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 Posted - 19 Sep 2007 : 21:43:15
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FOTGA Donates To Needy Students
By Fabakary B. Ceesay& Madiba Singhateh
At a presentation ceremony held in their office at Kotu on Tuesday 11 September 2007, the FOTGA country representative, Mr. Ousainou Joof, said FOTGA is blessed with a dedicated Board who are doing everything possible to raise funds for programme implementation in the country and that they have raised over ten (10) million dalasis to support programmes and projects in The Gambia. Mr. Joof indicated that 50% of these funds were spent on scholarships for children. He noted that the committee frequently ships in containers filled with valuable items, among them medical and other general items, which many institutions have benefited from. Mr. Joof indicated that in 2005/2006, FOTGA sponsored 200 students from nursery to university levels covering full tuition and other costs such as book bills, uniforms, shoes, school bags, school lunch money and, in many cases, bags of rice for families of many sponsored students. “Today we will again witness another distribution of rice, cooking oil and sugar to the children,” said Mr. Joof.
The executive director of NGO Affairs, Mr. Lamin Dibba, said Education is an important aspect for the rapid socio-economic development of any country. Mr. Dibba called on FOTGA to sustain and up-scale efforts in mobilizing more resources to sponsor more students to complete their basic, secondary and tertiary education.
At the end of the programme, sponsored students were given cheques for the full payment of their school bills and other needs. Momodou Max Jallow coordinated the program. Mr. Madi Jatta represented the SoS for Basic and Secondary Education and Mr. Ousman Ndow, a member of the Board, were present including the beneficiaries and their parents. Friends of The Gambia Association (FOTGA), is a UK based Non-Governmental Organisation operating in The Gambia over the past decade. FOTGA complements government efforts in enhancing education for all, particularly the poor. The organisation is currently providing full scholarship for almost 300 children at all grades including the university. They are also contributing in constructing and rehabilitating schools, women gardens and health facilities around the country. British Philanthropists created FOTGA in 1990 on the sole aim of collecting charities for needy Gambians.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 110/2007, 19 -20 September 2007
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