Life
for All Initiative The Gambia, a youth organization based in Sanchaba Sulay
Jobe village on Thursday donated secondhand clothes to Tanka Tanka Psychiatric
in Salagi, Kombo North.
Receiving
the donated items, Mamadou Bah, a senior staff of Tanka Tanka Psychiatric,
applauded Life for All Initiative the Gambia for the “tremendous” gesture,
noting that that the donation complement efforts at improving the condition of
the place.
This
gesture was disclosed to journalists at a press conference held at the Child
Protection Alliance (CPA) in Fajara on Friday 15 July 2016.
Omar
Darboe, executive director of Life for All Initiative the Gambia, said the
organization was founded in 2010 and did register with the Attorney General’s
Chamber and the National Youth Council.
Darboe
said the aim of the organization is to create awareness and mobilization and to
discourage youth from using the back-way to Europe, which started in 2012 and
2013, and help them in acquiring entrepreneurship skills
The
campaign started in Dahaba Ward, he said, adding that the organization had also
donated 39 wheelchairs and other materials to Sukuta Health Centre and Tanka
Tanka Physiatrist Hospital.
Darboe
pointed out that the organization is out to improve agriculture through poultry
farm, technical skills and to also tackle illegal migration.
He
revealed that funding is one of their biggest constraints as well as
mobilization of people and community-based organizations.
For
his part, Ebrima M. Jagne, secretary general of Life for All Initiative the
Gambia, said the organization was founded to improve the lives of Gambian
youths.
Abass
Barrow, financial secretary, and other members of Life for All Initiative the Gambia, attended the programme.
