(Monday 21 October 2019 Issue)
ChildFund The Gambia have recently distributed 21, 690 pair of Toms Shoes to its local partners held at the child protection and development agency’s main office in Kanifing South.
The
three beneficiary local partners; Ding Ding Yiriya, Foni Ding Ding and Saama
Kairo Federations were urged by the benefactor to ensure fair distribution of
the shoes to reach its intended beneficiaries.
The
agency’s protection and advocacy specialist Alieu Marr, said the provision of
the shoes targets to improve the welfare of children and easy facilitation of
their access to healthy and quality education.
He
said since ChildFund inception in 1984, the agency has been significantly
improving education and health standards of vulnerable children in various
communities of its program intervention and other parts of the country where
different life improvement assistance such as bed and medical assistance were
provided.
“What
we want to see is fair distribution of the shoes to their intended
beneficiaries. This is because our policy dictates no discrimination in our
program interventions. So, we are urging you as our local partners to make sure
that the shoes reach their beneficiaries,” he said.
Nfamara
Darboe, program and sponsorship director and ChildFund acting country director
said distribution of the Tom Shoes is not limited within West Coast Region, but
students in the Lower River Region also benefited, saying they are not intended
for only children but adults too.
He
said the intention of the agency in giving out the shoes is to reach 18, 000
children and 90, 000 adults in different parts of the country, saying
ChildFund’s assistance target to improve the lives of vulnerable children in
the areas of health, education and secure infants as one of its program core
outcomes.
In
his vote of thanks on behalf of the local partners, Manager of Foni Ding Ding
Federation Edi Bah, thanked ChildFund for the long standing assistance to its
local partners. He assured that there will be a fair distribution of the shoes
to intended beneficiaries.
