FIRST LADY DONATES RICE TO GAMBIAN WOMEN

First Lady Zineb Yahya Jammeh has concluded a nation-wide tour during which she distributed 15,000 bags of rice to women in all divisions and municipalities in the country as food for the Ramadan.
Continuing a tradition of the first family to make gifts to Muslims throughout the country every Ramadan, the Gambian first lady also donated D10,000 in all the areas she went, to pay for transporting the rice and other logistics to ensure the food reaches the beneficiaries in all Gambian villages and towns.

In the past, the President and his family invited commissioners and mayors to assemble at State House, where bags of rice and sugar were handed over to them for distribution to the people.
However, this year, the First Lady went on tour to hand over food for consumption at the end of fasting, as recommended in Islam - that Muslims who are better off help others who are less fortunate with food, especially during Ramadan.
The tour from last Monday through Thursday started in the North Bank Division, where she handed over high quality rice as follows: NBD 2000 bags of rice; CRD 3000 bags; URD 2000 bags; LRD 1000 bags; Western Division 3000 bags; KMC 3000 bags; Banjul 1000 bags plus D10,000 cash in every place visited.

The first lady was accompanied on the tour by Secretaries of State Susan Waffa Ogoo and Fatou Lamin Faye, Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay MP, the executive director of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace Henrietta Sonko and other government officials.