{"id":403,"date":"2019-04-10T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/?p=403"},"modified":"2019-04-10T12:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:22:31","slug":"sunderland-member-visits-gambian-soroptimists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/2019\/04\/10\/sunderland-member-visits-gambian-soroptimists\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland members visits Gambian Soroptimists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-406\" src=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3100.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 23 March, SI Sunderland member, Karen Alexander (along with Anita Heskett-Saddington, who will be also joining the group as a new member in May, and also Jess Tobell and Katrina Brown) were invited to the home of the President of the SI Banjul club in the Gambia.\u00a0 Karen and Anita were in Gambia carrying out volunteering work for the Sunderland-based charity BRAmnesty, set up and managed by Anita and her friend Katrina.\u00a0 The charity&#8217;s aims strongly align with those of Soroptimism; the BRAmnesty Mission is to &#8220;Empower women and girls to take control over their own lives to combat poverty and inequality&#8221;.\u00a0 SI Banjul President, Aminatta LR Ngum, along with fellow Gambian members Hannah Davies (Programme Action), Beatrice Mboge and Sharon Davies, welcomed their guests with a splendid buffet of local food.\u00a0 Aminatta also has the position of United Nations Judge for Criminal Justice<\/p>\n<p>.\u00a0 <a href=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3095.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-409\" src=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3095-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3095-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3095-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3095.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-407\" src=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3098-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3098-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3098-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3098.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <\/a><a href=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3099.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-408\" src=\"\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3099-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3099-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3099-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/sunderland\/files\/2019\/04\/IMG_3099.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To learn a little more about Aminatta, please click on the following link<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"diFmD27LuR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/2017\/catch-up-with-a-soroptimist-aminatta-l-r-ngum\/\">Catch up with a Soroptimist &#8211; Aminatta L.R. 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