Haddy, could you please quickly brief us on the history of SOS Childrens Village Bakoteh?
SOS Children’s Village, Bakoteh was established in 1982 to care for orphaned, abandoned and destitute children and was officially inaugurated on 5 March 1983 by the then president of The Gambia, and the founder of SOS Children’s Villages, Hermann Gmeiner. The Village began with six family houses with 46 children and also a Nursery. Thanks to the expansion in 1996, the Village now has ten family houses with 102 children, which includes eight babies catered for in our transit home. We have ten mothers, seven aunties and four nurses who care for these children. I also live in the Village with my family. There is also a youth home not far from here where 15 youths live under the supervision of Mr Gibba the Youth Supervisor and Omar, a former SOS child and now youth leader. What’s a regular day like in SOS Children’s Village Bakoteh? During school days, we start the day at six in the morning. At this time mothers will be busy preparing the children for school and I go round the village to c
