The Office of the Vice-President in collaboration with the Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) has started a 10-day data collectors’ training on National Social Registry. The training, being held at the Paradise Suites Hotel, is designed for 200 participants.
President Adama Barrow, on a series of engagements on Thursday 1 October, 2020 had laid the foundation stone for the second phase of the 24 kilometers road, Trans Gambia Corridor Strengthening Pavement project.
National Youth Council on Saturday marked its 20th anniversary at a ceremony held at NaNA conference hall in Kanifing.
Ebrima Dibba, programme officer for Monitoring and Evaluation at National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) has called on beneficiaries of the ‘Nafa Quick’ cash transfer to use their monies wisely especially on household basic needs such as food items.
Members of the multi-stakeholder forum established at regional level dubbed Sustainable Land Management (SLM) recently concluded a 3-day field monitoring of Agricultural and Natural Resource (ANR) projects and programmes in the North Bank, Central River, Lower River and Upper River regions respectively.
One Sight organization, a non-profitable charity that seeks to empower the lives of visually impaired in the country on Friday donated face marks and sanitary materials to visual impaired children through the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. This comes as the world celebrates World Sight Day under the theme ‘hope inside’.
Officials of the National Nutrition Agency (NANa), who are spearheading the cash distribution of US$ 10M to 83,000 most vulnerable households in 30 districts, have lamented that non-availability of proper documents hindered their first tour.
TECHWORLD Oil Company, a Gambian-owned company engaged in oil and gas business last Thursday opened a new branch in Fula Bantang, Central River Region.
As part of their nationwide efforts to galvanize community actions towards mitigating and adapting to climate change, Beakanyang at the weekend conducted a massive community outreach programme at Sankandi Village, Kiang West District in Lower River Region.
After announcing the reopening of schools, which shall be in two folds in the country, the minister of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE) has reiterated that “education is everybody’s business.”
As debate over the recent rejection of the draft Constitution Promulgation Bill 2020 continues, members of Afrikan Diaspora Returnee Association (ADRA) have added their voice and disappointment over the recent rejection of what would have been the new draft constitution of The Gambia.
The International Trade Center implementing the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in partnership with Make3D Company Limited on Wednesday presented 200 locally-made face shields to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education on Wednesday held a national bantaba meant to discuss the challenges, expectations and way forward as schools prepare to reopen on October 14th 2020.
The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) on Wednesday 7 October 2010 presented one thousand (1000) rapid diagnostic test kits to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
In a drive to provide opportunities and expose youth to labour market information on job availability, The Gambia on Wednesday launched its first-ever job center at the Department of Labour.
The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) in partnership with Innovate Gambia and key ecosystem stakeholders on Monday opened the ‘Andandoor’ Creative Industry (CI) Accelerator programme for 30 entrepreneurs at The Disruptive Lab in Fajara.
Schools will reopen for grades 7 to 12 from 14th October 2020, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has announced on its Facebook account on Tuesday.
ChildFund-The Gambia on Monday handed over a 40-foot container loaded with an assortment of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to the Ministry of Health at a ceremony held at the Central Medical Store in Kotu.
