Sheikh, if you want to donate money for the storage or
shipping, please contact Albury.  See his phone
numbers at the bottom of my original message.

--- Sheikh Tejan Nyang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sigga,
> If you need any assstance from this end, i shall be
> more than willing to give a helping hand.
> Chi Jamma,
>
> Sigga jagne wrote:
>
> > BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS FOR THE VICTIMS
> > NOTE: PLEASE READ INFOR. BELOW ABOUT THE CANCER
> > SCREENING MACHINE AND HOW YOU CAN HELP IN THE
> EFFORT
> > TO GET IT TO THE GAMBIA
> >
> > Hey how is everyone?  I've been real busy with
> work,
> > school and my quest to help the April 10 victims.
> On
> > that end, we (Yankuba Njie and I) have progressed
> much
> > more and the boys are now in some of the final
> stages
> > of their applications to a particular hospital (in
> the
> > U.S.).  We have helped them to acquire certain
> > documents such as passports, and birth
> certificates,
> > and medical records (which sometimes proofed
> difficult
> > to attain from RVH), as required by the hospital.
> We
> > have added a fourth victim to our help list and
> have
> > also been assisting him, financially etc (Just as
> we
> > have been doing with the other three).  His
> picture
> > and infor. will soon be added to our mygambia.org
> > website.  We have also been networking with
> different
> > organizations such as ADNA, Doctors without
> Borders,
> > and Physicians for Human Rights, with the help of
> Mr.
> > Katim Touray, Ya Soffie Ceesay, and  James Gomez,
> Jnr.
> >  In fact, Ya Soffie, met with ADNA on our behalf,
> > after, Katim put us in touch with some key persons
> at
> > the organization.  We still need your support,
> please
> > go to the mygambia.org and make a donation, even
> if
> > $0.50 trust me, it will help.  The boys have been
> very
> > grateful for your donations which have gone a long
> way
> > in helping them acquire some of their documents.
> We
> > keep a detailed explanation from them about how
> they
> > utilize every penny we send to them.  And we also
> keep
> > a detailed financial statement of every penny that
> is
> > withdrawn from the bank account, and it is all
> used,
> > only, in connection with the boys needs.  Any of
> you
> > can request and see those documents.  The boys
> > call/E-mail us almost every week about the status
> of
> > their documents, visas, hospital applications (to
> the
> > U.S., etc).
> >
> > THE CANCER SCREENING MACHINE.... VERY URGENT!!!
> >
> > I hope that you guys would please read this and do
> > whatever you can to help our country get this
> machine.
> >  We all know that we need it.
> >
> > While in Atlanta ( for the July fourth), I was
> told by
> > my nephew's wife, Amie secka, that a certain
> friend of
> > hers (Mariama Jallow) had attained a cancer
> screening
> > machine and a large number of medical drugs from
> the
> > Jewish Doctors that she works for in Atlanta.  But
> the
> > problem was that she had been trying for months,
> to
> > get some one to help her get the equipment out of
> the
> > doctors office.  She contacted some Gambians in
> > Atlanta, but for some reason, her efforts were
> > unfruitful.  It seemed that the medical office she
> > works for - Atlanta's Center for Medicine - had
> > donated some medical equipment and drugs to
> different
> > African communities within Atlanta so that they
> can
> > send it back to their homelands.  Mariama decided
> to
> > ask her bosses to add Gambia to the list of
> > communities receiving the donations, and they
> agreed.
> > All the other communities secured their equipment
> and
> > drugs from the medical center, as soon as it was
> > donated, except for the Gambian community.  So the
> > stuff for the Gambia was sitting there for a
> while,
> > and Mariama's bosses had informed her that they
> needed
> > to use the office which was being used to store
> the
> > machine and medication.  And therefor, she will
> need
> > to get the stuff out of there, or they will have
> to
> > give it to someone else.  She took the boxes of
> > medication to her house to store, but the machine
> was
> > too big and too delicate for her to transport or
> store
> > at home.
> >
> > When I was told about it, I got in touch with Ya
> > Soffie Ceesay, who, along with myself, was coming
> to
> > Atlanta, to give a speech at the symposium.  She
> > talked to Albury Njie (Atlanta), who in turn
> talked to
> > a number of Gambians in Atlanta.  I put them all
> in
> > touch with Mariama and it was agreed that Albury
> and
> > co will get the machine & medication to a storage
> area
> > until we can figure out how to get it to Gambia,
> and
> > which medical center to send it to.  We took
> donations
> > at the July 4th picnic (at the park on the
> Sunday).
> > We then had a meeting (Albury Njie of Atlanta, Ya
> > soffie Ceesay - D.C., Maila Touray of Rhode
> Island,
> > myself, and about two more Atlanta-Gambians whose
> > names I cannot recall).  We decided to use the
> money
> > collected for storage.  So the money was left with
> > Albury and Sainey Faye.
> >
> > They have since then secured all the boxes of
> > medication and have put it in storage.  But the
> cancer
> > screening machine could not be transported because
> due
> > to its delicate nature and its size, it requires
> > special transportation to ascertain that its
> integrity
> > is not compromised.  So Albury and Sainey searched
> for
> > someone capable of moving it.  And were finally
> > referred, by the doctor who donated it, Dr. D.
> Timothy
> > Daugherty, to the company that his facility uses
> to
> > transport sensitive medical equipment.  After
> getting
> > in touch with them, the company initially charged
> > about $700, but Albury was able to get them down
> to
> > $350.  The doctor has now given us a final notice
> of
> > 10 (ten days), from Tuesday August 21, to get the
> > machine or he will get rid of it.  Because the
> machine
> > have been occupying their office space for months,
> > since they first donated it.  Albury have been
> talking
> > to the United Gambia Organization- Atlanta- (UGOA)
> to
> > get the necessary amount from them.  They have
> > promised to supply the $350, but he has been
> having
> > difficulties getting in touch with them.  SO IF
> ANY OF
> > YOU ARE MEMBERS OF UGOA, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH
> HIM
> > AND ALSO URGE THE ORGANIZATION TO COME THROUGH
> (SEE
> > ALBURY'S PHONE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM)
> >
> > I have proposed a second plan to him just incase
> the
> > UGOA plan does not work.  Since our deadline, from
> the
>
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