Earlier this month, the UK/Gambia charitable trust donated 12 bags of 25kg rice to families in various Gambian communities who are currently not able to earn funds to provide food to feed their families during the isolation period of covid-19 pandemic.
The organisation also donated buckets and sanitary materials to mosques, hospitals and other places across the country in a bid to manage and contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.
AGA Global Ambassadors UK/Gambia is a non- profit group based in United Kingdom who share the passion to help disadvantaged communities across Africa, particularly in The Gambia. Over the years, they have supported Gambia’s education and health sectors as well as the less privileged.
Founder Sister Angie Graham observed that as a result of the global covid-19 crisis and lockdown in the country, it is going to be extremely difficult for some families to find means to provide food to break their fast which is why they extended a helping hand.
“Some people cannot earn fund as normal, due to the current lockdown measures,” she noted, saying that the gesture will enable them to feed families for at least two weeks of the month of Ramadan.
“I learnt to give not because I have a lot, but because I know how it feels to have nothing,” she remarked.
Gambian President Adama Barrow declared a 21-day state of public emergency owing to the covid-19 pandemic in the country on 18 March 2020. This has been now extended to 45 days by the National Assembly.
Central River Region’s Governor Sheriff Abba Sanyang has encouraged the people of his region whose names did not appear on the government initial covid-19 food relief distribution list to remain calm, assuring them that everyone will get fair share of the package.
Association for the Support of Grassroots Communities, a local charity based in Kafuta on Sunday distributed more than 500 facemasks to women, elders and children as part of a broader move to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
In an effort to eradicate all forms of sexual and gender based violence in the country, the Network Against Gender Based Violence (NGBV) with support of ActionAid as well as other networks in the same fight last Thursday developed a five-year strategic plan that will guide and direct the Network from 2022 to 2026.
Permanent secretary at the Ministry of Environment has underscored the giant steps the country has taken towards mitigating and addressing the effects of climate change.
