By Mariam William
Join Hands 2 Save a Baby, an organisation based in United Kingdom, last week Tuesday donated some baby clothes and TV sets to health centers in Brikama, Banjulinding, Gunjur, and Sukuta.
The organisation is currently working on the extension of the maternity wards of the Brikama and Banjulinding health centers.
“Every citizen have a duty of care to contribute to the national development of the nation,” Amie Jarju, Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, told Mansa Banko Online. “My life experience inspired me in to giving back to society. As a person if you encounter hardships in life at some point and see others going through the same you feel their pain and want to help.”
She said her organisation specializes in helping maternity wards, new born babies and their mothers across the country.
Jarju said she had the idea of establishing the foundation in 2013 when she visited her brother’s wife at the Brikama health center and “realized that the state of the maternity ward was below standard”.
“In addition to the baby cloths, we also support hospitals with oxygen machines and BP machines,” she said. Join Hands 2 Save a Baby also renovated Mandinary health center at a cost of around four hundred thousand dalasi.
She further said that they are also building a maternity theater at Brikama health center which is at the finishing stage and hope to be inaugurate it around April.
She expressed their willingness to collaborate with government and other stakeholders as no one can do anything bigger or achieve your goals without having people to work with.
“Making a difference for our communities is what we need and is high time we take our high hills off to help the people that need our help because government can’t do it all alone,” she said. “Gambians in the diaspora should be visiting places such as hospital, schools, farms among others when they visit The Gambia to select areas they are passionate about and provide assistance to make a difference in people’s lives.”
Abubacarr Kamara, whose wife received a donation from Join Hands 2 Save a Baby, said he was happy at the “benevolent gesture”.
Momodou Chareh Gibba, Ward Councilor of Gunjur, said it was important for citizens like Jarjue to continue complementing government’s efforts to attain quality health service delivery in communities.
Haddy Fadera, Officer-In-Charge of Gunjur Health Center, said the donated items will go a long way in promoting better health.
