Thank you Karamba. We are trying.

Baba

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Karamba Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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. All Gambians and friends of
>> The Gambia are welcome to join us.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you all for reading.
>>
>>
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> The Leadership Team
>>
>>
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