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About Us
Formed from WhatsApp group to reconnect former classmates of 4square and subsequent inclusion of other mates of the same, BMSEJS (Batch Mates of St. Edward Junior School) 1990 is a blossom of students that attended the above school between 1986-1990. Many of whom are now grown-up men and women in their late 40s and early 50s. The group are now senior men in the police, army, governmental institutions, private engineers, etc. The batch to have a reconnection mantra to participate in membership welfare, community and national welfare, particularly the school we haled from.
The WhatsApp group transitioned to a formal Association in 2021 with formal structures and explicit leadership roles to stir its affairs. Due to various/diverse quest for inclusion from classes to form the complete batch, tis current status. Over the period, the group have subsidized our own members who have unluckily encounter accidents, deaths of direct family members, and even sick families. A subsequent amount of monthly contribution have supported our own member in of our medical health etc.
The leadership recognize the need for new constitution and name for potential inclusion beyond the batch in the future. In 2023, all changes in constitution to leadership was promulgated with women being accorded very central and sensitive positions. Today, BMSES 90 is a fully registered group with all details in its website and by extension its quest of becoming internationally recognize NGO.
Toilets at St Edwards our alma mater:
The horrible state of boys and girls confronted the visiting team on the initial and first visit to our former school on 27 March, 2023. The team forced to change direction and desire to announce the groups’ initial objective to repaint our final three class rooms in 1990.
The visit lead by the chairperson, deputy secretary, included a tour of the vegetable garden 1990 (now abandoned) due to high deposit of sand caused by rain. The team ended its visit with a conducted classroom tour a short inspirational talk with the grade nine students. Students of 2023/2024 refer to video of the girls. The change in direction resulted to the building of two toilet worth over one hundred thousand dalasis on 19th October 2023
Social Events:
The group has contributed fairly to compliment events organized by family members of the group. A wedding ceremony between a son and daughter of male and female member respectively. The event held in Brikama on the 13th January 2024 was well attended by parents and group members.
Internal Sponsorship:
A son of a member and husband to the chairperson recently died and the membership visited to console and help out in paying last respect to our disease relatives of our membership.
Considered one of our primary objectives for the members, a substantial financial aid to subsidize to help was paid as medical bill for health-related treatment of individuals with ailments and are either members of the group or close family members.
Our Team
Landing Sanyang
Co-Founder, MBA in Int. Trade, BSC in BAM, Graduate Diploma in BAM,
Mariama Jammeh
Co-Founder, Saffie Camara, Qualification , PTC 2001-2004, Computer lit 1993-2001, Employment. Teacher Trainer with MOBSE