"Books For Ghana Project Kick-Off"
On Thursday, October 31, 2013, the Universal African Peoples Organization (UAPO) will officially launch a campaign to gather and deliver at least 15,000 books to a library in Ghana, West Africa. This event/announcement will be held at the Tuscan Lodge, 5015 Westminister Place starting at 7:00pm (Directions are listed below). This effort comes on the heels of a recent trip to Ghana by UAPO member/supporter Professor Reynaldo Anderson, Harris Stowe University who met with local Ghanaian officials who asked that he organize an effort to help them combat illiteracy by shipping books to their community.
Accordingly, the UAPO leadership accepted this challenge. Therefore, a goal of 15,000 books was agreed upon with the project being completed no later than the birthday of the Pan- Africanist visionary Malcolm X birthday, May 19, 2014. At the program, the sponsors of the transatlantic shipping company that will deliver the books will be announced, as well as the first major donor of 3,000 books.
In order for this project to be successful, we are in need of the following; books with Afrocentric themes, textbooks for all educational subjects from early childhood to college with special emphasis on Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Hygiene, Medical, Business, Geography, and Dictionaries.
Financial contributions are also welcomed. Checks are to be payable UAPO, POB 9226, St. Louis, MO 63130.
Previous international relief efforts led or supported by the UAPO include (1) a shipment of 70 boxes of new clothing to Namibia in 1989, (2) shipment of over 400 boxes of clothing and medical supplies to Zimbabwe in 2003, (3) the shipment of over 500 boxes of clothing, food, medical and educational supplies to Haiti in 2004, (4) the shipment of 9,000 textbooks to Ethiopia in 2006 and (5) the raising of over $5,000.00 dollars to help the victims of cholera in Haiti to be delivered this year.
The Honorary Host Committee for the "Books For Ghana Project" include Professor Reynaldo Anderson, Chairperson; the African American Alderman Foundation; Rev. Ronald Bobo, Senior Pastor Westside M.B. Church; Emanuel Opoku-Boatang; Harriet Opoku-Boatang, Lewis Reed, President of St. Louis Board of Alderman; Karla May, Missouri State Representative; Akbar Muhammad, Intl. Representative for the Nation of Islam; Mary Dunlap, retired social worker; Kama Pharmaceutical Company, Wayne Harvey, Michael Nkhrumah, Donkor Fuseni and the Harris Stowe University NAACP.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
For further information please contact Zaki Baruti at (314) 454-9005 office or (314) 477-4629 cell.
Directions To Tuscan Lodge 5015 Westminister. The building sits on the corner of Kingshighway and Westminister
(Light Refreshments Will Be Served)
From Kingshighway:
Turn West at the traffic light on Waterman. Proceed one block to the first intersection and turn right on Lake in front of "New School." Go one block and turn right on Westminister. Go to the end of block and park on the street or on the adjacent church lot.
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