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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...

Dangers of Illegal Migration Tops Agenda

As Exposition Kicks off at AFGIn a bid tosensitise potential migrants on the dangers of illegal migration, theInternational Organisation for Migration, in collaboration with Association ofSenegambian Painters, has organised weeklong exposition on the dangers ofillegal migration. Being heldat the Alliance Franco Gambienne, the weeklong exposition is based around thetheme “Painting Migration in the Sub-region”. The forum is, among other things,aimed at sensitising Gambian and Senegalese youths...

SOMALIA: Raising awareness against FGM in Puntland

Halima [not her real name], a mother of five girls, shudders whenever she remembers how she suffered after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM/Cutting), a practice still widespread in Somalia. "I will not put my daughters through it," Halima told IRIN in Bosasso, the commercial capital of the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, where an estimated 98 percent of girls still undergo the cut. Her daughters are aged two to 15 years. "I do not want them to go through that in life,"...

SWAZILAND: Enough is enough, say nurses

Tired of being taken for granted, Swaziland's nurses have opted for industrial action after the government ignored a deadline to improve conditions of service. After marching to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in the capital, Mbabane, on Friday to deliver their ultimatum, Swaziland's nurses registered their anger with an overtime ban beginning on Monday to protest delayed pay, unsafe working conditions, and crumbling facilities. "We must start somewhere, so we've chosen the overtime...

Tobacco – A Formidable Killer

Only 5% of the world’s population is protected by national legislation on the prohibition of smoking. In four countries in ten, smoking is still even permitted in hospitals and schools! In a new report, the World Health Organisation (the WHO) has reviewed the current battle around the world to combat smoking. In total 179 countries have been put under the microscope. By focusing on the prevalence of smoking, legislation, taxation and even the import and export of tobacco products, the WHO has...

Red Dolphin Life Guard Association Saving Lives

Since its inception in April of 2006, the Red Dolphin Life Guard Association have been making giant strides in rescuing many lives in their areas of operation. Red Dolphin Life Guard Association has a membership of 20 volunteers and it operates on the beaches of Fajara, Senegambia, Sanyang, Palma Rima and Bijilo in the Tourism Development Area. The association is involved in sensitizing people on the dangers associated with the beach, preventing and resolving sea-related accidents, supervising...