GAMBIA
CONFERENCE SPEECH REACHES A $1000 A COPY
Karamo NM Sonko
June 22, 2018
Last week another friend, the chief executive officer of an international institution, whom I had given a copy of my published "TafCon 2017" speech to, handed over a $1,000 (one thousand US dollars) to me.
I had earlier thought of deducting my cost of printing the speech (now fully recovered) from the sales of the publication and giving the profit to charity. This latest show of generosity has encouraged me to allocate all the proceeds (cost and profit) so far to The Gambia Disability Impact Trust Fund, an innovative and historic Fund for the benefit of disabled Gambian men and women, which my Foundation and the Taf Foundation are about to launch.
I am NOT special. However, my targeted beneficiaries in need and generous friends indeed are the ones who are very special! The speech is also special because it is an appeal to Gambians and the world to be one. Unless we see each other as one, divisions would destroy our nation and our world.
After many years of giving, I have now learnt from experience that the best way of using limited financial resources to help people is to focus on those with the greatest need and empower them. Success in empowering such people (like anyone else) depends on how reliable, industrious and resourceful they are.
Karamo NM Sonko
June 22, 2018
Last week another friend, the chief executive officer of an international institution, whom I had given a copy of my published "TafCon 2017" speech to, handed over a $1,000 (one thousand US dollars) to me.
I had earlier thought of deducting my cost of printing the speech (now fully recovered) from the sales of the publication and giving the profit to charity. This latest show of generosity has encouraged me to allocate all the proceeds (cost and profit) so far to The Gambia Disability Impact Trust Fund, an innovative and historic Fund for the benefit of disabled Gambian men and women, which my Foundation and the Taf Foundation are about to launch.
I am NOT special. However, my targeted beneficiaries in need and generous friends indeed are the ones who are very special! The speech is also special because it is an appeal to Gambians and the world to be one. Unless we see each other as one, divisions would destroy our nation and our world.
After many years of giving, I have now learnt from experience that the best way of using limited financial resources to help people is to focus on those with the greatest need and empower them. Success in empowering such people (like anyone else) depends on how reliable, industrious and resourceful they are.