The United States Embassy in Banjul recently donated over US$80,000 to Saint Joseph's Family Farm Centre (SJFFC) and some refugee communities in Foni at a ceremony held at the Saint Joseph Family Farm Centre in Bwiam village.

Speaking during the handing over ceremony,  Mr Janko Fofana, the representative from the US embassy said that his office had been working with the beneficiaries through Concern Universal. He expressed delight about the successful implementation of previous projects in the region, such as the Gilanfari Nursery School project.

Yankuba Manneh of SJFFC reported that the donation was meant for the refugees from the troubled Senegalese region of Casamance and their host communities to have access to clean and portable drinking water, noting that part of the money would be used for the implementation of the Phase One project for the rehabilitation of twenty hand pumps and the re-digging of eight wells within the refugee communities in the Western Region. He then urged the beneficiaries to close ranks and 'unite' in the interest of development.