Yai-Fatou Let Ancha know that we appreciate her efforts and yours always. Thanks May Allah reward your efforts Habib Diab Ghanim, Sr. "Y. Bala-gaye" wrote: > 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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