400 cattles donated to muslims #Gambia

Cemiyatul Hayre Relief Organization (CHRO) in
collaboration with their Turkish counterparts in
Germany IGMG-HASSENE and IHHNL-Holland last
Monday and Tuesday distributed over four
hundred cows to the poor and needy across the
country.
The distribution began on Monday for the
community of Kanifing Municipality at Abuko with
two hundred cows and later at the Brikama forest
cow selling depot for West Coast Region; and one
hundred for other regions across the country.
The gesture, meant to help poor and needy
Muslims for the feast of Tobaski, was sponsored
by IGMG-HASSANE, a Turkish charitable
organization in partnership with their counterpart
IHHNL-Holland, while the distribution was
coordinated by CHRO officials in The Gambia.
The beneficiaries included Kanifing Municipal
Council, North Bank Region, Lower River Region,
Central River Region and West Coast Region.
Speaking to reporters shortly before the
distribution, Musa Jallow, country coordinator of
Cemiyatul Hayre Relief Organization, said the
organization over the years has been carrying out
such a gesture, which is a great help to the
communities.
The gesture, he said, is an annual activity
embarked upon by these organisations with a
view to complementing the efforts of the Gambia
government in assisting the poor and needy,
especially during feasts like Tobaski.
According to him, the organization started
operation since 2000 with a small number but
thanks to the Almighty Allah and the Government
of The Gambia for creating the enabling
environment, more and more donors are
investing and the number of animals given out is
increasing.
He further commended their Turkish
counterparts from Germany, saying the
organization felt it necessary to travel all the way
from Europe to Africa to help the poor and
needy.
Jallow went on to call on the beneficiaries to
change their attitude as this will motivate the
donors to invest more in their welfare.
The organization, he added, is currently engaged
in many development projects in the country, all
of which will have direct impact on the lives of
the people.
For his part, one Haruna Jallow, a beneficiary
based in Latrikunda, thanked Cemiyatul Hayre
Relief Organisation and their counterpart IGMG-
HASSANE for the wonderful gesture, saying
assisting the poor and needy is in line with the
teachings of Islam.
Demba Gassama, another beneficiary, said the
donation came to him as a surprise as things
were very difficult for him to secure a ram to
make his family happy during the Tobaski.
The IGMG HASSANE donors are still in the
country visiting their project sites to assess them
and see what they could do to increase the
organisation's generosity for the wellbeing of the
Gambian community.