Hello, everyone. I am not sure if this would be of use to anyone, but I
received this in my email. And if anyone knows how to help this person it,
it would be much apprecaited...
Thanks.
Ginny
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From: "Robert Nixon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 6:59 AM
Subject: Formation: Blind Organisation: Sierra Leone.
> Dear friends,
>
> My name is Thomas Alieu.
>
> My email address is:
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Please send all email correspondence direct to this email address.
>
> Please do not send email correspondence to me via other methods.
>
> I shall be happy to respond to any email messages I receive sent
> to my email address given above.
>
> I am a totally blind person located in Sierra Leone West Africa.
>
> I am studying law at the University of Sierra Leone.
>
> I am the first blind person to study law in Sierra Leone.
>
> My aim is to become the first blind lawyer in Sierra Leone upon
> completion of my studies.
>
>
> Meanwhile the blind and vision impaired of Sierra Leone
> desperately need help.
>
> There is currently no organisation for the blind in Sierra Leone.
>
> I therefore plan to establish such an organisation.
>
> The details of my plan are given below in this message.
>
> Please help in anyway you are able.
>
> All help will be most gratefully accepted and will greatly improve
> the lot of the blind and vision impaired in Sierra Leone over time.
>
> Please distribute this message in its unaltered state as far as
> you are able in any way at all.
>
> Please forward it to all forms of mass media world wide to which
> you have access.
>
> I need as much exposure as is possible world wide in all ways for my
>
> plans as are detailed in this message.
>
> PROJECT PROPOSAL FROM THOMAS ALIEU- SIERRA LEONE.
>
>
> PROJECT PROFILE.
> PROJECT TITLE: Provision of educational materials
> for blind pupils in secondary schools and students of
> training colleges and the university of Sierra Leone.
>
> PROJECT SECTOR: Educational Services.
>
> PROJECT LOCATION: Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
>
> NAME AND ADDRESS: BLIND YOUTH MOVEMENT (B.Y.M).
> Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa.
>
> CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Thomas Alieu, c/o Fourah Bay
> College, University of Sierra Leone, West Africa.
> Email address: [log in to unmask]
> MATERIALS REQUESTED: Five desktop computers with
> Internet facilities
> Audio Cassette Tape
> Recorders
>
> Audio Cassette Tapes
>
> Perkins braillers
> Five
> typewriters
>
> Stationary
>
> White canes
>
> Braille/Talking watches.
>
> PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
> This
> project is designed to establish a non-governmental, non-profit,
> volunteer run, non-political, non-racial, non-religious organisation
> that is
> focused on improving the educational welfare of blind
> pupils and students in secondary schools, training
> colleges and the university. It is observed that the
> education of the blind in Sierra Leone is hampered by
> the lack of teaching and learning materials together
> with the lack of trained personnel in special
> education. There are other impediments such as the
> cultural belief of most sierra leoneans with regards
> blindness. It is believed that blindness is a curse
> from God and a form of punishment for the wicked.
> It is also observed that the meagre resources of
> the primary school for the blind in Freetown (Milton
> Margai School for the blind) is often encroached upon
> by the above target group as well as some elderly
> blind people.
> This project endorses the improvement of the
> educational opportunities of young blind people,
> policies of equal citizenship and equal opportunity in
> terms of economic development and decision making at
> family level and elsewhere.
>
>
>
> PROGRAMME PLANNING:
> The aim
> of this movement is to enhance young blind people to
> achieve whatever educational dream they might have. It
> is hoped that this movement will assist both
> financially and materially in the accomplishment of
> such dreams.
> The aim could be accomplished by the
> establishment of a co-ordinating office that will
> solicit material and financial assistance to meet the
> needs of its membership.
>
>
> OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT:
> a) To assist the membership with reading and writing
> materials.
> b) To enable the membership to learn how to use the
> computer and how to access information on the
> Internet.
> c) To broaden their horizon in knowing about other
> parts of the world and the capability of the blind in
> those parts of the globe.
> d) To solicit financial assistance for the membership
> as and when required.
> e) To serve as inspiration to the younger folks and
> the realisation of the possibility of overcoming their
> disability.
