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Corona
Covid-19: Gambia registers 4 new cases
Nov 2, 2020, 12:49 PM

The 182 national situation report since the confirmation of the first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in The Gambia, on the 16th March 2020 has indicated a registration of 4 new positive cases, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases ever confirmed in the country to 3,670.

Charles Jow
Charles Jow Alumni donates 1000 face masks, buckets to school
Oct 30, 2020, 12:07 PM

Charles Jow Memorial Academy (CJMA) Alumni recently supported its former school with scores of branded sanitary items including 1000 face masks, wash hand buckets, sanitizers and detergents among others.

Bush Town Mothers
Bush Town mother’s club embarks on cleaning exercise
Oct 30, 2020, 12:03 PM

The mother’s club of Bush Town in the Central River Region North recently embarked on a mass cleaning exercise at the village Lower Basic School.

Fashion Designer
Fashion Designer’s Association presents face masks to MoBSE
Oct 30, 2020, 11:58 AM

As part of efforts to create a safe environment for students amid corona virus pandemic, Fashion Designer’s Association (FDA) of The Gambia on Wednesday presented 2,350 face masks to the MoBSE at a presentation ceremony held at ministry’s main hall in Banjul.

GWF
GWF donates over 10,000 Face Masks to MoBSE
Oct 28, 2020, 12:58 PM

Gambia Women Federation (GWF) on Thursday extended magnanimity to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) with the donation of facemasks amounting to 10, 110 at a handing over ceremony held at the ministry’s main conference hall in Banjul.

PRRP
ActionAid Int’l holds PRRP
Oct 28, 2020, 12:55 PM

ActionAid International-The Gambia (AAITG) on Monday began its annual Participatory Review and Reflection Processes (PRRP) for a cross-section of its staff at Sindola in Kanilai.

Maternal blood
Maternal blood bank project launched
Oct 28, 2020, 12:52 PM

In a drive to complement government’s efforts in the fight against preventable maternal and infant mortality in the country, Join Hands to Save a Baby Initiative on Saturday launched a Maternal Blood Bank Project.

Tekki Fii
Supporting Youth-Led Micro-Enterprises to Take Off: The EU-GIZ Tekki Fii Project Provides Start-up Kits and Mini-grants to Young Entrepreneurs
Oct 27, 2020, 1:28 PM

Press Release
After months of rigorous training for young entrepreneurs, GIZ through its EU-funded Tekki Fii Project supports its beneficiaries with start-up packages to enable them to fully establish and grow their businesses.

Yusupha Bojang
NCCE on voter sensitization to help curb voter apathy
Oct 27, 2020, 12:43 PM

National Council for Civic Education recently began a mass civic and voter education outreach in a bid to curb voter apathy ahead of the forthcoming National Assembly and Ward Councillorship by-elections scheduled for 7th November in the Niamina West Constituency and Kerr Jarga Ward, North Bank region respectively. 

Amadou Ceesay
GCCPC exec secretary calls for more regional cooperation
Oct 27, 2020, 12:38 PM

The executive secretary of The Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) has stressed the need for more regional cooperation and the need to adopt a more regional approach.

ANJOFA Netherlands
Kombo East Girls Assembly, ANJOFA train girls and women
Oct 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

Kombo East District Girls Assembly for the Welfare of Girls and Young Women under the umbrella body of KEYCDA in partnership with ANJOFA-Netherlands on Saturday concluded a-day training for young girls and women at Kuloro Skills Center.

GRCS Vehicles
GRCS commissions 13 IFRC supported vehicles
Oct 26, 2020, 11:30 AM

The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) last Thursday commissioned and inaugurated 13 vehicles (5 Ambulance and 8 utility) supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support their operations.

Ansumaneh Ceesay
NCCE programme officer appeals for peaceful by-election in Kerr Jarga
Oct 26, 2020, 11:25 AM

Ansumana Ceesay, Senior programme officer at the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on people of Kerr Jarga ward to be peaceful during and after the upcoming councillorship by-election slated the 7 November 2020.

NYC induct new executive members
Oct 26, 2020, 11:21 AM

The National Youth Council (NYC) last Friday at NaNA conference hall inducted new executive members to take charge of their governance responsibilities for the next two years within the seven regions in the country.

Foni Ding Ding
Foni Ding-Ding Federation gives items worth D1M to Foni and Kiang schools
Oct 23, 2020, 12:07 PM

Foni Ding-Ding Federation, a local partner to ChildFund-The Gambia on Tuesday donated 50, 000 exercise books, sanitary materials and hand washing stations worth 1milliondalasis to enrolled students and schools within the five districts of Foni and 4 communities in Kiang.

UNFPA
UNFPA launches national peace building training manual
Oct 23, 2020, 11:57 AM

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with The West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) -Gambia through the Peace Building Fund on Wednesday launched a national training manual on early warning systems, peace building paradigms and dispute resolution mechanisms at the Senegambia Beach Hotel.

chefs day
Gambia Chef Association marks International Chefs'Day
Oct 23, 2020, 11:46 AM

The Gambia Chef Association on Tuesday joined the international community to celebrate International Chefs’Day.

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