By: Yunus S Saliu
The National Center for Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Janjangbureh Community and support from the Youth Empowerment Project-European Union, yesterday unveiled some signage and street directory panels in some cultural and historic areas across Janjangbureh in Central River Region ahead of the second edition of the Janjangbureh Kankurang Festival which will officially kick-off today, Friday 18th January, 2019 in the Island.
The National Center for Arts and Culture in collaboration with Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) is meant to strengthening the realization of the goal of the National Development Plan (NDP) as Tourism and Culture are a priority area in the plan.
The concept behind the signage and the street directory panels is to give more information on history surrounding the cultural and historic sites in Janjangbureh.
Hassoum Ceesay, acting Director General of the National Center for Arts and Culture thanked the management of Youth Empowerment Projects for their support on the program since the onset.
He reiterated the importance of the collaboration meant for strengthening the realization of the goal of the NDP on which Tourism and Culture is one of the key parts.
He then added that the collaboration between YEP and NCAC is to support the Youth Employment, Empowerment and Community Development through Culture and Tourism which is one of the rationale behind unveiling the signage panels throughout the Island of McCarthy – Janjangbureh “as it is basically meant for interpretation of the cultural and historic sites, which benefits both the trained guards that will be engaged and the community as a whole.”
He again thanked YEP for the collaboration and as well extended appreciation to the officials of NCAC and the Chief of Janjangbureh Community for hard work and cooperation on the project.
Ngoneh Panneh, the representative of YEP said that they are working together for a sustainable goal to bring development to the Youth of the Community and its surroundings.
She reiterated that the signage panels will give more information to the visitors about what they have seen as they will be able to read the history behind anyone of the sites and even taken picture of them.
Alhaji Bakary Jam Jawo, the Chief of Janjangbureh Community thanked both the NCAC and YEP for the wonderful ideas and supports to the community. He also prayed for the longtivity collaboration between the NCAC and YEP with expectation of more projects to the community.
Among the places where the signage was mounted were Kankurang Center, Youth Center, Methodist Church/School, Remains of the slave market and among other areas.