Pessima Foundation Donates Food and COVID-19 Relief Items to the Residents of Moyamba District

Pessima Foundation held an awareness campaign on the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Tabe Njama Quee Village, Kowa Chiefdom in Moyamba District on Friday 24th April, 2020. The organization also supplied food and none food items to vulnerable people.

Pessima Foundation is a charity organization formed by Desmond Pessima and his wife Rachael Mariatu Pessima to help venerable people across the country.

Tabe Njama Quee Village has not recorded any case of COVID-19, they strictly adhere to messages and laws instituted by Government and health workers, unfortunately, not many people have reached them with health messages relating to COVID-19 due to bad road network leading to them.

Pessima Foundation would not let bad road networks stop them from helping a community that lacks handwashing facilities except the health post.

A team led by Mohammed Conteh, coordinator of Pessima Foundation entered Tabe Njama Quee Village and had an engagement with them on correct handwashing steps, essence of social distancing, prevention, and control of COVID-19.

Limitations on people’s movement as a way of interrupting the spread of COVID-19 has increased the poverty rate in the world particularly communities that depend on hand-to-mouth economic activities of which Tabe Njama Quee Village is no exception.

That was why the foundation at the end of the sensitization supplied more than sixty households with a bag of rice per household, condiments, soap, and twelve veronica buckets to be placed at strategic areas within the village.

The Coordinator, Mohammed Conteh was glad to hear that steadfastness and the proactive nature of the community people were key elements used in 2014/15 in the fight against Ebola which he said they should maintain. He thanked them on behalf of the CEO and encouraged them to be disciplined and stay united. He said that the fight against COVID-19 cannot be won in disunity.

However, Salamatu Jabbie, the nurse in charge of the health post who demonstrated the correct hand washing steps said that the availability of veronica buckets in the community is good and called on the Chiefs to ensure they are used correctly and are well taken care of.

The Town Chief, Samuel Amara said that they had every reason to be happy having received the message and items at the time things are very difficult with them. He said having food at home minimizes the risks of contracting coronavirus by preventing them from too much movement in search of food.

The CEO who currently stays in the USA sends his regards and message via Mohammed Conteh to the people that they can always benefit from the foundation if they stay united and successfully apply the health messages health workers are telling them.

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