Dear collegues, I will pledge shs 110,000 to the cause.
I think we need to get a handle on adhoc or impromptu activites. That why it is vital to formalize some kind of structure in WNF On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 4:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Nebbi Teenager's Plight (alfred oyo) > 2. Disarmed (Patrick Anguti) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:41:30 -0700 (PDT) > From: alfred oyo <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Nebbi Teenager's Plight > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear All, > > The plight of this teenager in Nebbi is something that we all need to do > something about as people who have a heart for humanity. I was so much > touched > when i read in the newspaper of yesterday that the 28 year old grandmother > is > now conteplating taking this baby to the Village. > > Ladies and gentlemen, just imagine, a family that was living in a rented > house > that costs 6,000= per month, now thinks of living this home and goes to the > village; how is the condition in the village? What kind of house is there > in the > Village? how do they feed? what is the distance to the nearest health > facility > in that village? what are the sources of water availabe in the village? > Most of > all How far is this village to the Town in case of any emergency > situations? Are > we not talking of this family trying to?go and languish in the village > and?so > that people forget about them? > > I strongly support the idea of making contributions towards helping the > family > but,?instead of talking of Financial Assistance only, we would rather talk > of?any kind of help. poeple can give clothes, soap, food items, money, > anything > that can help this family. > > As for me, I am going to sell this idea to the members of the Lions Club of > Arua > to mobilse?some help from them and we shall inform the organisers of our > contributions in the shortest possible time.?? > > Finally, i would like to agree with the poeple who propose that we should > deliver these items to the family directly rather than going through the > Red?Cross Society.? > > Alfred Oyo.??? > > > > > ________________________________ > From: alaka caleb <[email protected]> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, April 18, 2011 8:32:41 PM > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Nebbi Teenager's Plight > > 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). 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