Hi folks,

This is another e-mail I've been meaning to forward, but never got around to it!
Well, here is.  Please write directly to Mr. Anderson if you'd like to work with them
to get computers for Gambian non-profit organizations.  By the way, there was an
article about them last Month in the Wall Street Journal.

Katim

----- Original Message -----
From: World Computer Exchange <[log in to unmask]>
To: Katim S. Touray <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: Computers for The Gambia


> Dear Katim Touray,
>
> How kind of you to write.  How did you hear of the Exchange?  Where do you
> work?
>
> We have been approached by Acacia   http://www.idrc.ca/acacia to possibly
> work with them in the Gambia.
>
> We have several people who volunteer as Programme Officers to help us in
> their home countries while they reside in the US.
>
> Since we are new, these roles are not fully defined but could include your
> talking in local schools to orient a potential US partner school about
> partnering with a school in the Gambia, preparing a team of tech-savvy US
> high school or college students who might visit Gambia, and helping us to
> gather schools to be linked on-line with schools and education centres in
> the Gambia.  We also welcome help in finding contacts in large US companies
> that might be willing to donate computers to Gambia.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Timothy Anderson
> President
> World Computer Exchange, Inc.
> 936 Nantasket Avenue
> Hull, Massachusetts 02045 USA
> 781-925-3078
> website: www.WorldComputerExchange.org
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>

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