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Opportunity Gambia Donates, Furniture, Stationeries To Jabang LBS
~2.9 mins read
The Gambian Charity In The Past Has Been Instrumental In Supporting Needy Institutions In The Area Of Education, Health, And Other Social Developments. The Donated Items Are Aimed At Improving Education And Well-being Of The Students At The Said School.
Presenting The Items, Kebba Sowe, Germany Coordinator For Opportunity Gambia, Said The Donation Was Geared Toward Enhancing Education In Schools.
"We Have Made Our Finding And Realized That Jabang Lower Basic School Is Big And Lacked Sufficient Furniture. So, We Deem It Fitting To Provide The School With Tables And Benches" He Said.
Sowe, Thus Urged The School Management To Make Best Use Of The Furniture To Ensure Sustainability.
He Lauded The Gambian Charity And Partners Namely - Diakovere And Scout Of Kombo North For Their Support.
He Spoke Of Their Unending Resolve To Continue Supporting The Needy And Public Institutions To Enhance Social Development.
Omar Jarju, Local Coordinator For Opportunity Gambia, Who Double As Scout Volunteer, Said The Two Institutions Are Looking Forward To Immensely Contributing To Societal Development.
"Our Objective Is To Support The Education Sector By Bringing Educational Initiatives Both In The Formal And Informal. We Are Also Helping In The Area Of Health, Women And Children And Other Social Development," He Said.
Jarju Further Said The Organization Have A Package Of Ten Bags Containing Stationeries. These, Stationeries, He Said, Would Be Given To Ten Students From Poor Backgrounds.
He Further Called On Philanthropists To Work With The Kombo Scout Association, Expressing His Resolve To Continue Supporting The Needy People In The Country.
Sona S.M. Jobarteh, Head Teacher Of Jabang Lower Basic School, Commended The Benefactors For Their Gesture, Saying The Donation Would Go A Long Way In Helping The School And The Children In Particular. "This Furniture Will Serve The Students And Perhaps Even Their Children In The Future," she said.
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ActionAid Convenes TAC Meeting For Gov And NGOs
~3.2 mins read
The Event Held At The Governor’s Office In Lower River Region, Is Part Of ActionAid’s Ongoing Commitment To Fostering Inclusive Dialogue, Transparency, And Collaboration In Governance And Development Processes.
Addressing The Gathering, Seedy Lamin Bah, Governor Of LRR Highlighted That TAC Is A Quarterly Report Or Quarterly Meeting They Do To Be Able To Understand The Activities Of The Various Public Institutions That Are Represented In Our Region.
“It Is A Very Important Meeting, As We Will Correlate The Activity Reports And This Is Expected To Be Submitted To The Various Ministries For Assistance Where Necessary, If The Need Be, Some Of Them Will Be Related To Cabinet For Us To Facilitate It.”
He Urged Participants To Always Remember That As Regional Administration Their Role Is To Implement The Policies, Programs And Projects Of Government.
“So Where There Is A Need For Us To Amend The Policy, Then It Has To Come From The Grassroots And This Is Where We Pick It Up And You Are The Technical Advisors On Matters Regarding Your Departments In The Region.”
Saikou Darboe, Program Manager ActionAid International Explained That They Organized This Forum For Government And Non-governmental Institutions To Do Presentations On Their Work.
This, He Said, Will Help The Government To Be Able To Correlate And Know What Every Institution Is Doing.”
“We Should Report To Them As To What We Are Doing, Have Done And About To Do. This Should Mandatory On Every Institution To Come And Report Here For Accountability”.
Mustapha Sanyang, Representing The Minister Of Public Services Maintained That These Activities Are Basically In Line With The Government's Agenda To Strengthen Engagement With Citizens.
“We Feel There Is A Responsibility To Engage Landholders In Ensuring That They Are Aware Of Government Programs And Development Agenda. When We Have Activities Like, Institutions Can Share Their Activities Thus, Those Mechanisms Should Be Strengthened To Allow People To Be Able To Engage And To Enhance Transparency And Accountability.”
He Said Government Is Subscribed To Open Government Partnership Where There's A National Action Plan That Dictates That Government Should Prioritize Engaging Citizens Regularly.
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Kerr Wally Community Tractor Generates Over D3M In 38-month
~3.1 mins read
The Project Through Government Of The Gambia, Through Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD).
