Thank you George. With people like you to emulate, we
cannot but, be inspired to do our part in putting our
country on the right tracks.
--- Mr Makaveli <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I would like to take this moment to felicitate Sigga
> Jagne and Yankuba
> Njie for a job well done on their concerted efforts
> to help the surviviing
> victims of the April 2000 student massacre with the
> launch of
> MyGambia.org, to obtain medical as well as financial
> assistance. Two thumbs
> up guys! The iniquities of the current government
> are overwhelming, but
> witnessing such benevolence from you guys help ease
> some of the agony some
> of us endure. Thank you for the extra effort.
>
>
> Best Wishes
>
> George Sarr
>
> Gambiansonline.com
>
> PS: I'd just added a link to mygambia.org from our
> site to pass the word
> around. I hope the concerngambians.org site from Dr.
> Touray follows suit.
> Good luck to both of you.
>
> From: Sigga jagne <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: SEE DETAILED PICTURES OF SOME APRIL 10
> VICTIMS, THEIR INJURIES,
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Feb 08, 2001
>
>
> Hello fellow Gambia L'ers,
>
> Today I am very proud to announce the completion of
> a
> website, http://www.mygambia.org, that has been in
> the
> works for months now, dedicated to helping the April
> 10 and 11 shooting victims. It took a lot of work,
> dedication, energy and time. But it is finally
> ready.
> The website is sponsored by myself and Mr.
> Yankuba
> Njie. It is a highly informative site featuring
> pictures of three of the victims; the ones I
> featured
> in a piece to the "L" a couple of months ago
> entitled
> "Suffering in Silence." It shows detailed pictures
> of
> their injuries as well as their medical reports from
> both their doctors in the Gambia and their former
> Egyptian doctor. It also includes detailed
> explanations of the injuries they sustained and the
> poor state of their health.
>
> The site’s primary goal is to obtain medical
> treatment, outside the Gambia, for these young
> victims.
>
> A letter with attached links to
> http://www.mygambia.org will be sent in the next
> couple of days to charities, medical associations
> and
> groups such as the medical charity group " Doctors
> without frontiers". We have also opened a bank
> account, "Help for Injured Gambian Students" at the
> Commonwealth Credit Union in Kentucky USA, to
> solicit
> monetary and other donations from individuals and
> groups, to cover expenses such as air tickets and
> transportation costs for the victims.
>
> Donations can be made on the site via:
>
> (1) Your E-mail through the Paypal service
> (http://www.paypal.com/). Paypal enables anyone with
> an email address (even if they don’t have a Paypal
> account) to send money using a Check or Credit card
> via the Internet, to other individuals or groups. By
> using this method, you might earn a $5.00 referral
> bonus for the "Help for Gambian Students" account,
> and
> also for yourself provided you meet certain
> requirements from Paypal (for more information about
> the requirements, please visit
>
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/referral-faq-outside).
>
>
> SO PLEASE USE THIS METHOD, IF POSSIBLE, TO HELP
> OBTAIN
> EVEN MORE DONATIONS FOR THE VICTIMS, FROM PayPal.
>
> (2) Electronic Money Transfer
> (3) A Credit card
> (4) Or by Check or Money order via postal mail.
>
> MyGambia.org doesn’t store or collect any credit
> card
> or checking account information from donors. All
> monetary transactions are directly handled by Paypal
> and they have many security measures to help ensure
> your absolute protection. For more information,
> please
> review Paypal’s Security Policy at
>
http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/security-outside
>
>
> The site also features a monthly Newsletter
> featuring
> the victims' health progress and other related
> information featured on the site. The Newsletter
> will
> also show the amount of money donated, the names of
> the donors, and detailed explanations of any
> expenditure and our monthly Bank statements.
>
> You can subscribe to this monthly Newsletter on any
> page at the http://www.mygambia.org site, and can
> also
> access each monthly issue online at the site at
> http://www.mygambia.org/newsletter.html.
>
> We welcome all your comments, feedback, and
> questions.
> You can contact us via the site as well as post
> messages of support for the victims, in our "Leave
> your comments" section at
> http://www.mygambia.org/comments.html (we will then
> forward these messages to the victims).
>
> Most of your questions can also be answered by
> referring to our "Frequently Asked Questions"
> section
> at http://www.mygambia.org/faq.html .
>
> The www.mygambia.org site also has a "Tell a
> friend"
> feature at http://www.mygambia.org/tellafriend.html,
> which is a "referral form" that can be utilized to
> send an e-mail message about the plight of these
> young
> men, to friends, family members, as well as any
> physicians, medical groups, or charities that you
> think might be able to provide financial and/or
> medical assistance.
>
> IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY OTHER VICTIMS WHO NEED HELP,
> PLEASE CONTACT US THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
>
> AND PLEASE VISIT THE SITE, REFER YOUR FRIENDS AND
> FAMILY MEMBERS, PHYSICIANS, CHARITY GROUPS, MEDICAL
> ASSOCIATIONS, AND MAKE A DONATION, NO MATTER HOW
> SMALL. BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
> IN
> THE LIVES OF THESE YOUNG VICTIMS. THEY ARE OUR OWN,
> SO LET US NOT ABANDON THEM IN THIS THEIR HOUR OF
> NEED.
>
>
> For those on the "L" with websites, please provide a
> link to our site, on your website. See how to do so
> at, http://www.mygambia.org/link.html
>
>
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