Mr. Abdoul Njie

Thanks a lot for this good piece of news. Alhamdullilah they are all released.

I hope that your model of organization can be replicated in all the other major metropolitan areas in the US with a high concentration of Gambians . 

 I would also want to add my two cents to this concept also . I have always advocated for a funeral fund (and/or term life insurance ) for local burial expenses only within such Gambian organizations in case we have deaths ( which is inevitable and almost certain) so we may not be stuck delaying the funeral arrangements due to lack of funds.  Participation would be  voluntary and only paid members would be eligible for this benefit. This is an added bonus that will make certain the financial success of your organization.You can get an independent trusted third party institutionthat will  collect the funds  and pay as approved by the elected officers .This money aspect of this idea has always been an issue due to personality conflicts.

Congratulations and thanks again for the update.

Habib Diab Ghanim

>From: Abdoul Njie <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Atlanta Gambian Emergency Relief Association -AGERA is now OFFICIAL >Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:50:47 +0000 > >To all Gambians, > >On Sunday May 5th, 2002, members of AGERA have officially adopted a >new >constitution to create an emergency relief fund that will enable us >to >confront related challenges within our community. AGERA has also >elected >officers which was done through a secret ballot. > >The AGERA Constitution will soon be posted and shall also be >available from >the SOON TO COME website-www.AGERA.com. > >Names of elected officers will also be posted in the coming days. > >We hope to invite every Gambian living in Atlanta to join this much >NEEDED >organization regardless of religious, political,tribal or ethnic >background. > We hope that this organization will serve as a MODEL for other >Gambian >communities. > >We believe that it is through this collective effort that we can be >better >prepared to confront future emergencies. > >Finally, we would like to thank all those who offered help during >the >difficult times, especially when our fellow Gambians were recently >detained >at Hartfield International Airport in Atlanta. > >We are Glad that they are all RELEASED. > >If you are a GAMBIAN living in Atlanta, please note that your >participation >as a member will be highly appreciated. The initiation fee is $50.00 >per >person and a monthly contribution of $10.00. > > >More Details will be made available soon. > > >AGERA > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~