By Bampia James Bundu
One of Sierra Leone's leading hip hop artists, Amara Dennia Turay, commonly known as 'Kao Denero', has donated 30 bags of rice to Don
Bosco Fambul and assorted food items, including bags of rice, to some quarantine homes in Freetown.
Making the presentation, Manager of the US-based Sierra Leonean artist, Jasper Sembie, explained that they as a family decided to join
hands in the fight against Ebola "because it is a national course that we all must commit ourselves to".
Noting that most of those affected by the disease were youths, Sembie said: "our organization is a youthful organization and we take care of
our own because we care about them".
He said they had also been engaging various communities on Ebola education through music, "using our young, talented local artists
under the Black Leo label" to talk to affected communities and quarantined families within the Western Area.
Sembi explained that they had also conducted a series of sensitization through music in different places and at different times. He said; "on
December 13 last year, Kao Denero, featuring a Holland-based Sierra Leonean artist called 'Poor Man Son', organized an Ebola fund raising
concert in Holland to raise funds for the Ebola fight". Proceeds from that concert, he added, were used to support the ongoing Black Leo
Ebola Campaign in Sierra Leone.
He said they were doing all that as an organization "to complement the effort of our government in the Ebola fight and to also
demonstrate our commitment in ensuring that Ebola become a thing of the past in this country".
"Black Leo is a transformed organization, we do not only focus on entertainment, we now also help children through the 'mama nor de na
ose Children Foundation' owned by the CEO Black Leo Family, Kao Denero", he said.
In his brief statement through a telephone interview, Kao Denero commended the Sierra Leone government for its relentless effort in
ensuring that they tackled the Ebola menace in the country. He noted that Ebola was a dangerous disease that has killed thousands of people
in Sierra Leone and the sub-region and urged members of the Black Leo Management to continue the sensitization drive.
"In April 2014, I invested about $50,000 on Busy Signal concert but [it] was canceled due to Ebola fear. I know what it means to be
affected by Ebola", he said.
Assistant Director, Don Bosco Fambul, Samuel Bojohn, expressed appreciation to the management of Black Leo, especially its CEO, Kao
Denero, "for considering Don Bosco Fambul as their first choice in giving out food items".
He assured that the items would be used "judiciously and [that] the beneficiaries will know where the food came from".
© Politico 15/01/15
