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In 2004, ODW raised funds
for a new school and supplies in Sierra Leone, Africa. A year
later, it was revealed to us that USAID had not sent the funds to this
project. USAID identified Homeland Security issues with the Board
of Trustees for the Sierra Leone project; one of the board members was
under FBI investigation, and the list of Board members kept
changing. Thetford Academy requested the funds be returned
to us that we earned for that project so we could redistribute them as
we saw fit. USAID returned $10,669 to TA the spring of
2005. The entire student body voted to distribute the money to
five different projects we were aware of in the area. Funds were
distributed in relation to the number of votes each project got on the
ballot. The following organizations received funds as follows:
$2046.99 (Rwandan Orphans)
CHABHA, Inc. (Children Affected by HIV/AIDS)
c/o Susanna Grannis
2766 Windham Hill Rd.
West Windham, VT 05359
$3070.44 (Ethiopian Orphans)
The Human Capital Foundation, Inc.
c/o Carol Foster
58 Fogg Farm Rd.
White River Junction, VT 05001
$3225.51 (Kenya Health Clinic)
Vanderbilt University
Lwala Community Clinic Fund
Dept. of Finance
Dept. AT 403003
Atlanta, GA 31192-0303
$589.28 (Israeli Youth)
American Friends of Orr Shalom, Inc.
Attn: Lynn Berney, Exec. Director
42 East 69th Street
NY, NY 10021
$1736.78 (Vietnamese Girls - Cattle Program)
Heifer International
216 Wachusett St.
Rutland, MA 01543-2099
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(Rwanda Trip 2006)
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