Thank you Sigga.I reside in Atlanta with husband and two kids and would like
to
get the telephone numbers to these brave kids and show some support.
You are truly amazing
Fatou Mbasu Nyang
-----Original Message-----
From: Sigga jagne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: SUFFERING IN SILENCE : THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE WOUNDED
V ICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11
Thank you Fatou. Am glad that people like you who are
on the ground ( if you are in the Gambia) are brave
enough to speak out. I hope that more and more people
will join your ranks. For only then, can we right the
wrongs that we all know exist in the Gambia today.
And people on the ground should extend their hands to
these kids. No, am not talking about money. But just
visiting sometimes, or calling will show them that
their fellow Gambians are behind them and that we are
proud of them for standing up for what they believe.
Otherwise, they may get the wrong message. A message
that tells them that generally, the Gambian people did
not agree with the steps they took in fighting against
the injustices in our country.
--- Fatou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sigga,
> You have done it again.Not only are you sympathetic
> in words but in deeds
> also.I am crying as i read the attached file of the
> details as to what these
> kids went through
> and having to live with it for the rest of their
> lives.Whatever happened is
> what i am
> trying to put the pieces together as no "HUMAN
> BEING" should endure what
> these went and are going to go through.The news we
> read sometimes back home
> are very misleading and sometimes you would sit back
> and wonder.What i
> thought was these kids were still getting
> medical treatment in Egypt"supposedly"but NO.What to
> say and do is the next
> question?
> My hats off to you and the rest of the team who went
> above and beyond in a
> situation like this.
> May Allah grant your wish and make it easy in
> whatever your intentions may
> be
> Fatou Mbasu Nyang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sigga jagne [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: SUFFERING IN SILENCE : THE EVERY DAY TRIALS
> OF THE WOUNDED
> VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11
>
>
> SUFFERING IN SILENCE : THE EVERY DAY TRIALS OF THE
> WOUNDED VICTIMS OF APRIL 10 AND 11
>
> (See the attachment for the boys'story)
>
> My tears are flowing as I write this, but I press on
> as I have vowed to be the voice of these three brave
> Gambian boys, three boys who are being constantly
> dragged through hell everyday, since their woundings
> during the student demonstrations of April 10.
> Tears
> always roll down by eyes when I express to them time
> and again, my outrage at what happened to them and
> at
> how they have been left to suffer daily. But to my
> statements, they merely reply that I should just
> have
> faith in God and that everything happens for a
> reason.
> They tell me not to worry and that it will be O.K.
> I
> marvel at their brevity and their strength. And I
> ask
> myself how they can be so strong in the face of so
> much suffering in their lives and in the face of the
> fact that their young lives have been basically at a
> standstill since they were shot on April 10. But I
> tell myself not to be misled by their young ages.
> For
> these are the same boys who on April 10, faced live
> bullets, ready to lay their lives down in the name
> of
> justice. And that itself, is an ultimate proof of
> the
> strength of their characters. But I cannot help,
> but
> question the very statements that they use to cheer
> me
> up. For what has believing in God got to do with
> their shooting and the killing of their colleagues
> on
> April 10 and 11? Or for that matter what has it got
> to do with the events that led to it - the murder of
> Ebrima Barry and the rape of Binta Manneh? Or
> better
> put, should my believing in God not be the very
> reason
> that I should call out for justice on their behalf
> and
> on behalf of all April 10 and 11 victims? And to
> their statement that everything happens for a
> reason,
> I wonder for what possibly logical reason can the
> killing, maiming, and prolonged suffering of
> children
> occur? And there is every reason to worry. For as
> you will see from this story, the lives of these
> boys
> are not only changed forever, but may be at risk due
> to lack of proper medical care. So it is for this
> reason, that I have chosen to tell their story. And
> even though I have been warned on numerous times by
> my
> family, friends, and well-wishers to be careful and
> beware that the NIA had actually inquired as to who
> I
> am due to my postings on the "L", I have decided to
> be
> the voice of the silent sufferers.
>
>
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>
> ALSO
>
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> WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO DO
> WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED"
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