The villagers made this call amid Tuesday evening’s heavy down, which left many workers, vegetable growers, gardeners, patients stranded in the mentioned communities, as the two main highways connecting Brufut Ghana Town highway were not accessible at all until today. The inhabitants are therefore calling for swift intervention by government to make movement of goods and people less burdensome.
“We are appealing to the government and private institutions to come to the aid of these communities in this trying times of the country amid this pandemic and raining season especially when food stores are almost empty and harvesting hasn’t started yet” they said. Civil servants in the area who normally work in the city and Greater Banjul Area pay more than three (3) or four (4) times (fare) to reach their various places of work. “While those seeking medical care face the greatest challenges, as they couldn’t access the nearest health facilities due to the poor state of our roads”, villagers lamented.
Team Iftar Charity Foundation, a registered charity organization established in April 2018 with the intention of providing street Iftar during Ramadan at different locations particularly for the poor and needy as well as those far away from their home during fast breaking times recently provided Iftar for Masjids and streets.
In a few days, Muslim friends in The Gambia will join Muslims around the world for the feast of Eid-al-Adha, which is better known locally as Tobaski. On behalf of the Chinese Embassy and in my own capacity, I would like to wish all Gambian Muslims a joyous and blessed Eid celebration.
German Development Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in collaboration with the Fisheries Department, Gamworks and the Community of Brufut under the ECOWAS RSDF pilot project recently conducted a day’s cleansing exercise at the community’s fish landing site.
The Cuban Medical Brigade (BMC) in The Gambia rejects the immoral and discredited campaign carried out by the US regime against the medical solidarity aid that Cuba offers to different countries of the world, in the midst of the crisis due to the pandemic of the COVID-19.
