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• Science labs for high schoolers in rural Cameroon
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Science labs for high schoolers in rural Cameroon
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Pavla Zakova-Laney

In Tatum - a rural town in the Northwest Province of Cameroon - most farmers live on less than $1 a day. In such conditions, people struggle simply to survive and can rarely afford to fund their children's education. To address this dire need for schooling, Pavla Zakova-Laney created Educare-Africa, an organization dedicated to delivering supplies and creating classrooms for aspiring students in Tatum. "We raise funds in the U.S.A. to buy building materials in Cameroon," Zakova-Laney writes on her Web site. "We then assist with transportation of these materials to the building site and oversee completion of each building project."

Pavla Zakova-Laney (left) turned to GlobalGiving to raise money for a new science lab in Cameroon.

Zakova-Laney, a social entrepreneur on GlobalGiving, encountered this need first as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tatum. Stationed there as a biology teacher, she was captured by the children's enthusiasm and their drive to improve local conditions.

Upon her return to the United States, she took it upon herself to call attention to the situation she had witnessed. She began a campaign to raise funds and donations of school supplies for students in Tatum. She founded Educare-Africa in 2000 and has been working with an international coalition of volunteers ever since.

For her latest project on GlobalGiving, Zakova-Laney is raising funds for a science lab in the Tatum High School. They hope to provide building materials and to work together with members of the local community to implement the project. Zakova-Laney would be assisted by the Educare board and the local Parent-Teachers Association, which built most of the high school classrooms and administrative offices in Tatum.

A lab in the local high school will allow aspiring science students to get a first hand experience with what they read in their textbooks. It will also help Tatum buck the trend that its best and brightest are forced to move to larger cities in pursuit of greater opportunity.

"As a Peace Corps teacher I taught biology at G.H.S. Tatum with no science laboratory," Zakova-Laney said. "I look forward to that day when the first students will be able to take advanced science classes at this high school."

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Science Lab in a Rural High School in Cameroon: Encouraging students, including both boys and girls, to do sciences by providing a science lab in a rural high school. Science education will enable them to become doctors, teachers, and other professionals. Click here to read more about this project!

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New "Donor Solutions" page makes it easier than ever to give globally

Through GlobalGiving's new How it works page, donors can quickly answer almost any question they have about GlobalGiving. Among other things, the page outlines:

• A basic overview of what makes GlobalGiving unique.
   
• A step-by-step explanation of how to make a donation.
   
• A look at how GlobalGiving finds its projects.

Be sure to check it out at globalgiving.com/howitworks.com.

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Coming soon to a newspaper or Web site near you

Starting Wednesday, March 10, GlobalGiving will begin advertising its Gifts in Silicon Valley and DC-area community newspapers. Specifically, we will be featured in the:

• Washington City Paper
• Washington Blade
• Bethesda Gazette
• Sunnyvale Sun
• Willow Glen Resident
• Los Gatos Weekly Times
• Alameda Resident
• Cupertino Courier
• Saratoga News

This print advertising will complement the free online advertising space that AOL has given GlobalGiving for the months of March, April and May.

Many thanks to Jennifer Olsen of Paper Plane Studio who created the artwork for the advertisements.

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