Jurarim
Organization for Youth Excellence (JOYE), a registered charitable organization
which promotes youth development, on Saturday 8 April 2017 donated football
materials to Best Football Academy of Kanifing Estate.
The
materials included sets of jerseys, socks, footballs and T-Shirts.
JOYE
is a registered charitable organization which believes that when young people
are engaged through education, the Gambia and other developing countries will
be significant contributors to the world.
The
organization, whose primary objective is to promote youth excellence, on the
same day donated clothing items to 2 victims of fire outbreak in Old Jeshwang.
Speaking
at the presentation ceremony, JOYE’s media and PR officer Bakary Jadama said
the organization’s main focus is sponsoring students’ education by providing
every aspect of the students’ need for their education.
He
said they would not be able to give the fire outbreak victims all they need but
would try their best to cover up for some of the things they lost.
Mr
Jadama encouraged other people in society to emulate JOYE by supporting
disaster victims as well as other needy people within the society.
He
said they will be supporting women gardeners by providing them with seed
varieties.
Abdoulie
Janneh, Best Football Academy head coach, thanked donors for the gesture,
saying the materials will go a long way in helping them sustaining themselves
since a team cannot play without jerseys, football boots and footballs.
He
encouraged sponsored students to take up their education seriously to become
productive in future, saying such opportunity is hard to come by in the
country.
Alphonse
Mendy, a JOYE member, for his part, said the organization’s philosophy is that
through education, proper nutrition and care, children are able to realize and
harness their full potential within their communities.
For
that reason, he noted, they provide educational material and resources,
scholarships, water supply, clothing and daily basic needs, youth participation
within the community, growth and development programmes, mentoring programmes
among others to children and their communities.
Mr
Mendy urged those that cannot afford to pay their school fees to contact the
organization for support provided they meet the requirement.
Ebrima
Touray, U-15 captain for Best Football Academy, on behalf of the academy
thanked donors saying it is difficult to have such materials.
Peter
Antwr, one of the fire outbreak victims who received support from the
organization, expressed delight at the gesture on behalf of his family, saying
it came at the right time when they were thinking of where to get cloths to
take to church on Sunday.
He
said he lost all his belongings during the fire outbreak and had to be helped
with a few cloths by his Gambian and other friends.
His
children, he went on, also lose their uniforms, schools items and other
materials during the disaster.
