Amie Jarjue, a young Gambian philanthropist currently living in the UK, fondly called Mother Theresa of The Gambia, has donated 3 incubators worth D4.8 million  to the Bwiam Hospital through her foundation called “Joins Hands 2 Save A Baby” The donated incubators will be specializing in providing support to premature newborn infants.

The UK based Gambian is involved in numerous humanitarian activities to lend a helping hand to her community especially the health sector. She initiated the national fundraiser to help buy food stuffs and other essentials items for the needy Gambians amids the current pandemic.

She also renovated Biwam’s Neonatal unit by replacing and upgrading the electric wiring, lighting, wall tiling among others to give an aesthetic view and conducive atmosphere of the neonatal intensive care unit. She  additionally donated medical equipment and baby clothes.

According to Amie Jarjue, she was inspired to establish  ’Join Hands 2 Save A Baby foundation’ following a visit to her brother’s wife at the Brikama Health Centre. The grueling condition of the maternity unit inspired her to set up a foundation that will prevent  premature babies from dying.

“I realized that the maternity ward was below acceptable standards. I instantly related to the  many amazing Gambian women who were sacrificing their lives each day giving birth in under-equipped maternity units. I shared their pain as I had lost many siblings through complications at birth and from other preventable diseases. So I had a strong empathy with the situation faced by patients and healthcare professionals in the maternity hospitals. Since then, I made it a duty to ensure that intensive care units around the country have the required materials to save lives,” she explained.

Jarjue expressed gratitude to everyone who supported and contributed in one way or the other to make this project a success. “The entire Join Hands 2 Save A Baby members would like to thank MP Musa Amul Nyassi and FARD’s Lamin Tamba for giving so much time to coordinate, support and supervise this project on behalf of the charity and the nation. We look forward to working in partnership with FARD in future projects.”

By: Fatoumatta Samateh