WATER FOR CHILDREN AFRICA PRESENTS:
THE 12th AFRICA TRADE AND BUSINESS CONFERENCEwww.waterforchildrenafrica.org
The twelfth
Annual Africa Trade and Business Conference sponsored by Water For Children
Africa will be held the weekend of November 21-23, 2008. The conference
will be kicked off on Friday, November 21st
with a free Community Forum open to the public held at the Malcolm X
Library from 2-4 pm. Professor Chuck Ambers of the Casa del Rey
Moro Museum in Old Town will lead a discussion on safe water in rural
villages in Africa and in our own community.
The conference
workshops hosted on Saturday, November 22nd
at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park will culminate
with a tour of the museum exhibit,
‘H2O = Life’ which is the motto of this
non-profit organization.
Presenters include
Dr. Ronnie Lowenstein of Lowenstein & Associates from Washington
D.C. and Mick Adkisson of Smart Technologies
who co-chair the recently formed Water for Children Africa
Technology Task force. Spotlighted will be emerging partnerships,
eg., with SMART Technologies and Foshay Learning Center’s NetGeneration
of Youth Cyberjournalist Ambassadors representing Congresswoman Diane
E. Watson’s Los Angeles school district (eighteen students will interview
participants and honorees); and with Panwapa, a program of Sesame Workshop
and Merrill Lynch that cultivates global citizenship. A workshop presentation
will be offered that highlights “Technology
as a Tool of Transformation, Ensuring Economic, Educational Empowerment
in Africa.”
Saturday’s
special guest luncheon speaker will be James Callan, Associate Administrator
Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The evening
Maji Ni Maisha “Water is Life” Benefit Gala and Silent Auction will
be held on the San Diego Maritime Museum’s USS Berkley located
next to the Star of India on Harbor Drive. The evening will be
dedicated to the late Director of San Diego State University’s International
Student Center, Ron Moffatt.
Individuals
and organizations who have contributed to Africa as well as to our local
community will be honored at the Gala and Silent Auction on the USS
Berkley. Among them is Bishop George McKinney who will also serve as
guest speaker at the Pray for Africa Day on Sunday, November 23, 2008
from 3 to 5 pm at Bethel AME Church on the corner of 31st
and K Street. A candle light special ceremony with 54 flags provided
by the United Nations Association representing the 54 Nations in Africa
will be followed by a prayer for Africa by First Lady of Bethel AME
Church, Rev. Dorisalene Hughes.
Among those
on the Honor Roll of Service to be recognized at the Gala are:
Rev. John Ringgold of Bethel Baptist Church; Makeda Dred of the World
Beat Center; Evangelist Mary Page of St. Paul’s Church of God In Christ;
Alemi Daba and Walter Lam of the Alliance for African Assistance; Marnyce
McKell, Connect International and Tema Sister Cities Society; Mr. Roque
Borros of the Jacob Center; Mr. Rudy Johnson, Neighborhood House;
Mr. Duane Bradford, Pan African Association of America; Marine Stewart,
The M. Stewart C. Riley Self Help and Charitable Foundation;
Rotary District 5340 and the Makau Family Foundation for building a
clinic and an orphanage in Kenya.
All past Water
For Children Africa Team members will be recognized. A special
salute of appreciation will be extended to David Massey, Education director
at the San Diego Natural History Museum for the guidance he and his
staff have provided.
Kathy Loper
Events has chosen Water For Children Africa as beneficiary of the 2009
Super Run on January 31, 2009. For more information visit our
web site.
