Friends
of West Africa Group (FOWAG)-The Gambia, a charitable organisation based in the
United States of America over the weekend donated various food items and cash
to the communities of Bijilo and Kerr Sering.
The
charity also donated to the Central River Region as part of the charity support
to needy Muslims in The Gambia during the holy month of Ramadan.
This
year, FOWAG has distributed sixty bags of 25kg rice, which were distributed
between the communities of Bijilo and Kerr Sering while seventy bags of 25kg
were given to the community of Kaur and its catchment areas in the Central
River Region.
Some
bags of rice were given out privately to some elderly men and Imams at home
level.
Speaking
at the distribution held at the Bijilo Lower Basic School, the deputy Imam of
Kerr Sering, Matarr Ceesay, thanked the Friend of West Africa Group The Gambia
through the founder, Osuman Ndow, a Gambian born philanthropist based in The US
for ensuring that his charity put smiles on the faces of the needy and the most
vulnerable people in society.
He
said the vulnerable people have nothing to say but to pray for his long life
and prosperity as well as for the Almighty Allah to give him the strength and
the ability to support humanity, especially during the holy month of Ramadan,
which is a month of sharing and caring.
For
her part, one Dado Sowe, a resident of
Bijilo Sanchaba, a beneficiary, thanked Mr Ndow for the gesture, saying that
for the past couple of years, Mr Ndow have been very supportive to his
community.
Kumba
Wadda, also a resident of Bijilo, said the food aid would greatly help to
reduce the burden on them, and she called on other potential Gambians who are
in the diaspora to emulate Ousman Ndow’s example.
Another
speaker, Momodou Jallow, also thanked Mr Ndow for his annual distribution of
food aid during the holy month of Ramadan while urging the beneficiaries to
continue praying him for good health.
He
said if Gambia could have five Ousman Ndows, then the vulnerable people’s
problems would be the thing of the past.
