By State House
Communications Unit
As government
continues to demonstrate firm commitment towards the eradication of the Ebola
Virus Disease (EVD), the sum of Le 605 million cash donations from TELTAC
Africa, the local tourism sector and members of the Freetown Dinner Club on
Thursday 7th August were presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma at State
House.
Samir Yansaneh on
behalf of TELTAC Africa donated a cheque of Le 500 million, the tourism sector
in collaboration with the National Tourist Board of Sierra Leone donated Le 55
million, and the Freetown Dinner Club donated Le 50 million.
Commending the
various organizations during the donations at State House, President Koroma
expressed profound gratitude to the organizations for their response to
government’s call in fighting this menace.
Acknowledging the
fact that the disease is new to the country, President Koroma went on to
underscore the importance of stabilizing the situation and called on all Sierra
Leoneans to be fully involved.
He handed over the cheques to the Deputy
Minister 2 of Health and Sanitation, Foday Sawi, for judicious use of the Ebola
funds.
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