Kombo communities assisted

Five communities in the Kombos recently received a donation worth over 30,000 Euros courtesy of VZW De Gambia Vrienden, a charitable organisation based in Belguim.

The items include; computers, laminating machines, books, bags, mechical and agricultural equipment. The benificaries are Bakoteh Annex Lower Basic School, Somita Agricultural and Health Centre, Sifoe Lower Basic School, Nyodema Nursery in Manjai Kunda, Bakoteh Proper Lower Basic School and Jambajelly Village.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at the Bakoteh Proper Lower Basic School, Patrict De Vos, the chairman of the organisation, said his organisation was established in 1999.

For her part, Fatou Chaw, headmistress of the school, said the donors have helped them to build a computer lab, as well as refurbish their classrooms.
She described them as good partners.