The Eco-Tourism Society is an organization working towards making more sustainable developments in the Gambia, and to enhance the well-being of our local indigenous people.

We have many projects underway, such as the permaculture house (organic and community growing of food) which we have secured a fantastic location to use as the permaculture resource center.

We will be using this area to develop our permaculture skills so we can boost food security.

We will also be using this resource center to host events, such as live music, with our hardworking entertainments team who are developing, and promoting music and dance both nationally and international. We’re looking for people to come to the Gambia and want to bring the level of talent we have here to an international level. 

The Permaculture Resource Center is just one of the many projects we have underway. We are currently developing an off-grid living holiday to target people interested in off grid tourism, or people who want to experience a completely different way to contemporary living.

This will help enhance our local communities in the Gambia and give them an opportunities they can benefit from.

Other projects we are working on include the promotion an education of the Gambian ancient history, and we will be holding tours to historical landmarks such as the Wassu stone circles.

This will be attractive to people who are interested in history, and we would like to connect with well established leading figures in the ancient history movement to bring international awareness.

promoting sustainable fashion and style,

We are aiming to push the Gambia to become a self-reliant Eco-nation by creating these unique opportunities.

By bringing ecotourism and permaculture to the forefront, we can focus on sustainable development by environmental conservation and promoting the local people to benefit from this. We are working towards enhancement of local communities in the Gambia by bringing projects into communities that will  increase the living standard for the Gambian people.

At the moment the main way we are connecting with people is by using social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, to connect people both nationally and internationally towards the development of the organization.

We have a number of profiles on Facebook that we are using to connect with people from around the world.  We are currently conducting meetings with stakeholders, consultants and looking for business partnership for collaboration and partnership for the development of the organization and our beautiful country.

The reason that we believe in this so much is  that the Gambia has so many potential resources yet to be explored, that’s why the ecotourism society is making use of these. We currently attract around 150,000+ visitors annually and we believe this number could increase through the services that we will be able to offer.

Working with the Eco-tourism society will mean you will be working with small communities throughout the Gambia, which is one of our most fundamental issues. We want to see that the local communities benefit out of the ecotourism projects that we will be bringing.

and with all benefits to smaller communities aside, the Gambia is one of the most peaceful, beautiful and friendly countries in the world where everyone is treated like family.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes!

Mustapha

ABOUT THE BRIDGE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

The Bridge Leadership Foundation (TBLF) is a non-profit leadership and capacity development Foundation committed to building generations of young people educated to become compassionate, entrepreneurial and engaged citizens who are empowered to take responsibility for their own lives and for making a difference in the world. The Foundation seeks to address gaps in the provision of practical leadership models for young people and thus provides a platform designed to inspire, motivate, train, mentor and empower young people to achieve their best. The platform aims to reach young people with unpopular but relevant messages; trusted and tested answers to their questions and challenges.

The Bridge Leadership Foundation is a vision of Senator Liyel Imoke, established in July 2011.

OUR VISION

A community of inspiring, equipped and influential young leaders, who lead themselves and others.

OUR VALUES

 Integrity

 Character

 Hard-work

 Excellence

 Service to Community

info@thebridgeleadership.org

http://www.thebridgeleadership.org

http://www.facebook.com/TheBridgeLeadershipFoundation

http://www.twitter.com/TBLFoundation

Principally, the night of African Diaspora Living Legend Day is dedicated to outstanding individuals and corporate entities of African and non-African descents whose work positively contribute to changing perception about Africa. The event will serve as an opportunity to officially introduce the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent in Germany.

The main focus of the night of the African Diaspora Living Legend is to illuminate the potentials and positive achievements of African Migrants in Germany as well as contribute to promote the goals of People of African Descent in Germany and across Europe. These role models (the Living Legends) are encouraged to continue serving as a positive example and inspirators and motivators as well as mentors for subsequent generations of people of African Descent. Institutions and the society in Germany should become aware of the potentials embedded in this people as well as the need to support and promote their active participation in the development of Germany in general and that of the African Diaspora in particular.

Part of the night of the African Diaspora Living Legend Day will also be the presentations of awards to notables and outstanding sons and daughters of Africa whose work impact positively on Africa and its people as well as outstanding individuals and corporate entities of non-African descent whose work positively contribute to changing perception of Africa.

The strategy is to portray recipients of the Awards as role models, so that the younger generation of Africans, resident both in Germany (Europe) and Africa, may learn and emulate their ideals as achievers and leaders in their chosen fields of activity.

