By: Kebba AF Touray
Stakeholders in youth empowerment spheres in Basse, have spoken extensively on the significance of the forthcoming Rural Youth Awards 2019, to be organize by the Global Youth Innovation Network Gambia Chapter dubbed GYIN Gambia Chapter.
This year’s event is scheduled to take place in Wuli West, Upper River Region (URR) from the 25th – 27th April, 2019.
The award aims to support youth in their entrepreneurial and agricultural endeavours, so as to engage them in meaningful ventures.
Speaking in an interview, Mr. Kebba Sillah, Director of Wuli and Sandu Development Association(WASDA), said the award will broaden the financial resource base of the beneficiaries, as well impact positively on the entrepreneurial aspirations of the awardees and by extension encourage others to double their efforts to also benefit from the award.
He thanked GYIN Gambia for the initiative and thumbed up their cordial relations which exists between his NGO and GYIN Gambia Chapter.
Mr. Muhammed Ceesay, National Youth Council (NYC), Regional Youth Chairman, said that GYIN Gambia is one of the organizations that is contributing immensely in the development of rural youth, especially those in the agricultural value chain.
“The event will inspire lot of rural youth to venture into agribusiness which include production, processing and marketing.
It will also serve as a platform to create rural enterprises, celebrate the success of the rural youth, as well serve as a source of inspirations to the youth in agribusiness as marketable venture”, he noted.
He added “We are expecting many youth enterprises to be created in the coming years, many rural youths will also be supported with business ideas through their mentorship program”.
Mariama Krubally, Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee, stated similar sentiments and further disclosed that preparations are at an advanced stage in hosting the forthcoming GYIN Gambia’s 3rd Edition of the Rural Youth Awards.
Culled from the Foroyaa Newspaper