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12-Year-old Girl dies in a well

Mar 22, 2013, 10:39 AM | Article By: Lamin Darboe

Mariama Bah, a 12-year-old girl in Kaur-Jamwelly in the Central River Region last Friday fell into a well, as she helped her mother at the vegetable garden, resulting in her untimely death.

In an interview with the disease’s brother, Hamat Bah, he said “It’s the second time the same scenario had happened in the village.”

According to him, last year another girl also died in a similar circumstance.

Bah appeals to the government, the private sector, philanthropists and individuals to come to their aid to properly cover the wells.

Anybody who wants to support Kaur-Jamwelly village in the Central River Region to cover the wells or help them with pipe borne water can contact the following numbers-7645099 or 6113609.