> f) To educate the public that disability is not
> inability.
> g) To help locate and bring to school young blind boys
> and girls who are either roaming the streets or are in
> the villages..
> h) To help reduce the level of illiteracy even among
> the sighted group. (As every illiterate blind begger
> goes along with either a sighted boy or girl. One
> educated blind prevents one sighted person from
> roaming the streets).
> i) To enhance the membership to become trained
> personnel in blind education by linking this office to
> training institutions abroad such as "Hadley School
> For The Blind Inc" in America and other institutions
> elsewhere.
> j) To enhance the membership to be recognised as
> respectable members of their families.
>
>
> METHODOLOGY OF THE PROJECT:
>
> The movement should have an office space
> with a blind co-ordinator and a sighted assistant
> co-ordinator.
> The office should operate full-time from
> 0800-1600 hours from Monday through Saturday.
> Members should contact the office as and when
> free from classes.
> Requests should be made by members in writing to
> the co-ordinator. If the material/finance requested is
> available in the office, the requesting member should
> give two days allowance to the office to verify the
> genuinity of the request. If, on the other hand, the
> material/finance is not available in the office, much
> more time should be given to the office in order to
> solicit the request from outside.
>
>
> ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT:
>
> The movement should have an office
> and a classroom. The office should be used by the
> co-ordinators while the classroom should be used for
> teaching and research.
> The co-ordinators should be directly in controll
> of the office and the classroom. They are also
> directly responsible to the entire membership of which
> they are part.
> ORGANOGRAM: (showing order of responsibility)
>
> MEMBERSHIP
>
> CO-ORDINATOR
>
> ASSISTANT
> CO-ORDINATOR
>
>
> CURRENT MEMBERSHIP
> NAME
> INSTITUTION
>
> 1) Thomas Alieu Fourah
> Bay college University of Sierra Leone (co-ordinator)
>
> 2) Burrah Sesay
> " "
> 3) Didymus Thaimu Kargbo Milton Margai
> College of Education
>
> 4) Alie Kargbo
> " "
> 5) Saidu Jalloh
> " "
> 6) Jonathan Conteh Makeni
> Teachers College
>
> 7) Paul Charles
> " "
> 8) Alie Martin Sesay "
> "
> 9) Eustace Mansary "
> "
> 10) Samuel Sesay "
> "
> 11) Saffie Sankoh
> " "
> 12) Isatu Dumbuya "
> "
> 13) Mohamed Conteh Freetown
> Teachers College
> 14) Dominic Bangura "
> "
> 15) Hassan Fornah
> " "
> 16 Regina Kamara Port Loko
> Teachers College
>
> 17) Mabinty Amara
> " "
> 18) Adama Conteh
> " "
> 19) Sadia Murrana Annie
> Walse Memorial School
>
> 20) Tiange Konneh
> " "
> 21) Yenoh Bangura
> " "
> 22) Adama Thoronka
> " "
> 23) Fanta Fonnah Freetown
> Secondary School for Girls
>
> 24) Adama Kamara
> " "
> 25) Jellikatu Kamara Methodist
> Girls High School
>
> 26) Theresa Watson
> " "
> 27) Fatmama Conteh
> " "
> 28) Hawa Momoh
> " "
> 29)Hawanatu Kabbia
> " "
> 30) Cecilia Conteh
> " "
> 31) Miatta Moriba
> " "
> 32) Sahr Yillia
> Prince of Wales School
>
> 33) Salieu Turay
> " "
> 34) Essah Morana
> " "
> 35) Amidu Sankoh
> " "
> 36) Malcolm Mannah Kpana "
> "
> 37) Joseph Abdulai
> Sierra Leone Grammar School
>
> 38) John Sesay
> " "
> 39) Daniel Thoronka
> " "
> 40) Alie Conteh
> " "
> 41) Immurana Vandy
> W.A.M. Collegiate School
>
> 42) Kalilu Moriba
> " "
> 43) Dauda Tarawally
> " "
> 44) Edward Rubbin
> " "
> 45) Mr. Paul M. Damba
> Assistant Co-ordinator
>
>
> Faithfully Submitted,
> Thomas Alieu.
>
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