Sigga, If you need any assstance from this end, i shall be more than willing to give a helping hand. Chi Jamma, Sigga jagne wrote: > BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS FOR THE VICTIMS > NOTE: PLEASE READ INFOR. BELOW ABOUT THE CANCER > SCREENING MACHINE AND HOW YOU CAN HELP IN THE EFFORT > TO GET IT TO THE GAMBIA > > Hey how is everyone? I've been real busy with work, > school and my quest to help the April 10 victims. On > that end, we (Yankuba Njie and I) have progressed much > more and the boys are now in some of the final stages > of their applications to a particular hospital (in the > U.S.). We have helped them to acquire certain > documents such as passports, and birth certificates, > and medical records (which sometimes proofed difficult > to attain from RVH), as required by the hospital. We > have added a fourth victim to our help list and have > also been assisting him, financially etc (Just as we > have been doing with the other three). His picture > and infor. will soon be added to our mygambia.org > website. We have also been networking with different > organizations such as ADNA, Doctors without Borders, > and Physicians for Human Rights, with the help of Mr. > Katim Touray, Ya Soffie Ceesay, and James Gomez, Jnr. > In fact, Ya Soffie, met with ADNA on our behalf, > after, Katim put us in touch with some key persons at > the organization. We still need your support, please > go to the mygambia.org and make a donation, even if > $0.50 trust me, it will help. The boys have been very > grateful for your donations which have gone a long way > in helping them acquire some of their documents. We > keep a detailed explanation from them about how they > utilize every penny we send to them. And we also keep > a detailed financial statement of every penny that is > withdrawn from the bank account, and it is all used, > only, in connection with the boys needs. Any of you > can request and see those documents. The boys > call/E-mail us almost every week about the status of > their documents, visas, hospital applications (to the > U.S., etc). > > THE CANCER SCREENING MACHINE.... VERY URGENT!!! > > I hope that you guys would please read this and do > whatever you can to help our country get this machine. > We all know that we need it. > > While in Atlanta ( for the July fourth), I was told by > my nephew's wife, Amie secka, that a certain friend of > hers (Mariama Jallow) had attained a cancer screening > machine and a large number of medical drugs from the > Jewish Doctors that she works for in Atlanta. But the > problem was that she had been trying for months, to > get some one to help her get the equipment out of the > doctors office. She contacted some Gambians in > Atlanta, but for some reason, her efforts were > unfruitful. It seemed that the medical office she > works for - Atlanta's Center for Medicine - had > donated some medical equipment and drugs to different > African communities within Atlanta so that they can > send it back to their homelands. Mariama decided to > ask her bosses to add Gambia to the list of > communities receiving the donations, and they agreed. > All the other communities secured their equipment and > drugs from the medical center, as soon as it was > donated, except for the Gambian community. So the > stuff for the Gambia was sitting there for a while, > and Mariama's bosses had informed her that they needed > to use the office which was being used to store the > machine and medication. And therefor, she will need > to get the stuff out of there, or they will have to > give it to someone else. She took the boxes of > medication to her house to store, but the machine was > too big and too delicate for her to transport or store > at home. > > When I was told about it, I got in touch with Ya > Soffie Ceesay, who, along with myself, was coming to > Atlanta, to give a speech at the symposium. She > talked to Albury Njie (Atlanta), who in turn talked to > a number of Gambians in Atlanta. I put them all in > touch with Mariama and it was agreed that Albury and > co will get the machine & medication to a storage area > until we can figure out how to get it to Gambia, and > which medical center to send it to. We took donations > at the July 4th picnic (at the park on the Sunday). > We then had a meeting (Albury Njie of Atlanta, Ya > soffie Ceesay - D.C., Maila Touray of Rhode Island, > myself, and about two more Atlanta-Gambians whose > names I cannot recall). We decided to use the money > collected for storage. So the money was left with > Albury and Sainey Faye. > > They have since then secured all the boxes of > medication and have put it in storage. But the cancer > screening machine could not be transported because due > to its delicate nature and its size, it requires > special transportation to ascertain that its integrity > is not compromised. So Albury and Sainey searched for > someone capable of moving it. And were finally > referred, by the doctor who donated it, Dr. D. Timothy > Daugherty, to the company that his facility uses to > transport sensitive medical equipment. After getting > in touch with them, the company