In the wake of the consultative meeting of the Tongo International Solutions (TIS) held in Freetown on 11th January 2022, it was unanimously resolved that fund-raising ventures should be undertaken through the distribution of letters to various stakeholders, that a national account should be opened where monies donated must be deposited, that rehabilitation of the Tongo Field, former National Diamond Mining Company Hospital must be done in phases once the work commences and that a remembrance service be held for all deceased members.
Top among the fundraising activities is the dinner and dance to be held on 5th February this year with the American Super Combo Dance Band live at the Murray Deen Preparatory School Hall, 21 Sir Samuel Lewis Road at 9:pm where top artists like band leader, Sean, Abu Kay, Mariama, Emmanuel and others will perform live with their new instruments.
Mrs. Fatmata Claire Carlton Hanciles and Ambassador Soulay Daramy will serve as Masters of Ceremony at this event.
Entrance fee for the dinner and dance is Le100,000.
According to Mrs. Fatmata Claire Carlton Hanciles, the newly-elected TIS National President, TIS has also opened a branch in neighboring Guinea for descendants of Tongo Fields and Lower Bambara Chiefdom resident in Guinea. The branch was launched on Sunday 16th January this year at Nongo Conteyah (University of Nongo).
Mrs. Fatmata Claire Carlton Hanciles encouraged all indigenes of Lower Bambara Chiefdom to attend all the fundraising activities and the rehabilitation of the former National Diamond Mining Company (NDMC) Hospital in Tongo Fields to be renamed the Dr. James Anthony Samba Memorial Hospital.