Source:  http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7403 

Editorial : AGERA AND GAMBIAN DIASPORANS HAVING A FINE TIME IN ATLANTA WHILE APRIL 10TH VICTIM JAMMEH FACE EVICTION
By Publisher on 15-07-11 (318 reads) News by the same author
Gambians in the Diaspora constantly make reference to April 10 and 11 which led to the death and injuries of many students but when they hold commemoration no effort is made to raise funds to help the victims. Abdoukarim Jammeh is one of the victims who have refused to be silent. He was in grade 9 when he was shot. After a long period of treatment which is still on going he managed to get enrolled in a skills training centre and later found a part time job at the Atlantic Hotel. During the last season he waited for reengagement but to no avail. Abdoukarim has been out of work for the past year and a half. His landlord has been very patient with him and he has accumulated a lot of arrears.

During the eleventh anniversary of the April 10 2000 catastrophe Abdoukarim had an interview with most of the media houses in the country which was published by many on line papers. He explained what happened to him as a grade 9 student and how that affected his whole educational career. He lamented the lack of support in getting further treatment until a Briton and a German collaborated to take him to Germany to help him reduce his disability. He met the conditions of his visa honourably and came back to the Gambia after his first treatment. He is supposed to go back for further operation but is still waiting for his sponsors to act.
In the mean time Gambians in the Diaspora continue to write about the problems of the students but no visible initiative is taken to address their plight. 
Gambians with conscience should make it a duty to call on all Gambians and lovers of justice to give support to people like Abdoukarim so that they would not be reduced to paupers on the street. Abdoukarim is too dignified to go to the street and become a beggar. How long will he be able to hold on without support from those who claim that they have been outraged by the deaths and injuries which occurred on 10th and 11th April 2000.
Conscience speaks with action and not with mere crocodile tears.

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