African Heritage Magazine, is a mainstream print magazine and online Magazine in Germany. Their media model won them Best African Media in Germany in 2005/2006, Fink TV Special Award for African Heritage TV format “Afrika Outlook,” 2013 and Best print media promoting the African Diaspora Cultural Heritage and Tourism “Oscars of Black Culture & Heritage Tourism Award” 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia USA. In 2014 the Magazine also won the Outstanding Achievement in Germany and Best Diaspora Publication Award in Spain. In February 2016, the editor in chief won the Best International Creative Director in Dublin, Ireland.

Special thanks to this amazing man for founding African Heritage Magazine, I am talking about our one and only,

Hon. Kenneth Gbandi (M.P.S.)
– Geschäftsführer African German Information Center (AGiC g.UG)
– Geschäftsführer HiBC GmbH
– Sprecher African Consultative Forum (ACF)Hamburg
– Mitglied des Stiftungsbeirat Hamburger Stiftung für Migranten
– Vertreter der Afrika-Region im Integrationsbeirat,Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (2011 Legislative Periode)
– President Nigerians In Diapora Organization (NIDO) Germany

Dear Elders, Family and Friends,

I felt very humbled and honoured to have received A LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at THE GATHERING OF GREAT MINDS AND ACHIEVERS BAOBAB AWARDS which took place at The AFRO CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE in East London on Saturday the 30th of April

I was also one of The Key Speakers at this amazing event and spoke on “THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY COHESION AMONGST AFRICANS IN THE DIASPORA ”

Mercy Makinde is a seasoned Entrepreneur, Writer, Speaker and Enterprise advocate. She is the CEO of IASPIRE RADIO – Nigeria’s first Motivational Radio Station- The Voice of Reawakening.

She also mentors and expresses her thoughts, knowledge and experience through her blog, the IASPIRE BLOG- The blog for Motivation, Inspiration and Devotion.

With a unique ability to see and act ahead of times, she has helped to preach the message of change and reawakening to the present generation in dire need of motivation and empowerment with the Iaspire Radio and Iaspire Blog.

She is also the founder of the NGO, AMAZING AMAZON INITIATIVE, which is a support group for women of all walks of life designed to mentor, motivate, inspire and empower them to become the very best.

Mercy has a knack for excellence and breaking new grounds. She loves learning, thinking, creating and promoting entrepreneurial solutions to business issues. She particularly enjoys helping people start-up their businesses and also assisting early stage companies prepare for significant growth. She has a very strong passion for women, youth and entrepreneurial development.

She is also the MD/CEO of Crested Crane Tours and Travels, a renowned travel agency affiliated to Radius Travel Group, one of the world’s leading Travel Management Companies.

Before her sojourn into the world of Entrepreneurship she worked in the financial sector. She started her Banking career in Lagoon Home Savings and Loans Ltd, a Mortgage Bank. She then progressed to the Commercial Banking Sector where she worked as a Business Development Officer for Zenith Bank, Oceanic Bank and Skye Bank PLC respectively before leaving the Banking world to set up her own business.

She loves diving in the Blue Ocean and enjoys building a business, exploring new ventures, travelling the world, taking chances with novel ideas and generally trying to improve her self in several ways.

Due to her love and passion for the younger generation, she has invested in various endeavours designed to add value to the lives of the children of this great Continent. She represents the Oxford International Education Group, U.K in Africa. She has the franchise to run the British English Olympics Competition for schools in Africa. Mercy Makinde sits on the Advisory Board of Techie Farmer Limited, an Agriculture  Technology company that focuses on inspiring a green revolution and using technology to bridge the gap in the Agriculture  sector.

She is also on the Board of Team Funding Coop, U.K an international Co-operative Alliance company that helps SMEs with funding.

Mercy Makinde is a feature writer for one of Nigeria’s leading Newspaper, The Guardian Newspaper and Lagos Mum, an online community of Lagos Mothers.

Mercy holds a degree from the prestigious University of Lagos. She is happily married with four children.

Dear Elders, Family, Friends and Fans,

I will be a KEY SPEAKER at “The Gathering of Great Minds and Achievers” taking place TODAY Saturday the 30th of April at The African Caribbean Resource in East London.
I will be speaking on “The Importance of Community Cohesion for Africans in The Diaspora”
Copies of my 2nd Published Book “THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER” will also be on Sale.

Israel Onoriode will be performing at The Gathering of Great Minds and Achievers 

“The Gathering of Great minds and Achievers” is an amazing event you cannot afford to miss organised by “Baobab Awards” and Culture Ambassador, Chief Komolafe Omotunde.

