Gambia Red Cross embark on a two day workshop

The Gambia Red Cross Society, in partnership with the International Red Cross, last Thursday, embarked on a two day workshop, at the Baobab Resort hotel.

The workshop, which brought together Red Cross members, immigration officers, and representatives from the department of social welfare, among a host of other stakeholders, aimed at orienting participants, especially Red Cross members, on family links, vis-à-vis the effect of wars on family relations.

The Programme Officer at the Gambia Red Cross Society, Katim Touray, described the two day workshop as important as it would enhance the knowledge of the participants on how to help families in times of crisis.

He disclosed that the Red Cross was operating in over 180 countries in the world, dedicating its services to supporting those in suffering.

Linking this to their motor, which is “to serve one another.” Mr Touray stressed that they [the Red Cross] had been doing a lot in helping the poor and the needy when the need aroused.

For her part, the President of the Gambia Red Cross Society, Fatou Mass Jobe – Njie, urged participants to take full advantage of the opportunity accorded them by the training, citing the main purpose of the course as aiming to help those separated from their families to relocate them.

She observed that the training came at the right time, urging participants to disseminate the information they gained from it to those who were not present.