Miss Bernadette Paolo, President of the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa
Amina Gerba invited Miss Paolo to speak to us about Africa: a review of the development history of Africa, past present and future partnerships with various powerful countries namely United states and the challenges it faces .
Of course Africa a Large Continent of 53 countries with vast cultural, religious and economic differences has enormous potential from its diversity of population, natural resources and desire to progress.
Education should be at the heart of African development so the national summit devised programs :
over 170 africa focused educational workshops for teachers and students trained and oriented over 3 100 administrators and educators
over 10 000 students have been educated and received educational materials
educational and promotional materials mailed to 19 500 high schools, reaching 9.5 million students
digital distribution of outreach materials through discovery education avaliable to 35 million students and one million teachers
to become a sponsor of the Africa Society, you may send your contributions to the Africa Society, 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW,Suite 620, Washington, DC 20009
You may also contact Ms. MArieme BA (development associate) by phone at 202-230-3862 or by email : marieme@africasummit.org