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Issue: 988 Date: 7/30/2009
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獻身和平工作團 為西非喀麥隆創建圖書館
聖喬爾斯華裔李紋齡志氣可嘉 華裔之光
SAINT LOUISIAN BUILDING 28 LIBRARIES IN WEST AFRICA
Peace Corps volunteer Wendy Lee seeks $11,500 to bring Books for Cameroon to life
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【時報訊】密蘇里St. Charles的李紋齡(Wendy Lee)是聖路易大學的畢業生，也是一名和平隊志願者。受其志願者經歷的啟發，她組織發起了一項募捐活動，希望募集$11,500 幫助西非國家喀麥隆建立至少28個雙語圖書館。
李紋齡的設想是，只要有2,300個捐款者，每人捐贈$5，就可以使“喀麥隆圖書計畫”成為現實。她通過和平隊網站(http://tiny.cc/booksforcameroon)、Facebook、Twitter和她個人博客(http://roundtwocameroon.blogspot.com)等管道，多方宣傳，希望吸引更多人回應、參加該項目。
李紋齡是從她在喀麥隆的住地附近的學校開始該專案的，她捐了些書給那所只有四間屋子的學校。她說，“我做志願者的最初幾個月教英文時，我意識到他們是多麼需要書。班上的孩子都不識字，當我把書讀給他們聽時，他們都不知道我讀到哪兒。”
她聯繫了“非洲圖書工程”— 一個致力於幫助非洲掃盲的美國組織。該組織回復說，他們要運就會運一集裝箱約22,000本書過去，但需要募集一萬多美元的運費。於是，李紋齡與另外三名和平隊志願者積極行動起來，開始募款，並把“喀麥隆圖書計畫”迅速推廣到該國28個學校和社區。
喀麥隆的學校基本就沒有圖書館，尤其是在遙遠的村莊。即使有的學校有間書室，僅有的資源也未被充分利用。“喀麥隆圖書計畫”不僅要捐書幫助建立圖書館，李紋齡等和平隊志願者還要和喀麥隆當地一個組織RIDEV（發展研究所）進行合作，提供圖書館管理方面的培訓以確保各館建成後的持續運行。
喀麥隆是個雙語國家，所以李紋齡發起的“喀麥隆圖書計畫”會包括英語書籍和法語書籍。“非洲圖書工程”組織將在專案第一階段提供英語讀物。第二階段，李紋齡他們將與兩個法國組織Biblionef 和 I'AESCO (Aide a I’Equipement Scolaire et Culturel)合作，提供法語讀物。
“喀麥隆圖書計畫”募款活動由 Peace Corps Partnership (PCP) 舉辦，PCP是和平隊屬下鼓勵個人幫助志願者計畫的一個項目。
欲瞭解更多資訊或捐助方式，歡迎訪問：http://tiny.cc/booksforcameroon 或聯繫Wendy Lee 李紋齡WendyLee86@gmail.com+237.7949.1854
李紋齡雙親為來自台灣的李智明、林素真夫婦
SAINT LOUISIAN BUILDING 28 LIBRARIES IN WEST AFRICAPeace Corps volunteer Wendy Lee seeks $11,500 to bring Books for Cameroon to life
Inspired by her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer, Wendy Lee, of St. Charles, Missouri, is launching a major fundraising campaign to raise $11,500 to build at least 28 bilingual libraries in the West African country of Cameroon.
Lee, a graduate of Saint Louis University, hopes to collect $5 donations from 2,300 individuals in order to make Books for Cameroon a reality. She is using the Peace Corps web site (http://tiny.cc/booksforcameroon) and promotion on Facebook, Twitter and her own blog (http://roundtwocameroon.blogspot.com) to garner support for the project.
She began Books for Cameroon to supply a four room school near her house with some books. "I recognized the need for books when I taught English during the early months of my service. Kids in my classes did not know how to read. They were not even able to follow along with the words as I read them."
Lee contacted Books for Africa, an American organization dedicated to promoting literacy across the African continent. After receiving an all-or-nothing proposition for one container of 22,000 books, Lee joined forces with three other Peace Corps volunteers and the project quickly expanded to include 28 schools and communities across Cameroon.
Libraries generally do not exist in Cameroonian schools, especially not in remote villages. And although some schools have one room with books, existing resources are underutilized. The Books for Cameroon project will not only supply books to create libraries. Lee and other Peace Corps volunteers will work in collaboration with RIDEV (Research Institute for Development), a Cameroonian organization, to provide library management training to ensure sustainability.
Since Cameroon is a country striving for bilingualism, Lee's Books for Cameroon project is seeking both English and French-language resources. Books for Africa will provide English language books as part of Phase I. In Phase II, the group will collaborate with two French organizations 每 Biblionef and l'AESCO (Aide 角 l'谷quipement Scolaire et Culturel) - to provide French language books.
The Books for Cameroon fundraising campaign is hosted through Peace Corps Partnership, a program within the Peace Corps that allows individuals to contribute to volunteer projects.
For more information about Lee's Books for Cameroon project or to make a contribution, please visit http://tiny.cc/booksforcameroon.Wendy LeePeace Corps VolunteerWendyLee86@gmail.com+237.7949.1854 |
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