Gambia

Bio

My Name is Tanta Badjan, I was born an raised in the Gambia by my very strong and dedicated parents Mr. Rene Badjan and Elizabeth Badjan. I'm the third born in a family of 4, growing up my parents always made it
very clear to both me and my siblings that education is very essential to have if we wanted to be successful in life.

With the caring voice of my parents pushing me to reach as high as I could, I maintained an excellent grade point average all through high school. Though I believe that I am a well loved young lady things have not always come easy to me, I've had to overcome many obstacles in my young life but I have also learned a lot from all that I went through. Since I was a little girl I was never afraid to dream big and I've always had an incredible determination to make all my dreams come true. I have just recently graduated from high school and will be starting college in fall majoring in Pharmacy.

My dreams include making Africa a better place for the future generation to come. I see such beauty in Africa that I believe a lot of beauty in Africa. My main focus is the children, I believe that Children do not need to know about the hardships of life until they are at least adult, so it hurts me to my soul whenever I see young
motherless African Angels starving, suffering and lacking the love and nurture that every child needs. My dream is to bring these harsh realities to end by bringing awareness to the more fortunate people and getting help in anyway possible. Someday when I'm a well accomplished and a successful woman I plan to go back to Africa and build schools, homes for motherless kids and provide free medical coverage for our dying children and women. Everyday young african women are dying from HIV and I believe that if we all stand together, Africa can and will be better with each passing year and i want to be the one that bring us all together to fight for our beautiful Africa. I'm very Passionate about singing and art itself and it has always been a dream of mine to
entertain people with my talent. But beside all my hopes and dreams for Africa, I'm just a typical young, passionate, strong, determine young lady who plans to change the world one step at a time by making a
difference each day.

Coming to the United States has helped me become a positive and driven young lady in more that one ways. I have learned to embrace my individuality here because the US allowed me to express myself and find out who I am as a person, so while Africa gave me my culture, America helped me discover myself.

About Gambia

Full name: Republic of The Gambia
Population: 1.7 million (UN, 2007)
Capital: Banjul
Area: 11,295 sq km (4,361 sq miles)
Major languages: English, indigenous languages
Major religions: Islam, Christianity
Life expectancy: 59 years (men), 60 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 dalasi = 100 butut
Main exports: Peanuts and peanut products, fish, cotton lint, palm kernels
GNI per capita: US $290 (World Bank, 2006)
Internet domain: .gm
International dialing code: +220

 

Interesting Fact about The Gambia: The Gambia was the first and last British colony in West Africa

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