One Million ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ from the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation
One Million ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ from the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation
ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ recently received our largest single donation ever! In May 2013, a generous donation of $600,000 was received from the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation of Nigeria.
This gift will be used to send 1,000,000 books to students in countries across the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n continent including: Nigeria, The Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Tanzania, Namibia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Botswana, South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Egypt, South Sudan, and Chad.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN, USA) featured a story about the incredible donation and our upcoming projects.
Here, ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ executive director, Patrick Plonski, is interviewed regarding plans for how the donation will be used to distribute books across the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n continent on
This project was also featured in Insight - a Twin Cities (Minnesota, USA) publication.