Friends of West Africa Group, FOWAG, a US-based charity organisation, has donated over 300 bags of rice, and cash to needy people in Bijilo and Kerr Sering.
FOWAG’s donation was meant to support to needy Muslims in The Gambia.
Speaking at the distribution held at the Bijilo Lower Basic School, the deputy Imam of
Kerr Sering’s deputy Imam, Matarr Ceesay, commended the charity organisation and its founder Osuman Ndow, a US-based Gambian philanthropist, for ensuring that his charity put smiles on the faces of the needy and the most vulnerable people in society.
“The vulnerable people have nothing to say but to pray for his long life and prosperity as well as for the Almighty Allah to give him the strength and the ability to support humanity, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, which is a month of sharing and caring,” he said.
Dado Sowe, a beneficiary in Bijilo-Sanchaba, commended Ndow for the gesture, saying that for the past couple of years, Mr Ndow have been very supportive to his community.
Kumba Wadda, also a resident of Bijilo, said the food aid would greatly help to reduce the burden on them, and she called on other potential Gambians who are in the diaspora to emulate Ousman Ndow’s example.
Many other speakers commended Mr Ndow for his annual distribution of food aid during the holy month of Ramadan while urging the beneficiaries to continue praying him for good health.
They said if Gambia could have five Ousman Ndows, then the vulnerable people’s problems would be the thing of the past.
Ousman Ndow, founder of the charity the objective of his charity “is to put smiles on the faces of the average Gambian. He said this charity is our to support the less privilege in our community.”