For Immediate Release

 

Keon Donation – A Step AHEAD

Senator Keon – A Step AHEAD

 

OTTAWA (November 27, 2001) -- Senator Wilbert J. Keon donated (value approximately of $2000) medical books to the  Association for Higher Education and Development (AHEAD) at a small ceremony today at 1 p.m. on Parliament Hill.  “The value of information and learning is essential to the development of a society.  I am grateful for the opportunities I have had, and felt it appropriate to pass the texts along to those in need”, stated Senator Keon, who is also the Director General of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

AHEAD is a voluntary, not-for-profit and non-political organization founded in Ottawa, in 1999, with Senator Donald Oliver as patron. Its goal is to contribute towards development efforts in Ethiopia by mobilizing, coordinating and channeling the necessary resources and relevant expertise to Ethiopian higher academic institutions. 

Ahead has three distinct programs: 

w        Sending medical books and journals to help alleviate the growing scarcity of current publications in the medical faculty the Addis Ababa University.

 

w        A Bursary Program to assist outstanding medical students by providing monthly allowances for three consecutive years to ensure that they receive modest assistance while pursuing medical training.

 

w        Exploring ways to operate a small-scale project to solicit and send training equipment for medical students.

 

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Ahead: (613) 727-2735                        Please visit: www.aheadonline.org