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Can Veterans Help Gambian Football?

The report that the Gambian Veteran footballers surpassed their Senegalese rivals in their return match in Dakar brings further cause for celebration following the Under-17 weekend victory over Sierra Leone. It is very encouraging to say the least, that veterans of the national team are bringing more fire to the rebirth of football prowess and enthusiasm in this country. According to Team Manager, Baboucar Joof, the match was exciting with discipline and fine sportsmanship on each side. “The...

Who will help Sarjo Cham?

Sarjo Cham, 28, a native of Jarra Soma, Lower River Region (LRR), is in dire need of help to undergo overseas medical treatment. According to a report issued by the Medical Board of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH) and dated 14th August 2003, Sarjo Cham was diagnosed with chronic osteomyelitis, was operated on the 6th of June, 2002, and had sequestrectomy done on her. The medical report further stated that presently, her right knee joint has been completely destroyed and its movement...

New Jokadu NAM Appeals for Help as 49 Homes are Burned

HonourableKebba Gaye, the newly elected National Assembly Member for Jokadu constituency,has appealed to government, philanthropists and NGO’s to help the people of hisconstituency. 49 houses and compounds in the are were gutted by fire early lastmonth with the owners of the homes losing all their possessions in the blazes.Their losses, including foodstuffs, cash and other equipment, are said to runinto thousands of Dalasi’s. Accordingto Hon. Gaye, the fire destroyed 49 houses in ChesimaVillage...

Woman, 32 needs urgent help

Haddy Joof has been battling a breast disorder for 3 years and needs urgent help to undergo further treatment in Dakar, Senegal.. Haddy was first presented at the surgical Out-patient Unit at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital with a slowly growing right breast lump with no nipple discharge. On examination, Haddy was found to have a mobile lump in the inner quadrant of the right breast and a Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) also showed a small group of atypical cells suspicious of...

Windstorm killed two

Unimpeachable sources infromed the Daily Observer that two people have reportedly been confirmed dead and many injured in Farafenni, in the wake of last Saturday’s windstorm that struck most parts of the country. Confirming the story to the Daily Observer, Lamin Kebba Jammeh, the NAM for Baddibu Illiassa, said  one of the deaths was a fisherman, who had his boat capsized by the storm. According to the Illiassa parliamentarian, the other deceased died after some blocks from the walls of his...

Girl, 15, needs urgent medical treatment

Haddy Secka, a 15-year old girl, resident of Ebo Town, Serrekunda, is currently in dire need of assistance to enable her to seek overseas treatment. Admitted on May, 27, 2006, at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH) in Banjul, the Haddy was said to have been diagnosed with meningitis since her early age. However, according to the medical report, she is also a subject of an epileptic crisis, with some level of mental retardation. The report further stated that after carefully...

Hope against hope

I entered the Daily Observer offices one evening some months ago to edit the newspaper and found a gruesomely disfigured face of a little girl on the front page. The editors explained to me that the little girl needed help for an operation to her face. I offered dalasi 10,000 from the Daily Observer kitty and you, dear readers, responded massively the next day. You, dear readers, and we here at the Daily Observer fell in love with Little Jainaba (for that was the little girl’s name) and hoped...

Appeal for help

Editor, I live in Bakau, around the market area. I am writing to convey my concern to whoever it might concern. Surely human activities are not supposed to make the world unsafe for its inhabitants, are they? But this is what the situation is, today. The area where I live has become increasingly impossible to live, thanks to a constant smell that hangs there. It is quite clear that the fact that the people concern do not take care of it. What is even more worrisome is that the situation got...

A young Man Still Looking For Help

Modou Lamin Sanneh has still not succeeded in getting sponsorship in meeting the Bills of his swollen leg. He walks in and out of offices and other institutions looking for a philanthropist, without any success. Sanneh a 33 year old man has been living with this lymph edema for the best part of his life now. He can be contacted on the following contacts if some one some where wants to help, you can reach him on the following:220706350,2206825342,2206580281 or email:bohointernational@yahoo.com....

Paving path

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