Today, 28th March, 2019, Global Youth Innovation
Network (GYIN) Gambia received a delegation from Drammeh Mentorship and
Leadership Academy (DMLA) to discuss partnership agreement on common thematic
areas between the two parties.
The meeting, held at the GYIN Gambia secretariat in
Churchill’s Town, was triggered by DMLA’s interest in building partnership with
GYIN.
Speaking at the meeting, the pioneer and leader of the Academy,
Mr Alagie Drammeh said the DMLA is a non-political and non-profit body that is
specifically designed to support and encourage young people to manage their own
learning in order to maximize their potentials, develop their skills and
improve their performances.
The academy, he added, focuses on developing the country’s
human capital and playing positive roles to ensure that the youth are equipped
with relevant skills and knowledge.
“We also do mentoring on food processing to put an end to fruit
spoilage in The Gambia,” Drammeh explained.
For his part, the GYIN
Gambia Executive Director, Mamadou Edrisa Njie commended the DMLA for inspiring
young people and coming up with such an initiative to contributing to the
reduction of youth unemployment in the country.
He further dilated on GYIN Gambia’s annual programs ranging
from the Rural Youth Awards (RYAs), Entrepreneurship Leadership Information and
Technology (ELIT) National Summer Camp as well as the Youth Mentorship Program.
He said mentorship is a common initiative that the two
parties have in common.
Njie invited the DMLA leader to be among the speakers at
the upcoming RYAs 2019 side events and in the same vein prepare videos of their
successful mentees which will be featured at the awards night.
The meeting was chaired by the GYIN Gambia head of
programmes, Jainaba Manjang.
Other speakers included three of the mentees who shared
their success stories during the DMLA mentorship programme.
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