By Lamin Njie
Karpowership on Thursday gave rice and sugar to the North Bank and Lower River regions a day after a similar support to the First Lady’s foundation.
North Bank and Lower River are The Gambia’s most vulnerable communities to COVID-19 as the regions sit on the border with Senegal, a country hit hard by the deadly disease.
The borders are porous in the two regions and people from Senegal reportedly cross into the country on a near-daily basis.
Karpowership on Thursday reached out to the two regions by giving them rice and sugar to be given to the people to alleviate their suffering after they were asked to stay home.
The company gave 62 bags of rice and 62 bags of sugar North Bank. Lower River also had the same exact number.
Earlier at a presentation of the foodstuff in Lower River Region regional capital, Soma, Mansakonko Area Council chairman Landing B Sanneh receiving the items said: “We want to thank the Karpowership through the country manager for this very important gesture.
“There are a lot of support going on across the country but on very rare occasion you see businesses, companies coming down to the rural regions to provide support. This is where we have the most vulnerable of our country.
“So it takes a very good heart to from the little one has to give to the needy people is a very big gesture. And in this very case, we’re talking about an iniative we call the Mansakonko Area Council COVID-19 Food Support Program.”
Yankuba Mamburay, Karpowership country manager said at the event: “Karpowership is in many countries because of the unique approach we have to electricity production.
“We are the only country in the world that has floating power plants. We have a power plant mounted on a ship and wherever we are needed we just go, get connected. It’s a quick-fix solution that we have for the entire world.”
Later on Thursday, Karpowership officials travelled to Kerewan the regional capital of North Bank Region for a similar presentation.
The governor of the region Ebrima KS Dampha said at the event: “The magnitude of their support is outstanding. We are very grateful.
“Undoubtedly, the government cannot do it all. We are able to do this because there is an enabling environment.”
Karpowership country manager Yankuba Mamburay on his part said: “Since when we came into the country, we have been able to stabilise electricity supply in the country. This is our history, this is our track record.
“But what we are doing here is not just electricity production. We are doing a lot of other things for the people that we serve. As a result, corporate social responsibility is highly regarded in my company.
“We have helped different sectors in the country since when we came. We have spent millions of dalasis on the education sector, health sector, environment, fisheries, helping out the needy etc.”
