (2011/12) located
at the North Bank, the support and surgery of Gambian kids (since 2012), who
can’t be treated in The Gambia - a cooperation with the German NGO
“Friedensdorf (Peace Village) International”. As a recent development, in
February 2017 Project Aid The Gambia took over the management and
administration of the “Health Center Buniadu” at the North Bank, in cooperation
with the German NGO “Riverboat Doctors International”.
