Habib and co,

The situation is very serious. There is a very serious shortage of fish
in
the Greater Banjul area becase of the tragedies at sea. Almost every
fisherman is greiving and as a result some are staying away from the sea

temporarily. Ghana Town has been hit very hard. The actual scale of the
disaster is yet to be confirmed, however i have never seen such a
disaster
before.

Kaur is affected seriously and this has prompted us to form a Disaster
Relief Fund. The road to Kaur, near "DAN SAN NGEL" has been swept away
by
the water. One cannot access Kaur by road. The road aoround Njau and
Panchang is also gone. The only way one can go to Kaur now is from
Jareng or
Gissali in Niamina and by the Ferry. More than two hundred homes have
been
swept away by the water. There are a lot of homeless people at kaur and
URD.

The North Bank Division, URD and parts of the Kombos have also been
badly
hit by flood and flood related problems. As a matter of fact the
Government
has declared a Natural Disaster Emergency and is seeking assistance from
all
possible sources.

The Newspapers have been carrying the stories.

PEACE

TOMBONG


>From: "Habib Ghanim, Sr" <[log in to unmask]>

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