As
Muslims commenced fasting in this year’s Holy month of Ramadan, AGA Global
Ambassadors UK/Gambia, over the weekend supported five Gambian families with
one hundred and fifty pounds sterling.
Earlier
this month, the UK/Gambia charitable trust donated 12 bags of 25kg rice to
families in various Gambian communities who are currently not able to earn
funds to provide food to feed their families during the isolation period of
covid-19 pandemic.
The
organisation also donated buckets and sanitary materials to mosques, hospitals
and other places across the country in a bid to manage and contain the spread
of coronavirus in the country.
AGA
Global Ambassadors UK/Gambia is a non- profit group based in United Kingdom who
share the passion to help disadvantaged communities across Africa, particularly
in The Gambia. Over the years, they have supported Gambia’s education and
health sectors as well as the less privileged.
Founder
Sister Angie Graham observed that as a result of the global covid-19 crisis and
lockdown in the country, it is going to be extremely difficult for some
families to find means to provide food to break their fast which is why they
extended a helping hand.
“Some
people cannot earn fund as normal, due to the current lockdown measures,” she
noted, saying that the gesture will enable them to feed families for at least
two weeks of the month of Ramadan.
“I
learnt to give not because I have a lot, but because I know how it feels to
have nothing,” she remarked.
Gambian
President Adama Barrow declared a 21-day state of public emergency owing to the
covid-19 pandemic in the country on 18 March 2020. This has been now extended
to 45 days by the National Assembly.
