Thank you Karamba. We are trying. Baba On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Karamba Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you very much for the update and great efforts being undertaken > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:59 PM Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Fellow Gambians and Friends of The Gambia, >> >> >> >> Please allow us once again to give you a brief update on the activities >> of the New Gambia Movement. We are pleased to announce that our membership >> has just hit the 200 mark and members have listed their countries of >> residence as The Gambia, Senegal, UK, USA, the Netherlands, Norway, France, >> Germany, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, >> Scotland, Cyprus, Sweden, Taiwan, Venezuela, Italy, Ireland, Ivory Coast, >> Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Turks and Caicos Islands, Luxembourg, China, >> Switzerland, Japan, and Czech Republic. Below is a brief summary of some of >> our activities so far this year. >> >> >> >> *Registration* >> >> >> >> We are pleased to announce that we have successfully registered the New >> Gambia Movement as a civil society organization in The Gambia. This means >> that we are now a legally constituted entity in our country and can carry >> out our activities. >> >> >> >> *Bank Accounts* >> >> >> >> The NGM has opened Bank accounts in The Gambia, the UK and the USA. We >> also have a PayPal account on our website (www.newgambia.org). This >> will facilitate our financial transactions especially by making it easy for >> members to pay their subscriptions and/or donate to the >> Movement. Non-members who wish to donate to the Movement may also do so via >> our bank accounts or PayPal. Financial updates will be sent to all members >> once in a while showing our balances and the sources of our funds, >> including the names of members who have paid their subscriptions and/or >> donated. Unless otherwise requested, the names of non-members who donate to >> the NGM will also be disclosed. >> >> >> >> *April 10-11 Commemoration* >> >> >> >> During the recent commemoration of the student massacres of April 10-11 >> 2000 by the ousted Jammeh dictatorship, the New Gambia Movement donated >> $3000 to the April 10-11 Memorial Foundation. Dr. Pierre Gomez our National >> Organizing Secretary was invited to give a speech at one of the events held >> to mark the occasion. Dr. Gomez's speech included introducing and >> explaining to the audience the mission of the New Gambia Movement. >> >> >> >> *Feed the Family Project* >> >> >> >> We are pleased to report that our Feed the Family Project is recording >> admirable success. On March 4, 2017 our team on the ground paid visits to >> the Serekunda Central Mosque and the Sisters of Charity offices at Bakoteh >> where we donated several items to support the humanitarian work of these >> two institutions. In April, as Christians prepared to observe Good Friday, >> the Movement donated several items to St. Anthony's Church in Kololi. All >> our activities so far were covered by our national newspapers including >> *Foroyaa*, the *Daily Observer*, *The Point *and *The Standard*. *(http://www.newgambia.org/ngm-media-coverage >> <http://www.newgambia.org/ngm-media-coverage>). * The Feed the Family >> Project currently has a few charitable activities planned for the upcoming >> month of Ramadan. >> >> The Feed the Family Project is an ongoing and very important part of our >> vision of turning The Gambia into a Family Nation. The NGM considers all >> Gambians as belonging to one family and will do whatever we can to help all >> family members regardless of religious, political, ethnic or any other >> affiliation. We very much appreciate any support from members and >> non-members alike to help us actualize the Gambian Family Nation. >> >> >> >> *Heal the Family Project* >> >> >> >> In the face of the daunting challenges facing The Gambia's health sector >> which range from poor physical facilities, lack of basic >> in-house necessities like beds and drugs, the almost total absence of >> medical screening facilities at RVTH and other health Centers, the New >> Gambia Movement recently decided to launch a Heal the Family Project headed >> by Dr. Surahata Ceesay. Under this project, Dr. Ceesay will lead our >> efforts in working with hospitals and international organizations to help >> provide medical supplies, health screening machines, volunteer medical >> personnel from abroad, and periodic training for Gambian medical personnel >> on the ground, among other things. The Heal the Family Project is another >> ambitious and potentially challenging venture designed to help improve the >> health and lives of members of the Gambian Family Nation. >> >> >> >> Recently, members of our team on the ground noticed that some youths in >> Banjul were cleaning the gutters with their bare hands, with no gloves, no >> nose-masks, and no boots. As a pilot Heal the Family Project initiative, >> the New Gambia Movement decided to chip in and donate a few items that will >> make that work easier for the youths and help protect them from potentially >> serious injury or from contracting diseases as they set about cleaning the >> Banjul gutters. We are therefore donating the following items to this >> particular group of Banjul youths within the next couple of weeks: >> >> >> >> Three (3) Wellington Boots >> >> One (1) pack of gloves >> >> Three (3) rakes >> >> One (1) pack of nose masks (50 pieces) >> >> One (1) roll of heavy duty refuse sacks >> >> >> >> We will continue to stay engaged with these and other youths at home and >> will chip in whenever possible to contribute our quota as members of the >> Gambian Family Nation. >> >> >> >> *The Gambilondi Research Project* >> >> >> >> As part of our mission of educating and empowering the Gambian Family >> Nation and cognizant of the role information and information gathering >> plays in national development, the New Gambia Movement is initiating the >> Gambilondi Research Project. The project will focus on the production, >> storage, and dissemination of knowledge on Gambian history, politics and >> culture. Under the leadership of Dr. Bala Saho, the New Gambia Movement’s >> Director of Research and Documentation, the Gambilondi project will start >> with conducting research in the flowing areas: >> >> >> >> *The Jammeh Archives:* Research and documentation of information related >> to former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh and his government between 1994 and >> 2016. This work will consist mostly of archival research and oral >> interviews. >> >> >> >> *Archival research:* >> >> To document Jammeh’s speeches – by him or about him. >> >> To collect copies of all the decrees passed by the AFPRC between 1994 and >> 1996 >> >> To examine media reports on all major events that happened during the >> Jammeh era, particularly focusing on circumstances surrounding the deaths >> and disappearances of Gambian citizens between 1994 and 2016. >> >> >> >> *Oral Interviews: *To interview people associated with Jammeh and those >> affected by his reign. >> >> >> >> *Gambia’s Spiritual Leaders:* Research and documentation on the >> biographies of our country’s religious and spiritual heritage. Starting >> with prominent Muslim and Christian leaders of the recent past across the >> country, this sub-component of the Gambilondi project will produce >> biographies of our spiritual leaders for possible publication into books. >> The research team invites members of the Movement and the general public to >> help identify as many spiritual leaders as possible for research and >> documentation. >> >> >> >> *Conclusion* >> >> >> >> Finally, our Leadership Team met for the second time on Sunday, May 7 to >> welcome new members and discuss a number of important issues. We thank >> all members for lending their name and support to this important >> initiative. We are just starting. We know that monumental challenges lie >> ahead. But we are not at all intimidated by the scope or size of these >> challenges. We are fully committed and determined to accomplish our >> ultimate mission of transforming The Gambia into a family nation of >> politically enlightened and empowered citizens. Through the Feed the >> Family, Heal the Family, and Gambilondi Research projects, we are laying >> the foundation and taking the baby steps needed to work resolutely towards >> the actualization of our ultimate objective. Moving forward, we need all >> hands on deck. We are totally convinced that together we can do it. >> >> >> >> If you are interested in the NGM, please read our mission and join the >> Movement on our website www.newgambia.org. 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