>From: "Ceesay, Soffie"<[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list<[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The April Massacre Memorial Fund - Update >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:41:58 -0700 > >THE APRIL MASSACRE MEMORIAL FUND >Fellow contributors, > >Below is a brief excerpt from the last update we gave (reference: Gambia-l >archives report # 123, July 2000 progress report no. 2) > >"Up to the time of writing this report, contributions from individuals and >groups in the US amount to $5,248.00. Proceeds from the T-shirt sales total >$270, with some outstanding collections yet to be made. An interest of $5 >was earned since the opening of the account. This brings the total to >$5,523.00. Expenditures to date are: $2,800 for victims' families ($200 to >each victim's family), $50 for transportation, $60 to pay for the transfer >of the funds from the US to the Gambia. $600 investment in the T-shirts. The >balance therefore is: $5,523-(2800+50+60+600), which is equal to $2,013.00 >(two thousand and thirteen US Dollars). > >Europe account > >Up to the time of writing this report, contributions from Europe are as >follows: >Denmark: 1000.00 DKK ($127.03) Finland : 440.00 FIM ($70.14) Germany: 300.00 >DEM 45.38) Norway: 4000.00 NOK ($463.83) Sweden: 5, 419.50 SEK ($613.36) UK: >50.00 GBP ($75.62). Total amount collected is therefore $1,495.36". > >Current state of the account > >Since our last update, the U.S. fund has received $678.00 from sales and >receivables on the t-shirts and donations. Mr. Malik Jeng sent his $100 in >March of 2002. The current balance in the U.S. account is $1,556.00. > >In December of 2001, one of the shooting victims, Assan Suwareh, had the >opportunity for further treatment in the states. Assan was shot in the >shoulder and in the stomach which resulted in the surgical removal of his >right kidney, gall bladder, and duodenum. The young man is doing wonderfully >well - I saw him last year at the July 4th celebrations. > >His air ticket >to the US, $900.00 plus a $15 ($16?) transfer fee, was paid for from the >fund. > >The most recent activity has been the payment for the ads, in The Point and >The Independent newspapers, in remembrance of our fallen comrades. The cost >for the four-day-full-page-ad came to $220.00. > >My next update will be on what we can do to help Yusupha, Sainey, Lamin, and >Abdou Karim, informed by my discussions with them and their families. > >Donations can be sent directly to Chevy Chase Bank - routing # is 255071981 >and the account # is 163-430010-6. There is a $10 fee for this. Or, send >your contributions to - >April Massacre Memorial Fund >Soffie B. Ceesay/Gambia-L >45 Kinsman View Circle >Silver Spring, MD 20901 > >Thank you, >Soffie Ceesay > >Note: - Karamba, if I've missed something, please feel free to update the >folk. Alpha, if you are still with us, you may update us about the funds >from your end. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~