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Urgent
Request for Educational Gifts
GambiaHELP is partnering
with the Peace Corp to assist students in The Gambia in dire need of
funds to continue their education. The goal of this new Volunteer Educational
Fund will be to provide tuition, supplies, uniforms, etc. to students
that would otherwise be forced to leave school. The Peace Corp will identify
the students.
Update: Response to our request to assist the first two students was overwhelming and generous. Both Kelipha and Basiru will be able to continue their educations. More students will be posted soon. If you wish to donate to this project, please click below.
In
Memorium – Suma
Jallow – June 2007
Logistics Coordinator, Suma Jallow passed away on June 2, 2007 while
in The Gambia, West Africa. He was a leader with a generous sense of
humor. He volunteered for GambiaHELP for 8 years. He instituted and maintained
our container processing through the government and made sure that medical
supplies, books and educational materials were delivered to their destinations
in rural Gambia.
“Suma Jallow is terribly missed.” Shelby Tarutis, Executive Director, stated. “Suma was more than a friend, he was my brother and I mean this in every sense of the word. We fought, we argued, we loved our family and we loved and respected one another. We could not have been more closer than any other brother and sister that you would meet. His loss has been personally devastating to me. Even though I have just returned from visiting our family and sharing the mourning with them, I still cannot believe he is gone. However, I know in my heart that he would want me to carry on and to do even more now that he is not there to help. His spirit will always be with me and I urge all of those who knew and respected him to show that respect by working with us in his memory.”
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| Shelby Tarutis, Executive Director, and Suma Jallow, Logistics Coordinator, at 2005 Handling Over Ceremony | Sandy Murray, Project Consultant, and Suma Jallow, Logistics Coordinator |
Shelby
Tarutis' Interview with Gainako.com – July
2007
Recently, Shelby Tarutis, Executive Director of Gambia HELP was interviewed
by Demba Baldeh of Gainako.com.
Click here for
the full interview.
Gainako.com also did
a highlight on GambiaHELP's projects in The Gambia. Click here to
view.
New
Opportunity Contribute to GambiaHELP – June
2007
GambiaHELP is happy to announce that we are now a participant in Giveline.com.
Giveline.com is a revolutionary online store created for the community-minded
shopper. Every transaction in their
store generates a financial contribution to GambiaHELP. You can now purchase
everyday products you need and benefit GambiaHELP at the same time! With
Giveline's
unique
supplier
relationships and efficient new technology, this contribution is significant
and truly makes
a difference. Giveline contributes between 7 and 33 percent of product sales
to the selected organization, with a store-wide average of nearly 16 percent
per transaction. The amount to be donated to GambiaHELP will vary by product;
however,
Giveline's "open book" policy includes displaying the exact amount
on
every
product page as well as throughout the checkout process.
You can buy a variety of products ranging from books, movies, video games, electronics, to home and garden products. Be sure to check out the products at Giveline.com before you purchase anything online.
A Marriage of Two Heartful, Globally-Committed Persons creates a Great Positive Force in the World – June 23, 2007
On June 23, 2007, Michael Peterson and Britta Garland were married. In celebration and honor of their marriage, a dual set of Children’s encyclopedias have been donated in their names to the Madina Wollum School in up-country Gambia. These will be the first books that the children will have in their new school and library, to be completed in late Fall 2007.
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| Current school at Madina Wollum, The Gambia with curious students | The "Mike and Britta" volumes, the first books in the new Library |
Recent
Donations – January 2007
GambiaHELP's latest donation was 26 bicycles from the Lake Forest Police Department.
