AFRICA: Computer/Internet Literacy Prog...Search for Equipment
Cecil WASHINGTON (crw@LOOP.COM)
Thu, 11 Jan 1996 20:50:39 -0800
Hello!
....Any help you might be able to offer to the African Computer Literacy
Project would be very much appreciated!
Of great need is to find used computers/peripherals/office equipment (all
types, listed below). Of course, receipts will be issued for donations, for
tax purposes.
The "Computer & Internet Training Workshops" provide an innovative approach
to addressing problems of enormous consequences in areas ranging from
community development to wildlife management to reforestation.
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Co-Sponsor: Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc., NY, NY
IRS Classification: Non-Profit / 5013C
RE: Computer Literacy Project / Computer & Internet Training Workshops;
Under the auspices of the Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana
(VOLU); and under the direction of Dr. Osei DARKWA, University
of Illinois-Chicago
Perhaps you have some personal equipment that works but that you are no
longer using, or perhaps your school, organization or business does, and
would welcome a tax deduction.
We are requesting your help with this important effort to find "previously
owned" computers, peripherals, office equipment, etc., for an educational
project in Africa that is in dire need.
Young African students are **EAGER** to learn about computers...about the
Internet...about information systems...and want to be able to improve their
lives in whatever way possible by the much-lauded "free flow" of information
via the Internet -- but have virtually NO opportunity for any of this.
The "Computer & Internet Training Workshops" -- open to all without charge
-- are the key components of an educational program recently launched in
Ghana aiming to help bridge a ghastly ever-widening gap in computer and
Internet utilization between African and Western nations. It will give
these young Africans early hands-on training and exposure through workshops
and classes that are open to all.
This project has been undertaken by The Voluntary Workcamps Association of
Ghana (VOLU) -- a self-help organization with a 40-year record of Herculean
accomplishment at the grassroots level throughout Ghana. VOLU programs run
the gamut, from building and providing personnel for medical clinics and
schools, to doing wildlife conservation and reforestation.
The Computer Literacy Project is one of VOLU's most ambitious undertakings
ever. It is a "first" of its kind in Africa.
The need for equipment is GREAT....and without it, this very innovative
project will be doomed.
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