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Jim McP - introduced our guest speaker Sylvia Morrison from Links Across Boarders Sylvia's first move was to present Jim McP with a Helping Hands award, made of ebony (that's a kind of wood...) - When COVID hit, it was devastating to their organization - Sylvia had gone through her personal savings, but then Jim McP offered a sizable donation that was able to sustain them - thank you Jim! Links Across Boarders: - Co-create libraries in collaboration with stake-holders and beneficiary communities in Ghana - Facilitate training programs, and empowerment projects to build community economic capacity. - Support Teacher Capacity promotion through workshops, seminars, and material resources - Support and facilitate Girl Empowerment programs - Coordinate various international visitors (Group & Individual) programs to promote cultural diversity, and education - Provide international (global) and local (Ghanaian) internship & placement opportunities for college and university student -They even assisted in putting in a community's first toilet! - Sylvia has also written two books - Life in a Ghanaian Village (link was too big, search on Amazon...) One of Sylvia's favourite quotes is: "If you ever think someone needs to do something about 'that' " - well, YOU are somebody!! Nancy Y provided an incredible thank you to Sylvia for speaking to us - only to be out done by Todd L's incredible humour to wrap things up.... |
