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 October 2009,
WINGS OF THE DAWN FORT WORTH BOOK CAFE
Adaptive Reuse. Social Entrepreneurship. Sustainability. Freedom. Education. Art. Culture. Community. Green. Youth. History. Wi-Fi. Music. Literacy. Growth. Personal. Career. Rural. Urban. Community. Development.
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 October 2009,
NDULUKU SECONDARY SCHOOL
The entire fraternity of Nduluku Secondary School greatly appreciate the receipt of the many varied books kindly donated by your good & caring organization:
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 August 2009,
WoD collaborative partnership with CEDSI Nigeria. The Center for Development support initiative is a 501(c) registered charity that is committed to promoting sustainable education in rural communities. It focuses on partnering to support rural communities to constructing resource and educational centers, setting up libraries and promoting child education through training, research and capacity building.
CEDSI's vision is to get Africa reading ...one child at a time and building a functional base for democratizing education.
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 July 2009,
Work in progress Agege Book Cafe. Connecting education to the larger community is a partnership project between Wings of the Dawn and Thriftbooks, the Book Cafe will serve as a learning and social hub for children, youth and adult in the community....check back for project lunch date.Work In Progress Photos |
 June 2009,
Mandinaba Temporary Library expanded their solar panel power to provide required voltage that will enable the library to utilize available donated computer. This was a collaborated partnership effort among the Mandinaba Youth Committee and Katie Clifford Peace Corp Volunteer assigned to the village of Mandinaba. Katie Clifford organized a local fundraising effort locally as well as online via Peace Corp portal to raise needed fund for the solar panel. We are still in need of donor or sponsors to support our effort in establishing a permanent learning center.More… |
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 November 2008,
Connecting education to the larger community is the brainchild of a new partnership between Thriftbooks.com and Wings of the Dawn. The collaboration pioneers improving literacy for the "entire community" by shipping books "for all ages" to Lifelong Learning Centers throughout Africa. The aim is to provide quality reading materials to engage neighborhoods in customizing educational and entrepreneurial activities that respond to the needs of their community. More… |
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 July 2008,
we completed our book drive of over 20,000 reading and learning materials to include a large donation of over 3,000 school backpacks with supplies we received from our partners at Feed The Children Organization. These materials will be distributed to selected schools in Lagos, Ogun and Afikpo in Nigeria. More… |
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 Aledo Young Democrats (AYD) is a small non-school sponsored group which came together in 2005.
AYD organized a backpack fundraiser event on behalf of Wings of the Dawn to raise money to buy school supplies and backpacks. More... |
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 A group of Lancaster High School (LHS) will join forces for a service learning project focusing on improving the educational opportunity for children living in the rural villages of Africa. More... |
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 April 1, 2008
Mandinaba Community Library under the Mandinaba Youth and Sport Committee’s "Nafaa" for all initiative projects recently benefited from over 40, 000 worth of educational and sporting materials from its US counterpart organization Wings of the Dawn International Institute for children. The materials include books from different educational discipline, footballs and goal nets, computers and television set, among other materials. More… |
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 March 25, 2008
We stated an SAT pilot program at Mandinaba temporary library, Gambia. These are students on the Library users committee that have signed up for the program. Many thanks to our sponsor donating SAT study kit materials to WoD to implement the program |
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 Solar Power Installed in Mandinaba Temporary Library
Before the available of solar as a source of lighten in the library, candles were used on each table to the convenience of the users. As the number of library users increased and hours extended, the users realized that the lightening system was not enough for them to enjoy reading book. more… more... |
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Major Boost to Mandinaba
Joseph Stafford, US Ambassador to The Gambia, on Friday, formally handed over library books to the community of Mandina-ba in Kombo East District, Western Region, on behalf of Fatou Jammeh, an American Peace Corps Volunteer and the Wings of The Dawn. more... |
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