The African Cup of Nations tournament is designed to unify Manitoba’s African communities and bring attention to those in need of support. The tournament is an eight-week-long soccer competition hosted yearly within June to August that features soccer teams from various African communities competing for the CACN cup, in friendly but competitive soccer matches. -CACN
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SALNAM Launches a Youth Leadership Capacity Building Program
By Mrs. Aisha Bangura, SALNAM Secretary General, Winnipeg, Canada.
SALNAM is pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative designed to enable our community youths to master foundational knowledge skills in leadership, interpersonal and social connections.
As a first program of its kind, its primary goal is to empower aspiring young community leaders to exercise essential leadership and interpersonal skills while embracing inclusion and diversity as they seek to play a more active role in various economic and cultural development projects in our community.
Our aim at the end of the program is to motivate our future young leaders to increase their engagement in leading projects and programs that will help bring the community closer and preserve rich cultural values.
The program will also provide a unique opportunity to train our youths and build the necessary connections that will lead to productive relationships and interactions vital to sustaining the community in the future.
The preparation of the program is at an advanced stage.
A renowned leadership training expert has been identified, and the contract has been signed. We plan to commence the program in early February 2024 and end in mid-March.
The program embraces a training workshop and post-training mentoring activities of our successfully selected youth participants.
Participants chosen will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program and an allowance of 50 dollars for participating.
To be considered, participating youths must be between the ages of 16 to 30.
Please submit your son’s or daughter’s name to Mrs. Aisha Bangura or Halimatu, our social secretary. Spaces are limited to fifteen maximums.
The condition for the participants is to meet the age requirements and be committed to attending all the sessions, which will be spread over two-hour weekly sessions for between 4 and 6 six weeks. (on a weekend).
Thank you, and I look forward to hearing back from you. – Mrs. Aisha Bangura
There are those who stand apart by the merit of the work they do – whether they want to or not. Abdul and Solomon introduce newbie Bai to the intricacies and dignity of gravedigging for the town down the hill. But when illness hits the town in Sierra Leone, the three must make the best of a bad situation as their workload increases and their supports from the community diminish. Full of song, laughter, tears and beautiful humanity, Diggers is a tribute to essential workers.
By Amadu Sidi Bah, Winnipeg, Canada. December 24, 2023.
Sierra Leoneans have a tradition of sharing and giving gifts from immemorial time. At special holiday seasons such as Christmas, the act of giving takes a significant turn. And this year and for the first time, SALNAM has shown the community that our kids, who are our gems and future leaders, deserve special attention. In building up to the Christmas momentum this year, the Moe Koroma led SALNAM has yet again shown that our community kids are our everything.
Providing a Christmas party was not the only purpose, as the fact that massive amount of gifts were given to each of our kids that attended the merry-making occasion. What more! It was a free- event for all to attend.
The event took place at St. Marks Place on December 16, 2023. Kids and young children accompanied by their parents showed up in their numbers for the events. A major highlight of the event was the attendance of Father Christmas, Santa Claus, which drew lots of fun and excitement from the kids. The atmosphere was hilarious and boisterous. All the kids lined up for their gifts and to take a photo with Father Christmas.
Food, drinks, pizza and delicious jollof with chicken and not to mention fruit salads were in abundance. We are blessed with exceptional ladies who took their valuable time and made personal sacrifices to organize the event to success.
Our tireless vice president, Mrs. Margaret Konteh supported by the lead organizers: our assistant secretary general, Mariama Sesay and social Secretary madam Halima, the financial secretary, Mrs. Hawa Tengbeh and the first lady, Mrs. Koroma deserved wonderful praises. Treasurer, Mr. Amadu Sidi Bah and with support from the president provided important backstopping support to make the occasion a success.
Dear community members, On behalf of the SALNAM executive, we thank you all for supporting our great community. I want to let you know that your service is greatly appreciated. Those that are yet to come, please come. We are one people. The year is almost ending; we are all grateful to the Almighty God for keeping us and our families safe. Please let us all stay optimistic for a glorious new year. On that note, we would like to invite everyone to the end-of-year community gardening, where we will meet to pray, talk and celebrate as a family. Please note that tickets are already available at $35. We all know how prices are these days. Please, let’s come together; we can make a difference.
Furthermore, I have attached our 2023 annual report for everyone to see what we have done so far for 2023.
