Message-ID: <4a7isk$o8m@dobie.loop.com> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 20:30:12 GMT From: crw <mailto:crw@LOOP.COM> Subject: Computer Literacy Proj: Ghana/seeks equip donations To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
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TO: Africa's Supporters, Admirers and Friends
RE: Computer Literacy Project, Ghana, W. Africa
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 a project 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 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 is being undertaken by The Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana (VOLU) -- a self-help organization with a 50-year record of Herculean accomplishment at the grassroots level throughout Ghana.
This is one of VOLU's most ambitious projects 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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E Q U I P M E N T N E E D E D : XT-compatibles, 286's, 386's and up, lap tops, desk tops, multi-media systems, modems, peripherals, monitors, software, printers, hard drives, other computer-related equipment, as well as Apples and Mac's; general productivity and game software and CDs; office equipment (fax machines, electric typewriters), etc. -- all are needed. Equipment in reasonably good condition can definitely be put to good use.
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W H E R E T O S E N D C O N T R I B U T I O N S :
HARDWARE\SOFTWARE\SUPPORT FUNDS
It is preferable, for the sake of expediency, that equipment be sent directly to VOLU at the address below in Ghana. However, if this would be too difficult to do, donations can be sent to the office of Operation Crossroads Africa in New York, the US Sponsor, to be taken to the VOLU office in Accra by Crossroads volunteers going to Ghana to work.
Francis DONKOR National Director Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana (VOLU, an NGO) PO Box 1540 Accra, Ghana West Africa
Tel: 233-21-663486 FAX: 233-21-665960 Telex: 3033 VOLU
IMPORTANT: Since VOLU has been granted a duty free clearance from Ghana Customs for this project, please draw up a simple letter entitled "Gift Certificate," itemizing and declaring all items being sent as a "gift" to VOLU. Please send or fax ahead a copy to Francis DONKOR; and attach a copy to the shipping directions/instructions on the parcel, with the request that VOLU be phoned at the above-given numbers as soon as the parcel arrives in Ghana.
H O M E P I C K U P
Services that will pick up your parcel at your home or office and deliver it to the door of the VOLU office in Accra, GHANA, include:
DHL 800-225-5345 UPS 800-782-7892 800-742-5877 Federal Express 800-643-0225 800-238-5355
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A I R C A R G O
Ghana Airways Cargo: 800-588-1101 718-656-2070 718-656-3660
Charges for air cargo via Ghana Airways (departing JFK Int'l, NY): $2.05 per pound or $4.50 per kilo Plus incidental fees (phone first at above numbers)
Parcels can be sent by UPS to Ghana Airways: Ghana Airways, Cargo Blding #78 Jamaica, NY 11430
Or, contact a local "freight forwarder" in your Yellow Pages who will handle the entire shipment to VOLU in Ghana
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T H E A L T E R N A T I V E : In the event of difficulty, please send equipment and/or donations to the US sponsor in New York:
LaVerne BROWN Director Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc. A Private/Non-Profit Organization
475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115-0050
Tel: 212-870-2106 FAX: 212-870-2055
Crossroads volunteers who periodically go to Ghana to work will take the equipment and donations with them to VOLU in Ghana.
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Please write me if more information is needed either about this project or about shipping.
I would enjoy hearing from you. I would enjoy knowing of your desire to help.
Peace to you all,
Cecil WASHINGTON University of California
Former Director Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc.
Fax/Msg: (310)632-1582
E-Mail: mailto:crw486@aol.com mailto:crw@loop.com
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FYI: Information on the Internet on Operation Crossroads Africa is at...
gopher://gopher.adp.wisc.edu:70/11/.browse/.METAASPSA/.ASPSA03/