To All Media:
• CANADIAN NURSE ABOUT TO COMPLETE HER 470KM RUN ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF THE GAMBIA, WEST AFRICA ON TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011.
• 31 YEAR OLD NURSE ERIN POIRER WILL BE CROSSING THE FINISH LINE IN BANJUL, THE GAMBIA AFTER HAVING RUN THE EQUIVALENT OF A HALF MARATHON A DAY FOR 17 DAYS. HER CAMPAIGN IS CALLED LOVE4GAMBIA WWW.LOVE4GAMBIA.COM AND SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE NOVA SCOTIA-GAMBIA ASSOCIATION (NSGA), IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY FOR HEALTH PREVENTION EDUCATION ON HIV/AIDS. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE IS RUNNING TO SAVE LIVES.
• DR. CATHY CONRAD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NSGA, WILL BE ARRIVING IN BANJUL THE DAY BEFORE ERIN REACHES THE FINISH LINE.
• MESSAGES HAVE POURED IN FROM ALL ACROSS THE MARITIMES AND DR. CONRAD WILL BE DELIVERING THESE TO ERIN IN PERSON.
• MEANWHILE, THE HALIFAX OFFICE OF THE NSGA WELCOMES MUHAMMED NGALLAN. MUHAMMED HAS WORKED IN THE GAMBIA OFFICE OF THE NSGA FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS, AND JUST MOVED TO CANADA IN JUNE. NOW WORKING IN THE HALIFAX OFFICE, HE IS SEEING THE ORGANIZATION FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC.
For 25 years, the NSGA has worked with West Africans and Canadians to build healthy communities in The Gambia. Through education and health promotion initiatives, NSGA staff and volunteers have become a major force in youth and community education in West Africa.
To talk to Dr. Conrad or Erin Poirier while they are in The Gambia (they are both there through August 1) please e-mail: exec.director@novascotiagambia.ca
To talk to Muhammed Ngallan or someone at the NSGA Canada office, please call 423-1360 or e-mail muhammed.ngallan@novascotiagambia.ca or june.boswell@novascotiagambia.ca
*To learn more about the NSGA, go to: www.novascotiagambia.ca
Or you can also find both the Love4Gambia and NSGA on facebook
For media interviews, please also contact Paul Fitzgerald of Salt & Pepper Media Inc. Phone: 647 722 3320 or email paul@saltandpeppermediainc.com
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