By Yunus S Saliu
The PLJ Foundation for Development The Gambia has appointed Mr. Bekir Sitki Batur as its Goodwill Ambassador to Turkey and the rest of Europe.
PLJ Foundation for Development is a charitable organization based in The Gambia with the topmost aim of joining efforts in improving the living standard of Gambians and developing the country together.
His appointment according to the PLJ Foundation secretary, Sheriff Barry, is a result of the trust and confidence members of the organization have in him.
Also in the past, according to him, “he had rendered support to the founders of the foundation and with this appointment, he will serve the foundation to the best of his ability.”
Mr. Barry explained that there are many communities in the country that still do not have access to good drinking water and other essential social amenities which has prompted founders to set up this foundation to contribute their quotas to the development of the country and improve the living condition of residents of some of the communities.
A former National Assembly member, Honourable Pa Lamin Jatta, President of the Foundation dilated on some of the past activities of the foundation which included the donation of domestic items such as food items, cooking pots, and chairs, among other materials to some families in different communities.
He pledged that the foundation will do more with the help of its partners and other supporters.
He congratulated the appointed PLJ Foundation for Development Goodwill Ambassador and as well thanked him for the acceptance, “Mr Batur is having a large heart for not only the foundation but for the country as a whole, and within the shortest period of his appointment he has put in place different plans for the foundation.”
However, “our membership span across the country, firstly, it was a forum but the membership of the forum became overwhelmed which prompted us to establish PLJ Foundation for Development The Gambia,” he disclosed.