{"id":31,"date":"2019-12-03T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2021-11-28T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:30:20","slug":"the-founder-of-irmakunda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"The founder of irmakunda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"167\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FBA8BFC1-C6DF-447E-B3DA-64F9DD6A0DF1-167x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FBA8BFC1-C6DF-447E-B3DA-64F9DD6A0DF1-167x300.jpeg 167w, https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FBA8BFC1-C6DF-447E-B3DA-64F9DD6A0DF1-571x1024.jpeg 571w, https:\/\/irmakunda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FBA8BFC1-C6DF-447E-B3DA-64F9DD6A0DF1.jpeg 577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a33500\"><em>This is me, Trice Sawaneh, founder of the Irmakunda Fund Gambia in 2002, named after my beloved grandmother<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In 1996 I fell in love with Gambia after a holiday and came back to stay within two months, packed a small bag and took my racing bike along!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Ready for a New Adventure&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>I hardly knew the country or anyone, rent a house and in the course of time I built up a second life, exchanging stays in Holland and Gambia up \u2018till today!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>After a while I met Momodou Sawaneh and we got married, have children and grew into a lovely family. Together we expanded Irmakunda. Since 1999 we started several projects like the school for children and adults, food program and a football club. We added the second football field in Bakoteh to start the children competition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our projects involved many people, improved their education and well-being and created a lot of employment. I am grateful for the input of Mo Sawaneh, with him all the volunteer work had results and Irmakunda became succesful. I thank the many partners, sponsors and members of our Foundation that have done a lot and still make our activities possible. Also I would like to mention that we literally make a foundation and most of our projects are taken over by the community and people of Bakoteh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>We will continue new projects and believe in the great cooperation with the people of the Gambia.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is me, Trice Sawaneh, founder of the Irmakunda Fund Gambia in 2002, named after my beloved grandmother\u2026 In 1996 I fell in love with Gambia after a holiday and came back to stay within two months, packed a small bag and took my racing bike along! 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