By Binta Jaiteh
Egalise Humanitarian Non-profitable organization has donated materials including 80 mattresses, 58 school desks with their chairs, 60 book shelves, boarding beds and 58 single seat schools to SOS children village in Bakoteh.
Speaking at the ceremony on Tuesday, Abdul Aziz Mboge Children Village manager Bakoteh said the Egalise Association has been working in humanitarian works since 2003 in the field of health and education in the Gambia.
“Each year they send 2 to 3 containers in the Gambia this time around SOS is fortunate to be part of the delivery service, their approach and facilitative service has been helped financially by the Fatoumatta Bah Barrow foundation and Africell the biggest GSM operator in the country,” he revealed.
According to him, the materials distributed were shipped in a 40-foot container with a custom declared value of 15 thousand euros and commended the president of Egalise for this great opportunity.
Jean Pierre Kauamin national director SOS also said, for over 70 years SOS federation has been operating in more than 136 countries around the world in helping children and families to prevent breakdown and ensure that the children’s right is met.
“When children can no longer stay with their biological parents, we set up an alternative care partnership for them to live, noting that as an NGO operating in the Gambia for the past 40 years SOS children’s villages is working to ensure that vulnerable children can live in loving homes. It lies on the benevolence support from organizations, individuals and companies who help to provide quality care and equal rights to the children so seeing Egalise as an organization with a nonprofit that is willing to support and provide all the equipment is more than commendable,” he said.
He pointed out that it will be instrumental for the care setting in SOS Bakoteh and Basse children villages and also currently implementing a regional project covering 3 counties in West Africa and is funded by the French agency.
“We hope that this country has a chance to serve the welfare of the children in the Gambia.
We are in a global world and if we are not able to communicate with other countries, work will not be effective and I also believe that for youths in the Gambia this can be a great opportunity. We cannot work if the approval is not guaranteed by the Gambian people,” he said.