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 <calebal...@gmail.com> To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> 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 <aaj...@yahoo.com> 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 <ejikurob...@gmail.com> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > 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 WestNileNet@kym.net 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/westnilenet@kym.net/ 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. _______________________________________________
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