Entries Tagged as 'Donor Requests'

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Adopt-a-Student

Interested in donating to a worthwhile cause, but want to know where your money’s going? Looking for that perfect wedding, birthday or holiday gift, but want to get something special? Is your school or class looking for a worthwhile social justice project? Sponsor a student from the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) through our Adopt-a-Student Program!
For [...]

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Afghan School Project Starts Petition, Seeks Assistance from International Donors

The Afghan School Project has started a petition requesting financial support from large international donor bodies, such as the World Bank, the European Union, the United Nations, USAID, and others. This additional funding would be used by the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) to hire additional teachers, install a solar power system, rent additional buses, purchase new computers, further [...]

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Afghan School Project reaches fundraising goal for computer lab

The Afghan School Project, working with UK-based technology news source IT Pro, is proud to announce that we have reached our goal of raising US$3,300 to provide the Afghan Canadian Community Center (ACCC) with an additional 20 computer workstations, which have been offered at a substantial discount from NComputing.
We would like to extend our sincere [...]

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Need a last-minute holiday gift? Donate in someone’s name and we’ll send them a holiday card

The Afghan School Project and IT Pro, a UK-Based business technology news source, are currently raising money to provide the Afghan-Canadian Community Centre (ACCC) with additional computer equipment, including multi-user computer devices from NComputing.
For every $200 we raise, we can effectively provide the ACCC with another computer that will help more students get access to valuable [...]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Afghan School Project to close forum, focus on facebook

Due to frequent abuses by Internet advertisers, we have decided to close down the Afghan School Project forum. If you are a student at the ACCC and would like to ask us a question or ask about web sites related to your education, please visit our group on facebook or e-mail staff@theafghanschool.org. 
The Afghan School Project is on facebook.com both as a group and as [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Afghan School Project and IT Pro Begin Fundraising Project for Afghan-Canadian Community Center

The Afghan School Project and IT Pro, a UK-Based business technology news source, are currently raising money to provide the ACCC with additional computer equipment, including multi-user computer devices from NComputing.
Roshan, the leading cellular service provider in Afghanistan, has generously agreed to donate the US$2,500 required to purchase new screens, keyboards and monitors. However, we [...]

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

The Afghan School Project Establishes Community on Facebook

In less than a month, the facebook community for the Afghan Schol Project has already grown to 24 members. The members of our facebook community have contributed to the success of the Afghan-Canadian Community Center (ACCC) by posting helpful links to educational resources, scholarships and job postings, participating in our pen pal program, developing new ways [...]

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Donor Request : Government Institutional Capacity Building Program

Information Technology Courses for Afghan Government Officials
Program Description
The Afghan-Canadian Community Center is seeking funding to provide training programs to government employees who use computers at government institutions in Kandahar. The program’s goal is to teach Afghan government staff successful and effective management skills. The employees will be trained by IT experts hired for the [...]

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Introduction to Donor Requests

After considering a number of different ways to pursue fundraising for the Afghan-Canadian Community Center, we’ve decided that one method of raising resources will be to issue donor requests. Each donor request will, in essence, be a smaller project within the community center, that in turn contributes to the community center’s operating costs.
These requests will [...]