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Adele Faye Njie is the wife of Hon. Justice Solomon Francis Njie and daughter to Mrs Cecilia Priscila Faye and Reverent J. C. Faye.

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Adele Faye Njie is a born organiser and has the unique ability to bring women together. She ranks her greatest achievement so far as the foundin^g, in 1973 of St. Martha's Society. an organisation for Catholic women, which has developed into helping a broad range of Gambian women and now has Branches in Banjul, Serrekunda, Bakau, Fajikunda and Lamin.

In 1989 St. Martha's Society and the local branch of the YWCA formed a firm link and established a skills centre at Fajikunda for girls and women. This joint effort was sponsored by the World YWCA in Geneva. A home economist profession, she is ready to share her knowledge with her fellow women - teaching them skills useful for generating income and of general benefit to the family, she is particularly interested in encouraging women to make use of local produce and to create healthy meals. She has written cookery books, given talks, exhibitions and given demonstrations to promote nutrition for adults and children,

From 1965 to 1971 Adele Faye Njie was a teacher of home economics and presented the first Gambian students for the GCE 0-level exams in cookery and nutrition in 1968. She became a home economics lecturer at Yundum and was later promoted to senior lecturer and head of technical studies until her retire­ment in 1989.

Every week she writes a popular Food and Nutrition column in October 1992 she has shared her recipes with the readers and offered invaluable advice on such diverse topics as how to preserve seasonal fruits and vegetables, how to pre­pare weaning meals for babies, and how to cater for vegetarians. Her contributions to this column have formed the basis of this book. She has also contributed to Awa, a women's magazine published in The Gambia.

Between 1987 and 1993 Adele Faye Njie was a nominated member of the National Women's Council, appointed by the President of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara. She was also nominated as a member of the National Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training by Mrs Fatoumata Tambajang, the chairperson of the National Women's Council. In 1993 the Minister of Education nominated her to serve on the National Committee for Non-Formal Education.

In July 1992 she established a learning and income-generating centre for women and girls to teach them skills such as sewing and cooking with which they can earn a living. She was in the process of implementing a new business innovation for market women in animal husbandry. Farming, food processing and food preservation was to play a major part in this project.

Adele Faye Njie was named as Women in the Community 1994 by the Soroptimists International of Banjul. She was also proclaimed International Woman of the Year 1991 - 1992 in recognition of her services to teaching women income generating skills ( self reliance) by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge England.

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