The event takes place this Saturday the 30th of April at The NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE, 627 Barking Road, Plaistow, East London, E13 9EZ AT 7PM ON THE DOT.

Come and be part of an amazing evening of Inspirational talks, authentic African performances, Spoken word, dance, exhibitions and Award recognitions
TICKETS ARE 15 POUNDS ONLY, For more info, contact 074810 43038

To find out more about Israel , feel free to read his amazing bio below

Israel Godson Onoriode also knows as Dj real O’rael is originally an actor, songwriter and a radio presenter. He also does event video and photography. Isreal is  The eighth of nine children from the family of Gabriel Onoriode Uge, his love for music entertainment and media was first noticed when he was 2 years old as he would dance and sing for anyone, he eventually started making money performing at the tender age of nine. He knew and would talk about all programs especially films on TV.

Israels  passion for creativity took him to becoming a member of Stars theatre one of the most popular dance theatres in Benin City, Nigeria around late 80s and early 90s. He also featured in a couple of episodes of the comedy variety show on Edo state broadcasting corporation EBS While an undergraduate at the University of Portharcourt, he was always chosen as one of the delegate to represent the University at the annual National University Theatre Arts Festival (NUTAF). He was also one of the actors on the Rivers state entry of the then Nigerian International Bank (NIB) Annual Production It was not until he relocated to the UK that he started giving more attention his music.

He released his first highlife CD in 2007 and  again his hunger to express his passion in images led him to start Realmultimedia originally called Realife images – a video and photography event coverage business that same year.

Realmultimedia have shot about 33 events since then. They are looking forward to doing feature films from next year. Israel Onoriode DJ real, the soul man as he is fondly know on radio is the host of Real Vibez and The African Show (from 6- 8pm every Tuesday) where they examine the music, lifestyle, culture and traditions of a particular African country every month on Blast1386 the UK, Reading based radio station. Israel Onoriode is the founder of Realpraisefestival (www.realpraisefestival.co.uk) a Christian whole day praise festival and LIVING IT an annual music and general entertainment initiative where they showcase and encourage acts especially youth groups to live their acts. Some of his works on stage • Samuel Beckett’s one man play Act Without Word, Directed by Yibo Koko (Man) 1991 • Miesoinuma H S Minima’s Odum Egege – Directed by Comish Ekiye for Nigerian International Bank (NIB) Annual Production (Ikechi) 1997 • Don Pedro Obaseki’s OBASEKI, directed by Pedro Obaseki (Igbinovia) 2001, 2002 & 2003 • Don Pedro Obaseki’s AZAGIDI, directed by Pedro Obaseki (Fool) 2003 • Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Preach directed by Chris Moran for progress theatre. Reading. UK (The Magician) 2005 Films: • Aziba (1999) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Ebah) • Tara (2000) director by Don Pedro Obaseki (Anslem) • Brave Soldier (2000) directed by Don Pedro Obaseki (Policeman) • The Reverend (2001) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Police Officer) • Afro (2002) directed by Charles Novia (Native Doctor) • Sinners in the House (2003) directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (Medical Doctor) • Blood Diamond (2012) By The Film and Video Makers club Reading, UK (Diamond Dealer) • Escape (2014) The Film and Video Makers club Reading entry at the Reading Fringes Film Festival. TV Soap • ZENITH (2004) Soap Opera on African Independent Television (AIT) (John)

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WORDPLAY will be performing at The Gathering of Great Minds and Achievers 

“The Gathering of Great minds and Achievers” is an amazing event you cannot afford to miss organised by “Baobab Awards” and Culture Ambassador, Chief Komolafe Omotunde.

The event takes place this Saturday the 30th of April at The NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE, 627 Barking Road, Plaistow, East London, E13 9EZ AT 7PM ON THE DOT.

Come and be part of an amazing evening of Inspirational talks, authentic African performances, Spoken word, dance, exhibitions and Award recognitions
TICKETS ARE 15 POUNDS ONLY, For more info, contact 074810 43038

To find out more about WORDPLAY , feel free to read his amazing bio below

Zimbabwean born Spoken Word Artist Munyaradzi Michael Usuwana better known as “ The Wordplay Artist” was born on the 6th of September in 1990 and later moved to London when he was a little older. Thrust into the limelight at a Church conference, Munyaradzi was pulled aside by one of the church leaders who picked up some rhyming, rhthms and acronyms in Munya’s speech asked him if he was a writer and Munya’s reply was an emphatic NO. Munya was then inspired to start writing and sharing his poetry and his first poem ‘Andrew’ was written in 2012 bit was later filmed into a video in early 2014.

