Gambia’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Ousainou Darboe, has said that helping the poor
and the needy, especially in times like the Ramadan, do not in any way
represent political campaigns.
Mr.
Darboe said these words at the routine iftar distribution exercise conducted by
leading businessman and philanthropist, Modou Turo Darboe and his NGO, Vision
Development Foundation.
According
to him, such generosity by the NGO is complementary of government’s efforts in
ways that impacts on livelihoods beyond measure.
“I
am not here for political reasons…
Rather, I am lending support to the work of Modou Turo Darboe in his
dedication to support the poor in times like this,” Minister Darboe said,
urging others to emulate the NGO.
The
director of The Association of NGOs in The Gambia (TANGO), Ousman Yarboe, who
was also present and equally participated in distributing iftar packages to
hundreds of women, men and children at the NGO’s offices in Churchill’s Town,
said “if the Gambia has more Modou Turo Darboes, then it will augur well for the
poor people.”
Gambia’s
King of Kora Jaliba Kuyateh, Governor of West Coast Region Mballow also
participated in the distribution exercise.
