The move came following recent publication on local media in which residents solicits support in improving access to clean drinking water.
Formed in June 2019, the Wellingara Town Development Association is a self-funded and non-political association committed to fostering unity and cooperation within the community. The association aims to mobilise resources through project proposals, fund-raising initiatives to bankroll some of their activities that continues to impact on the lives of people.
At the handing over ceremony, Alagie Jannah, vice chairperson of the Wellingara Town Development Association, highlighted some of the achievements registered by the association, which includes installations of streetlights and distribution of food stuff during the height of covid-19 pandemic.
“Our association is out to help the people of Wellingara in accessing clean water and to also help in mitigating the suffering of members in terms of access to water,” he said
For her part, Jainabou Willan Baldeh, a member of the association, thanked the association for the gesture, adding that water is a basic necessity in life, where no one can live without it.
“We are not the first community to have a borehole of this nature and that is why we should maintain peace and respect among ourselves and follow whoever is chosen to be our leader,” she said.
Amie Jannah, another member of the association, equally thanked Wellingara Town Development Association for coming-up with such assistance after many years of lack of water.
She urged women in the area to pay their contributions so as to maintain the borehole and for daily cash power.
“The project is not for political purposes, but to help us get easy access to clean water as we struggled in the past to get water.” she said.