He has performed at many other events in various venues across England and is still going for gold . Munya has featured with poems like “Andrew” and “Passes and merits” which all have videos on You tube. He also has several poems which are also yet to be filmed. Munya has featured in a campaign With the Charity Active Horizons where they aimed to address bullying in schools , and this is actually why he wrote the poem ‘ Passes and Merits.’

Since then Wordplay’s talent has granted him access to appearances at high profile events. He got to perform at the Zimbabwean achievers awards Ceremony in May 2014 where he unleashed another one of his “Greats Ashes to Ashes” which talks of the facts of Today’s financial world Another one of his performances was at the Zim link Launch party In London were he featured on stage 3 times on the same night. Munyaradzi also featured at the Face of the Globe and the Miss Zimbabwe Pageant. The Wordplay Spoken Word artist will also be perfoming at Befftas awards ceremony in 2014 and that so far is the biggest event of the all.

Angie Amra Anderson will be one of The Key Speakers at The Gathering of Great Minds and Achievers 

“The Gathering of Great minds and Achievers” is an amazing event you cannot afford to miss organised by “Baobab Awards” and Culture Ambassador, Chief Komolafe Omotunde.

The event takes place this Saturday the 30th of April at The NEWHAM AFRICAN CARIBBEAN RESOURCE CENTRE, 627 Barking Road, Plaistow, East London, E13 9EZ AT 7PM ON THE DOT.

Come and be part of an amazing evening of Inspirational talks, authentic African performances, Spoken word, dance, exhibitions and Award recognitions
TICKETS ARE 15 POUNDS ONLY, For more info, contact 074810 43038

To find out more about Angie Amra Anderson , feel free to read his amazing bio below

Angie Amra Anderson – Artistic Director of AMRA Productions

The core strength of AMRA is its highly experienced and dedicated committed professional artists.

The inspiration and guiding force is Angie Amra Anderson BA (hons). Trained at the School of Oriental and African Studies, (SOAS), University of London, she has pioneered African arts in the UK forover 40 years. As a dancer, choreographer, singer, actress and percussionist, she has acquired a vast performing experience and is one of the UK’s top African arts.

In 1976, she co-founded the award-winning Ekome National Dance Company, which took England and Europe by storm for over a decade. She has been an invited guest/teacher/performer in Europe, Scandinavia, Jamaica, Haiti, Ghana and Nigeria is known to thousands of students as a very charismatic teacher and has created a stimulating way of communicating this rich and diverse art-form.

Her research in African Caribbean and especially African-Cuban art forms left a tremendous emotional and aesthetic experience. As a principal dancer with numerous dance companies, her work gained a new strength and authority from it. Her TV and Film appearances includes ‘The South Bank Show’,‘Highway’, ‘A Sailor’s Return’, ‘Rwendo – The Journey’, ‘Bacchanal’, ‘Ebony’, ‘Only Fools & Horses’ and for BBC Education `Music Makers’ among others.

Her innumerable records of performances had been with artistes such as Peter Gabriel at WOMAD (World Of Music & Dance), Fela Kuti, Musical Director of The Sounds of Blackness, Osibisa and the infamous Zairean guitarist Franco.

Her love for African Play Production Styles will continue to emphasize the strength, dignity, pride and virtuosity inherent in the various forms

Training & Development

• Nigerian Performing Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,

Nigeria, W, Africa, and extensive field research 2000

• Haitian Ritual Theatre, Madame Gautier School of Performing

• Afro-Cuban Music & Dance, National Folklorica, Cuba, West

Indies, 2001

• Traditional Ghanaian Dance & Music, Institute of African

Studies, Legon (1983) and field research 1983, 1990, 1994

• Traditional dance & music, Jamaica School of Dance, Jamaica,

West Indies (1995, 1998 & 2003)

Awards & Accolades

• ‘Award for Teaching Young People’ Oxfordshire county Council

• MTV’s Green Room – Nominee for percussion with AKALA

• Digital Dance Award for Best Black Dance-Drama (1992)

• BAFTA Award for contribution to music score for the film

‘Rwendo – The Journey – Directed by Farai Sevenzo (1990)

• Black Dance Development Award (1985)

• Time Out Award for Best Dance Company (1983 & 1984)

• Cultural Arts Award for Outstanding Contribution to African Arts,

presented at Buckingham Palace (1984)

Contact details: AMRA Productions

Angie Amra Anderson

Artistic Director

M: 07402 953 987

E: amraproductions@gmail.com

http://www.amraproductions.co.uk