Welcome to SAFE

Southern Sudan Educational Initiative

We are now accumulating books and educational materials and supplies for delivery to schools, colleges, and universities in the southern region of Sudan, beginning in 2008. Our plans are flexible. What we will do will depend on the kinds of financial and logistical support we attract. We ask individuals and organizations that may want to join in or to help support the Southern Sudan Educational Initiative to contact us.

Outstanding Contributors Honored

Four outstanding contributors to SAFE were honored at the 2007 SAFE Recognition and Fund Raising Dinner on December 9. President Ismail Abdalla, College of William and Mary, presented an award to Osman Alnafaidy, the outgoing SAFE president, for his years of “relentless service and contributions to SAFE.” President Ismail also recognized Amin Elnefeidi, president of Gandala International, Mesa, AZ, for his very substantial financial support of SAFE and for providing gratis transport of shipments from Port Sudan to Omdurman, Sudan, for subsequent distribution among academic and public libraries. The latter service has greatly aided in delivering books to libraries that need them.

Dr. Lee Burchinal, executive director of SAFE, recognized Dr. John Voll, Georgetown University, and a retiring SAFE director, for his years of service and consistent, generous financial support of SAFE. In recognition for his substantial contribution to SAFE in 2007, Dr. Burchinal presented Mr. Sumter Brawley, with a copy of the handsomely illustrated book, Sudan: The Land And The People, prepared by Ambassador Timothy Carney and his wife, Victoria Butler.

Attendees also enjoyed a Sudanese dinner and had an opportunity to learn about and discuss SAFE’s accomplishments and plans for 2008.

President Ismail also thanked the Sudanese-American Community Development Organization (SACDO) for providing a gratis location for the 2007 dinner party, as it did for the dinner party in 2006

We Need Your Help

You can help improve educational opportunities for Sudanese children and youth by:

• Providing or arranging for donation of desperately needed books and
• Making a tax-deductible contribution to SAFE's Ocean Freight Fund.

Each dollar you contribute will pay for the delivery of two books.
Support deliveries with your online contribution.

To donate books or to make a cash contribution, contact:

Dr. Lee Burchinal, Executive Director

SAFE
4141 N Henderson Road
Arlington VA 22203