In March 2017 Mr. Ali Tambadou (left) and Mr. Charles Mbye (right) were appointed as Local Chairmen of Project Aid The Gambia. They support the Board in Germany as well as the Project Management team with word and deed and with a lot of very useful contacts of their broad network of stakeholders of the Gambian society. Their expertise and ideas valuably contribute to the daily work on the ground and in the field.

Ali Tambadou is Director Business Development of Cayor Enterprises. He has a very personal relationship with the founders of Project Aid The Gambia since more than 30 years and is now continuing the work of his father, the late M.S. Tambadou, who in the 1980s pointed Project Aid The Gambia to the support of the people of Jahaly by initiating the construction of Jahaly Health Centre.

Charles Mbye has been a long-standing suppporter and friend of Project Aid The Gambia. He is the owner of General Engineering, an electro-service company in Manjai Kunda. Charles Mbye is chairman of the Lions Club “Banjul-Kairo”, the organizations`s branch in The Gambia.

Ebrima Jobarteh is the Project Coordinator of Project Aid The Gambia since May 1st, 2018. He had been working as a lab assistant at Jahaly Health Centre for years. In May 2018 he finished his examen as a state enrolled nurse.

Mrs. Haddy Sillah joined Project Aid The Gambia in May 2017 as the Manager Finance and Administration. She is assisting the Project Coordinator at the Head Office in Manjai Kunda.

Mrs. Musukuta Baba, trained nurse, is the Head of Jahaly Health Centre. She joined Project Aid The Gambia more than 20 years ago, when she started her training to become an auxiliary nurse.

Photo: © Angelika Berndt

Bakary Jammeh (left) and Thomas Demba are the acting heads of the Jahaly-Madina kindergarten. Thomas Demba has already run two lower basic schools and has started his job in Jahaly on 04.11.2019. Bakary Jammeh has been a teacher in kindergarten for many years and has been a member of the headmaster team since November 2017.

The trained nurses at Jahaly Health Centre: Fatou Suso, Fatou K. Ceesay, Musukuta Baba (Clinic Head), Sulayman Saidy and Omar Njie (midwife) – from left to right.

The auxiliary nurses at Jahaly Health Centre: Yankuba Sanyang, Mariama Banda, Fatoumata Keita, Njie Sarr, Momodou Bobo Jallow, Yusupha Jammeh, Ebrima Fatty and Hawa Camara (from left to right).

The laboratory assistants at Jahaly Health Centre: Ebrimah Jobarteh (left) and Tamba Dambelly (right)

The Dental Unit is closed until further notice (25.11.2019)

These are the teachers and assistant teachers of Jahaly-Madina Kindergarten. Row above (from left to right): Muhamed Ceesay, Kumba Marega, Muhammed Conteh, Mai Manneh, Jabbir Camara und Mahamadu Jallow. Row below (from left to right): Adama Sawaneh, Adama Sanyang, Fatoumata Camara und Wudeh Saho

Photo: © Angelika Berndt

The cleaning ladies every day make the clinic a clean and hygenic area  and clean the classrooms of the kindergarten: Salimatou Drammeh, Mariama Jagne, Jallo Drammeh and Sarjo Drammeh (from left to right)

Our ambulance driver and the watchmen of Jahaly Health Centre: Sumbundu Kanteh (driver), Alhamdou Conteh (day watchman, clinic), Muhammed Keiteh † (night watchman, kindergarten) und Sorry Ceesay (night watchman, clinic) – (from left to right)

The three gardeners care for the well-being of patients and children at the compounds of clinic and kindergarten. They clean the area – and they daily water all plants for surviving the frequently incredible heat of Jahaly: Musa Camara, Ougari Kolley and Muhammed Kanteh (from left to right)

Our workers at the compound of the Main Office in Manjai Kunda. Big picture: Babucarr Sallah (mason), below: Ebou Camara (driver)  und Modou Lamin Badjie (carpenter). Right top-down: Amadou Manga (day watchman), Samba Njie (night watchman) and Theodore Sanyang (gardener)

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