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Holland Foundation Adult Education Inaugurate Garden Literacy Centre In Gunjur

As part of their 10 year anniversary celebrations in The Gambia, Holland Foundation Adult Education recently inaugurated a garden and literacy centre in Gunjur, Kombo South District in the Western Region. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the chairperson of Holland Foundation Adult Education and also a Board member, Mrs. Yvon Springer, said the garden employs 206 women, divided into 16 groups and each group has a head. For his part, Lamin Touray, a representative of Holland foundation Adult...

Jalikebba on Europe tour

Jalikebba Kuyateh, is undoubtedly another young multi-faceted  talented kora star currently on tourin Europe.His tour will took him to  Holland,Austria, Belgium and Germany to promotes his upcoming albums. The young Kora star was born and brought up in a griot family in the Gambia and has played the Kora ever since. He is sought for playing on ceremonies, marriages and festivals. Jalikebba presently was the main performer at the Tanji Village Museum in Tanji -Gambia where he also started to...

Major boost for NYSS

The National youth Service Scheme (NYSS), yesterday, received an ultra-modern welding equipment from the Diappoleen Foundation, a charitable organization based in Holland. The materials, worth half a million dalasis, were handed over to the NYSS, at a ceremony held at its Orientation and Training Camp, in Bakau. Handing over the materials, Frans Nagel, president of Diappoleen Foundation, said the donation was part of a series of donations they had been rendering to The Gambian community. He...

Mosquito Nets for Irma-Kunda School

Irma-Kunda Nursery and Lower Basic School in Region one of Bakoteh has benefitted from a donation from their Gambia based proprietors and Holland based partners. Irma-Kunda Nursery and Lower Basic School’s partners in Holland mounted a campaign in Holland to secure materials to help the school. Among the donated items are 120 mosquito nets, three packets of pencil sharperness, 500 pens and 15 packets of pencils. Presenting the items to the school on behalf of his collegues, Mr. Panhuis said...

Face lift for Riders for Health

The Presidential Medical Team on Friday donated ambulance uniforms to Riders for Health at a presentation held at the Serrekunda Hospital. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, the director general of the Presidential Medical Team, who also doubles as the director of Medical Services, said that a fortnight ago, they received a doation from Friends of The Gambia in Holland. This, according to Dr Mbowe, included bio-medical equipment and ambulance uniforms, amongst others. “The primary...

Boost for Brufut academy

Louis and Mieke Keyers and Marcha and Raad de Wildt of Maashees Town in Holland on Saturday, February 16, donated football materials to the Brufut Gilkock football academy at a ceremony held at the academy’s ground in the Kombo north village . An old friends to the academy, the football-loving couples prior to the donation acknowledged the good work done by the coaches of the academy in their quest to develop the young talents. Mr Louis who runs a sporting complex back home in Holland, has...

Toubab Foundation committed to women empowerment

Toubab-Gambia Family Care Foundation, a charitable foundation based in Holland, is currently in the country for the implementation of their activities geared towards empowering Gambian women, notably oyster producers. A delegation of seven members, on Thursday, arrived in the country by land from Holland with three vehicles and were received at the Banjul Ferry Terminal by their Gambian counterparts. Speaking to the Daily Observer shortly after their arrival, Wuim Costera, chairman of the...

Free education for 200 students

At least 200 pupils in Ebo Town, will have access to free nursery education for a period of three years. This move was initiated by Holland Foundation which also sponsors Marent Nursery School, inaugurated last month in Ebo Town. Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Sosseh Colley, Head Master of the Nursery School, commended the foundation for the initiative, describing it as a step in the right direction. Head Master Colley used the occasion to called on parents to send their children to school,...