January 19th, 2012
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Neal St. Anthony
Star Tribune
January 13th, 2012
November 9th, 2011
糖心vlgo传媒 Executive Director Pat Plonski, board member Mike Essien, and members of the IFESH team (International Foundation for Education & Self-Help) met with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Terence McCulley at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 22, 2010, to discuss collaboration on advancing education in Nigeria.
November 7th, 2011
BFA Executive Director Pat Plonski and Board Member Mike Essien were in Abuja, Nigeria, recently where they signed off on a $400,000 Memorandum of Understanding with the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation to ship 32 containers of BFA books to Nigeria in the months ahead. Click on the link above for more info and photos...
October 19th, 2011
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October 5th, 2011
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