The
United States Ambassador to The Gambia, C. Patricia Alsup, resumed her
comprehensive nationwide outreach with visits to religious centers and to
projects funded by the U.S. Embassy in the North Bank Region (NBR) on September
27.
While
in NBR, the Ambassador, accompanied by the region’s Governor, Lamin Queen
Jammeh, visited the Kerewan and Farafenni Central Mosques, where she held
discussions with Muslim elders, and later donated bags of rice for distribution
to Gambians in need.
The
Ambassador also visited the Anglican Mission Agricultural Senior Secondary
School in Farafenni and interacted with students and academic staff. At the end
of her tour, the Ambassador donated bags of rice to the church and school
authorities.
In
Farafenni, Ambassador Alsup also visited a Climate Change and Education Masters
of Science Program facility, run by the University of The Gambia. She was received on arrival by the Director
of the Program, Professor Musa Sowe. The
Ambassador was led on a conducted tour of the facility and later held an open
discussion with students and faculty staff on the importance of climate change
education, and on student plans on completion of the program.
Ambassador
Alsup also visited the solar-powered electrification project at the North Bank
Community Radio in Kerewan and a power tiller project in Kinteh Kunda Janneh-Ya
that were funded in 2015 by the U.S. Embassy through the Ambassador’s Special
Self-Help Program.
Ambassador
Alsup’s visits will continue to the other regions of The Gambia in the coming
weeks.
Source:
US Embassy Press Release