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.
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.
Chairperson of The Gambia Hotel Association (GHA), Fatou Mass Jobe-Njie and Sheik Tejan Nyang, head of Institute of Travel and Tourism of The Gambia (ITToG) school will join other tourism gurus across Africa to discuss the Wonders of Africa Project this Thursday.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called for investigations into acts of brutalities against journalists covering the COVID-19 and other violations against media professionals in relation to their publications on the pandemic in West Africa to ensure that justice is served.
As the spread of COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten the world, National Assembly Member for Brikama North, Honorable Alhagie S. Darbo in collaboration with his two Ward Councilors, over the weekend kicked-off a community outreach and presentation of items to their electorates under the patronage of the NAM.
As campaign mounts on the high debt scene on African states, the International Monetary Fund has this week approved immediate debt service relief for The Gambia, among eighteen (18) other African countries. While the measures announced offer breathing space for an initial period of six months, it forms wide-enough a gap allowing financial resources to be channelled towards other pressing sectors.
Marakissa Ward Councilor, Lamin Jarjue is currently touring his communities in sensitising them on the threat posed by the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
As global health-threatening disease; coronavirus pandemic continues to pose threat to life and food security, Gambia Bankers Association (GBA), Wednesday donated eight hundred thousand dalasis to the eight local councils in the country through Gambia Association of Local Government Authorities (GALGA).
