NEWS

"CRAFT THEM YOUNG "(Meeting)

Discussion 

Greetings 

A list was passed for those interested in Executive: President, vice president, Secretary and Assistant, PRO, Asst.PRO, Auditor no Assistant, Treasurer, Asst.Treasurer,  

Mr jawara a staff of Maarif discussed important issues about the club in which he advise us about peer Influence which makes most people use this back way and many bad things.

Mr Jatta also the Vice Principal of Maarif International advised us about our Education and that we should be committed, and hardworking and believe we can do it. He made mention of a very important point which is " Don't compete with people but instead compete with yourself and you will find yourself defeating many people " 

This association as he mentioned is created to help many people out there as we can go to schools, communities and the like to sensitize people on how to back away, early Marriage dropping out of school etc. will affect them and we can help and make a change in some people's life 

We have to believe in ourselves that we can make a change In Shaa Allah 

Auntie Marie from Maarif also gave out some Important things, she talks about Gender base violence which is Women are not given power and a platform they are always behind which isn't right because Women give birth and do many things vital, Without Women in any association or group it will lack a lot just like when you Cook food without salt. 

Last but not the list of those that applied for the post of Executive gave a speech and says the reason why we should vote for them. 

Voting was done fairly and we believed those chosen can do it 

Thank you 

Secretary: Mam Marie Khan

Today dated the 12th of March, 2023, Craft Them Young organized their second successful meeting held at Maarif International School from 10 am to 1 pm.

The purpose of the meeting was to elect members into different portfolios who will be solely responsible for the affairs of the association as executives. 

The election was free and fair and after the election, the following people were duly elected in the following positions: 

PRESIDENT: Alagie Bah (a student from Gambia Muslim High School)

VICE PRESIDENT: Muhammed Lamin Yabou (Masroor Senior Secondary School)

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Fatou Conteh (Nustrat High School)

SECRETARY: Mam Marie Khan (Masroor School)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Haja Barry (Masroor School)

THE PRO: Bubucarr N. Jawara ( Kanifing School)

ASSISTANT PRO: Modou laim N. Jawara (Masroor School)

AUDITOR GENERAL: Alpha Omar Manneh (Gambia Muslim High School)

THE TREASURER: Aminata Jallow ( Nustrat High School)

ASSISTANT TREASURER: Ebrima Colley (Gambia Muslim High School)

SOCIAL SECRETARY: Ramatoulie Saine (Masroor School

Other members who did not participate in the elections or did without being elected were divided into groups of Press and Social departments. 

The meeting ended with words of wisdom from the Vice Principal of Maarif Gambia, Mr. Jatta.

CTY Meeting 

Today's meeting was a successful one,Alhamdulillah to that. We were pleased and happy. 

The agenda for the meeting was

1. Opening prayer by Alpha Omar Manneh 

2.  Form For Members: 

We realize that not all the members in the page have the form so due to that the president and executive who were present said that from now on if any member who do not have the form he/she will be remove from the page but will be ask first the failure for not attending the meetings he or she missed

3.  Dedication to the Club: 

We want every member of the association to be active and make things go well and make sure that you attend all meetings.

4. Monthly Contribution: 

We, the executive, and a few members that were there agreed that the amount for the contribution D25.

Plan For The Year:

~ Training on public speaking.

~ Community reach out and school.

~ Tree planting exercise.

This was suggested by the Vice president 2 Ms. Fatou Conteh,she said she is ready to make sure we joined hands with Green up Gambia or the association she is in that do lots of tree planting to be part of this coming tree planting exercise. 

~ Trip within the country.

~ Talent show by members.

Summer camp.

This was suggested Honourable Mr jatta the founder of the association that he had a discussion with some abroad who want to organise a summer camp,he told us that they are ready to sponsor the camp fully and do all that required for them but our willingness and being active will really make it more successful and also we have a lot ahead plan .

He continues, he said that he will buy form from the national youth Council so that every even they will be having,they will invite some of our members to take part and they will be given certificate at the end of the training. 

There will be disqualifications For Not Attending more than two(2) meetings.

According to the president and other executive committees, if any member fails to attend more than two 2 meetings, he/she will be removed immediately.

Each member will ve given a certificate yearly after training or our programmes. 

A lot is planned ahead, according to the founder, Mr Jatta. All we need is to show dedication and readiness. 

We also had a discussion with Muhammed and Babucar, who came back recently from Backway.

They advised us never to try the way, and they said all we are looking is here in the Gambia and finally destiny push us to do anything even not planned. 

Thank you all.

 CRAFT THEM YOUNG recently, teamed up with GREEN UP GAMBIA AND SUKUTA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION to do tree planting exercise at the Sukuta Salagi Forest. This great opportunity was given to us by Hon. MR Ebrima A Kanteh, who is also a member of GREEN UP GAMBIA. These young energetic youths came together to build a stand and make sure out nature is preserved. The team from CRAFT THEM YOUNG was headed by our Hon .Mr President Alagie Bah. Therefore, the CEO Hon. Mr. Jatta together with Mr. Jawara and DR Marigo send big thanks the team that went and those who are willing to go but could not attend.

The meeting, which was attended by our esteemed representatives - Mr. Alagie Bah (President), Ms. Fatou Conteh (Vice President), Mr. Muhammed L. Yabo (Vice President), and Ms. Aminata Jallow (Treasurer) - was a resounding success. Dr. Isatou Touray, a highly respected figure, the former vice president of The Gambia and leader of GAMCOTRAP, extended a warm welcome and expressed her organization's enthusiasm for collaborating with us.

Dr. Touray's gracious hospitality and the honor bestowed upon us during the meeting have further fueled our determination to achieve our goals. GAMCOTRAP's commitment to supporting young people aligns perfectly with our vision, and we are confident that this partnership will yield remarkable results.

We are excited about the opportunities this partnership will bring and look forward to working closely with GAMCOTRAP to create impactful initiatives that will benefit our association big. 

Dr. Isatou Touray and Team has given us a place to have our meetings, whenever we need it, the place is exactly at their office which can take up to 150 people, she said we should just call whenever we need to use it.

She concluded with"I am happy to know we have similar vision, you're young and would one day take my place because I'm aging", we assure her that we will do the best to reach and make all project we partner in to be a success.

Due to happiness, she said we can take 50 members or young people boys and girls on Sunday to their office to have a brief training with us, she also said that she might give us the chance to take over a certain project in KMC here and around. Dr. Touray was over happy and she shows a great interest in working with us.

Craft Them Young Association attended an event today at the American Corner, which was organized by the Youth Mentorship and Pen Program in collaboration with other associations. 

The Theme of the program was

 Leadership , community activism , entrepreneurship , growth and career development .

As at Craft Them Young Association,we believe through education and advocation in nurturing the young ones in Public speaking training,human rights most specially the right of the girl child and also crafting young people to become better leaders of tomorrow will make a great change and will create great leaders of tomorrow.

We are saying thank you to Ms. Kadijatou and her team The Youth Mentorship and Pen Program for making the event a wonderful one. We are inspired by the energy of every young mind that was there to attend the event and make a great contribution to it's success.