Hi! (-: Donating Computers to Literacy Humanitarian Program

["Cecil R. WASHINGTON, Jr., UC Berkeley/Oberlin College"]

Hi!

Would be HONORED to receive help ... or ideas ... from any of you on our
LM_NET list...

Thanks a lot in advance!

(-:

Cecil



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S E A R C H   F O R   C O M P U T E R S  for Computer Literacy Project


-Donations & shipping costs are "tax-deductible" -- we are a 501(C)(3)
charitable organization

-Receipts will be issued for tax purposes

-Will arrange shipping and transportation


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      COMPUTER LITERACY PROJECT FOR GHANA'S YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS

         COMPUTER & INTERNET TRAINING WORKSHOPS, OPEN TO ALL




This is a GREAT humanitarian effort in Africa that needs your support.

Any help you might be able to offer on behalf of Ghana's Computer
Literacy Project would be very much appreciated!

Beyond the technical aspect of making the newly-established **Internet
Connectivity** more accessible in Ghana, there is now a great need for
computers/ peripherals/ office equipment (all types, as listed below), new
and used.

Older models and equipment in need of repair would also be most welcome!

The "Computer & Internet Training Workshops" provide an innovative
approach to addressing problems of enormous consequences in Africa, in areas
ranging from community development to rural health care to wildlife
management to reforestation.

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 in 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.

The need for equipment is GREAT....and without it, this very innovative
project will surely be doomed.

Please E-Mail, phone or write to Dr. Osei DARKWA (darkwa@tigger.cc.uic.edu,
phone: (312) 996-8508; address below) - the Computer Literacy Project's
Director, on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago - if more
information is needed about this project, about shipping (i.e., if you are
encountering cost problems), or about the collection effort in the US under
sponsorship of Operation Crossroads.

Kind regards,


Cecil R. WASHINGTON, Jr.
University of California

Former Director
Africa Program
Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc.

Fax/Msg:  (310)632-1582

E-Mail:   crw@loop.com


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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  A P P L E S  and  M A C 'S; general business, home and game software/
CDs; office equipment (fax machines, electric typewriters), etc. - all are
needed.

Equipment in reasonably good condition can definitely be put to immediate
use, but older models and equipment in need of repair, would also be most
WELCOME !!

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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

If equipment donations cannot be sent directly Accra, Ghana, then please
send equipment to the US collection point, which is the office of Operation
Crossroads Africa, Inc., in New York (address below), this project's US
co-sponsor.  Equipment will be taken to the VOLU office in Accra by
Crossroads volunteers going to Ghana to work.

Francis DONKOR
General Secretary
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


S H I P P I N G     A S S I S T A N C E

Contact Dr. Osei DARKWA for help with shipping, if necessary
E-Mail: darkwa@tigger.cc.uic.edu

Office:        (312) 996-8508
Home number:   (708) 848-7054

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U. S.   C O L L E C T I O N   P O I N T

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

** IRS Classification: Non-Profit / 501(C)(3) **
Receipts will be issued for tax purposes

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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FOR MORE INFORMATION...IF YOU HAVE IDEAS...OR FOR HELP WITH SHIPPING

...Please contact Dr. Osei Darkwa (Director of VOLU's Computer Literacy
Project, on the faculty of the University of Illinois, Chicago)

E-Mail: darkwa@tigger.cc.uic.edu

Office number:     (312) 996-8508.
Home number:       (708) 848-7054

Address:  621 S. Maple
          Oak Park, IL 60304