DONATES 4 X FORTY-FEET CONTAINERS OF MEDICAL ITEMS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE.
A Sierra Leonean living and working in London has donated 4 units of 40ft containers filled with medical items to the government of Sierra Leone.
Mr. Sidikie Kargbo, an ISS Regional Operations Manager working at the Bank of America Account- UK,
together with his wife, Andrea Reis, co-founded ‘Project Dream’ (https://www.weareprojectdream.com/)
in 2016. This is a UK registered charity organisation supporting communities in the North and South of Sierra Leone, in the Health and Education sectors.
The latest project that ‘Project Dream’ has been working on has resulted in the organisation securing 4 X Forty-feet container loads of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which includes molnlcycke surgical gowns, medium nonsterile, surgical goggles, oxygen tubing, surgical masks, surgical gloves, hand sanitisers and Antibacterial wipes.
These medical items were procured, courtesy the UK National Health Service (NHS and Globe Chain) through a meticulously regulated process that is only open to a small selection of reputable charitable organisations such as ‘Project Dream”.
The cost for the shipment of the four containers have been paid in full and the consignment is now on its way to Freetown.
The 4 containers are being donated to the government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation through the Sierra Leone High Commission in London.
Mr. Kargbo will soon be travelling to Sierra Leone to formally facilitate the physical handover to government.
While in the country Mr. Kargbo would also personally distribute additional materials to clinics and hospitals in his home district of Moyamba
During his latest courtesy call on HE Dr. Morie Manyeh and staff in the chancery building at 41 Eagle Street, yesterday (26/10/2022), Mr. Kargbo had this to say: “Project Dream has been closely following the activities of the government of Sierra Leone, with particular reference to the Ministries of Health and Education and”, he went on, “we have been able to objectively conclude that the Government is actively addressing real problems in the country during these difficult times”. Mr. Kargbo expressed “admiration” for the efforts of government with reference to what is being achieved on the ground: “we admire the integrity and efficiency with which the government is using the meagre resources to directly support the population, in the face of the huge challenges caused by the global pandemic and cost of living crisis”, he emphasised.
Responding to Mr. Kargbo, Sierra Leone’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dr. Morie Komba Manyeh, thanked all members of ‘Project Dream’ and through them the NHS, “on behalf of HE President Julius Maada Bio and the People and Government of Sierra Leone”.
Dr. Manyeh expressed appreciation for “the commendable patriotic gesture” demonstrated by Mr. Kargbo and his partner while stating the wish that more Sierra Leoneans, with the right means and appropriate connections, could come forward and leverage their contacts for the good of the nation.
Dr. Manyeh encouraged Sierra Leoneans with capacity and capabilities to keep doing more for Sierra Leone because “every little helps; and nothing is too little”!
Accompanying Mr. Kargbo to the High Commission was Madam Imambay Kadie Kamara, a well-known Sierra Leonean philanthropist who is also based in London. Mrs. Kamara, who is the President and Founder of ‘Disabled International Foundation UK/SL’ (www.difsil.org), supports vulnerable women and girls in Sierra Leone. Her organisation has been very active in charity work in Sierra Leone where it has built schools and runs an orphanage for disabled children in Lungi.
