>From: Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Blind Gambian Boy Needs To Get To Gallaudet University >Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 00:13:46 -0500 > >Hello, Habib and Yus... I thought that Gallaudet was only a college for the deaf? I am not aware of any colleges for the blind in the US... Had there been any, I might have considered attending one... >Ginny > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Habib Ghanim > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: Blind Gambian Boy Needs To Get To Gallaudet University > > > Yus > > it is the best in the world and is right here in Washinggton DC with all the facilitiies any normal university has > > Habib > > > > > > > > HDG > >From: "Yusupha C. Jow" > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Blind Gambian Boy Needs To Get To Gallaudet University > >Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 21:07:03 EDT > > > >For those of you who don't know, Gallaudet is one of the best in the World > >for the blind and deaf. I myself met a brilliant fellow from this school at > >CES in Vegas two years ago. How can we help this Gambian who has such a > >great opportunity to improve himself, yet cannot attend because of funds? > > > > > >Desperate blind boy appeals for funds to study in America > > > >Yankuba Amadou Faal Sonko who described himself as a desperate blind Gambian > >said he hopes Samaritans would come to his rescue by paying his educational > >bills to attend Gabbaudet University in USA. Yankuba who was a student of > >Nusrat Senior Secondary School last year and could use a typewriter in spite > >of his blindness said his condition would not deter him from the aim of > >furthering his education, although he decried the lack of encouragement to > >that effect. > > > >â€~I am therefore, strongly appealing to private individuals, the private > >sector, state departments and organisations for financial support to cater > >for the period of my one year studies in USAâ€T he said, adding that in he has > >been assured of full scholarship for the following year. Yankuba said as a > >result of his financial problem he has been reduced to a sad boy who needs > >the encouragement of others to keep his dreams alive. â€~Outside education, I > >have practically nothing to prepare for my futureâ€T he lamented. > > > >Yankuba said he was not born blind. According to him his blindness resulted > >from playing with a friend who mistakenly poked his finger into one of his > >eyes, which had bled in pain. He said as a result of this his career as a > >senior secondary school student was discontinued as he sought treatment, > >leading to an eye operation, which failed. His eye gradually deteriorated to > >actual blindness he sadly explained. â€~In fact I went up to form three in a > >High school, where I was on the verge of completing in 1993. I really admire > >my friends, working in offices and other sectors, which creates feelings of > >hopeless despair. > > > >Sometimes I get so run down emotionally that I contemplate committing suicide > >especially when I see myself as a useless liability to societyâ€T he said. > >Although Yankuba believes that being visually impaired does not spell the end > >of oneâ€Ts life, ostracisation does not help his feeling about himself. He said > >only consistent and unconditional support from others would help boost their > >sense of self-worth. He cited as an instructive example, the help by > >Senegalese musician Youssou Ndure of a budding musician called Abdoulaye > >Mbye, who has shot to not only fame but has also been turned into a useful > >member of the Senegalese society. > > > >He said if the blind reggae musician Franky Paul and Americaâ€Ts Steven Wonder > >could carve a niche for themselves with the intervention of their societies, > >he believes that The Gambia has enough good people to take their plight up. > >â€~We can do more than sighted peopleâ€T he boasted. He said he was looking > >forward to the day when he would be the first blind Gambian to graduate from > >a University. â€~A helping hands is all I needâ€T he said. Anybody interested in > >bailing Yankuba out of his condition should please contact him by his own > >address, Yankuba Amadou Faal Sonko C/O Mamo Dampha, Serrekunda, and Tel: > >461042 > > > > > > Copyright 2000 QuantumNET > > > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >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] > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~