Established in 2012, OCMD comprises of about thirty young professionals drawn from all Parishes within the Greater Banjul Area of the Diocese of Banjul. It aims to contribute both financially and materially in the development of Catholic Church in the country.
Presentation of the food item was held at the Catholic Secretariat premises at Westfield.
Vice chairman, Paul C. Mendy hopes that the gesture will help to ease the difficulty that many families are currently encountering in the country. He said providing such humanitarian support is one of their many activity plans for 2020.
Mendy, also head of the coordinating committee for OCMD noted that all the mobilize resources for this intervention were raised from the membership of the organization through donations.
“Our faith teaches us that we should be each other’ keepers and that is exactly what OCMD is demonstrating today just as we have been doing over the years,” he said.
He expressed gratitude to his colleagues in the organization for their benevolence and dedication to support the needy.
Father Anthony Gabisi said the gesture is in accordance with the teachings of Christianity, saying the organization is following exactly the dictates of Jesus Christ. “Intention is what matters in gift. We are doing this because we were asked by Christ to do it,” he said.
Father Gabisi called on all members of the organization to continue the good work they are rendering to mankind, noting that the gesture should be a tradition to ensure that it continues to the younger generation.
Representing the beneficiaries, Simon Suta Mendy expressed gratitude to the benefactor for the gesture, describing it as a humanitarian gesture.
Eastern Lions Community Development Trust based in Faraba Bantang, Kombo East District, Sunday distributed 25 bags of rice, 25 gallon of cooking oil and cash amount of over D 12,000 to vulnerable families within Kombo East.
Karmic Angels, a non-profit organisation based in the UK and in The Gambia last Saturday donated learning materials to Sittanunku Lower Basic School and Early Childhood Development in Upper Nuimi District.
The Resilience of Organisations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture Project (ROOTS) recently convened a day’s information-sharing seminar targeting buyers and producers alongside other key players within the agricultural sector to create better collaboration and market access for them.
Gambia Public Procurement Authority (GPPA) recently organised a pre-validation workshop to review its 2023 regulation. Public procurement is the process of purchasing goods, services and works by the public sector regulated by system of rules derived from state laws. The pre-validation brought together 48 procurement personnel and experts.
