Speaking on behalf of the facilitator, Sillah Conateh said the Qatari philanthropist; Muhammed Al Noimi provided the food items through the facilitation of Alhagie Alieu Jarju.
“The gesture is made towards alleviating some of the hardships that needy families are going through as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Conateh said.
According to him, Alhagie Alieu Jarju has been collaborating with Al Noimi since 2004 to carryout similar humanitarian gestures across The Gambia, saying their main intervention is in the area of building Masjid, Quranic memorization centers, and distribution of food items.
“The targeted communities for these gestures were mainly Salikenni and Jammeh Kunda in North Bank Region. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent gesture has been extended to other parts of the country especially West Coast Region,” he said.
Mr Conateh thanked The Gambian Embassy in Qatar for their significant assistance in facilitating the transfer of funds from Qatar to The Gambia to facilitate this intervention.
He said the donor Muhammed Al Noimi has been a benevolent friend of The Gambia who has been offering assistance to the lives and livelihoods of a good number of households.
“We pray that Allah continues to grant him the hands and heart to continue extending assistance to the needy and accept his good intentions and needs for him in the day of reckoning,” He said.
The facilitator, Alhagie Alieu Jarju thanked the government for taking a bold step in protecting its citizens, hoping that the food items will really help the beneficiaries.
Lamin Fofana, a beneficiary, thanked Mr Jarju and the team for supporting them, saying the donor has always pleased them.
National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) program manager, Yusupha Bojang said following the release of the final draft of the Constitution to the President and public by the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), it is necessary to maintain the momentum built during the processes leading to the final draft.
Alkalolu of Dimbaya and Darsilameh in Kombo Central have called on government to act immediately and deploy personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) at the borders to curb the increase in the number of illegal entry into the country through the porous borders.
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).
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BANJUL – On Tuesday 28 April 2020, the Director General of the Gambia Tourism Board (GTBoard) and the Chief Executive of the Africa Infrastructure Fund (AIF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to undertake a feasibility study for a proposed Elevated Mass Transit Rail System (EMTRS) in the Greater Banjul Area (GBA).
Gambia government Wednesday received a supply of 10,000 face masks from Direct Aid, The Gambia, through the Ministry of Health as part of their contribution in the fight against coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Fafa Ceesay, a Gambian businessman in Old Yundum has donated 260 bags of 25kg of rice to the three districts in Naimina in the Central River Region.
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It is already known that Team Europe is providing a global response of some 15,6 billion EUR for the response to the Covid-19 pandemic worldwide.
