I asked one (hearing) person about the change in government from a dictatorship to a democratic government. He answered with passion and fury.
We are now safe to say whatever we like in the street.
No more families talking about family members who had disappeared in the night, not able to find out who had taken them or where they were.
The newspapers are not censored, unable to report about the disappeared.
No more fear when someone knocks on your door at night.
And then he said, I tried not to feel anger, but when I would see the security forces, I would think, "I paid for you, my taxes that I willingly give for the greater good of The Gambia are paying you to do this to us". He was still angry now, but also understood that they too may not have wanted to do what they did, and that cousin may have been ordered to arrest cousin.
He believed that now there was a democratic government there was the possibility of lasting change.
It is this changed context that brings hope for the future and possibility of change that gives our project reason to believe that training more interpreters (now) can make a lasting and sustainable difference.
We are now safe to say whatever we like in the street.
No more families talking about family members who had disappeared in the night, not able to find out who had taken them or where they were.
The newspapers are not censored, unable to report about the disappeared.
No more fear when someone knocks on your door at night.
And then he said, I tried not to feel anger, but when I would see the security forces, I would think, "I paid for you, my taxes that I willingly give for the greater good of The Gambia are paying you to do this to us". He was still angry now, but also understood that they too may not have wanted to do what they did, and that cousin may have been ordered to arrest cousin.
He believed that now there was a democratic government there was the possibility of lasting change.
It is this changed context that brings hope for the future and possibility of change that gives our project reason to believe that training more interpreters (now) can make a lasting and sustainable difference.
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