Mustapha
Janneh, a native of Sukuta and founder of the Africa’s Youth Skills Centre, on
Monday donated seven computers to Sukuta Lower Basic School.
The
computers were donated through the help of the Viktor Marx of Kulturskolan
Raketeh, Bjorkhafen elementary School in Stockholm, Sweden.
The
presentation was graced by the headmaster, schoolchildren and teachers.
Presenting
the computers, a friend to Mr Janneh, Amadou Fandeh, said it is always good to
be able to give back to one’s community.
He
said Mr Janneh and many of them passed through the school, which made it
essential and proper to give back to their alma mater.
He
appealed for a proper handling of the computers and promised continued support
to the school.
“The warm welcome shown here will serve as an
encouragement for us to render more help to the school,” Mr Fandeh said.
The
headmaster of the school, Mr Kebba Conteh, thanked the donors for the
invaluable support, saying “the computers could not have come at a better time
than now”.
They
would go a long way in helping kids have access to computers individually
during lessons, he added.
He
thanked Mr Janneh, who he had been working “tirelessly to give back to his
community”. “This gesture is a clear
manifestation,” he added.
Mr
Lamin Daffeh, a computer teacher, in receiving the computers, said the
computers would have good impact on the kids. “This will give more access in
learning computing,” he said.
Technology
is growing and it is important to be abreast with knowledge of it in this ever-growing
world, he said, appealing for more philanthropists to follow the footsteps of
Mr Janneh, whom he thanked “dearly for such a gesture”.
