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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 11 Aug 2007 : 15:07:32
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Foundation for the Disabled Seeks Empowerment and Promotion
By Ebrima Dibbasey and Jainaba Sonko
Mr. George Trawally, a Burkinabe National and Volunteer on handicraft work has now spent one year and two months in The Gambia.
Foroyaa: Can you introduce yourself and your background?
Mr. George: My name is Mr. George Trawally, a Burkinabe national. I came to The Gambia some fourteen months ago. I am a Herbalist (local traditional Medicine) and a healer, but as I am a new person in this country, I decided to shift to handicraft work so that I can sell them and make a living. When I met with the founder of Foundation of the Disabled The Gambia and the executive officer (CEO) a Nigerian national Mr. Gabriel Ospence who is doing his quota in promoting and empowering the disabled, he asked me to volunteer and join him in his Foundation so that I can be able to train my fellow disables in handicraft skills.
Foroyaa: What kind of handicraft work do you perform?
Mr. George: I make baskets with different varieties of shapes, style and quality. I sold them at one hundred and fifty dalasi Back at home, I do engage in gardening, etc, in order to ensure that I live an independent life.
Foroyaa: How do you acquire this skills?
Mr. George: Back at home in Burkina-Faso, the government opened a big skill centre where different categories of people with different disabilities are trained in different works. Some people are trained in carpentry, welding and so on. At the end of their training, the government provides them with some amount of capital to start up their individual projects on self-help ventures. In Burkina-Faso about seventeen percent of the people are independent with their living skills. I think the government of The Gambia should also undertake the same type of programme for their disabled people.
Foroyaa: Are you married?
Mr. George: Yes, am married with three children.
Foroyaa: What word of advice do you have for the disabled community in the Gambia?
George: Disabled people should involve themselves in any activity in their respective communities. They need to pressure their leaders to serve their needs and they should develop their skills to the fullest, because in the near future, they would get old and can't keep up moving themselves all about begging. Therefore, they need to rely on their own strength and abilities.
Source:Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 92/2007, 8 - 9 August 2007
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toubab1020
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Posted - 11 Aug 2007 : 15:13:29
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Great more power to them,its a pity that both of these people come from outside the country where are the Gambians who offer some help?
Have we got the telephone number of the CEO Mr. Gabriel Ospence,maybe some readers can offer help in this project either in their skills or in some other way.
MOMODOU perhaps through your contacts you can find it for Bantaba readers?
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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