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Isatou Ceesay

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Isatou Ceesay
Rayuwa
HaihuwaNjau (en) Fassara, Disamba 1972 (53 shekaru)
ƙasaGambiya
Karatu
MakarantaGambia Technical Training Institute (en) Fassara
Sana'a
Sana'aEntrepreneur, gwagwarmaya, environmentalist (en) Fassara da social entrepreneur (en) Fassara

Isatou Ceesay (an haife ta a shekara ta 1972) ƴar gwagwarmayar Gambiya ce kuma ƴar kasuwar zamantakewa, wacce aka fi sani da Queen of Recycling.[1] Ta kaddamar da wani yunkuri mai taken One Plastic Bag a ƙasar Gambiya. Ta hanyar wannan yunkuri, ta ilmantar da mata a Gambiya don sake sarrafa sharar filastik zuwa kayayyakin da za a iya siyarwa wanda ke samun kudin shiga.[[2] [3]

Shekarun farko da ilimi

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Da yake girma a gona a ƙaramin ƙauyen N’jau da ke ƙasar Gambia, Isatou Ceesay ya yi yaƙi da ƙalubalen da ake renonsa a yanayi na uku na duniya. Saboda rasuwar mahaifinta, da kuma gazawar al’ada ga mata a lokacin, Ceesay ta kasa kammala karatun gargajiya da ta dace, don haka aka tilasta mata barin makaranta – saboda a lokacin ba abu ne mai sauki ba – a maimakon haka sai aka tilasta mata yin aikin kera da sayar da kayan wasan yara ta hanyar amfani da kananan tarkacen tufafi da itace, wanda hakan ya sanya ta shahara a tsakanin matasan yana Tare da kuɗin da ta yi aiki, tare da ƙananan gadonta, Ceesay ta sami damar biya wa kanta don halartar Cibiyar Fasaha ta Gambiya, inda ta sami horo a matsayin sakatare, har ma ta shiga Ƙungiyar Aminci ta Amurka don samun ƙarin ilimin kan hanyoyin da za ta iya yin aiki a kan al'ummarta a gida.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Bayan kusan shekaru ashirin, sai wata rana ta lura da yadda hatta manyan titunan birnin N'jau ke cike da izgili da tarkacen shara, wanda ya kunshi duk wani nau'i na robobi da aka jefar, da daloli, da tayoyi, da sharar gida, musamman jakunkuna, da ke kewaye da tafkunan ruwa da sauro masu cutar zazzabin cizon sauro[1,3]. Mafi muni, mutanen ƙauyen za su sami wuraren wasanni, kasuwannin abinci da wuraren ciyar da dabbobi kusa da waɗannan tulin, ba tare da sanin illar da suke jefa kansu cikin haɗari ba. Saboda haka, mutuwar dabbobi daga shan robobi ya addabi ƙauyen, da kuma bullar cutar zazzabin cizon sauro da sauran cututtuka, ya mamaye ƙauyenta saboda babu wani tsarin da aka kafa na zubar da shara face jefa shi a bayan gidajensu[1,2]. Bugu da ƙari, saboda talauci da fatara, mutane sun fara kona waɗannan buhunan robobi a matsayin makamashin ɗumi da dafa abinci [ [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

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