G.P. Rotary Helps Schools in Sierra Leone
Posted by Mark Wilson
on Nov 13, 2012
Rotary of Grosse Pointe President Diane Strickler, on behalf of the Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation, donated $500 and six laptop computers to Francis Mustapha, the Monday, Nov. 12, luncheon speaker who is building, equipping and supporting two new schools in his native village of Madina in Sierra Leone in West Africa. "I will go anywhere to talk to a Rotary Club," said Mustapha, who retired last year as a teacher with the Fort Wayne, Ind., school system. For more on the School and the Classrooms and Rotary's help click on MOREHe has devoted his retirement years — and his life savings — to building two schools in his former village. While the schools are built, they still need to be furnished and staffed and supplies purchased. The Grosse Pointe Rotary Foundation's donation will go toward that effort. "This is how it is done," Mustapha said upon receiving the check. "Individuals saying, 'What can I do? How can I help?' This goes along with your mission statement, how can we make the world a better place."
