The prompt gesture came to mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19 and assistance during the Muslim month of Ramadan. The group’s spokesperson said they now intend to make the gesture an annual activity.
Formed in 1996, by young people of Manjai both home and abroad, Daru-Salam engages in sports, cleansing exercise and community sensitization. The group is now targeting to build a resource center for children and a health center.
Speaking at the ceremony, Alagie Amat Secka, a member of the group thanked the youth for mobilising such an amount of fund in helping their community. “This kind of offer can only be done by humble people.”
Ya Jongsaba, who spoke on behalf of the women, said the group has been helping the community of Manjai in times of need.
Health Minister, Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh last Friday presided over the awarding of a D9, 415,000 dalasi contract for the refurbishment of Essau District Hospital to Mansa Construction at a ceremony held at the hospital complex.
As part of measures to ameliorate the living condition of many venerable communities in The Gambia, the Indian community in The Gambia on Sunday donated over 250 bags of food items to needy people in the country.
A Qatari philanthropist, last Friday donated food items worth over 1 million dalasi to needy Gambians across the country. The aim of the donation is to alleviate the hardship that needy families are going through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In early March 2020, The Gambia government declared a state of public health emergency in response to the covid-19 pandemic as part of measures to stem the spread of the pandemic.
Councilor of Kembujeh Ward has called on his people to continue to nurture peace and unity among themselves and to distance themselves from anything that can trigger misunderstanding and tear them apart.
Berewuleng Development Organisation in Brikama Suba ward and Sanjonding Development Committee in Busumbala Ward Saturday embarked on rehabilitation of feeder roads within their communities ahead of this year’s rainy season.
Gamjobs in collaboration with UNDP-The Gambia Accelerator Lab has introduced an SMS service targeting job seekers and employers, geared toward increasing public access to job information.
All Peoples’ Party’s (APP) COVID -19 Taskforce has recently donated sugar and sanitary materials to 13 villages in the Jokadu and Saloum Districts in North Bank Region and Niamina District in Central River Region.
