The Fatou Bah-Barrow Foundation (FaBB) has received 5,000 face masks from Karpowership, a Turkish energy company operating in The Gambia, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in schools.
Till date, The Gambia has recorded 3,786 cases of Covid-19, which has killed 123 persons in the West African nation.
A member of the FaBB board, Fatou Ceesay, who received the face masks, highlighted the increase in the cases of Covid-19 in the country since the reopening of schools.
He said the masks would go a long way in protecting schoolchildren in the country.
Karpowership Country Manager, Yankuba Mamburay, said the donation was made in response to a request from FaBB.
Mamburay said his company was pleased to once again collaborate with the First Lady’s Foundation.
He said the company had earlier donated five ventilators worth six million dalasi to the government, and sugar, rice, and oil to communities in Lower River and North Bank regions, the police and other institutions.
He thanked the government and Nawec for giving them the opportunity to operate in The Gambia and also thanked the government for extending the power purchase contract with his company for a further two years.
Source: The Point
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