Omar, This is a wonderful program, and we really need more of it. One advice though: Keep POLITICIANS out of it. Look for ordinary Gambians who aren't affiliated with ANY party. That way, you'll side step any mine fields out there. Otherwise, this mayor's involvement, as well-intentioned as it may be, could come back to bite y'all in the wrong place. So let this Faal guy go! In my view, perception is very important in any NGO/philantropic venture. And maximum civic involvement/goodwill is of the essence. Given that, I find it totally incredible that people fail to see the contradiction in wanting to bring a community together, yet involving people who are sure to turn off a large segment of the population. Even if APRC is a popular party (we all know it's not!,) don't you think that a symbol of that party like the mayor of Banjul, will cause a significant segment of the population to view your organization as suspect at best? Just an early morning thought... Saul. >Bro Ous, > >Thanks for the compliments. > >This programme is meant to be for 3 years, but with the possibility of >extending it based on the availability of ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------