[小威] 小威再度訪非洲
Serena to visit Kenya for charity work
November 11, 2008
小威為慈善事業赴肯亞
先翻一下大概就是2006年底的時候
小威曾經身為聯合國文教大使赴非洲參訪
她那時候到了迦納(Ghana)跟塞內加爾(Senegal)
後來小威決定以自己的基金會在非洲開一間學校
最後地點選在肯亞 小威這次去非洲是身為HP的全球推廣人
他除了去非洲替學校剪綵外還去推廣HP的產品
Tennis superstar Serena Williams will visit Kenya later this week to open a
school she has funded in collaboration with the Build African Schools
Initiative and technology firm Hewlett Packard (HP).
The world number three who will be accompanied by her mother Oracene arrives
in Kenya on Thursday afternoon will officially open the school christened
Serena Williams Secondary School which is located in Matooni, Makueni
constituency near Sultan Hamud township in eastern Kenya on Friday.
The school was built through partnership between the Build African Schools
initiative - an American non profit making organization - and Hewlett
Packard, the world's largest technology firm.
Hewlett Packard, as part of its commitment to support education in developing
countries, will install in each school a computer laboratory and classroom,
laptop, printers, the World Wide Web, and facilitate training for the
teachers and students.
It is the first time for Ms Williams, who is ranked number three in the
world, to visit Kenya.
Patrick O'Sullivan, Founder and CEO of Build African Schools, said on Monday
the objective of the NGO is to build primary and secondary schools in
marginalized areas to give chance to students to access secondary school
education in a bid to empower them.
"We are indeed honored to have Ms Williams visit Kenya at this momentous time
in American history when we have a new President elect who has roots in
Kenya," said Dickson Mutaiti, Kenya Director of Projects Build African
Schools.
"During her visit, Williams will officially open a secondary school put up in
her name, to give chance to needy primary school students who want to pursue
secondary school education," he added.
The school will give chance to hundreds of primary school pupils in the
location to pursue secondary school education.
The area suffers from high school drop out rate and most students are orphans
due to the high HIV/Aids prevalence rate in the area.
Build African Schools and HP have joined together since 2004 to help children
in Africa have access to education.
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