Abdulai bayraytay biography
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From March 2001-2002, he was community services Community supervisor, GTZ –MPL, in partnership with CARD –SL, building the capacity of local communities and structures to enable them plan and implement sustainable development activities and also promote socio political cohesion at community levels.
His passion and insight for humanitarian work has enamored him to serve as a B-Gifted Foundation's Board of Advisor.
Senesie B. Kallon (Board Of Director
Mr. He has worked extensively in peace building and democracy in Sierra Leone and in Canada and for many years in Sierra Leone he held senior positions at The organization Campaign for Good Governance, Democracy and Human Rights in Sierra Leone for many years.
After graduating with excellent grades from his undergraduate studies, Mr. Kallon was retained by the University of Sierra Leone for 2 years as a Research and Teaching Assistant from 2000 -2001 and a lecturer from 2001-2002 before leaving the country for further studies abroad. The other two panelist were Alexandre Trudeau and Jennifer Corriero
In 2003 Andrew received a major scholarship from the University of St.
Francis Xavier to attend the 1st Africa-Canada Youth Symposium for Leadership in Development sposored by CIDA and organised by Coady International Institute at Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Halifax in Nova Scotia Canada. As a result of his various work within Sierra Leone, regionally and internationally, including consultancy undertaken for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Mr.
Bayraytay became particularly recognized as a key player in his role as Rapporteur in the signing of the West African Moratorium on Small Arms and Light Weapons by the ECOWAS Heads of State in Abuja, the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1998.
Patrick Lamboi (Board Of Director)
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Lamboi has worked for several humanitarian and developmental organizations in Sierra Leone. He is the currently the Deputy Spokesperson for the Ministry of Information and Communication of the Government of Sierra Leone. Through his pointed writings, mostly political features, he soon established himself as one of the best columnists that won the hearts of the reading public.
A few years later, he travelled abroad in pursuit of more academic accolades after he had made a niche in civil society activism under the umbrella of Campaign for Good Governance (CGG) as Information and Research Officer.
It therefore came as no surprise that when the APC came into governance in 2007 amidst the puerile insinuations on the part of the main opposition party that the party lacked the cadre of academics and professionals required to run the state, then, Bayraytay left Canada and joined the bandwagon of other professionals for state governance.
As spokesman and senior foreign policy adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bayraytay in no little measure immensely contributed to the rebranding of the country using both his local and international connections.
Known for his public oratory since his student days at FBC, the eloquent Bayratay continues to inform the public and always defend Government on critical issues that the opposition would want to use to blackmail the Dr.
Ernest Bai Koroma-led administration.
His honesty and straightforwardness of speech and behavior continue to make it extremely difficult for the opposition members to overcome him in public debates in the media and at public for a as he continues to be very sensitive to immediately reacting to negative reports published by opposition newspapers in an attempt to besmirch the good work of the President and the Government.
This is where I doff my hat to the late Hon.
Musa Tamba Sam (May his soul rest in perfect peace), the former National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition SLPP, himself a shrewd public orator, for his sincerity in saluting the admiration he had for Bayraytay’s public oratory. He was also selected to contribute as a mentor at the 1st Irmas International Youth media Summit in Reseda, Los Angeles in 2006.
Projects implemented included community water sanitation projects, infrastructural development, emergency response (including relief aid assistance following mine related disasters) and involuntary resettlement of mine project-affected communities. Prior to holding the position as Community Development Supervisor, he held the position of Environmental Health and Safety Supervisor (Head of Environmental Section) where he demonstrated excellent environmental management skills within the framework of the SRL Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) and best practiced guidelines such as World Bank’s IFC EHS guidelines and ISO 14000 & 14001.
Between 2004 and 2006, Mr.
Kallon worked as Environmental Officer at CEMMATS Group Ltd., Sierra Leone’s largest engineering firm that handles complex projects in engineering and environment and socio-economic development issues. Abass was a research consultant for Partnership Africa Canada through NMJD, as well as successfully consulted by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada, on the Role of Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning on two Ethical initiatives, Arms and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). Mr.
Abass Kamara was also consulted by Action Plus, an NGO in Sierra Leone for the Simplification of the Gender Act including; Domestic Violence Act of 2007, Registration of Customary Marriages and Divorces Act 2007, and the Devolution of Estates Act 2007. Abdulai Bayraytay is appointed Senior Policy Adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and became the Personal Assistant to and Spokesman of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation since May, 2008.
His outstanding and exhaustive contribution to the Communications and development sector has been demonstrated in his involvement in Working with B-Gifted Foundation's gender-based violence programs and also reporting on case study based on qualitative and quantitative data collected from literature reviews and field research conducted across Sierra Leone in 2009.
He took four(4) years to complete his course with a Division 2 and happened to convocate in 2015 because of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) that struck the country and her environs.
Barrie has however been an outstanding and relentless gentleman who have dedicated his life and time to serving humanity and see that the world becomes a better place for all.
In the 2012 General Elections he served the National Electoral Commission as a Voter Identification Officer.
(NMJD). In this position he planned and task managed community development projects in more than 200 communities in 8 chiefdoms within the mining concession of Sierra Rutile Ltd and the sister bauxite mines, VIMETCO, as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the two sister mining companies. Her motto is “Be the change that you want to see in the world”
Maxwell Adeo Adew is one of B-Gifted Associate members since 2010.
This, to say the least, both as a student leader has won him the admiration of most of his budding colleagues.
Bayraytay brought that feat into Journalism when he caught his professional teeth into first the proscribed newbreed newspaper where he worked as a reporter until his arrest by the NPRC junta and incarcerated for three weeks and later as a founding member of the Expo Times Newspapers.
The reportage provided, added to the openness and structures been put in place and working towards the prevention of gender-based violence. http://steppinginforthegirls.blogspot.com/
Ibrahim is also currently a member of the Giraffe Heroes International in Sierra Leone where he helps to coordinate the programs with stories from Sierra Leone heroes who 'stick their neck out for the common good'.
This service has led to awareness and potential enactment of the Just Mining Act of Sierra Leone that will relieve women and children from the scourges of unjust mining activities that impact them profoundly in mining areas of Sierra Leone. His Proficiency in the use of Office Suite: MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Publisher, MS Access, MS Excel and MS Paint has also served as a plus to the Foundation
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He has also worked with The Gondobay Manga Foundation, a non-profit organization inspired by founder Isaiah Washington's as Public Relations and Communications Officer for six years. He holds a B.A Hons in Mass Communications from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone where he is also currently pursuing an LLB degree.Abass Kamara has also been consulted widely on various legal issues. In 2004, (Law Reform Commission), contracted him on the issue of Mining and the Hazardous Effects on the environment. Between 2004-till date, he holds the position as Legal Executive and research Officer for the Law Reform Commission in Sierra Leone. Earlier in 2004 he served in the same capacity as Legal Adviser at the Coalition of Civil Society and Human Rights Activists (CCSHRA) and has a long term commitment to working as Research Adviser for the Network Movement for Justice and Development.