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Originally proposed as a project in the year 2009 the Foundation Humanitarian Aid Gambia is happy to announce the official launch of The Gambia Orphan project BAC Area at April 13th 2010. In the Kombo Central District of the Western Region the project was launched during a press-conference organised by the Chairman of the Brikama Area Council, Sunkary Badjie.
Sunkary Badjie, a member of the Foundation Humanitarian Aid Gambia Board, is the responsible Board member for this unique project. In cooperation with the villages and communities in the Brikama Area families are selected who want to raise orphans in a loving and caring surrounding. These families will be financially supported by the FHAG and will be monitored during the stay of the orphans. The main goal of this project is to provide orphans care and education in their own surroundings which in itself is a unique way of providing care and shelter instead of bringing the orphans to isolated camps. In this way the orphan will grow up in its own community, thus not getting isolated from the place and village of birth. This project would never have been possible without the financial support of various teams of "The Amsterdam-Dakar Challenge 2009/2010". 
For the original article in the Observer, please click HERE. We thank the governor western region MR Lamin Sanneh, the chiefs representative, respective ward councilors and other steak holders in the region for their valued presence and support. |
In September 2009 Beppie Smits, Treasurer of the Foundation Humanitarian Aid Gambia, visited the projects of the Foundation in the Bakadaji Region. She describes "from the heart" her experiences and impressions. A document well worth reading.
