Saamasang
Federation, in collaboration with Childfund The Gambia, has organised a daylong
mentorship training for 25 children under its sponsorship in West Coast Region.
Speaking
on the occasion, Lamin Fatty of Saamasang Federation said those mentoring the
children as role model were also mentored through similar training and they
were able to make it: some are at the university, others in business or
employed.
“This
is why we called these people to come and share their life stories, what they
passed through by virtue of hard-work until they are where they are today,” he
said.
Mr
Fatty explained that the federation has been organising the mentorship training
for sponsored children but for the previous ones they used to invite
businessmen and women and other entrepreneurs to come and talk to the children.
“But
this time around, we decided to bring former sponsored children to come and
mentor the children,” he said.
Ebrima
Sonko of Saamasang Federation said it is almost a routine for the federation,
that every year, sponsored children in grades 11 to 12 are put through some
mentorship programmes for the fact that some of them after their graduation
don’t normally continue their education.
He
pointed out that most of those sponsored by Saamasang are doing well in their
different areas of endeavour.
Mr
Sonko told the current sponsored children that if they are able to follow the
footsteps of those before them, they would be able to make the future for
themselves brighter.
The
former sponsored students who were invited to mentor the children were Ebrima
Sonko, a university (UTG) student majoring in law, Pa Malick Nyass, a UTG
student majoring in political science, Fatou Manga-Dibba, a staff of GTBank,
Musa Jallow, a shoemaker, and Alasan Badjie, a businessman.
Fatou
Fofana, a sponsored student at Nusrat Senior Secondary School, commended
Saamasang Federation for its “wonderful work” towards supporting the children
of The Gambia.
