Isatou, keep the fight for FGM alive in Norway. We support your efforts. I thank everyone one who gave us advise and support for our FGM project to be in Gambia. I also thank those willing to join me as soon as I presented the idea. I am touched and more motivated to execute the project as planned. Please be aware that every step and progress will be updated to all Good night Ramatoulie >From: Isatou B Kaira <[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: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:02:46 +0200 > > > Ramatoulie and Jennnifer, > >I just want to add on to what Ndey and others have said about contacting >people that have already been working on FGM, i.e the NGO, local >organisations, etc. I also think that is the best way to go about it. > >Jennifer, you asked me to update on what we would be doing here in Norway. >Our organisation(African Youth In Norway) was contacted by Amnesty >International, to work with them. Can't go into details here because we are >still in the early stages. We have selected a group that is going to work >on it. We are going to have a seminar very soon, but just like what Ndey >and others said, we are contacting organisations and individuals that have >been working on FGM. We want to invite them to this seminar, to share with >us about their knowledge and work on FGM. There's a guy coming from Ghana >who has worked intensively on this issue too. He's also going to >participate. Then from there we are going to find out the next step to >take. Since most of us in that group don't much about FGM, we feel that it >is one of the best ways to learn more about FGM and also have the >opportunity to meet other people that have worked so hard on this. One >thing we have all decided is that there would be no pr! >ess. > >After your trip can you please update us on the list. Let us also know if >there's anyway we can help the groups already working on it in the Gambia. > >Isatou > _________________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------