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Coaching Course for Female Trainers

Ms. Monika Staab, a high profile FIFA female instructor from Germany, will direct a one week coaching course for female trainers at The Gambia Football Association Centre for excellence in Yundum on Friday June 6, 2008. Organised by The Gambia Football Association in collaboration with FIFA, the training will attract twenty- five participants who will be drawn from female league clubs around the country. Ms. Staab has directed similar courses in Europe and Africa and is expected to arrive on...

Weeklong Regional Seminar for Trainers of Fishing Vessel Personnel Underway

A five-day workshop is currently underway for the trainers of fishing vessel personnel at the Paradise Suites Hotel. The training has been organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in collaboration with The Gambia Maritime Administration and the Department of State for fisheries and National Assembly Matters. The training aims to improve the safety of those who work in the area and also help prevent pollution. The training will provide guidance and a uniform level of education...

Protect Our Maritime Heritage and Workforce

It is good to read of the five-day workshop currently underway for the trainers of fishing vessel personnel at the Paradise Suites Hotel. The training has been organised by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in collaboration with The Gambia Maritime Administration and the Department of State for fisheries and National Assembly Matters. The training aims to improve the safety of those who work in the area and also help prevent pollution. The training will provide guidance and a...

Whole School Development End Four Day Training

Forty-two (42) cluster monitors, trainers and management trainers ended a four-day training workshop under the Whole School Development (WSD) approach on the issue of implementing the new Parent Teacher Association (PTA) constitution and the election of School Management Committees (SMC). The workshop was supported by Basic Education Support for Poverty Reduction (BESPOR) in collaboration with the regional education office of Region 5 (R5). Speaking at the gathering, which was held at Armitage...

Manjai Kunda Gets New Fitness Centre

The community of Manjai Kunda has a cause to celebrate as the area is now blessed with a modern body building centre, which is unprecedented in the history of the town. The Centre, Sky High Fitness, is the brainchild of three youths, Lamin Keita, Amadou Njie and Maka Velly. Located a few meters away from Manjai Lodge, Sky High Fitness has all it takes to be called a first class gym.  Speaking to Point Sport, Lamin Keita, head of the Centre said that Sky High Fitness is a neighbourhood fitness...

20 Fire Service officers receive advanced training

About 20 Fire Service officers were certified after receiving a two-week intensive training on First Aid, CPR, rescue and beach safety management from the British Life Guards Society of Wales UK, headed by Mr Cliff Nelson. At the end of the training, four fire officers were identified as trainers. Speaking at the end of the training at the Bakau Sea Rescue Station, Mr Roger Bakurin, Chief Fire Officer of The Gambia, congratulated the men for having successfully completed the intensive training...

“Beach Clean” Organisation for Life Guards soon

The Red Dolphins Life Guards Association, will soon benefit from an upcoming organisation called “Beach clean”, from which they will not only be responsible for saving lives at the beachside, but also cleaning the beaches. Speaking to the Daily Observer, Mr Bruce Berry, a British national who also doubles as the Director of Beach Clean in The Gambia, said he has already discussed with the concerned authorities on the issue of forming the Beach Clean Organisation for the Red Dolphins Life Guard...