Initiative for Africa Update
by Raga S. Elim, Chairmanm, Kiwanis Capital District Committee
on International Understanding
Hello,
friends,
On
behalf the Kiwanis Capital District Committee on
International Understanding, I would like to invite
all of you to become "Friends
of the Initiative for Africa." I hope you will accept. We have been challenged by Governor Tom Ganse to raise
$30,000 instead of our original goal of $25,000 in
support of the Initiative. We have
accepted his challenge knowing in advance that with
your help we can meet the new goal.
The need to save lives in Sub-Saharan Africa
is extreme. It requires far more money than that
we can possibly raise, but we are doing our best
to make a contribution towards addressing a human
tragedy. We are moved, somewhat angry, and frustrated
that thousands upon thousands of African children
are dying every day of hunger and malnutrition, under
our watch, yet the world seems to be standing still.
My experience in the past couple of months trying
to raise funds for this project has been frustrating
to say the least. We have in our Kiwanis district
7000 Kiwanians, and if every one of them donated
$5 we would exceed Governor Ganse's figure!
As of today, we have raised $7200. We still
have distance to go, but with your immediate intervention
and help, I am confident that we will make it. Please
do whatever you can, in whatever way you choose,
but let us beat Governor Ganse's figure.
Some donors have arranged matching funds from their employers. If your employer
is equally generous, we ask you to take advantage of
this arrangement.
Attached are two items explaining the Initiative.
One is a Power
Point presentation you can use at
a club meeting. The other is a Word .doc explaining
the project. Please make the most of them. Thank
you for being great humanists. We can use all the
help we can get.
Make checks payable to: Capital District Kiwanis Foundation
On the memo line, write: Initiative for Africa
Send your contributions to:
Capital District Kiwanis Foundation
1601 Charrington Drive
Midlothian, VA 23113
