A
Qatari philanthropist, last Friday donated food items worth over 1 million
dalasi to needy Gambians across the country. The aim of the donation is to
alleviate the hardship that needy families are going through as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking
on behalf of the facilitator, Sillah Conateh said the Qatari philanthropist;
Muhammed Al Noimi provided the food items through the facilitation of Alhagie
Alieu Jarju.
“The
gesture is made towards alleviating some of the hardships that needy families
are going through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Conateh said.
According
to him, Alhagie Alieu Jarju has been collaborating with Al Noimi since 2004 to
carryout similar humanitarian gestures across The Gambia, saying their main
intervention is in the area of building Masjid, Quranic memorization centers,
and distribution of food items.
“The
targeted communities for these gestures were mainly Salikenni and Jammeh Kunda
in North Bank Region. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent gesture
has been extended to other parts of the country especially West Coast Region,”
he said.
Mr
Conateh thanked The Gambian Embassy in Qatar for their significant assistance
in facilitating the transfer of funds from Qatar to The Gambia to facilitate
this intervention.
He
said the donor Muhammed Al Noimi has been a benevolent friend of The Gambia who
has been offering assistance to the lives and livelihoods of a good number of
households.
“We
pray that Allah continues to grant him the hands and heart to continue
extending assistance to the needy and accept his good intentions and needs for
him in the day of reckoning,” He said.
The
facilitator, Alhagie Alieu Jarju thanked the government for taking a bold step
in protecting its citizens, hoping that the food items will really help the
beneficiaries.
Lamin
Fofana, a beneficiary, thanked Mr Jarju and the team for supporting them,
saying the donor has always pleased them.
