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Wish for Africa in running for World Bank funding
T
he Wish for Africa Project is Bank.
among 70 projects that have Wish for Africa is the brainchild of Dr
made it to the finals of the Femi Olaleye, a self-motivated and
Development Marketplace for African enthusiastic professional. The Doctor
Diaspora in Europe (D-MADE). qualified from the medical school of the
D-MADE is an initiative of the World great University of Ife and later acquired
Bank financially supported by the Belgian post-graduate business and management
Development Cooperation, the Dutch qualifications (MBA) from the Imperial
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German College Business School, London. Dr
Federal Ministry for Economic Co- Olaleye has generally become proficient
operation and Development and the and skilful in designing and implementing
French Development Agency. innovative, sustainable and scalable
It will award cash prizes and technical solutions to business and management
assistance to innovative entrepreneurial problems using his unique blend of
African Diaspora groups for projects clinical skills and inter-personal skills.
implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Olaleye plans to employ funds
through a competitive process. derived from sources like the D-MADE
Wish for Africa and the other and the generous donations from the
successful finalists have been invited to public to expand the organization’s
Brussels, Belgium for a final competitive community-based healthcare centers to
exhibition, to be held over 23
rd
& 24th
other regions of Nigeria, thereby
June 2008. The best project proposals
providing affordable and accessible
shall be selected at the finals and a cash
healthcare to more Nigerians.
award of up to 40,000 Euros in addition to
Dr Olaleye has acquired many years of
logistic and technical assistance from
experience working in the NHS and this
international funders and grants-making
may soon come to an end as he plans to
institutions shall be presented to the
resign from his post at the prestigious
Dr femi Olaleye
winners by Dr Obiageli Ezekwisili, Vice
Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent,
President (Africa Region) of the World
U.K in order to focus on building the
growing network of Wish for Africa from well-wishers and inspired members
primary care centres across Nigeria and of the UK Diaspora who would like to
indeed Africa. have one of the proposed centres to be
Universal Primary Education
Although the geographical focus is located in their communities back in
currently Nigeria, Wish for Africa is Africa.
poised to take its innovative and Further information is available at
in Africa under searchlight
sustainable healthcare projects to any www.wishforafrica.org or via email to
needy part of Africa; hence the wishforafrica@london.com or call/SMS
organization shall be expecting to hear 07870358540.
D
ouglas Alexander, Secretary of Education and will focus on efforts to
State for International achieve Universal Primary Education in
Development was scheduled at Africa.
press time, to talk on progress towards The Africa Educational Trust supports
Universal Primary Education at a primary, secondary, higher education and
special event held at the House of adult literacy in Africa, especially in
Commons on. countries in conflict and post conflict
The Secretary of State will join a situations. Its programmes include a Radio
number of international speakers Literacy programme, run in partnership
including Cream Wright, UNICEF Global with the BBC World Service, for young
Chief of Education, Llius Riera, European people who missed out on education due
Commission Director for International to conflict, a distance teaching programme
Development and Bience Gawanas, in public administration for senior civil
Commissioner for Social Affairs at the servants in the new Government of
African Commission at this special event Southern Sudan and a programme to help
organised by the Africa Educational Trust. local communities establish
The event which is part of the Africa internationally recognised examinations
Educational Trust’s 50
th
anniversary
for primary and secondary school students
celebrations is being hosted by Baroness
in Mogadishu and the rest of Somalia.
Ann Taylor, a patron of the Trust. It takes
Over 750 000 children and young people
place at the half-way point towards the
from Africa have been supported by AET’s
2015 target for Universal Primary
work to date.
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