Thank you very much for the update and great efforts being undertaken On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:59 PM Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Fellow Gambians and Friends of The Gambia, > > > > Please allow us once again to give you a brief update on the activities of > the New Gambia Movement. We are pleased to announce that our membership has > just hit the 200 mark and members have listed their countries of residence > as The Gambia, Senegal, UK, USA, the Netherlands, Norway, France, Germany, > Belgium, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Scotland, > Cyprus, Sweden, Taiwan, Venezuela, Italy, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Liberia, > Mali, Nigeria, Turks and Caicos Islands, Luxembourg, China, Switzerland, > Japan, and Czech Republic. Below is a brief summary of some of our > activities so far this year. > > > > *Registration* > > > > We are pleased to announce that we have successfully registered the New > Gambia Movement as a civil society organization in The Gambia. This means > that we are now a legally constituted entity in our country and can carry > out our activities. > > > > *Bank Accounts* > > > > The NGM has opened Bank accounts in The Gambia, the UK and the USA. We > also have a PayPal account on our website (www.newgambia.org). This > will facilitate our financial transactions especially by making it easy for > members to pay their subscriptions and/or donate to the > Movement. Non-members who wish to donate to the Movement may also do so via > our bank accounts or PayPal. Financial updates will be sent to all members > once in a while showing our balances and the sources of our funds, > including the names of members who have paid their subscriptions and/or > donated. Unless otherwise requested, the names of non-members who donate to > the NGM will also be disclosed. > > > > *April 10-11 Commemoration* > > > > During the recent commemoration of the student massacres of April 10-11 > 2000 by the ousted Jammeh dictatorship, the New Gambia Movement donated > $3000 to the April 10-11 Memorial Foundation. Dr. Pierre Gomez our National > Organizing Secretary was invited to give a speech at one of the events held > to mark the occasion. Dr. Gomez's speech included introducing and > explaining to the audience the mission of the New Gambia Movement. > > > > *Feed the Family Project* > > > > We are pleased to report that our Feed the Family Project is recording > admirable success. On March 4, 2017 our team on the ground paid visits to > the Serekunda Central Mosque and the Sisters of Charity offices at Bakoteh > where we donated several items to support the humanitarian work of these > two institutions. In April, as Christians prepared to observe Good Friday, > the Movement donated several items to St. Anthony's Church in Kololi. All > our activities so far were covered by our national newspapers including > *Foroyaa*, the *Daily Observer*, *The Point *and *The Standard*. *(http://www.newgambia.org/ngm-media-coverage > <http://www.newgambia.org/ngm-media-coverage>). * The Feed the Family > Project currently has a few charitable activities planned for the upcoming > month of Ramadan. > > The Feed the Family Project is an ongoing and very important part of our > vision of turning The Gambia into a Family Nation. The NGM considers all > Gambians as belonging to one family and will do whatever we can to help all > family members regardless of religious, political, ethnic or any other > affiliation. We very much appreciate any support from members and > non-members alike to help us actualize the Gambian Family Nation. > > > > *Heal the Family Project* > > > > In the face of the daunting challenges facing The Gambia's health sector > which range from poor physical facilities, lack of basic > in-house necessities like beds and drugs, the almost total absence of > medical screening facilities at RVTH and other health Centers, the New > Gambia Movement recently decided to launch a Heal the Family Project headed > by Dr. Surahata Ceesay. Under this project, Dr. Ceesay will lead our > efforts in working with hospitals and international organizations to help > provide medical supplies, health screening machines, volunteer medical > personnel from abroad, and periodic training for Gambian medical personnel > on the ground, among other things. The Heal the Family Project is another > ambitious and potentially challenging venture designed to help improve the > health and lives of members of the Gambian Family Nation. > > > > Recently, members of our team on the ground noticed that some youths in > Banjul were cleaning the gutters with their bare hands, with no gloves, no > nose-masks, and no boots. As a pilot Heal the Family Project initiative, > the New Gambia Movement decided to chip in and donate a few items that will > make that work easier for the youths and help protect them from potentially > serious injury or from contracting diseases as they set about cleaning the > Banjul gutters. We are therefore donating the following items to this > particular group of Banjul youths within the next couple of weeks: > > > > Three (3) Wellington Boots > > One (1) pack of gloves > > Three (3) rakes > > One (1) pack of nose masks (50 pieces) > > One (1) roll of heavy duty refuse sacks > > > > We will continue to stay engaged with these and other youths at home and > will chip in whenever possible to contribute our quota as members of the > Gambian Family Nation. > > > > *The Gambilondi Research Project* > > > > As part of our mission of educating and empowering the Gambian Family > Nation and cognizant of the role information and information gathering > plays in national development, the New Gambia Movement is initiating the > Gambilondi Research Project. The project will focus on the production, > storage, and dissemination of knowledge on Gambian history, politics and > culture. Under the leadership of Dr. Bala Saho, the New Gambia Movement’s > Director of Research and Documentation, the Gambilondi project will start > with conducting research in the flowing areas: > > > > *The Jammeh Archives:* Research and documentation of information related > to former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh and his government between 1994 and > 2016. This work will consist mostly of archival research and oral > interviews. > > > > *Archival research:* > > To document Jammeh’s speeches – by him or about him. > > To collect copies of all the decrees passed by the AFPRC between 1994 and > 1996 > > To examine media reports on all major events that happened during the > Jammeh era, particularly focusing on circumstances surrounding the deaths > and disappearances of Gambian citizens between 1994 and 2016. > > > > *Oral Interviews: *To interview people associated with Jammeh and those > affected by his reign. > > > > *Gambia’s Spiritual Leaders:* Research and documentation on the > biographies of our country’s religious and spiritual heritage. Starting > with prominent Muslim and Christian leaders of the recent past across the > country, this sub-component of the Gambilondi project will produce > biographies of our spiritual leaders for possible publication into books. > The research team invites members of the Movement and the general public to > help identify as many spiritual leaders as possible for research and > documentation. > > > > *Conclusion* > > > > Finally, our Leadership Team met for the second time on Sunday, May 7 to > welcome new members and discuss a number of important issues. We thank > all members for lending their name and support to this important > initiative. We are just starting. We know that monumental challenges lie > ahead. But we are not at all intimidated by the scope or size of these > challenges. We are fully committed and determined to accomplish our > ultimate mission of transforming The Gambia into a family nation of > politically enlightened and empowered citizens. Through the Feed the > Family, Heal the Family, and Gambilondi Research projects, we are laying > the foundation and taking the baby steps needed to work resolutely towards > the actualization of our ultimate objective. Moving forward, we need all > hands on deck. We are totally convinced that together we can do it. > > > > If you are interested in the NGM, please read our mission and join the > Movement on our website www.newgambia.org. 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