The staff
of the American Embassy in Banjul on Friday 26
September 2008 joined the many Samaritans to share the spirit of the Muslim month of
Ramadan, by giving five kilos of rice to the most needy people at Pipeline
Mosque along the Kairaba Avenue. Among the beneficiaries were the
sick, the old and the needy people who queued at the gates of the Pipeline
Mosque for Friday prayers.
Speaking to
the journalists at the occasion, the US ambassador to The Gambia, Mr Barry
Wells clearly explained that the gesture showed that they had responsibility to
share, as part of the American values.
For her
part, Miss Tashawna Bentea, a staff at the embassy, explained the gesture is
meant to show the spirit of Ramadan and to help the Gambian people. She added
that this gesture is to enable the less unfortunate to feed themselves and
their families up to five or ten days.
Fatou
Badjie, one of the beneficiaries, praised the staff of the American embassy for
the noble gesture. She noted that the rice would be use as food for her and
rest of the family.
