Sabally’s
Leadership Academy (SLA) is a youth mentorship foundation aimed at educating,
instructing and inspiring youths for self-fulfillment and positive contribution
towards community development and national progress.
It
was established in 2015 by former Presidential Affairs Minister and Youth
Empowerment Expert, Momodou Sabally.
SLA
is built upon the founder’s philosophy as expounded in his self-help book
“Instant Success: Ten Keys to Personal Achievement”.
SLA
has conducted lectures and seminars on leadership and youth empowerment for
thousands of young people in The Gambia and abroad.
The
first Summer Youth Camp by SLA was conducted last year and this year’s one was
held at the Sabally Kunda Residence in Kerr Serign.
The
Summer Camp with the theme “Green Re-emergence” is focused on educating and
inspiring youths to love and pore over their environment.
Speaking
at the opening of the camp, Momodou Sabally, President of the SLA, said the
sole aim of the SLA is to educate, inspire and instruct young people to become
better people, to become better members of their societies and to become better
citizens of their country.
He
declared that SLA mainly consists of students and young professionals, adding
that the summer camp is a way of reflecting on their activities because most of
the time they (SLA members) are always interacting, teaching and inspiring each
other.
“You
are all angels and you all have great spirits,” he said, adding that all could
grow and become world leaders.
He
advised the participants to make good use of their time and talents and not to
engage themselves in things that won’t bring a positive change in their lives.
