A
total of 40 bulls, 900 bags of 10kg sugar, 600 bags of 50kg rice and cartons of
dates were distributed among 39 settlements across The Gambia; the bulk of the
items went directly to the Fonis.
The
items were distributed by Modou Turo Darboe through his Vision Development
Foundation (VDF) yesterday at Abuko Abattoir, where Imams, Alkalos, National
Assembly members, representatives of beneficiary communities gathered to each
take away a bull, and other consignments to share with their communities.
Of
the 40 bulls distributed, 6 were assigned to the districts in Foni, and each of
the military barracks of Yundum and Fajara, Department of Prisons and the
Police equally benefitted same.
VDF
officials said the latest exercise costs them more than D1 million and the
gesture was undertaken in recognition of the values of sharing in the holy
month of Ramadan.
Speaking
on behalf of recipients, NAM Amul Nyassi, thanked VDF for the gesture, saying
it will put large smiles on faces of the beneficiaries.
Nyassi
said the distribution was not the first time that VDF intervened in their
region of Foni but this year’s witnessed a double of what used to obtain in
preceding years.
Governor
of West Coast Region Ebrima Mbalow said he was humbled and honoured to be part
of the exercise.
He
said he had been a distant observer of the works of ModouTuro Darboe and the
VDF, and now that he is finding himself in the centre of it; he appreciated it
even more as a form of Islamic Zakat.
Majority
leader of the National Assembly, Kebba KK Barrow, thanked the NGO for the
support to the poor.
He
said coming from the NGO world, he has been working with VDF for over 15 years
and is proud to consider it as one of the best not-for-profit NGOs in The
Gambia.
Spokesperson
of the VDF, SaihouFofana, urged beneficiaries to continue praying for health
and wellbeing of their sponsor and CEO, ModouTuro Darboe.
He
said their works touched on diverse grassroots activities and none of them is
geared towards profit-making.
