[afro-nets] Call for Stories of Success in Africa

[Jeremy Goldberg <jergoldberg@gmail.com>]

Call for Stories of Success in Africa
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

PUBLICATION OF AFRICA'S SUCCESS STORIES BY AMERICAN AND AFRICAN
YOUTH

Dear Friends,

I am writing to you regarding an innovative initiative affording
the opportunity to teach the world about something the world has
little understanding, or recognizes far too often .African
Success. We believe that it is up to Africans to solve African
problems, but we believe Americans have a responsibility to do
our best to learn, understand, and support our friends in Africa
in the quest for solutions.

As you well know, the international media often projects Africa
as a failed continent with famine, crisis and chaos abound.
THINK AGAIN! the title of this initiative seeks to instill
greater understanding and appreciation for Africa.

This educational text-book, think-piece, and motivational force
will supplement our educational programs and curricula across
high-schools and universities across the United States. We be-
lieve this publication can cut across boundaries and misconcep-
tions of Africa.

Once complete, the publication will be sold in the United States
internationally to well-wishers and friends of Africa and to
friends and partners that are yet to be found. After careful re-
view of options and possible recipients, 50% of the proceeds
from the sale of the publication, which cost has not yet been
declared, will go directly to various projects GYPA supports and
that are associated with THINK AGAIN!

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

All Americans living in the United States, or studying abroad,
or living overseas between the ages of 18 30 yrs.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

One page narrative that includes
1. Your name
2. Age
3. City, State, and Country
4. What is your example (individual, organizational, project, or
other) of an African success?
5. When/where did you spend time in Africa? What cities, coun-
tries? When?
6. Photograph of you?

Should your first language not be English we ask that you please
have your narrative translated.

DEADLINE

Submissions: April 1, 2006

Author notification of selection of publications: May 1, 2006

GYPA reserves the right to edit all submissions which are ap-
proved for publication. However, GYPA will edit with the obliga-
tion to represent the individual authors appropriately.

For more information about the project contact:
Jeremy M. Goldberg
mailto:Jeremy@gypafrica.org

Global Youth Partnership for Africa

Global Youth Partnership for Africa (GYPA) cultivates American
youth as global citizens and partners in peace and development
in Africa. GYPA provides opportunities for student leaders at
American universities to travel to Africa, interact with young
leaders there, and participate in community based development
programs. GYPA also creates opportunities for these students to
organize awareness and educational events on their campuses when
they return. GYPA grew out of Project Namuwongo Zone B (PNZB), a
site-specific humanitarian relief collaboration between Ugandan
and American youth near Kampala, Uganda. Starting in August
2003, PNZB addressed the morally unacceptable health and educa-
tion humanitarian disasters that had infiltrated this community.
Staffers recognized a far-reaching desire amongst students to
reach beyond their borders to find solutions to global problems
and set about creating opportunities to make this possible.
http://www.gypafrica.org