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*
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>
>
> 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*
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> 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*
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>
> 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*
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>
> 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*
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> 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:
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>
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> Three (3) Wellington Boots
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> One (1) pack of gloves
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> Three (3) rakes
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> One (1) pack of nose masks (50 pieces)
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> One (1) roll of heavy duty refuse sacks
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> 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.
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>
>
> *The Gambilondi Research Project*
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> 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:
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>
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> *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.
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>
> *Archival research:*
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> 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.
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>
>
> *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. All Gambians and friends of
> The Gambia are welcome to join us.
>
>
>
> Thank you all for reading.
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>
>
> Warm regards,
>
> The Leadership Team
>
>
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