initially charged > about $700, but Albury was able to get them down to > $350. The doctor has now given us a final notice of > 10 (ten days), from Tuesday August 21, to get the > machine or he will get rid of it. Because the machine > have been occupying their office space for months, > since they first donated it. Albury have been talking > to the United Gambia Organization- Atlanta- (UGOA) to > get the necessary amount from them. They have > promised to supply the $350, but he has been having > difficulties getting in touch with them. SO IF ANY OF > YOU ARE MEMBERS OF UGOA, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM > AND ALSO URGE THE ORGANIZATION TO COME THROUGH (SEE > ALBURY'S PHONE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM) > > I have proposed a second plan to him just incase the > UGOA plan does not work. Since our deadline, from the > doctor, is August 31 (next week Friday), I proposed > that if by Tuesday, August 28, he still have not been > able to get the money from UGOA, I will raise the > money. I have pledged to donate $100.00 and I hope > that members of the "L" will be ready to come up with > whatever little they can so that we will get the rest > of the money ($250) to secure this machine. But I, in > particular, have pledged that by hook or crook, I will > make sure we get the whole $350 before next Friday. > Because we simply cannot let this machine be taken > back from us. We do not even have a CAT Scanner (to > scan brain, etc) in the Gambia. Gambians with cancer, > are being misdiagnosed all the time, because the > doctors do not have the right tools to work with. > Early and proper cancer diagnosis can save many > Gambian lives. We need this machine. It may save one > of your relatives', or my relatives' lives in the > future. Albury's number and mine, are at the bottom > of this mailing. Contact him, or me. Even if it is > $0.25 (I mean it) at least you donated something. And > just think, if all the members of the "L" donate 25 > cents, don't you think we will have far more than > $350? And remember, even though the immediate > problem is getting the machine out of the medical > office. We will also need to keep it in storage, > where the medical drugs are currently being kept, and > also eventually ship it to the Gambia. So in the long > run, we do need more than the $350. This is an > equipment costing hundreds of thousands of dollars and > we got it for free. We will be fools to loose it over > $350. > > IN ADDITION..... > > We also need suggestions as to how to ship it to the > Gambia. If anyone owns, works for, or knows some one > who can ship the machine and drugs for free or at a > reduced price, please let us know. In addition, we > need contacts for who and what medical facility to > send it to. Ideally, we would like to send it to a > public facility such as the Royal Victoria Hospital > (RVH), where the majority of the poor Gambian > population can access it without bias. And we will > want the facility to not charge any extra fees, or if > that is not possible, to charge a very minimal fee to > persons requiring cancer screening. We also do not > want the machine to be used in affiliation with any > political groups. In short, No POLITICAL GROUP WILL > BE ALLOWED TO CLAIM IT AS THEIR OWN CONTRIBUTION TO > THE GAMBIA, ETC. Mr. Albury and Co, in Atlanta, have > spoken to Dr. Palmer (of the Gambia while he was on a > visit here. And he has given suggestions as to who > the machine should go to (For example the Ahmadiyya > Center in Greater Banjul, the Evangelical Center in > Sibanorr). He also advised us to put it where it will > be of most usage to the general poor population. And > to put it in the hands of honest and reliable people. > But we would also like a wider input. If you have any > contact information of persons in the Gambia who can > help us get it into the right hands, please let us > know. We would also like to make sure that once in > the Gambia, there will be persons with the required > skill to operate the machine. Mariama Jallow, is > capable of operating the machine. So maybe we can > convince her to travel to Gambia to train some > personnel, or she can train someone else, who will in > turn go to the Gambia and train the personnel there. > All this will require planning and financial > commitment on our parts as Gambians. Let us know what > you think and please make your contributions. > Especially towards making sure we get the necessary > money to get the equipment from the facility before > the Deadline. You can contact Albury at 404-517-4377, > 404-752-1253 or Cel: 404-759-4982. You can contact me > at Home 502-875-9499, or Work 502-564-3070 extension > 271 (I will be out of town Friday afternoon (August > 24th) up to Monday (August 27th). But will be back on > Tuesday.) > > ===== > "NO ONE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION" > > ALSO > > "NOTHING IS UNACHIEVABLE, THE ONLY QUESTION IS, WHETHER ONE IS WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS DESIRED" > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! 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