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WELCOME TO REMEMBER NIGERMEDIA CENTER
I wanted to write to all of you today to let you know about a special opportunity. As some of you may be aware this summer we will be building a media center in one of our schools in Niger. This is a very exciting opportunity for us to grow in the services we provide to students. We are lucky to have a team of volunteers who will be going with me in August. With their help we will be able to paint the inside of the library section and install a computer lab.
To date we have raised several thousand dollars for this effort but are still a little short. Over the weekend a donor came forward and said they would put up to $1,000 into the computer lab for every dollar we raise this week. This means that your $100 donation turns into $200 towards the media center!
This is a rare opportunity for us and I hope you will consider making a donation to help us make this media center a reality. As always all donations to Remember Niger are tax-deductible . You can make your donation towards the media center by clicking here. I'll send an update out later this week to let you know how close we are to the goal!
Thank you in advance
Kara VanderKamp
Executive Director
Remember Niger
------------------------------------------ REMEMBER NIGER Children begging for money with rusted tin bowls offers insight into the extreme lack of educational opportunities in Niger. These children are trying to collect enough money to attend a Koranic School. For West African parents, sending their children to a school where the Koran is studied is an Islamic tradition that goes back many centuries. Sadly, in recent decades this practice has suffered abuse by people who make money at the expense of the children.* With little government oversight, thousands of these students spend much of their time on the streets tired, neglected, hungry and begging. Often, their education consists of copying and memorizing the Koran for only a few hours a week in a small make shift classroom packed with students. This situation underscores the desperation parents feel because of the lack of educational opportunities in Niger. In a country where the majority of the people have never attended school, parents are prone to utilize any educational opportunity afforded to them, regardless of quality, because they understand that education is a key to economic mobility. It is this lack of educational opportunity that moves Remember Niger partners in the United States and Niger to action. Click here to take action...*To learn more about these abuses please go to the following website: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351989,00.html |
