It is indeed a very good suggestion to be followed up ... but logistics is
never easy (getting and distributing the funds, how and to whom?).
Furthermore, and as far as I know, it is Niger and not Mali which needs help
at this very moment.
With warmest regards,
EW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Pimienta" <pimienta@funredes.org>
To: <cardis@funredes.org>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:26 AM
Subject: CARDIS: Diversity and togetherness (From De)

> From: "Deirdre Williams" <deirdre.williams@lycos.co.uk>
>
> Adama Samassekou came all the way from Mali to the Cardicis meeting in St
Lucia
> We talked about diversity and togetherness
> Now Adama's country is in very desperate need of help
> Could we perhaps get together to make a contribution?
> Even if it is only a very small amount, something to show that we meant
> what we said, that we do believe that the separate can be together as well
> I was going to apologise for making a suggestion that has nothing to do
> with ICT, but in fact the logistics of dealing with different currencies
> from different countries might have a lot to do with ICT :-)
> What do the rest of us think? Do we want to, and if so what about the
> practicalities?
> Hugs
> De
>
>
>
Nearby dom 07 ago 2005 06:15:07 AST