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TO:  Africa's Supporters, Admirers and Friends



Perhaps you have some personal equipment that works but that you are no
longer using, or perhaps your school, organization or business does, and
would welcome a tax deduction.

I am requesting your help with a project to find "previously owned"
computers, peripherals, office equipment, etc., for an educational project
in Africa that is in dire need.

Young African students are **EAGER** to learn about computers...about the
Internet...about information systems...and want to be able to improve their
lives by the much-lauded "free flow" of information via the Internet -- but
have virtually NO opportunity for any of this.

The "Computer & Internet Training Workshops" -- open to all without charge
-- are the key components of an educational program recently launched in
Ghana aiming to help bridge a ghastly ever-widening gap in computer and
Internet utilization between African and Western nations.  It will give
these young Africans early hands-on training and exposure through workshops
and classes that are open to all.

This project is being undertaken by The Voluntary Workcamps Association of
Ghana (VOLU) -- a self-help organization with a 50-year record of Herculean
accomplishment at the grassroots level throughout Ghana.

This is one of VOLU's most ambitious projects ever.  It is a "first" of its
kind in Africa.

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

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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 Apples and Mac's; general productivity and game software and CDs; office
equipment (fax machines, electric typewriters), etc. -- all are needed.
Equipment in reasonably good condition can definitely be put to good use.

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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

It is preferable, for the sake of expediency, that equipment be sent
directly to VOLU at the address below in Ghana.  However, if this would be
too difficult to do, donations can be sent to the office of Operation
Crossroads Africa in New York, the US Sponsor, to be taken to the VOLU
office in Accra by Crossroads volunteers going to Ghana to work.

Francis DONKOR
National Director
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

IMPORTANT: Since VOLU has been granted a duty free clearance from Ghana
Customs for this project, please draw up a simple letter entitled "Gift
Certificate," itemizing and declaring all items being sent as a "gift" to
VOLU.  Please send or fax ahead a copy to Francis DONKOR; and attach a copy
to the shipping directions/instructions on the parcel, with the request that
VOLU be phoned at the above-given numbers as soon as the parcel arrives in
Ghana.


H O M E   P I C K   U P

Services that will pick up your parcel at your home or office and deliver it
to the door of the VOLU office in Accra, GHANA, include:

DHL                   800-225-5345
UPS                   800-782-7892    800-742-5877
Federal Express       800-643-0225    800-238-5355

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A I R   C A R G O

Ghana Airways Cargo:  800-588-1101    718-656-2070    718-656-3660

Charges for air cargo via Ghana Airways (departing JFK Int'l, NY):
                      $2.05 per pound or $4.50 per kilo
                      Plus incidental fees (phone first at above numbers)

                      Parcels can be sent by UPS to Ghana Airways:
                      Ghana Airways,
                      Cargo Blding #78
                      Jamaica, NY 11430

Or, contact a local "freight forwarder" in your Yellow Pages who will
                      handle the entire shipment to VOLU in Ghana

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T H E   A L T E R N A T I V E :  In the event of difficulty, 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

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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Please write me if more information is needed either about this project or
about shipping.

I would enjoy hearing from you.  I would enjoy knowing of your desire to 
help.

Peace to you all,


Cecil WASHINGTON
University of California

Former Director
Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc.

Fax/Msg:  (310)632-1582

E-Mail:   crw486@aol.com
          crw@loop.com

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FYI: Information on the Internet on Operation Crossroads Africa is at...

    gopher://gopher.adp.wisc.edu:70/11/.browse/.METAASPSA/.ASPSA03/