Hi Yama,

 

My niece, Astou Njie, Miss Gambia 2000 is very active in the fight against AIDS in the Gambia particularly, children and orphans living with the disease. She has set up a Foundation called The Astou Foundation for children and orphans living with AIDS.  Her email is [log in to unmask].  

Let me know how I can be of assistance.

 

Thanks,

Astrid/ 


 

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>Hi all,
>I am calling on all interested in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in
>Africa,
>Gambia in particular to please contact me at this e-mail address or
>at
>[log in to unmask] As all of you are aware, AIDS is pandemic in
>Africa
>and we need to something to curb the spread of this virus. I am
>therefore
>appealing on all interested persons to come together and work with
>the
>grassroots organizations that work with HIV/AIDS prevention in the
>Gambia.
>We can not wait to for the west or anyone to solve our problems, we
>need to
>do it ourselves. The number of HIV/AIDS cases in the Gambia is
>small
>compared to other African countries but we need to get started NOW
>and
>increase our efforts. Senegal has an excellent prevention program
>that has
>worked and we too can have one.. I urge all that are interested to
>please
>contact me so we can get a committee started.. it could be 2 or
>maybe 3 of
>us but I believe we can make a difference. If there is an
>organization that
>already is working towards this goal,please let me know because we
>don't
>need to reinvent the wheel... I hope to hear from interested people
>soon..
>Thank you.
>
>Yama Darboe
>
>
>
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