By State House Communications Unit
Representatives of Joule Africa and
Endeavour Energy led by the Country Director for Joule Africa, Mr. Patrick Olu
Beckley has this morning 14th August donated a banker's cheque for the sum of
$25,000 USD (Twenty Five Thousand United States Dollars) as their contribution
to the National Emergency Health response against the Ebola outbreak.
The presentation was received by President
Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House.
President Koroma thanked Joule Africa
and conveyed his appreciation to their co-sponsors for offering support during
these difficult times.
“The country is at the moment
overstretched financially and in terms of human resources. The appeal that we
have made and the responses we are now receiving from institutions like you is
encouraging,” the President said.
"I am here this morning with my
colleagues, representing Joule Africa Ltd. of the United Kingdom and Endeavour
Energy of the United States of America, co-sponsors for the development of the
Bumbuna Phase 2 hydro-electric project," Mr. Beckley told the President.
He also noted that their presence at State House was in response to the
national emergency appeal made by President Koroma in May 2014 in the fight
against the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD).
"Your Excellency, we are aware
that the fight against EVD has overstretched our national financial, technical
and human capacity to effectively respond, and if we are to halt its spread and
eradicate it in the shortest possible time there is an urgent need for an
immediate response by the national and international community," he said,
and added that President Koroma has indeed proven that as Commander-in-Chief,
when the lives of Sierra Leoneans are at stake, "you will respond in a
timely manner to halt the spread of the disease in the country."
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