Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:19:02
-0800
From: akotakup@yahoo.com
Subject: Re:
Relief for Akwaya War Victims - Urgent Appeal
To:
egbee@hotmail.com; manyunet@aufoundation.org;
akotakup@yahoo.com
Dr. Etta Egbe:
Thank you for following through
with resolutions from last Sunday's Akwaya Relief Fund
teleconference by Manyuans in the Diaspora.
Information dissemination is surely crucial in relief efforts like the one
currently staring us in the face. Thanks again for the good
job.
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Dear brothers and
sisters of Manyu:
Most of you must
have heard about the unfortunate warring story of some communities in the
northern part of Akwaya subdivision of our beloved
Manyu Division. These are our brothers and sisters
caught up in something they did not wish for. We are receiving stories of men,
women and children being either maimed or killed for no crime they committed,
other than they being born into a particular community
or ethnic group.
Many have been
displaced, including pregnant women and the very young, the aged and
feeble. It is a very pitiable/terrible situation that we have in our hands as
this mail comes out to you. It would be sinful for us to be indifferent to the
sufferings of our own blood brothers and sisters. What they need at this time
includes food, medications, and clothes/shelter. I know we can make a difference
in the lives of these unfortunate victims of tribal carnage. Our prompt
donations/contributions to this effort will surely make a big difference. We are
even fortunate that the catholic archdiocese in Mamfe
is ready and willing to coordinate this relieve effort.
All they need is money. Think of this: if on average we can
,at a sitting, spend about twenty bucks on lunch, dinner/
wine, etc, will it be too much for us to doll out a few bucks to save a life or
two? I can hear our collective conscience shout a deafening "
NO".
We should therefore
react positively (and fast) to the plight of these affected peoples and give
them some hope. These are our own brothers and sisters, with same DNA and blood
running through their veins like ours. The good Lord will surely reward us
abundantly.
As
agreed on by the conferees last sunday, this is full
information on the account that had been opened earlier with Bank of America,
Sugar Land-Houston, TX to facilitate the relief efforts. Kindly use the
information to make your donations towards this humanitarian
effort:
Account
Title:
Akwaya Relief Fund
Account
Number:
0058
6155 9630
Routing
Number:
111000025
For our
fellow brothers and sisters who were unable to be with us Sunday, you can still
be a part of this humanitarian effort in either of these ways:
- Depositing your contribution directly
into the account given above and notifying any of the account trustee members
designated by email;
- Routing an electronic transfer into
the account and notifying any of the designated trustee members
below;
- By Check. Please complete form below
and mail check to:
Akwaya
Relief Fund
C\O
Dr. Etta Egbe
FORM
OUR
GOAL : $5000
DONOR’S
NAME:______________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________
PHONE:_________________________________________________________________
GROUP
AFFILIATION : NOMA
MECA
OTHER
AMOUNT
DONATED:_______________________________________________________
Designated
Members
to Manage Account:
Dr. Ashu Sam
makamba1@cox.net
Dr. Peter Ako
akotakup@yahoo.com
Dr. Etta Egbe
e.egbe@eaglerockenergy.com
Thank
you all.
Sincerely,
Peter
Taku Ako.
Chairman, MECA
ETTA EGBE
<egbee@hotmail.com> wrote:
Fellow Manyu brothers and Sisters,
The efforts of the Manyu community in Diaspora to come
to the aid of fellow Manyuans in need around Akwaya went into full gear last Sunday night with the
holding of the first teleconference to establish an Akwaya Relief Fund. Please find below a summary of the
attendance:
|
Total Calls: |
15 |
|
Peak number of active lines: |
14 |
|
Lines reserved: |
30 |
Many thanks to our dedicated community
members who took time off their busy schedule to answer this call for
humanitarian reasons and especially to
As agreed on
by the conferees this is full information on the account that had been opened
earlier with Bank of
Account Title:
Akwaya Relief Fund
Account
Number:
0058 6155
9630
Routing
Number:
111000025
For our fellow
brothers and sisters who were unable to be with us Sunday, you can still be a
part of this humanitarian effort in either of these ways:
- Depositing your contribution directly
into the account given above and notifying any of the account trustee members
designated by email;
- Routing an electronic transfer into the
account and notifying any of the designated trustee members
below;
- By Check. Please complete form below and
mail check to:
Akwaya
Relief Fund
C\O
Dr. Etta Egbe
FORM
OUR
GOAL : $5000
DONOR’S
NAME:__________________________________________________________
ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________
PHONE:_________________________________________________________________
GROUP
AFFILIATION : NOMA
MECA
OTHER
AMOUNT
DONATED:_______________________________________________________
Designated
Members
to Manage Account:
Dr. Ashu Sam
makamba1@cox.net
Dr. Peter Ako
akotakup@yahoo.com
Dr. Etta Egbe
e.egbe@eaglerockenergy.com
Many people in
the affected regions are in desperate need of food and medications and your
quick response will be highly appreciated as this may save lives. Simply stop by
any bank of America counter and use the aforementioned account to make your
deposit {$25, $50, $100} and we will do the rest of the heavy lifting by
ensuring that those bags of rice, medications or clothes get to the right people
on time with the help of the Mamfe Diocese and
volunteers on standby in Mamfe to travel to Akwaya with whatever is made available.
For anyone soliciting funds towards this
relief efforts from individuals who aren’t yet aware of this crisis in Akwaya, please kindly pass on this link to them:
http://www.nomamanyu.org/akwaya/akwaya.htm
Please
find below a summary of the pledges made this far:
1.
Arrey
Daniel
$50.00
2.
Asuagbor Greg
$100.00
3.
Ashu
James
$50.00
4.
AyuK
Cletus
$50.00
5.
Etta Egbe
$100.00
6.
Ebini
Christmas
$100.00
7.
Joseph Tabe
$100.00
8.
Sam Ashu
$200.00
9.
Kima Tabong
$100.00
10.Tarkang Ruphous
$50.00
11.Steve
Bate
$100.00
Many thanks.
Etta Egbe, NOMA-AO