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October 09, 1988 - Image 15

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Michigan Citizen, 1988-10-09

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BETTER LiVING
upport deYeIo
inA&ica.
Example of the types of
projects UDplcmcnted are ater
we small health clinics,
food wareho and reforesta-
rio Givers i elude:
The Coalition ofB Trade
U·· ve Africare S3 600
for a tee project in alawi.
At their J e natiDal meeting
in Mi mi the Lin a progres­
sive Black omen's organiza­
tion, committed another
$15,(0) to Africare. The Links
have been providing support to
Africare since 1� for w ter
el d in response to the
crisis in southern Aft·ca, la t
year the Lin launched it's
"Southern Africa Initiative- to
,r ise support to help strengthen
e Frontline Countries in the
re as they 'Struggle against
the fora: of apartheid.
At tho years Boule in Los
Angele Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. announced a
$100,000 contribution to
Afric re's Afric n Village
Development Program. Th
AKAs rc linking their chapters
with specific villages' Africa
'and are providingb ic village
infrastructure like wells and
ealth faciliti .
In San Francisco Jac andJiU
of America. Inc. committee its
members to financing a S40,(XX)
child surviv I project in the
drought-ravaged est African
Kappa Al Psi Fraternity,
Inc. at their Stand Conclave
held in Dallas in early August,
gave Africare $4,(XX)'
The . Shr iners
(A.E.A.O. .M .. , Inc.) gave
Afrpre $43,000 at their nation-
I meeting i La Vegas !
August, for project in the
ee al A1r' . D of Rwan­
da. The hriners h ve no
provided more than S70,OOO
ince I December to upport
a bee-keeping project and to
construct rural ealth clinic.
igm Gamma Rho rority,
nc.laun ed "Project Africa" in
August ·th a $2,000 contribu­
ti n to Africare ttheir conven­
tion eld in SL Louis. Project
Africa h been de igned to as-
. ton in Africa by provid­
in gain grinder , thus reducing
the overwhelming wor load.
The Amb dor of the
Re blic of Bur in Faso,
H.E.P ul-De ire abore,
traveled to St. Lo . to ddress
the igxna G mm Rho conven-
tion. Sorority bope to r ise
, S15,exx> annually to up-.
port .
fa groups
mentioaed above, a n of
other B ct orpoizatioe have
made co· to i . with
A&icare. the effort towards
A&ican�lopme Tbc$eor-
pniza . include:
- 'I1Ie ProgressWe atioaal
providing development 'sup­
port, please contact: Mr. elvin
P. Foote, Director of Con-
stituency Development
Africare, 440 R Street, N.W:
Washington, D.C 20001.
Telephoae (202) 462 3614.
Sa . ComaltioIl
- 'I1Ie atioaal Association
of Nqpo B· and Profes-
sioaal Wo 's Chabs, IDe. .
- The N tional Associa .
of Colored Women's Clubs .
- The National Association
of Beach &t Bar Spouses
- The United Supreme
CouDciI
- The Natio Alliance of
Postal &t Federal Employee.
For more inti . about
Africare and organizations
,
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