Isn't anybody aware of the condition of these kids in
the whole freaking country. Not even the health
minister. I feel that these kids should be fully taken
care of by the government, if there is one truely in
place. Any pain and suffering that these kids are
going through right now is inflicted upon them by the
government of the people due to poor judgement and
lack of good decision making.

This shouldn't be a matter of they should, they have
to take care of these kids. It is there fault that the
situation got out of hand resulting in such a brutal
confrontation. They ought to take responsibility for
their deeds if they are truely there to represent the
people of the nation. Otherwise, we can conclude that
we have another version of Fidel Castro.

The Government have the funds to take care of these
three kids that are in serious condition. My good God!
even if they are rebels; they are kids men!
"seventeen". You can't be mad at them for what
happened, it is not their fault, even if it is, they
are "seventeen".

If these kind of situation couldn't be handled by our
representative, who are they representing? I think the
whole health ministry should be shutdown. You know, it
is so rediculous and embarassing to face someone for
help when you feel sick to your stomach explaining
your needs. This is history. Sadam Hussein wouldn't do
a thing like this, Fidel Castro wouldn't do it,
Mulosovic wouldn't, amen all the demons in the world,
you can count them. There has never been such an
instance like this in the whole wide world but our
square foot country, isn't that something.
Congratulations mr whatever.

We shouldn't enslave one another, slavery has long
past. We should come together as a unit to be stronger
and not to tell the other how to live his live.
Denying people of their constitutional right is
unlawful and indeed a human rights violation. I wonder
where the United Nations representatives were. How
could they be so silent. We are not going to embrase
any leader who doesn't have the courage to admit he is
wrong, to lead us to an unforseen future.T'aint gonna
happen bro. I should have been using the F word but
out of respect for the List, i would abstain.

I would be calling yangs.
Cedric A.K.A CEBALLOS (TOP DOGG)
PEACE BE UPON ALL GAMS.



