Re: Old textbooks and journals

[Jerome Epstein <jerepst@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>]

Contact the World Bank VOlunteer Service, in Washington D.C. They accept
texts and journals for schools and universities in 3rd world countries.
J. Epstein


> Can anyone give me a reference to any of these programs and what is
> involved.  I remember my daughter, Emily, who taught in Kenya saying that
> therewase one text in the  high school class and that belonged to the teacher.
>
> At 05:09 PM 11/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I too am nearing retirement and have lots of old textbooks and journals.
> > I plan to give most of what I have to teachers in other countries.  AAPT
> > has a committee on International Education that has contacts in other
> > countries.  Some of these folks have very meager resources.  Len Jossam at
> > Ohio State could probably offer some suggestions for these books and
> > journals.  One of our local colleges is collecting for a college in the
> > Rift Valley in Kenya.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Alan Gibson
> > Adams High School
> > Rochester Hills, MI 48306
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