July 2006 ACTION ALERT: Support African American-Kenyan Women’s Interconnect (AAKEWO)

[Im The Truth]

July 2006 ACTION ALERT
http://www.assatashakur.org/0706.htm

Title: Support African American-Kenyan Women’s Interconnect (AAKEWO)

Time Frame: 1 Month

Plan of Action:Contribute financial support and supplies towards AAKEWO. Basic needs such as water wells and school supplies make it a challenge for many communities in Kenya. Through their resilient work and pooling together of resources, several Kenyan women’s groups are working to improve inadequate economic and educational conditions. However, they need support from brothers and sisters abroad to continue and maintain these projects. They have called upon us to help them create self-sufficient, sustainable communities.

Purpose of Action: Support Africa's right to self-determination by helping Kenyan Women create jobs, build institutions, and educate their children.

Existing since 2000, AAKEWO is an African women-led organization based in Washington that has developed a network with several women’s economic and educational development groups in Kenya. AAKEWO has been dedicated to projects that involve the sustainability of African communities, education and/or caring for African children, enhancing economic development for people of African descent, promotion of positive images of Africa and Africans, empowering people of African descent, and providing an opportunity for further ongoing cultural reconnections between Africa and the African Diaspora.

Our mission is to empower African communities by supporting the various women’s organizations and institutions linked with AAKEWO; such as the Ombogo Girls Secondary Academy in Kochia, South Nyanza; the Alta Brim Children’s Orphanage in Kisumu; the Kanyamfwa Secondary School, the Duong’a Women’s Group in Kanyamfwa, South Nyanza, and many more.

By supporting AAKEWO we can help empower African communities in their effort towards improved education, health, and economically sustainable initiatives, so that they can create life-long, self-sufficient communities.

For more information and documentation: http://www.aakewo.com

Participate

What You Should Do Now:

1. Make a financial donation. You can mail a money order or check to the address below. (No amount is too small or large.)
   
   
2. Make an equipment donation: School Supplies, Clothing, Office Equipment, Computers, Printers, and Fax machines, Handsets, Books on Pan-Africanism, etc.
   
   Address:
   
   AAKEWO-Alta Brim Projects Fund
   P. O. Box 4233
   Renton, WA 98057-4233
   
   
   Let our brothers and sister know they have our support.

Goals & Outcomes

Goals

• Increase Public Awareness about social and economic conditions in Kenya
• Support African Women
• Groom volunteers and supporters of Action for Africa.
• Encourage and inspire Self-Determination Efforts in Africa.

Outcomes

• African Self-Determination Project will have necessary social and economic support.
• Forward Movement to Pan-Africanism.
• Improved initiatives towards Pan-African development.
• Built bridges between Africa and its Diaspora.

[Legendsway]

I checked out this campaign and everything is as it says it is. I ask that all those that log onto this site give something, even a dollar, for the cause. If we do not support our own, who will?

[cdemafa]

I know that Africans who are sympathetic to the struggle for Africans at home and abroad are poor but there is power in numbers,if we do this collectively we will be able to help our own and restore the African glory.Africans should shy away from imperial donors.It is this white donor syndrome that is killing Africa all the time.Afro Americans who have money should have Africa as their investment destination.There is a new scramble for Africa now from the Asians.Lets help by any means neccessary our own kind to self sufficiency and self determination.

[manifestdestiny]

Thanks for posting, I will give what I can, post the address up and info around my school to help gain support

[Revolutionary_Student]

I'm emailing this one to all my friends! I'll send whatever I can. I'll see if I can round up some books to send.

[Uhuru Kimathi]

Thank you all warriors and comrades for taking this noble thing and highlighting the AAKEWO plight. I had no idea of such a project being here in Kenya but coz now i know i will make it a point visiting the area.

Shukrani
uhuru!!

[nattyreb]

We need to all band together and get this and all our Action Alerts distributed AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE. With ALL the folx who view these postings, there shouldn't be an area on-line that's left untouched, i'm talking web sites, e-mail lists, blogs, the gamut!!

And let's not forget to print these out and distribute them off-line as well, put them on info tables at programs, stick them up on walls, bulletin boards... wherever flyers are, so should the Assata Speaks Action Alerts be also!!

[cdemafa]

That is a very brilliant piece of advice nattyreb,if we all do what you suggested the action alerts will get support and publicity and get the attention of potential donors.

[Revolutionary_Student]

Originally Posted by cdemafa

That is a very brilliant piece of advice nattyreb,if we all do what you suggested the action alerts will get support and publicity and get the attention of potential donors.

Indeed! I'm with it!

[Nia Maishani]

I am in the process of getting together a couple of school supplies (pencils, paper) and a few articles of clothing to send along with a $10 money order. Also, I have created a flier for this Alert, as I think it is most effective to distribute fliers offline for folk to have in hand, complete with the mailing address for where to send donations.

For those not yet aware, two things:

1. If sending books, save on shipping costs by sending via Book Rate or Media Mail. This is a lower, flat rate shipping based on weight. Only use if shipping reading material.

2. Please do not forget to check out the web site for AAKEWO, and utilize the search engine advertised there: www.GoodSearch.com , which will enable further proceeds to go toward this cause when you use this as your search engine (forget google).

POWER IN NUMBERS!

[Im The Truth]

Supplies and book (Autobiography of Malcolm X) on the way. Let's keep the support up!

[Mekeda7]

Greetings Warriors,
I am glad to see the support and love for our people. Let's continue to keep helping our sisters and brothers and our children on the Continent!!

Uhuru!

[G.O.D.F.A.T.H.A.]

Uhuru for the donations warriors. Anything thats of good use will do the job.