--- Yankuba Njie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> An HTML Version of this newsletter can be found at
> http://www.mygambia.org/newsletter.html
>
> myGambia.org Newsletter April 22, 2001
>
> PLEA FOR DONATIONS
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read about these
> unfortunate kids who are
> merely victims of circumstance. It has been a year
> since the shooting
> incident and not much has changed for them; they are
> still languishing in
> the Gambia without proper treatment and are in
> desperate need of help.
>
> Can you imagine being a 17-year-old paraplegic
> living in the Gambia or
> anywhere for that matter, just sitting around with
> no treatment, and slowly
> wasting away with no realistic future ahead of you.
> How about being only 17-
> years-old without a gall bladder, only one kidney,
> with some of your
> intestines surgically removed and unable to digest
> food coupled with
> constant pain attacks. How about a 17-year-old
> student with multiple leg
> fractures resulting in almost no pulse and lost of
> sensation in parts of
> his leg. This is the graphic profile of Yusupha
> Mbye, Assan Suwareh, and
> Sainey Senghore, and without your help they surely
> face a very dire future.
>
>
>
> Since the launch of our website we have raised
> almost $1300.00 with
> additional pledges of about $300.00. This amount
> does not even come close
> to what we had hoped to raise. We are calling on
> everyone reading this,
> especially Gambians, to please visit the site and
> send in a donation. To
> date we have had over 3000 visitors to the site, the
> majority being
> Gambians, and only four Gambians have sent in a
> donation! We cannot
> completely rely on outsiders to help us, when we are
> not doing enough to
> take care of our own. Of course we would like people
> to donate as much as
> they can, but what we really want is for people to
> donate something,
> anything, any amount, and am sure the majority of
> those visiting the site
> could afford to donate at least $1.00. Look at it
> this way, if everyone
> visiting myGambia.org had donated $1.00 we would
> have raised close to
> $5000.00 by now. That amount can go a long way in
> helping these needy boys.
> Please help by sending in your donation.
>
> We would like to take this opportunity to thank all
> those who have already
> donated and The Gambian association in the
> Washington DC area, lead by Ya
> Sophie , Karamba Touray and others, for agreeing to
> pay for the airfares
> for these students in the event they travel abroad
> for treatment. I know a
> lot of people were involved in raising that fund, so
> thank you to all those
> who contributed and were involved with that
> fundraising effort.
>
> These young boys need our help because their
> families and those closest to
> them do not have the financial means to get them the
> proper medical
> treatment they so desperately need. They can only
> rely on the kindness and
> humanity of people like you. Please visit
> myGambia.org and donate whatever
> amount you can afford and also don't forget to
> spread the word about the
> plight of these young boys because by telling
> others, it will help increase
> the number of people visiting myGambia.org and in
> turn increase the number
> of potential donors. Visit the "Frequently Asked
> Questions" section of our
> site to learn about ways in which you can make an
> impact on the lives of
> these young boys.
>
> Again, thank you for your continued support and
> concern.
>
>
>
> UPDATE ON YUSUPHA MBYE
>
> Yusupha is still in the hospital and has still not
> yet recovered the use of
> his legs and his right hand but he is now able to
> use his left hand. He has
> not been receiving any physical therapy since late
> last year and is pretty
> much just lying around in the hospital without any
> treatment. He has been
> in one hospital or another since the shooting
> incident. He was in Egypt
> briefly for treatment but has since returned to the
> Gambia for lack of
> funds to continue his treatment in Egypt. While in
> Egypt, he had
> significantly improved but has since lost most or
> all of that due to the
> lack of treatment ever since he was returned to the
> Gambia. He has been to
> the therapy unit at the RVH several times and they
> always come up with one
> excuse or another; " the person supposed to give you
> the therapy is not
> here," or "We do not have the needed equipment." So
> he decided to stop
> going there since it is a lot of hassle for him to
> get there with his wheel
> chair.
>
> He is also unable to urinate by himself resulting in
> the use of a catheter
> (tube) which is passed into his bladder. As a result
> his bladder is so
> blocked with waste material that the doctors cannot
> insert the tube from
> the catheter. He was also trying to get additional
> treatment at the
> Independence stadium , where the athletes have a
> Sports medicine doctor,
> but the hospital (RVH) will not allow him to leave.
> So he is still at the
> Royal Victoria Hospital in Banjul.
>
> Recently President Jammeh visited him at the
> hospital and promised him that
> the Gambia government will sponsor him for further
> treatment abroad. We are
> in the process of identifying potential hospitals in
> the USA that could
> offer treatment for his injuries. Hopefully in the
> next month or so, he
> could be here for treatment.
>
> UPDATE ON SAINEY SENGHORE
>
> Sainey is pretty much in the same situation as
> Yusupha; he is not receiving
> any treatment for his injured leg. We are in the
> process of trying to get
> him medical help from either a private clinic in the
> Gambia, Senegal or the
> Sub Region until a sponsor is available to send him
> abroad for treatment.
> From the information we have received so far, he is
> not included in the
> sponsorship for treatment that the Gambian
> government is offering to
> Yusupha.
>
> UPDATE ON ASSAN SUWAREH
>
> Assan Suwareh is also languishing in the Gambia with
> no treatment of his
> wounds. Efforts are underway by his family members
> and friends to send him
> abroad for treatment. He is also not included in the
> sponsorship for
> treatment that the Gambian government is offering to
> Yusupha.
>
> DONATION RESULTS
>
> We have raised a total of $1240.49. Of that amount
> some or all of it will
> be sent to the Gambia sometime this month or early
> next month to provide
> for better care for Sainey, Yusupha, and Assan while
> they are waiting for
> Sponsors.
>
> We would like to thank the following people for
> their kind donations
>
> Matida Njie
> Anonymous
> Matt Tragna
> Michael Parker
>
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