By Amin Kef – Ranger
Pavi Fort-Sierra Leone, Chief Executive Officer, Alimou Barrie and his team were in Bo District on the 23rd June 2020 to give humanitarian support geared towards providing assistance to curtail the chain of transmission of the coronavirus in that part of the country. It was a continuation of Pavi Fort’s nation-wide donations of cash, food items and protective equipments targeting all the 16 districts in the country.
The CEO and team
donated 120 bags of rice, 40 gallons of hand sanitizer, a 10 million Leones
cheque, 5 million Leones cash, and 3,000 N95 face masks all totalling 120
million Leones to the BO DICOVERC during a well-attended ceremony that took
place at the Bo District Council.
Handing over the
donation to the Bo DICORVERC Coordinator, David Fortune, the Chief Executive
Officer of Pavi Fort S/Leone, Alimou Barrie, intimated the gathering that he
decided to join in the fight against COVID- 19 out of the passion to complement
Government’s efforts in trying to curtail the spread of the virus.
He pointed out that
he is supporting the Bo DICORVERC with 90 bags of rice, 40 gallons of hand
sanitizer, 3,000 face masks and a 10 million Leones cheque to ease the burden
on the Government in its strides to combat the virus in that part of the
country.
Alimou Barrie also
handed over 5 million Leones cash, and 30 bags of rice as social mobilization
support for the chiefdoms within Bo district in order to enhance their
interventions and awareness raising campaigns.
Dr. Ronald Marsh, the
Bo District Medical Officer, spoke glowingly about the importance of the
company's support to break the chain of transmission of the virus in the
district. He said the support came at the right time as the cash and items
donated are actually what they need to stop the spread of the disease in the
district.
The Paramount Chief
of Selengah Chiefdom in the Bo district, PC Desmond Mahayie Kargobai, the
Coordinator of Bo DICORVERC David Fortune, and the Special Adviser to President
Bio, Ambassador Umaru Burne Wurie spoke highly of the support from Alimu Barrie
in the fight against COVID-19 in the country.
They praised and
thanked him for his timely intervention stating that the gesture would
ease the challenges they are facing at the moment.
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