Appeal to help South Africa's schools
desperately under-equipped schools in South Africa.
The Anti-Apartheid Group of Bermuda is appealing to businesses and individuals to support a campaign to send a container of educational material to help schools in that country.
"Schools bore the brunt of the long season of violence that marked the twilight of apartheid,'' said a spokesman. "We are inviting donations of recycled books, texts, fiction and non-fiction. In addition we are encouraging the business sector to recycle computers and offer them to be sent to South Africa.'' The six-week campaign aims to raise an additional $4,000 to cover the cost of shipping the container. Surplus funds will be sent on to the schools.
Books should be delivered to the foyer of the Bermuda College Library. The Anti-Apartheid Group will be making a major drive for book donations on December 9 and 10 to coincide with Human Rights Day.
Money and material collected in Bermuda will be sent to the South African Council of Churches together with supplies from a similar effort by Hampton University in the United States.
