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GAMCOTRAP Conducts Sensitisation with Gambians in Catalunya, Spain

The Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP), in partnership with AMAM - a women’s rights organisation against female genital mutilation in Spain, recently conducted a sensitization meetings in ten villages and towns in Girona, in the Catalunya district of Spain.The 12-day bridge building visit was an opportunity to create awareness on women and children’s rights, traditional practices and the Spanish government’s protocol against female genital mutilation in particular.The...

AELP train teachers on pesticides handling

The Africa Emergency Locust Project (AELP), The Gambia, on Wednesday conducted a day training for 20 teachers from region one, two and three respectively on safety use and handling of pesticides in the country. Sheikh Tijan Sooesh, the national coordinator of the AELP, briefed participants about the AELP project. According to him, it is a US$2 million sub-regional project funded by the World Bank and the government of The Gambia with the objective of strengthening the capacity of The Gambia to...

CRR focuses on gender violence

A consortium of NGOs consisting of Actionaid, Gambia Red Cross Society, TARUD, SIMMA, World View The Gambia and MYTAPOLA, in their bid to address the issue of violence against women and HIV/Aids, on Tuesday organised a one-day sensitisation program for Central River Region Technical Advisory Committee members  in Janjangbureh. In his opening remarks, Lamin Darboe, deputy governor of the region, said The Gambia is ready to champion all forms of human rights and protection of women.  He pointed...

New solar payment modalities discussed

The community sensitisation of at least 35 participants on the new payment modalities for community-based solar power water supply systems, ended recently in Janjangbureh, Central River Region. The objective of the sensitisation was to enlightened the stakeholders at regional and community levels, on their roles and responsibilities to ensure proper utilisation and sustainability of the water supply systems. Declaring the workshop closed, Lamin Darboe, the deputy governor spoke at length on...

New malaria drug takes centre stage in WR

Officials of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), at the end of last week, convened a sensitisation workshop on the new malaria medicine and anti-malarial treatment for community representatives in the Western Region. The workshop, held at the office of the governor of the region in Brikama, is aimed at orienting the people at community level on the existence of the new malaria medicine that replaces the traditional chloroquine. The drug is called arthemeter and lumefantrine. Mrs Adam...

Journalists, NGOs briefed on ‘protected areas’

The Programe of Work on Protected Areas under the Department of Parks and Wildlife Management recently organised a one-day sensitisation programme for media practitioners and NGOs  at its headquarters in Abuko. The one-day programme was aimed at briefing journalists and NGOs on protected areas in the country and seeking their parternership and support for more parks to be created. Participants were also sensitised on the need for national partnership and their role in protected area...

‘legal actions’ for GAWFA defaulters

Oley Dibba-Jagne, the general manager of the Gambia Women’s Finance Association (Gawfa), has said that her association will sue women’s  groups that fail to pay back their loans on time,  as required by the association. She made this remark, on Friday, when the Daily Observer sought her opinion on the allegedly missing amount of money involving the Fawe  Mothers Club of Sanchaba Sulay Jobe and a former employee of Gawfa, Sohna Jeng, who was said to have travelled to UK, last year. According to...

New Insurance Company in town ...As life insurance services get introduced

As the Gambia’s Insurance Industry continue to grow from strength to strength, couple with an increasing number of insurance service institutions in the country, another insurance company know as the Capital Express Assurance Company Gambia limited, which started operation in early August, this year, has also added its name to the long list of insurance companies. The assurance company, which is a subsidiary of the Parent Capital Express Assurance company limited in Nigeria, the recent voted...

Farmer Managed Irrigation Project AGM ends

The Farmer Managed Rice Irrigation Project, on August 17, concluded its Annual General Meeting at the Brikamaba Junior Secondary School in the Lower Fulladu District, Central River Region (CRR) South. Over 200 farmers participated in the AGM. Highlighting the project’s achievements, problems, solutions, primary beneficiaries and responsibilities, the project’s monitoring and evaluation officer, Ousman Jammeh, revealed that the project was launched in 2006 together with the PIWAMP project.  ...

HEPDO to dip 35,000 bednets

In a bid to eradicate the burden of malaria in The Gambia, the Health Education Promotion and Development Organisation (HEPDO), formerly the Association of Youth Against Malaria (TAYAM), will, on Monday, 25th August, 2008, kick-start a massive bednet dipping exercise in the Western Region targeting at least 35,000 bednets. Cognisant of the constraints encountered during the exercise, the organisation, on Monday ,conducted a day’s micro planning seminar at the Tango resource centre in Bakau,...