The Gambia: GRCS Seeks Government Support

Secretary-General of The Gambia Red Cross Society (GRCS) Alasan Senghore has urged the country’s government to assist the humanitarian body to fulfil its mandates.

Speaking to The Point, Senghore acknowledged that most of the people in communities are in dire need of assistance when it comes to basic amenities.

Using Kanilai as a case study, he said that the community used to entirely depend on electricity to power its water projects in gardens, putting the burden of prepaid electricity bills amounting to tens of thousands of dalasis on locals.

‘The government has the obligation to support us locally as is done in other countries’, he said.

‘This encourages international donors to do more for people. The government has not been giving us subvention for the past 15 years which is obligatory’.

He also said that the humanitarian organisation would continue to try and identify the needs of the people and help in finding solutions.

Source: The Point

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