Robert, I think the idea of us delivering the assistance is welcome, but in the mean time, can members raise what ever they can. Listen Ladies and Gentlemen, Imagine you were dead and your great grand daughter was raped while she was 13, Yet your daughter is 28 but now a grandmother, what would you do in your helpless grave. It does not matter whether one is from Nebbi or any where. Why are we quiet. Ndugu Anguzu, how many West Nilers have responded to this clarion call?
On 4/18/11, anthony ajiku <[email protected]> wrote: > Great gesture comrades, > The team at the helm of the up coming West Nile Culture and Heritage Event > will > have a special basket to this cause. > > Gbu and kind regards. > > > ________________________________ > From: Robert Ejiku <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 18 April, 2011 9:25:47 > Subject: [WestNileNet] Nebbi Teenager's Plight > > Alaka, > > I would love that a visit is paid to the family especially when some of us > travel for the Easter weekend in Arua. I am also not sure if we should pass > through Red Cross or we set up the initiative and deliver it. Your gesture > is > fantastic however I would love if we can also assess the short term needs (6 > months to one year) of this family. > > > The news papers today say, the grandmother plans to take the family to the > village to avoid rent which would inevitably affect the young mother's > chances > of going to school and even the baby's health could deteriorate as a result. > Its > best to get the baby out of danger first before any decision of that nature > is > taken. If a room of UGX 6,000 per month is okay for them to live in, I can > offer > them the year's rent. With other additional help from our good selves on > this > network we can raise them resources to last them sometime. > > > The immediate assistance to rescue them from dying needs to go as quickly as > possible as Alaka has started but more help needs to be got for sometime. > Some > of the resources need not be money but in kind to avoid mismanagement. In > anycase we need also to think about how the resources raised can be used in > a > sustainable manner. Is the simsim business worth or is there something else > they > can do? Assistance to them can also be extended in measured amounts over > time > and not large once. These can be assessed. > > My take, over to fellow contributors on this network. > > "The only thing that will make evil triumph is when good men and women > standby > and do nothing" > > > Ejiku, _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
