Non political? Why do people constantly harp on about this nonsense? There is no such thing as non-political/apolitical. From the day our mamas give birth to us until the day we are put in the grave, politics is us, and we are politics. Please people get this straight!!! I would have written a longer piece and a much more deserving rebuttal of this uppity attitude if I had more free time on my hands, but unfortunately I don't and as such this will have to do for now. Regards Manneh -----Original Message----- From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Beran jeng Sent: 23 August 2002 17:13 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [>-<] The Gambia asks for urgent Aid We need an effective non political Gambian organization for us in the diaspora to be taken seriously for such a drive. Beran >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] The Gambia asks for urgent Aid >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:06:52 EDT > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by [log in to unmask] ] > > >Ms Sukuna, > NGO stands for None governmental organisation such as >the >Red Cross , Oxfarm, Christian Childrens Fund , Catholic Relief Services and >many many others . There are both international NGOs and domestic NGOs and >i >think between these two groups all of the relief can be adequately >delivered >in a very effective manner. Personally you can begin by contacting your >local >congressman and senators, United States agency for International >development >and do a web search of the US based NGOs that specialise in relief >especially >food distribution. Once we settle on a list of perspective NGOs , we can >lobby them as a citizen group and see what they can do in the short term. >The problem is so extensive and so pervasive that unless we can mobilise a >major effort via an established organisation, we will not avert the danger >the people face. If there was a way to effectively tap into the tens of >thousands of Diaspora Gambians particularly in the US and Europe, we can >perhaps do an emmergency direct appeal to try to make a small dent in this >huge problem but it won't compare to what donors can provide. Perhaps more >sad is that fact we are too disorganised overseas to provide the critical >mass required to get things of this scale done. In the meantime talk to >your >friends and exchange ideas on how best to act. >Karamba > > > >[ Access Gambia|Post archives at: http://www.gambiapost.net/gambiaPost.htm > ] >[ You can now chat with Post members at: >http://www.gambiatalk.net/chat/G-Post.html ] >[ To remove yourself from this mailing list, send an e-mail to >[log in to unmask] ] >[ with the following command in the body of your email message : > ] >[ unsubscribe gambia-post <your-E-mail Address> > ] >[ Be sure to e-mail List Management for assistance at >[log in to unmask] ] >[ Don't forget to vistit our websites : http://www.gambiapost.net >http://www.gambiatalk.net ] >[ http://www.gambiatalk.com > ] >[ Our Guiding Principle : "Va, pensiero" simply put, "Let thought(s) fly >forth" ] Beran S. Jeng _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.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 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~