Momodou Sarr Made This Revelation Recently During Nationwide Visit By Minister Of Public Service (MoPS), Baboucarr Bouy And Team To Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD) Project Intervention Sites.
Sarr Maintained That The Money Generated From Their Tractor Services From December 21, 2021 To January 2025 As Follows: D886, 150.00 For Fuel, D246, 365.00 For Tractor Maintenance Cost, Monthly Salary For Operator D140, 000.00, Development D640, 400.00.
“The Total Amount Of The Above Mention Expenditures Stands At D1, 912,915.00, While A Total Of D1, 299,124.58 Is Currently In Our Bank Account,” He Added.
At Koli Kunda And Kerr Jain Project Sites, Kerr Ousman Busso And Yonna Angalleh Respectively, Sarr Expressed Joy For The Timely Intervention Of Government In Providing Them With Portable Drinking Water, Farming Implement And Electricity Within Their Door Step.
Reacting To The Development, Baboucarr Bouy, Minister Of Public Service, (MoPS), Described Kerr Wally Community’s Leadership As A Genuine Leadership, Saying ‘if They Don’t Have Genuine Leadership, They Can’t Generate The Amount Of Money They Mentioned Above.’
Minister Bouy Thus Urged The PACD Beneficiary Communities In NBR And The Country In General To Emulate The Good Leadership Example Of Kerr Wally, If They Want To Sustain Their Project.
“Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD) Is Part Of President Barrow’s Development Project And The Amount Of Money Kerr Wally Community Generated From Their Tractor Services Is Something To Be Reckoned With.”
Permanent Secretary, Pateh Jah And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Alieu Loum Both Commended Kerr Wally For Having Leadership That Are Serving The Best Interest Of Their Community.
“It Is Only Your Financial Contribution And Having Good People In The Management Committee Of Your Project That Can Sustain Your Project Without Which, It Wouldn’t Be Easy To Sustain Your Project,” PS Jah And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Mr. Loum Told Other Communities In NBR.
By: Lamin B. Darboe
Communication Officer, MoPS
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Kerr Wally Community Tractor Generates Over D3M In 38-month
~3.1 mins read
The Project Through Government Of The Gambia, Through Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD).
Momodou Sarr Made This Revelation Recently During Nationwide Visit By Minister Of Public Service (MoPS), Baboucarr Bouy And Team To Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD) Project Intervention Sites.
Sarr Maintained That The Money Generated From Their Tractor Services From December 21, 2021 To January 2025 As Follows: D886, 150.00 For Fuel, D246, 365.00 For Tractor Maintenance Cost, Monthly Salary For Operator D140, 000.00, Development D640, 400.00.
“The Total Amount Of The Above Mention Expenditures Stands At D1, 912,915.00, While A Total Of D1, 299,124.58 Is Currently In Our Bank Account,” He Added.
At Koli Kunda And Kerr Jain Project Sites, Kerr Ousman Busso And Yonna Angalleh Respectively, Sarr Expressed Joy For The Timely Intervention Of Government In Providing Them With Portable Drinking Water, Farming Implement And Electricity Within Their Door Step.
Reacting To The Development, Baboucarr Bouy, Minister Of Public Service, (MoPS), Described Kerr Wally Community’s Leadership As A Genuine Leadership, Saying ‘if They Don’t Have Genuine Leadership, They Can’t Generate The Amount Of Money They Mentioned Above.’
Minister Bouy Thus Urged The PACD Beneficiary Communities In NBR And The Country In General To Emulate The Good Leadership Example Of Kerr Wally, If They Want To Sustain Their Project.
“Programme For Accelerated Community Development (PACD) Is Part Of President Barrow’s Development Project And The Amount Of Money Kerr Wally Community Generated From Their Tractor Services Is Something To Be Reckoned With.”
Permanent Secretary, Pateh Jah And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Alieu Loum Both Commended Kerr Wally For Having Leadership That Are Serving The Best Interest Of Their Community.
“It Is Only Your Financial Contribution And Having Good People In The Management Committee Of Your Project That Can Sustain Your Project Without Which, It Wouldn’t Be Easy To Sustain Your Project,” PS Jah And Deputy Chief Of Staff, Mr. Loum Told Other Communities In NBR.
By: Lamin B. Darboe
Communication Officer, MoPS
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