Sigga Jagne:
This is simply a wonderful job and a thoughtful gesture.  Reading about
these young men and seeing their faces brought tears to my eyes.  Keep
up the Great work.

Abdoulaye

Mr Makaveli 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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