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 withdrawn from the bank account, and it is all used,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
> doctor, is August 31 (next week Friday), I proposed
> that if by Tuesday, August 28, he still have not been
> able to get the money from UGOA, I will raise the
> money.  I have pledged to donate $100.00 and I hope
> that members of the "L" will be ready to come up with
> whatever little they can so that we will get the rest
> of the money ($250) to secure this machine.  But I, in
> particular, have pledged that by hook or crook, I will
> make sure we get the whole $350 before next Friday.
> Because we simply cannot let this machine be taken
> back from us.  We do not even have a CAT Scanner (to
> scan brain, etc) in the Gambia.  Gambians with cancer,
> are being misdiagnosed all the time, because the
> doctors do not have the right tools to work with.
> Early and proper cancer diagnosis can save many
> Gambian lives.  We need this machine.  It may save one
> of your relatives', or my relatives' lives in the
> future.  Albury's number and mine, are at the bottom
> of this mailing.  Contact him, or me.  Even if it is
> $0.25 (I mean it) at least you donated something.  And
> just think, if all the members of the "L" donate 25
> cents, don't you think we will have far more than
> $350?   And remember, even though the immediate
> problem is getting the machine out of the medical
> office.  We will also need to keep it in storage,
> where the medical drugs are currently being kept, and
> also eventually ship it to the Gambia.  So in the long
> run, we do need more than the $350.  This is an
> equipment costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and
> we got it for free.  We will be fools to loose it over
> $350.
>
> IN ADDITION.....
>
> We also need suggestions as to how to ship it to the
> Gambia.  If anyone owns, works for, or knows some one
> who can ship the machine and drugs for free or at a
> reduced price, please let us know.  In addition, we
> need contacts for who and what medical facility to
> send it to.  Ideally, we would like to send it to a
> public facility such as the Royal Victoria Hospital
> (RVH), where the majority of the poor Gambian
> population can access it without bias.  And we will
> want the facility to not charge any extra fees, or if
> that is not possible, to charge a very minimal fee to
> persons requiring cancer screening.  We also do not
> want the machine to be used in affiliation with any
> political groups.  In short, No POLITICAL GROUP WILL
> BE ALLOWED TO CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTION TO
> THE GAMBIA, ETC.  Mr. Albury and Co, in Atlanta, have
> spoken to Dr. Palmer (of the Gambia while he was on a
> visit here.  And he has given suggestions as to who
> the machine should go to (For example the Ahmadiyya
> Center in Greater Banjul, the Evangelical Center in
> Sibanorr).  He also advised us to put it where it will
> be of most usage to the general poor population.  And
> to put it in the hands of honest and reliable people.
> But we would also like a wider input.  If you have any
> contact information of persons in the Gambia who can
> help us get it into the right hands, please let us
> know.  We would also like to make sure that once in
> the Gambia, there will be persons with the required
> skill to operate the machine.  Mariama Jallow, is
> capable of operating the machine.  So maybe we can
> convince her to travel to Gambia to train some
> personnel, or she can train someone else, who will in
> turn go to the Gambia and train the personnel there.
> All this will require planning and financial
> commitment on our parts as Gambians.  Let us know what
> you think and please make your contributions.
> Especially towards making sure we get the necessary
> money to get the equipment from the facility before
> the Deadline.  You can contact Albury at 404-517-4377,
> 404-752-1253 or Cel: 404-759-4982.  You can contact me
> at Home 502-875-9499, or Work 502-564-3070 extension
> 271 (I will be out of town Friday afternoon (August
> 24th) up to Monday (August 27th).  But will be back on
> Tuesday.)
>
> =====
> "NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION"
>
>                        ALSO
>
> "NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED"
>
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