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To our keen followers,
It has been a while since we last update any info about our activities and status at large. Our productivity, just like many other organizations around the world, has been greatly disturbed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This dimmed our visibility on many platforms. However, we have been working on few projects that, as our updates unfold, will be brought to your notice.
We are overwhelmed by the fact that, we had undergone progressive restructuring and are now perfectly positioned to impact people’s life positively.
Stay connected for more updates about our work!
Our Mentees had the opportunity to witness Court Proceedings at Brikama Magistrates Court.
As part of their training to expose them to the practical aspects of different careers, witnessing a Court Proceedings for the first time was a great experience for the Mentees and exposing them to the real world.
Our mentees visited Gaye Nyorro Skill Academy
Our 2021 teen boys and girls mentees visited Gaye Njorro Skills Academy and meet with Mrs. Fatou Gaye Saine, the CEO of the Academy. She is an entrpreneur who believes in hardworking, passion and empowerment. The Gaye Njorro Skills Academy train youths on tailoring, catering, hairdressing and many other skill trainings,
The CEO shared lots of information with our mentees including her challenges faced and successful achievements and advice the mentees to always choose what they've passion for and do the right thing because she did what's right and that earned her a great story.
The mentees appreciated the fact that her academy empower and support young people. They were taken around the a academy to see what skills are available at the school and to be expose to the learning materials and facilities to better support their experience and knowledge on what and how Gaye Nyorro Skill Academy teach and empower their students.
The visit was meant to support our mentees to get expose to opportunities around them and where exactly to find it when needed and to equally encourage and aid them to discover what they really like and want to do. The visit was appreciated by both mentees and CEO of Gaye Njorro Skills Academy, as exciting, educative and helpful.
Our Mentees visited The State of Mic
The visit was to support the mentees to learn and know what state of mic does and what opportunities they have. They had incredible session with Bubacarr Manga, a staff at State of Mic.
State of mic is a media house that does video shooting, editing and advertisement for companies and individuals and among others.
Mr.Manka advices the mentees to choice careers they have passion for, try extra hard to discover themselves, he further state that, the mentees should also know that the mentorship is a short period of their life time thus, only helping them to know the available opportunities around them and where to locate them when needed but SaFE cannot cater everything for them.
He equally shared the challenges State of Mic encounters at the beginning and how far they had tackle and succeeded in attainment of its goal.
He further assured the mentees that, state of mic is always open for them and can visit anytime they prefer.
Concisely, many other useful information was shared by Bubacarr Manga and mentees really got inspired.
Our Mentees had great session with Madi Jorbateh at the Teens' Mentorship Program, a well-known, conversant and veteran Human Rights Activist.
The discussion focus on Activism in the area of all prerogatives of everyone as a human being. He cajoled the youngsters to leave their comfort zones to actively participate in advocacy for justice, Equality, non-discrimination and peace for all.
The prominent mover and shaker ( Madi Jorbateh) spoke at length about the need for a vibrant and activistic youthful demography in order to speak truth to power, ensuring effective accountability and strive for a ful-lfledging and consolidating democracy in the country. Mr. Jorbatreh further inspired our audience to uphold the spirit of patriotism and ideals of freedom of expression and being responsible citizenship at all times.
Subsequently, the renowned Rights Activist vehemently stressed out the essence of focusing on good governance which in turns to fuel the protection, respect and fulfillment of Human Rights in the country. The principles of good governance and Human Rights are close enough in motivation and design to compliment each other.
Finally, the guest speaker didn't let any sleep of chance to remind the mentees about their civil and political rights, especially during the forthcoming electoral cycle. Thus, young people have indispensable role in course of national development. He reiterated that the future of the country largely depends on contemporary desire and interests of the youth for change.
Ultimately, the session was concluded with questions and answers segment wherein Mr. Jorbateh shared his valuable experience, and challenges of being a Rights Activist in The Gambia.
Our mentees had a field trip to Sinchu Alagie, where they met an inspiring woman named Isatou Ceesay. In 2016, Isatou had an national award for energy globe by the waste aid UK. She is interested in women and youth empowerment, waste management, and environmental issues.
The mentees were given a chance to look at some of the products she produces using waste materials; she made charcoal out of groundnut shells and dry leaves, key holders and stool out of car tires, and many more. Her incredible recycling style helps the environment and generates new reusable and affordable materials for people. The mentees were able to get some information on how the process is carried out.
She also shared the experiences and hurdles that she faced as a woman when starting the project and encourage the mentees to believe in themselves in whatever they choose to do. She had a questions and answers session with the mentees where she responded and elaborated on the questions asked.
She inspired the mentees to do small things that would make a big difference in the world and to be environmentally friendly.
Our session last Saturday was an immersive one with the mentees. We had three guests who shared their experiences, opportunities and challenges in relation to their careers.
Fatoumatta A Camara who is a law graduate (LLB) of the University of The Gambia and also a remarkable public speaker had a marvelous talk with our Mentees. She shared stories of her journey through the Law School, what it takes to go through it and how one should be fully conscious of the career path they choose. She also discussed the art of being a good public speaker and emphasized the importance of balancing school work with extra curricular activities.
The second and third guests were Mr. Musa Bah and his wife Aisha Bah. Mr Bah is a teacher, writer and a social commentator, and Mrs. Bah is a music teacher, composer and a writer. They discussed the importance of service without expecting anything in return; passion for what you are doing; and how reading can change your life.
The Mentees were given an insight of the works of these people and what it takes to follow their steps.
The SaFE Teens Mentorship Program 3.0 commenced sessions on 3rd July 2021.
The mentees formally introduced themselves to each other and shared their expectations. Our discussion focused on self-esteem and other traits that promotes personal growth of individuals.
Our guests were two former mentees(Fatoumatta Trawalley and Fatou Sillah) who shared their experiences and equally inspired the current mentees to take advantage of the opportunity.
Salimatou Foundation for Education is happy to collaborate with StarFish International for this year’s Mentorship Program for the smooth implementation of the program.
Our Teen Mentorship Program application 3.0 has closed on Saturday, the 13th June, 2021.
We have received 193 Applications for which only 30 will be selected for the program. We will notify all shortlisted applicants by the end of this week. Share this with anyone who have applied for the program.
We really wish to Mentor any teenager that had applied but due to insufficient resources, we will be unable to take more than 30 Teenagers.
Thank you!
Salimatou Foundation for Education
Salimatou Foundation for Education team will be at GRTS A.M show tomorrow by 9:00am to talk about the Teens Mentorship Program! Don’t miss it.
Hello great followers,
In this video we have answered all frequent questions about the Mentorship. Share it with anyone who may have question about the program.
https://youtu.be/KlggUZKhAdU
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