Nabiha,
Nice to know that you haven't forgotten our days at school
together. I must say that i was really impressed when i read your first
poem .... i didn't know you had it in you! Hope you and your family are
okay.
Yai-Fatou
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Nabiha Safriwe wrote:
> Yai-fatou,
> First of all I would like to say hi to you, it's been
> such a long time.
>
> I am very proud of the fact that you and your sister
> (Ancha), are doing so much to help alleviate this pain
> that we are all going through. It is always a
> consolation, knowing that we can put aside our
> differences at times of trouble, to work things out.
> After all, it is for the common good of our beloved
> Motherland, the Gambia. I want to take this chance to
> thank everyone who contributed towards this purpose.
> For those who have not done anything yet, just know
> that it is still not too late.
>
> As Mike Leavitt puts it, "There is a time in the life
> of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet
> small enough to solve."
>
> Thank you.
> Nabiha
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- "Y. Bala-gaye" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > After going through 750+ messeges (I was
> > incommunicado because
> > of my finals), i must say that it is beautiful
> > indeed to see Gambians
> > putting aside their petty differences and uniting in
> > this common goal
> > for a 'free Gambia'. We must realise that nothing
> > is without wisdom and i
> > believe the wisdom behind the events that have been
> > brewing for the past
> > few years and which reached a climax on April 10th
> > is this: the price of
> > freedom is never cheap. As such, we must not loose
> > faith or give up hope.
> > God said, "with hardship cometh ease". No doubt we
> > are in the most trying
> > times, but the promise of God Almighty is true, so
> > we can be assured that
> > ease (peace and democracy in this case) will
> > definitely be forthcoming.
> > However, our duty is patience and perseverance while
> > we wait for God's
> > promise to be fulfilled - and God's timing is the
> > best! With the efforts
> > of people such as Buharry (contragulations on the
> > baby girl, may God give
> > her everything that is good and keep from her
> > everything that is evil, and
> > complete her with His light), Jabou, Yankuba, etc.,
> > etc.,etc.; eloquent
> > words from the likes of Alpha Robinson and Nabiha;
> > insightful analyses
> > such as those from Amadou Kabir and Momodou Sidibeh,
> > I believe we can most
> > certainly persevere. And to make assurance doubly
> > sure, we have generated
> > a lot of steam both locally and internationally (i
> > have the 750+ e-mails
> > to prove it!) to keep us going. So perseverance will
> > not be a problem,
> > however i think patience might. While we're sending
> > petitions to
> > international organisations and such, let's remember
> > that the west doesn't
> > necessarily have the answers - wasn't America
> > responsible for getting
> > Jammeh in, in the first place? Anyway, speculation
> > or not, I think we
> > should be cautious what we ask for, because if we're
> > asking for economic
> > sanctions (i believe someone recommended it a couple
> > of hundred emails
> > back, but i'm glad i haven't seen this particular
> > recommendation in any of
> > the petitions i've signed thus far), then we should
> > be aware of the
> > implications of such a request. The implications...
> > are that the Gambian
> > people will just continue to suffer, end of story.
> > Take Iraq as a case in
> > point....the sanctions have only resulted in making
> > the already miserable
> > life of the common Iraqi more miserable. The actual
> > people that the
> > sanctions were intended to hurt are still enjoying
> > life despite the
> > sanctions. Momodou Sidibeh stated that two-thirds
> > of the
> > direct investment in the country according to the
> > central bank comes from
> > Gambians abroad sending money to supplement their
> > relatives' meagre
> > incomes. So let's be careful that all this call for
> > international
> > involvement does not backfire on us.
> > With regards to the effort being put into
> > all of this, excuse my
> > lack of physical presence because i'm all the way up
> > here in
> > no-man's-land, Hamilton,Canada, and as such my
> > contributions in the form
> > of money is about all i can afford. However, my
> > sister, Ancha is at home
> > right now and she said that she has opened an
> > account for the families of
> > the deceased and she was going to put the account #
> > and other relevant
> > info. on the list. However, i've informed her of the
> > contributions already
> > being collected in NA and Europe, so it would not
> > make sense to put
> > another account on the list for this purpose. But i
> > was wondering if there
> > is already a mechanism in place, by which the monies
> > collected abroad are
> > going to be distributed to the various families. If
> > so, maybe you can have
> > my sister coordinate with whoever is in responsible
> > (just to have more
> > people help out). But if not, maybe Soffie Ceesay
> > and Alpha Robinson can
> > forward whatever they've collected and she can
> > distribute it as necessary.
> > Just in case the issue of trust comes up, Ancha
> > worked with GESO to get
> > the computers that were donated down to Banjul and
> > she was responsible for
> > handling the particulars when they got there. So
> > Jabou and others can
> > vouch for her if necessary. Whatever the case, my
> > sister as usual is
> > prepared to help so if there is a need for people at
> > home to coordinate
> > efforts, I'm sure she's ready and willing insofar as
> > her schedule at RVH
> > permits. She's been working some crazy hours lately!
> > So if anyone has any
> > suggestions, let me know and i'll forward them to
> > her. She will probably
> > try to get on the L concerning this but like i said,
> > she's busy and has
> > computer issues so i'm her messenger for the time
> > being.
> > In the meantime, let's all keep doing what
> > we can for our beloved
> > country and remember to pray for the dead and ask
> > God to make the grief
> > easier to bear for their families and help us in our
> > endeavours for a
> > 'Free Gambia'.
> >
> > Yai-Fatou Gaye.
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of
> > postings, go to the Gambia-L
> > Web interface at:
> > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> =====
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger.
> http://im.yahoo.com/
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
> Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
