Nabiha, Nice to know that you haven't forgotten our days at school together. I must say that i was really impressed when i read your first poem .... i didn't know you had it in you! Hope you and your family are okay. Yai-Fatou On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Nabiha Safriwe wrote: > Yai-fatou, > First of all I would like to say hi to you, it's been > such a long time. > > I am very proud of the fact that you and your sister > (Ancha), are doing so much to help alleviate this pain > that we are all going through. It is always a > consolation, knowing that we can put aside our > differences at times of trouble, to work things out. > After all, it is for the common good of our beloved > Motherland, the Gambia. I want to take this chance to > thank everyone who contributed towards this purpose. > For those who have not done anything yet, just know > that it is still not too late. > > As Mike Leavitt puts it, "There is a time in the life > of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet > small enough to solve." > > Thank you. > Nabiha > > > > > > > > > > > > --- "Y. Bala-gaye" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > After going through 750+ messeges (I was > > incommunicado because > > of my finals), i must say that it is beautiful > > indeed to see Gambians > > putting aside their petty differences and uniting in > > this common goal > > for a 'free Gambia'. We must realise that nothing > > is without wisdom and i > > believe the wisdom behind the events that have been > > brewing for the past > > few years and which reached a climax on April 10th > > is this: the price of > > freedom is never cheap. As such, we must not loose > > faith or give up hope. > > God said, "with hardship cometh ease". No doubt we > > are in the most trying > > times, but the promise of God Almighty is true, so > > we can be assured that > > ease (peace and democracy in this case) will > > definitely be forthcoming. > > However, our duty is patience and perseverance while > > we wait for God's > > promise to be fulfilled - and God's timing is the > > best! With the efforts > > of people such as Buharry (contragulations on the > > baby girl, may God give > > her everything that is good and keep from her > > everything that is evil, and > > complete her with His light), Jabou, Yankuba, etc., > > etc.,etc.; eloquent > > words from the likes of Alpha Robinson and Nabiha; > > insightful analyses > > such as those from Amadou Kabir and Momodou Sidibeh, > > I believe we can most > > certainly persevere. And to make assurance doubly > > sure, we have generated > > a lot of steam both locally and internationally (i > > have the 750+ e-mails > > to prove it!) to keep us going. So perseverance will > > not be a problem, > > however i think patience might. While we're sending > > petitions to > > international organisations and such, let's remember > > that the west doesn't > > necessarily have the answers - wasn't America > > responsible for getting > > Jammeh in, in the first place? Anyway, speculation > > or not, I think we > > should be cautious what we ask for, because if we're > > asking for economic > > sanctions (i believe someone recommended it a couple > > of hundred emails > > back, but i'm glad i haven't seen this particular > > recommendation in any of > > the petitions i've signed thus far), then we should > > be aware of the > > implications of such a request. The implications... > > are that the Gambian > > people will just continue to suffer, end of story. > > Take Iraq as a case in > > point....the sanctions have only resulted in making > > the already miserable > > life of the common Iraqi more miserable. The actual > > people that the > > sanctions were intended to hurt are still enjoying > > life despite the > > sanctions. Momodou Sidibeh stated that two-thirds > > of the > > direct investment in the country according to the > > central bank comes from > > Gambians abroad sending money to supplement their > > relatives' meagre > > incomes. So let's be careful that all this call for > > international > > involvement does not backfire on us. > > With regards to the effort being put into > > all of this, excuse my > > lack of physical presence because i'm all the way up > > here in > > no-man's-land, Hamilton,Canada, and as such my > > contributions in the form > > of money is about all i can afford. However, my > > sister, Ancha is at home > > right now and she said that she has opened an > > account for the families of > > the deceased and she was going to put the account # > > and other relevant > > info. on the list. However, i've informed her of the > > contributions already > > being collected in NA and Europe, so it would not > > make sense to put > > another account on the list for this purpose. But i > > was wondering if there > > is already a mechanism in place, by which the monies > > collected abroad are > > going to be distributed to the various families. If > > so, maybe you can have > > my sister coordinate with whoever is in responsible > > (just to have more > > people help out). But if not, maybe Soffie Ceesay > > and Alpha Robinson can > > forward whatever they've collected and she can > > distribute it as necessary. > > Just in case the issue of trust comes up, Ancha > > worked with GESO to get > > the computers that were donated down to Banjul and > > she was responsible for > > handling the particulars when they got there. So > > Jabou and others can > > vouch for her if necessary. Whatever the case, my > > sister as usual is > > prepared to help so if there is a need for people at > > home to coordinate > > efforts, I'm sure she's ready and willing insofar as > > her schedule at RVH > > permits. She's been working some crazy hours lately! > > So if anyone has any > > suggestions, let me know and i'll forward them to > > her. She will probably > > try to get on the L concerning this but like i said, > > she's busy and has > > computer issues so i'm her messenger for the time > > being. > > In the meantime, let's all keep doing what > > we can for our beloved > > country and remember to pray for the dead and ask > > God to make the grief > > easier to bear for their families and help us in our > > endeavours for a > > 'Free Gambia'. > > > > Yai-Fatou Gaye. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > > postings, go to the Gambia-L > > Web interface at: > > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ===== > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online and get email alerts with Yahoo! 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