Jennifer, We will notify you of our plans to visit Gambia and what will be done to help stop FGM. Thank you for being there for us. >From: JENNIFER EIDSON <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Female Circumcision - What Should Be The Approach To > Facilitating Positive Change >Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:38:24 -0500 > >I will be traveling to the Gambia in December. If there is anything >that I can do to help with the process of educating, I am there. I will >be staying thru January. In which I will have plenty of time to pass >out pamphlets, and talk with individuals and groups, etc. I may be a >little blunt to some, at times but I am just trying to get the ball >rolling, (for a lack of better words) and get help for these innocent >girls. That is all, I might be white but I do have Gambian in my heart. >As I have said before I fell in love with the Gambia and it's people, >the first time I went there. My heart got broken in 1998 when I >witnessed the horrible act that was preformed on an innocent girl. I'm >just one person and since then I have returned to the Gambia two other >times and I have stopped this from happening to my Gambian niece and a >baby that I delivered. So please let me help! I am here for the >asking. As I said I will be going again in December and what not to >better spend my time then to do something that I believe is right and >that being, educating people on the risk of FGM! Thanks so much for >all the kind and not so kind replies to my emails. It's good to know >that people will stand up for what they believe no matter how many don't >like the topic and how ever graphic it may be! I saw this Quote at the >end of another email and it has a very strong >message, therefore I am including it at the end of mine. > >"NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING >TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED" > >THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL QUOTE! > >Love, >Jennifer Eidson > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------