Youth
empowerment organisation; Yepafrica-The Gambia, Tuesday presented a donation of
57 chairs and 70 tables to Brikama Upper and Senior Secondary School, commonly
call Alpha Khan.
The
gesture is meant to complement efforts of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary
Education and the school administration to strengthen quality education.
Yepafrica
has mission to empower the youth to be the change and serve the world and
believes that sustainable development starts from personal awareness as the
primary agenda of all educational institutions.
The
donation was provided through the coordination of Lamin Y. Dampha, a member of
Young Social Entrepreneurs Network Group (YSENG); a Yepafrica network of
entrepreneurs and a teacher of the schools.
Principal
Mr. Fatty, cluster monitor, Mr. Darboe and the school chairman all expressed
their heartfelt appreciation for receiving the benevolent gesture at this
pressing moment.
Mr.
Fatty promised that the gesture will be well utilised and will surely help to
maintain appropriate spacing during examination.
Yepafrica
programme manager and trainer, Lamin F. Ceesay thanked the Yepafrica Foundation
and Philine De Leeuw, who facilitated the gesture from her school.
He
said they are still looking forward to their continuous support to combat youth
unemployment and dis-empowerment which he said are causing apathy or state of
hopelessness and illegal migration.
