The magic of money

Between donations made at the Missoula fundraiser in late August and donations received so far through this blog, I'm grateful to say I just passed the halfway point ($1519.47, to be exact) to my goal of $3000 to cover my airfare to Congo.

Thanks so much again to everyone for your support. I truly couldn't make this teaching experience happen if it weren't for your generosity.

Again, if you haven't donated and would like to, just click the "donate" button at the upper right of this blog. If you know others who may be interested in supporting multimedia education in Congo, please feel free to forward them the link to my blog. No donation is too small!

Also, the Digital Drop Box project is in full swing. Friends and supporters have already donated digital cameras, laptops and audio recorders. Please contact me if you have any digital gear you'd like to donate to Congolese university students studying multimedia journalism.

Thanks again everyone!

Digital Drop Box project

In conjunction with my upcoming teaching plans in Congo, I have created a multimedia gear donation project called "Digital Drop Box" (cue rap music).

If you recently upgraded your digital camera, audio recorder or video camera and would be willing to donate your old equipment to help Congolese university students learn multimedia journalism, please let me know. I will happily pay the shipping to have your gear sent to me so I can take it to Congo with me when I depart in February.

Please contact me at anne.to.congo@gmail.com to make a gear donation.

If you are in Missoula and will be attending the Congo Initiative fundraiser tomorrow night, please feel free to donate your gear then.

Thanks so much...

Fundraiser in Missoula on Thursday, Aug. 20

For those of you in Missoula, please come to the Congo Initiative fundraiser this coming Thursday, August 20th from 7-9pm on the 3rd floor of the University of Montana's School of Journalism (Don Anderson Hall).

Justin Hubbard, Director of Development and Partnership for the Congo Initiative, and Arnila Santosa, grad student in International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University, will speak about their experiences working and conducting research in war-torn DRC. I'll also talk about my goals for teaching in Congo. Beer and wine have been donated by Big Sky Brewery and Clear Weather Wines.

If you can't make the event, but would still like to donate to help me get to Congo, you can use the "donate" button on this blog to donate via PayPal. If you would rather PayPal not make any money off your donation (yes, they do take a small percentage), you can mail checks directly to me at:

Anne Medley
2310 Lester St.
Missoula, MT 59801

Lastly, I'll be starting a collection project for used digital cameras, audio recorders and video cameras for the journalism department at Universite Chretienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC) soon. If you have upgraded your digital point and shoot or SLR camera recently (or audio or video gear) and would be willing to donate your old equipment to help Congolese students, please let me know.

Thanks so much again for everyone's support.