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Pageant News 6 April 2008
Pageant has received news from Mr Opesan
Gabriel Kenny, the Director of the
Foundation for Disabled People in Banjul. This is
about the handing-over ceremony for the 16 wheelchairs built for the
disabled students with the money from the Mayor of Haslemere's fund.
Gabriel writes:
"I am highly pleased with great pleasure to
inform you that the wheel chairs would be released to the
beneficiaries on Tuesday 8 April 2008. The little delay is because
we want the Mayor of Banjul to attend the program but he travelled
out for three weeks. The following people will be present at the
handling over:
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VSO Director.
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Director of social welfare.
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Leaders of disabled institutions in the
Gambia.
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All Press Institutions.
I hope is going to be a remarkable day."
Update 9 April 2008
Gabriel sent us the following update and
photos of the handover ceremony on 8 April:
"Thanks for your support to my organisation.
Yesterday's program was very interesting and the attendance was
good.
Ann Keating represented Pageant and made a good speech. All the national
newspapers were in attendance and the national television came to
cover it. This was good publicity.
We look forward to further support, most importantly for the
education of disabled students.
Thanks once again."
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the high table |
street scene outside the FfDP
workshop |
High Table, left to
right:
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Kandeh Batch (standing) -
Director of a charitable organisation in Central Region. He came
to represent the disabled students he is supporting.
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Ann Keating - Pageant
member, and organiser for Pageant North.
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Opesan Gabriel - Director
FfDP
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Baboucarr Bah - Field
Officer (Province)
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Sainabou Ceesay -
Secretary FfDP
Mr. Gabriel Jarju,
representative of the Social Welfare Department, left before this photo was
taken. Street
scene, left to right standing: Ann Keating, Wandifa, Meg
Atkinson and Baboucarr Bah.
See the report in the Gambian
Newspaper, the Daily Observer.
Find out more about how the money
was raised by Brian Howard, Mayor of Haslemere in May 2006.
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