USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: For the sake of the children, my wife wants you to read this... and act on it

Hello
The things that catch the eyes are getting fewer, or is it the time we
give it.
Anyway, I just saw you book drive and it has always been a project
close to my heart.
However, right now I am a Technical Assistant with the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) Project in one of the (3) poorest local
government areas in Benue State Nigeria. I mean poor. But this Local
government also produced the first university educated person in this
part of Nigeria, he went all the way to become Nigeria's rep at the UN
in the 1970s.
So this is a land that loves education. This will be outside my MDGS
assignment but I would like to establish one library in this local
Government, in a school or in a church.
Will something like this fit into you idea. I live in the village, yes
real Nigerian village, but I have my internet modem. The opportunity
exists, we just can not be expecting the government to do anything,
and I mean that. A friend recently defined Nigeria's democracy as
"Government of the people by the Agberos for the Agberos" Am not
Yoruba, neither is the person, but I think Agbero means a motor park
tout or something like that - Obasanjo's Do or Die" Politicians.
Buts their are more regular everyday hard working Nigerians, I have
met lots of them on this assignment. "Books for kids" Am also trying
to form an association of retired teachers who do not mind living in
their villages, to offer their time reading to pre-primary and early
primary pupils. Can you imagine the army of well equiped Nigerians we
will hav ein the next generation? I must stop and thanks for your
thoughts.

Help?

Tt

On Feb 21, 7:16 am, "Adeleke \"Mai Nasara\" Adeyemi"
<mainas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> --------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wosilat Sanni <loresa...@yahoo.com>
> Date: Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:17 PM
> Subject: Meet Me At The Library... NOW!
> To: Adeleke O'Adeyemi <mainas...@gmail.com>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> It has been impressed on our minds for sometime now, my husband and I, to
> do *a book drive:* to collect books, used and new, for children and young
> people, all the way to age 18, for onward shipping to Nigeria.
>
> We are starting off *an initiative to make books available to
> children in Nigeria for free*, just as they are available to their peers
> here in the United States and other developed societies.
>
> We believe that books do change people. Wonder of wonders, they have been
> known to change society at large.
>
> We have a plan: to start a number of mini-libraries in select locations,
> heavy on lending out titles to patrons.
>
> We'll keep you updated on progress.
>
>  You can *start with used books in your house* -- and possibly from your
> neighbors/co-workers/church members as well.
>
>  Simply mail them to us; we will arrange onward shipping to Nigeria.
>
>  Please *forward this email* to EVERYONE who comes to mind.
>
>  Let's get started!
>
> Writing under a pen name, Mai Nasara, my husband, Adeleke, on February 6,
> 2012, used the occasion of the award ceremony of The Nigeria Prize for
> Literature which he won for his children's book, "The Missing Clock", to
> call attention to the urgent need for all to join hands to work towards
> reviving a culture of reading, properly speaking, among our people.
>
> You may read his speech at the following link:http://groups.google.com/group/usaafricadialogue/browse_thread/thread...
> A report on the event is accessible here:http://www.nigerialng.com/News.aspx?&id=71
>
> Any questions?
>
> Meanwhile... *start* gathering those books!
>
> Mail them to:
> *Wosilat & Adeleke Adeyemi*
> *Sense & Century
> 5215 Manning Road
> Indianapolis, IN 46228*
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Abolore

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