Please extend my sincere condolence to Aniata Stapleton (Slvia 's mom ) > She worked with my wife at FAO in Banjul. Can you also email me their number in London so we can call them to sympathize. I knew Sylvia very well when she was young. Even with her physical disabilities she was such an angel . She was very smart and hardworking.
May her soul rest in peace.
Habib Diab Ghanim.
This is to announce the death of Sylvia Stapelton
>in London. >Sylvia has been a very active member of the
>Gambia Youth Association in London. She was very hard >working in the Assciation, she has managed to pull >must of us in the Association at a time when we would >nearly give up. She has tirelessly work to see that >the situation of youths in the Gambia has changed. >She was part of the team who tiredlessly collected >donations and clothes that were donated to the >unfortunate kids at home. She was also concern >about the lives and condition of Gambian youths in >England. > >She travelled to Gambia at her own cost to research
>on the ways in which the Association can help children >who cannot afford to continue their schooling due to >financial difficulties. She inspired us all and the >courage in her keep the Association moving. She tried >hard for the youth Association to build up >relationship with other Gambian Associations in Europe >and America. I remember her trip to Spain to attend >meeting organised by the Gambian Association in Spain. >She came back with a very promising report which we >felt will be the begining for the The >Gambian Organisations in Europe/America to come >together. > >One of her dreams was to see the Gambian Diaspora
>making a difference in the lives of the youth back >home. I remember the last time i visited >her before leaving for Ghana, she said to me >"Ndey i will have to rent my flat and go an stay in >the Gambia, this is where the work is, i can do better >there and make real changes" She kept on >reminding me to be intouch. We will all miss her. > >My sincerely condolence to her family, all former
>and present members of the Gambia Youth Association. >May her soul rest in Peace. > >This is a real lost to us and me inparticular, she
>has been a friend, colleague, comrade and an >inspiration. Someone i can always looked up to for her >courage, determination and dedication to make a >difference in the lives of those who cannot afford >it. > >>
Ndey Jobarteh