Some
religious leaders, who are beneficiaries of Momodou Turo Darboe’s ram donation,
have praised the Vision Development Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer for
providing rams to Muslims in the country.
Mr
Darboe distributed over 900 rams to various mosque committees, religious leaders,
elders, less-privileged people and individuals during the Tobaski feast.
After
receiving their rams, the religious leaders praised Darboe, who is the founder
and Chief Executive Officer of Vision Development Foundation (VDF), for what
they described as championing the sunnah of Prophet Muhammed (SAW), for being
caring and sharing with Muslims and helping them fulfill one of their major
religious obligations.
They
said the feast is a day that those who are able to should help the less
privileged, and the Almighty Allah would reward such people for their deed.
The
imams urged all those are well off to endeavour to help the poor by emulating
Momodou Turo Darboe’s magnificent gesture.
Speaking
to reporters after the distribution of the rams, the public relations officer
of VDF, Saihou Fofana, said VDF is out to complement the efforts of the
government and, indeed, to support the less privileged people in society.
He
said they had also marked this occasion with the distribution of 996 rams to
various Muslims, organizations, individuals and the needy.
He said the qualification to have a ram from
VDF was to apply by writing a letter and submit it to the office for the VDF
board to look at it, for approval or disapproval.
Mr
Fofana also indicated that VDF is a charitable organization and, as an NGO,
their role is to complement the efforts of the government in national
development endeavours.
Since
its inception in 2006, the VDF had engaged in many intervention activities,
including giving out Ramadan gifts, cows and bulls to communities, scholarships
to students, as well as supporting community development initiatives and giving
out foodstuff such as rice and sugar to the needy, he said.
Mr
Fofana said that VDF is an open organization that has no boundaries in giving
out support to those who need it.
He
said the objective behind giving out rams to Muslims was to assist the people
who find it difficult to have rams during Tobaski.
This
is what prompted Mr Darboe to support the less privileged so they could have
meat and enjoy with their families, he added.
He
thanked Mr Darboe for his intervention in relieving the burden of ram purchase
on many Gambians, saying a lot of money had been spent to purchase the rams,
and “it is only the Almighty Allah that can reward Mr Darboe for the support he
is rendering to humanity”.
Speaker
after speaker praised Turo Darboe for his philanthropic nature and for the good
things he has been doing for humanity, saying the Almighty Allah would reward
him and his family.
