Hello, Habib and Yus... I thought that Gallaudet was only a college for the deaf? I am not aware of any colleges for the blind in the US... Had there been any, I might have considered attending one...
Ginny
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From: Habib Ghanim
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Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Blind Gambian Boy Needs To Get To Gallaudet University
Yus
it is the best in the world and is right here in Washinggton DC with all the facilitiies any normal university has
Habib
HDG
>From: "Yusupha C. Jow"
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>Subject: Blind Gambian Boy Needs To Get To Gallaudet University
>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 21:07:03 EDT
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>For those of you who don't know, Gallaudet is one of the best in the World
>for the blind and deaf. I myself met a brilliant fellow from this school at
>CES in Vegas two years ago. How can we help this Gambian who has such a
>great opportunity to improve himself, yet cannot attend because of funds?
>
>
>Desperate blind boy appeals for funds to study in America
>
>Yankuba Amadou Faal Sonko who described himself as a desperate blind Gambian
>said he hopes Samaritans would come to his rescue by paying his educational
>bills to attend Gabbaudet University in USA. Yankuba who was a student of
>Nusrat Senior Secondary School last year and could use a typewriter in spite
>of his blindness said his condition would not deter him from the aim of
>furthering his education, although he decried the lack of encouragement to
>that effect.
>
>â€~I am therefore, strongly appealing to private individuals, the private
>sector, state departments and organisations for financial support to cater
>for the period of my one year studies in USAâ€T he said, adding that in he has
>been assured of full scholarship for the following year. Yankuba said as a
>result of his financial problem he has been reduced to a sad boy who needs
>the encouragement of others to keep his dreams alive. â€~Outside education, I
>have practically nothing to prepare for my futureâ€T he lamented.
>
>Yankuba said he was not born blind. According to him his blindness resulted
>from playing with a friend who mistakenly poked his finger into one of his
>eyes, which had bled in pain. He said as a result of this his career as a
>senior secondary school student was discontinued as he sought treatment,
>leading to an eye operation, which failed. His eye gradually deteriorated to
>actual blindness he sadly explained. â€~In fact I went up to form three in a
>High school, where I was on the verge of completing in 1993. I really admire
>my friends, working in offices and other sectors, which creates feelings of
>hopeless despair.
>
>Sometimes I get so run down emotionally that I contemplate committing suicide
>especially when I see myself as a useless liability to societyâ€T he said.
>Although Yankuba believes that being visually impaired does not spell the end
>of oneâ€Ts life, ostracisation does not help his feeling about himself. He said
>only consistent and unconditional support from others would help boost their
>sense of self-worth. He cited as an instructive example, the help by
>Senegalese musician Youssou Ndure of a budding musician called Abdoulaye
>Mbye, who has shot to not only fame but has also been turned into a useful
>member of the Senegalese society.
>
>He said if the blind reggae musician Franky Paul and Americaâ€Ts Steven Wonder
>could carve a niche for themselves with the intervention of their societies,
>he believes that The Gambia has enough good people to take their plight up.
>â€~We can do more than sighted peopleâ€T he boasted. He said he was looking
>forward to the day when he would be the first blind Gambian to graduate from
>a University. â€~A helping hands is all I needâ€T he said. Anybody interested in
>bailing Yankuba out of his condition should please contact him by his own
>address, Yankuba Amadou Faal Sonko C/O Mamo Dampha, Serrekunda, and Tel:
>461042
>
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