The
seven children treated under the sponsorship of the First Lady’s Operation Save
the Children Foundation (OSCF), accompanied by their parents, on Thursday
afternoon paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency Madam Zineb Yahya Jammeh at
her office at State House in Banjul.
This
move was taken after their successful congenital heart disease treatment at the
Save a Child Hospital (SACH) in Israel funded by Operation Save the Children
Foundation.
In
an interview granted the press at the First Lady’s office shortly after the
courtesy call, Fatou Mas Jobe-Njie, the executive director of OSCF, thanked
Allah that all the children are back home after undergoing a successful
treatment in Israel.
According
to her, the First Lady has a passion and commitment to the cause and welfare of
children; therefore “God would always bless her interventions”.
“The
families of the children,” she went on, “are all happy that their children are
treated thanks to the intervention of the First Lady’s foundation”.
Mrs
Jobe-Njie called for the support of the general public to the realisation of
the set objectives of the foundation.
The
desire of the First Lady, she said, is to see the children grow and be
responsible elders, who would meaningfully contribute to the socio-economic
development of the country.
The
treatment of the children, according to the OSCF executive director, is among
the many successful endeavours the foundation had undertaken in the past to
complement the efforts of the government.
