President Alhagie Momodou Gaye opening speech
I thank the Almighty Allah and pray for the blessing of this day. Chief guest of Honour, Honourable Ministers present here, Honorary life President 1982 Kerrgi intakes, Service chiefs, Ambassadors of Senegal to the Gambia.
Distinguish invited guests’ members of the 1982 Kerrgi intakes and families, the press all protocols duly observed.
I am deeply honored to be part of this historic event and I am delighted to welcome you all to the official launching of the 1982 Kerrgi intakes.
1982 Kerrgi Intakes Foundation consist of members of 1982 Gambia National Gendarmerie and The Gambia Police force intakes referred to as KERRGI Intakes.
The foundation is registered as a charitable foundation in the Gambia on the 7th of September 2018.
Our objective is to empower the families of our fallen comrades and active comrades who’ve been victims of poverty and help the surviving children of late comrades with school and college grants as well as provide financial assistance to those families in need of help with health care, housing, utilities, food and clothing.
We are committed to the building of a strong foundation dedicated to the pursuit of mutual understanding, love, a strong sense of cultural value, and the brotherhood of humanity.
We seek to build mutual trust amongst ourselves and safeguard, preserve and promote our friendship and brotherhood, in the conduct of all our affairs and we willingly adopt our bylaws as guidance towards that goal.
We have been actively engaged in a lot of activities in the past years, such as recitation of the Holy Quran for our departed colleague, visiting our sick colleagues at hospital and assisting them financially, supporting families of our late colleagues, contributing to national development and donated health equipment’s to the Gambia Police Force and contributed to the national covid-19 funds. The list going on.
It gives me great pleasure, therefore, to official launch the 1982 Kerrgi Intakes Foundation, through this foundation we shall continue to support our venerable colleagues and introduce new services that will continue to make life easier for all our venerable colleagues and their families.
Distinguish invited guests’, I thank you all again very much indeed for coming here this morning and to say that I sincerely hope that you will join us in our mission positively.
This will allow us to develop more vital community outreach programmes to cater for all ex-service men, providing vital support to all venerable families. Your support, ladies and gentlemen, will change the lives of our colleagues who have given so much to their country, but who so badly need our help. Thank you.
