Pipeline
Mosque Foundation in collaboration with Ahmed Ghanim Diab proprietor of
Emporium, recently donated over five hundred bed sheets to nine public health
facilities in the country, at a ceremony held at the Serrekunda General
Hospital.
The
cost of the donated material was worth D500,000.
Speaking
on behalf of the Pipeline Mosque Foundation, Dawooda M.B. Jagne, vice president
of the Foundation, thanked all those who attended the ceremony, adding that the
donation was very important to the health facilities.
Mr
Jagne also thanked Ahmed Ghanim Diab for the timely donation and called on
other philanthropists and individuals to emulate Ahme Ghanim’s contribution to
national development.
He said they have been doing this for the past
years, working with their friends, adding that the Pipeline mosque committee
foundation was indeed happy.
Saidu
Beyai, CEO of Sarrekunda General Hospital, who received the item on behalf of
the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, thanked the Pipeline Mosque
Foundation for the gesture.
He
said the Pipeline Mosque Foundation is a local-based nonprofit charitable
foundation established with the sole aim of rendering services to humanity.
The
bed sheets that are been donated would go a long way in helping improve the
healthcare service delivery in the health system.
He
said the Pipeline Mosque Foundation has been donating medical materials to
health facilities across the country during the Holy month of Ramadan.
They
also adopted the Mortuary of Serrekunda General Hospital over the years, in
collaboration with Abirr Society by providing volunteers to work in the
mortuary at no cost to the hospital.
The
beneficial hospitals are Serrekunda Hospital with 100 bed sheets, Francis Small
Teaching Hospital 100 bed sheets, Bansang Hospital 50 bed sheets, Soma Health
Centre 50 bed sheets, Bwiam Hospital 50 bed sheets, Brikama Health Centre 50
bed sheets, Farafenni Hospital 50 bed sheets, and Tanka Tanka Mental Hospital
50 bed sheets.
