Fifty
communities across the country have received donation of milling machines by
the President Barrow Youth for National Development (PBYFND). Representatives
of the beneficiary communities on Monday gathered at the organisation’s head
office at Kairaba Avenue to receive the donated machines.
Speaking
at the presentation, Seedy Lamin Bah, programme manager of the organisation
said they have so far implemented 95 projects across the country which include
provision of milling machines, boreholes, support to horticultural gardens,
public toilets and mosques.
“Today,
we are giving out 27 milling machines to benefit 50 communities across the
country and 23 others will come in phase II. A total of 50 milling machines
will be going out to various communities within these few months. This is part
of our social responsibility to make sure all the needy communities who are in
need of the milling machine get them,” he said.
Kebba
Lang Fofana, Secretary General of the organisation appealed to the
beneficiaries to utilise the machines wisely and for their intended
purpose. “Our projects are meant to
unite people. They are for all Gambians irrespective of tribe or political
affiliation,” he told the recipients during the presentation.
Mr
Fofana urged the beneficiaries to house the machines in good accommodation. “We
have received more than two thousand applications for milling machines from
across the country, but for now we are able to secure only 50. We need your
support to take great care of these machines so that they can last long,” he
told them.
Communications
Manager of the organisation, Musa Ndow told the beneficiaries that the milling
machines are multi-faceted and they are potential revenue generation for them,
if they utilise them wisely.
“Feedbacks
from the first beneficiary communities of the milling machines indicate that
they have made some profit savings from the proceeds of the machines,” Mr. Ndow
told the new beneficiary communities.
The
beneficiary communities include Sintet, Bondali, Brikama Wellingara, Gunjur
Kunkujang, Sanyang-Fullakunda, Farato Bojangkunda, Brufut Sanchaba, Sukuta
Bantaba, Laming Kanbeng Kafo, Bundung
Borehole, Brikama Jalamba, Jiki-Sembe Brikama, Tallinding Kunjang, Tobacco Road
Banjul, Wellingara for Kairo, Kerr Njayen CRR, Tujereng Nemakuta, Kiang Jirof
village LRR, Bambara village Foni, Nema Fulla-kunda, Sandu URR, Kaur Lower
Saloum, Sinchu Chanderr Village CRR, Ebow Town Women KMC, and Yero Berie-kunda
in CRR.
