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Lamin youth groups embark on cleansing exercise

Two youth groups, the Humble Family and the Diamond Sisters of Lamin Village in the Kombo North District, on Saturday, converged at Lamin Health Centre on a cleansing exercise. The youth groups who are drawn from various parts of the village, were filled with the spirit and determination to venture into developmental activities in line with their objectives to complement the government’s efforts.  Speaking at the cleansing exercise, Paramount Chief Alhaji Demba Sanyang hailed the youths for...

TAYAM-Kafuta link holds cleansing exercise

In a bid to complement government efforts in the Operation-Clean-the-Nation, the Association of Youths Against Malaria (TAYAM) Kafuta link last Sunday embarked on a mass cleansing exercise at Kafuta Health Centre in Kombo East District, Westen Region. TAYAM-Kafuta Link was formed in 2008 at the village to regularly embarked on mass cleansing exercise in keeping the environment clean and free from mosquitoes. It is was also aimed at sensitising the public about the dangers of malaria. Speaking...

AFRICELL supports youth group on community cleansing

Bill Clinton Youth Association, a Gambian registered Community group recently embarked on a massive community clean-up exercise. The series of clean-up exercise backed up by Africell Company Ltd, took the human youth volunteer association to a number of places such as the Gambia Radio and Televission Services (GRTS), Royal Victorial Teaching Hospital (RVTH) and Kachikally Sacred Crocodile Pool in Bakau. The clean up exercise is part of the youth association’s objectives geared towards...

Bill Clinton Youth Association gives helping hand to RVTH

The Bill Clinton Youth Association recently embarked on a massive cleansing exercise at the children’s ward of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital RVTH in Banjul. Speaking to the youth forum at the site, the president of Association, Mr. Kawsu Jaiteh gave a brief history of his association. According to him the association was established in 1999, ultimately aimed at improving environmental sanitation. The association, he revealed works with the malaria control programme, National Aids...

ARMED FORCES CLEAN UP COASTAL ROAD

At least 350 soldiers of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF), including military instructors from the Fajara Barracks, yesterday thronged the Coastal Road highway for a major cleansing exercise. The soldiers - led by the commander of the GAF Training School, Captain Kawsu Sanyang and Lieutenant Seedy Joof - cleared the grasses and solid waste along the highway, from the Traffic Lights on Kairaba Avenue via Senegambia to Banjul International Airport. Speaking in an interview with the Daily Observer,...

London Corner Youths, Women Clean Environment

The youths and women of London Corner in Kanifing municipality are increasingly taking ownership of their environment when it comes to keeping it clean and fit for healthy living. In an apparent response to President Yahya Jammeh’s encouragement for environmental cleanliness, the people of London Corner, largely youths and women, on Saturday embarked on a cleansing exercise in London. The exercise, co-ordinated and spearheaded by the former acting mayor of KMC, saw a huge volume of rubbish...

Babylon embarks on tree planting, set-settal

Residents of Babylon Village in Kombo North, Western Region, last Sunday embarked on a mass tree planting and cleansing (set setal) exercise along the road linking the village to the highway. Speaking to the Daily Observer, Lamin Jarjue, a community leader, said the exercise was a continuation of their weekly work schedule. He expressed delight over the large turn out, noting that it is a clear manifestation of their response to President Jammeh’s call for development. He described tree...