April 2023

On the occasion of the celebration of the 30^th anniversary of GUIDE SA, Elhadj Mamadou Maladho Barry, CEO of GUIDE SA, donated school books to schools in Sogoroyah and Porékiré, in the prefecture of Télimélé. This gift -composed of French books, calculations, observation sciences, civic and moral education, history and geography for primary and secondary schools- was given to the beneficiaries at the beginning of this week, in the presence of the administrative and educational authorities of Télimélé. And, on this occasion, Elhadj Mamadou Maladho Barry expressed his joy to find himself in these schools, in particular at the primary school of Sogoroyah where he learned “to read, write, count, recite and sing”.

Guineematin.com offers below the full speech of Elhadj Mamadou Maladho Barry, CEO of GUIDE SA.

Speech by ElHadj Mamadou Maladho Barry on the occasion of the presentation of the Donations of educational tools to the schools of Sogoroyah and high school and colleges of Porekire for 30 years of GUIDE

Mr. SG in charge of decentralized communities of the prefecture of Télimélé

Mayor of the Urban Commune of Télimélé Focal point of the Mayors of the Administrative Region of Kindia

Mayor of the Rural Commune of Sarékaly,

Mr. Prefectural Director of Education of Télimélé,

Mr. Prefectural Director of Sustainable Development and the Environment,

Distinguished Presidents of the Associations of Parents of Students and Friends of the School APAE,

Dear Sogoroya Primary Schoolmates,

Dear pupils and pupils of Sogoroya and Porékiré,

Distinguished guests of all ranks and grades,

After 44 years of professional life, including 30 as a business manager, it is a pleasant pleasure for me to return to this school where I learned to read, write, count, recite and sing. This is where I started to live in community apart from my family. These classrooms and this schoolyard bear witness to my childhood. An environment that allowed me to develop a sense of sharing and teamwork.

It is with great emotion that I think of all the teachers who participated in my education.

My pious thoughts go out to those who have devoted all their time and knowledge to making us who we are today and who are no longer of this world.

This is why I ask you to grant a minute of silence for the rest of their souls.

Merci

It is also the place and the moment to express all my gratitude to my masters still alive who gave the maximum of themselves while our country had just attained national sovereignty and trained those who will become the executives of our country.

As I prepare to lighten up my professional activities, it is a pleasure for me to come and recharge my batteries in my home school and share my experience with you, dear schoolchildren. At the same time, I bring you as a symbol, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of GUIDE SA my first company, these educational tools which will participate in the qualification of your training

You will find among other things:

Books of French, calculations, observation sciences, civic and moral education, history and geography from primary to secondary.

But also books of African literature, in particular by the famous author Amadou Hampâté Bâ as well as other educational ones. All this material will strengthen our educational system.

At the same time, we want to improve the school’s ecological environment by planting fruit and forest trees which, in the long term, will be able to provide shade, fruit and oxygen, thus improving your living environment.

The then schoolboy who became a consultant and business manager inspired by his career at the national and international level, in developing countries confronted like ours with the effects of climate change, decided to accompany the urban municipality of Télimélé. This support will focus on cleaning up, securing and restoring the plant cover of the source commonly called Lêebouret, which is highly threatened and which is one of the few sources if not the only drinking water supply point for the populations of the CU. of Telimele.

Dear students, I encourage you to be diligent, punctual, hardworking and disciplined but also courageous in learning to become responsible and committed citizens for the development of our country.

It is at this price that you can honor the first students of this school, some of whom are present here and whom I ask you to applaud strongly.

Mr. Hamidou Camara, Director of the school of Sogoroyah my primary school, I thank you for the welcome and congratulate you for the efforts already made and urge you to take much more courage because you have the heavy responsibility of the nursery. is to say the primary which must feed the colleges, high schools and universities and other institutions of our country.

Ladies, gentlemen and distinguished guests,

I cannot end my speech without expressing my sincere gratitude to my parents, to all my family, to the friends and partners who have accompanied me throughout these years.

My thanks go particularly to the staff of GUIDE SA, to those of the Institute of Social Management IGESS specializing in building the capacity of companies and to that of the SOPRIM hear real estate development company for their dedication which enabled us to obtain excellent results and to hoist our companies among the best in Guinea and the sub-region.

Long live the Guinean school!

Thank you