{"id":86661,"date":"2025-09-24T18:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:14:56","slug":"shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls","title":{"rendered":"Shine Light NGO Donates Learning Materials to Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Shine Light for Girls\u2019 Education, a local non-governmental organisation, has donated educational materials to students under its sponsorship.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held on Saturday at the regional governor\u2019s office in Brikama, brought together students and their parents under the theme: \u201cEmpowering Girls, Honouring Mothers: A Legacy of Strength and Education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ebrima Njie, founder of Shine Light for Girls\u2019 Education, emphasized the vital role of single mothers in society, stressing that empowering and supporting them should be a collective responsibility. He announced that 72 packages of learning materials will be distributed to sponsored girls across the Lower River Region, Central River Region, Kanifing Municipality, and West Coast Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe girls in The Gambia should not be left behind because of their gender. Over the years, Shine Light has not only provided educational supplies but also created a sense of dignity and belonging. We have built bridges between Germany and The Gambia, linking opportunities to dreams,\u201d Njie said, acknowledging the strong support of the organisation\u2019s German board.<\/p>\n<p>Tijan Fadera, regional coordinator for Shine Light, urged communities to turn the challenges faced by women and girls into opportunities that can empower them to become job creators.<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers, including Lamin Jammeh of the Africa Youth Commission, Adama Jallow representing NGOs, Adama Jarju of Yakarr Football Academy, and Alagie M. Cham from TANGO, also underscored the importance of supporting girls\u2019 education and empowering women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Shine Light for Girls\u2019 Education, a local non-governmental organisation, has donated educational materials to students under its sponsorship. The ceremony, held on Saturday at the regional governor\u2019s office in Brikama, brought together students and their parents under the theme: \u201cEmpowering Girls, Honouring Mothers: A Legacy of Strength and Education.\u201d Ebrima Njie, founder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shine Light NGO Donates Learning Materials to Girls - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shine Light for Girls\u2019 Education, a local non-governmental organisation, has donated educational materials to student ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shine Light NGO Donates Learning Materials to Girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shine Light for Girls\u2019 Education, a local non-governmental organisation, has donated educational materials to student ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T18:10:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-24T19:14:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758728653.387441.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Shine Light NGO Donates Learning Materials to Girls\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-24T18:10:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-24T19:14:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\"},\"wordCount\":251,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758728653.387441.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/shine-light-ngo-donates-learning-materials-to-girls\",\"name\":\"Shine Light NGO Donates Learning Materials to Girls - 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