Our Projects
Ousainou and Assan
A saving account was opened and D25,000 donated in the account to help build a better future for Ousainou and Assan who recently lost their mother through childbirth!
Many other baby items including baby cots and wardrobe were purchased to support the family on their journey!
Since last week Join Hands 2 Save A Baby have worked closely with family members of these little angels, Ousainou and Assan.
A couple Mark and Jacque who are UK Jamaican citizens have offered to sponsor Ousainou and Assan to a university level via Join Hands. They have also donated £200 and are in the process of purchasing baby items and shipping them to the babies who deserve the best.
Also thanks to May Barrow for her donation of £100 to support this initiative. I know you don’t want me to mention this publicly but no one hides taranga. Sorry my girl.
Please if you would like to support Ousainou and Assan to have the good life they deserve you can make a payment into their own savings account. You can find details of the account indicated on the pictures above. Any money paid into this account can only be withdrawn when they turn 18 years of age.
If you would prefer to send your donation in the UK here, please you can contact Adama and Awa Owens on 07539258111 or 07535688004 and their account details are Awa Owens Ceesay account no 03106578 sc 20 50 82 Barclays Bank.
With many thanks
Amie J
Brikama maternity theatre
Between May 2018 to February 2020
The newly built Brikama maternity theatre sponsored by Join Hands 2 Save A Baby. This project cost around D4, 000.000 and it took us 20 months to complete.
Bwiam General Hospital
Between June 2020 and August 2020
Join Hands 2 Save A Baby donated, incubators and set up a complete neonatal/intensive care unit at Bwiam General Hospital with equipment and renovation work worth more than D5, 000,000. Also baby clothes/starters packs worth more than three months supply were donated together with other medical equipment. Mothers and our premature babies who may need an intensive care/neonatal unit will not need to travel 5 hours from Basse and other part of the provinces areas just in access neonatal unit in Banjul and Kanifing by the Grace of God. The renovation of the neonatal unit has involved replacing and upgrading the electric wiring, lighting, wall tiling and complete redecoration. The room is now fully equipped with three baby incubators donated by ‘Join Hands 2 Save A Baby’ to provide urgently needed neonatal intensive care to needy Gambian babies. There is an additional fourth incubator that is on its way from the UK and will be added to this facility as soon as it arrives in The Gambia.
We aim for the new intensive care unit to make a huge impact in saving the lives of our babies who will be the future leaders of our nation’.
Banjulingding clinic
Join hands conducts a total refurbishment/renovation of the maternity unit at Banjulingding clinic.
The renovation has involved removing defective toilets located in the maternity ward, out patients and medical ward areas. The toilets have now been replaced with new flush toilets together with sinks/hand wash basins. Other work to the maternity ward includes replacing and upgrading the electric wiring, ceiling fans, lighting, retiling, painting and redecoration. Join Hands have also donated a 46 inch TV with free satellite to help improve the entertainment system at the maternity ward at Banjulingding. Also curtains, curtains poles, pillows, pillow cases and beds sheets were donated by Join Hands and etc.
Now is the time to take off our ‘high heels’ to help the people that need our assistance within the health care system because there is so much that needs to be done to save and improve lives and the government can’t do it all alone.
Blood Bank
Our Current Project Launched 24th October 2020
Gambia Maternal Blood Bank is a project set to contribute and complement the efforts of The Ministry Of Health and all citizens in the fight against preventable deaths of our across the maternity units. The launching cost nearly D200, 000
Research has indicated that likely cost per Maternal Blood Bank station will be approximately £10,000.
Depending on the funding gain, we aim to establish Maternal Blood Bank service stations within the six regions across the country.We aim to establish a Maternal Blood Bank in every region in The Gambia ensuring the availability of safe blood transfusion services for use in emergency life saving situations across all maternity units.
The beneficiaries to this project would be our pregnant women, new mothers and babies. Also this project aims to develop an empowering and safe working environment so that our health professionals feel supported by the nation to help them to do their best and to save lives.
Please, we are urging all citizens and charities that are currently doing everything they can to help save the lives of our sisters and babies across the maternity units.
The improvement of our health care system in the Gambia can only be achieved through collaboration and team work with every single citizen. As we always say ‘together we can’.
We take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the Ministry Of Health for welcoming the Maternity Blood Bank Project without hesitating. We are looking forward to working all.
Mandinari Maternity unit
Between in February 2018 to May 2018
Join Hands 2 Save A Baby conducted our first Construction/ refurbishment and water installation project at Mandinari Maternity Unit on 16 May 2018. This project started in February 2018, cost nearly D400,000 and it took nearly three months to complete. It was a fantastic experience working with Mandinari community, their VDC members and the Alkalo.
