American Friends of Maru-a-Pula, Inc
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Mission Statement
American Friends of Maru-a-Pula, Inc., or AFMAP, serves as a support organization for MAP in this country. American “friends” include past MaP teachers, students, former workers in Botswana and others interested in encouraging fine education in southern Africa. AFMAP raises funds for scholarships or other special school needs, primarily through its annual appeal.
About This Cause
American Friends of Maru-a-Pula, Inc., or AFMAP, serves as a support organization for MAP in this country. American “friends” include past MaP teachers, students, former workers in Botswana and others interested in encouraging fine education in southern Africa. AFMAP was founded in 1978 by the late Edward T. Hall. After a distinguished career in education in this country, he taught for several terms at Maru-a-Pula at the invitation of Deane Yates. When he returned to the U.S., he conceived the idea of an American organization to promote the school here. AFMAP raises funds for scholarships or other special school needs, primarily through its annual appeal. In 2004, this appeal was specifically focused on providing scholarship support for AIDS orphans attending Maru-a-Pula. Between 1979 and 1991, AFMAP was the liason for $1,545,000 in grants to MaP received from American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA), a subsidiary of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The grants enabled the school to build its library, classrooms, science laboratories, audiovisual center, computer laboratory, and faculty housing. In 1985 ASHA provided matching funds to build Maitisong, the only performing arts center in Botswana, which is used extensively by the school and community. AFMAP provides support to a growing network of Maru-a-Pula alumni/ae living in the United States. These alumni/ae have access to MAP alumni and Directors working in or living near universities and colleges in the northeast United States. AFMAP organizes visits to the U.S. for the MAP Principal and staff members to meet with current and potential donors and to visit American schools. We assist where possible to promote Maru-a-Pula to U.S. college admissions offices. The Board of Directors, the governing body of AFMAP, meets twice a year. We provide support for the Maru-a-Pula exchange students attending the Taft School, Hill School, Deerfield Academy, Hotchkiss School, Menlo School, and Catlin Gabel School. AFMAP also facilitates communication with and among the many Maru-a-Pula graduates studying in this country. The Directors are former teachers or other Americans who have lived, worked or visited Botswana and know the school. AFMAP is registered as a 501c(3) organization, with pending status as a public charity. AFMAP is governed by a Board of Directors that meets twice annually. Officer positions include a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Each year, one Director represents AFMAP as a voting member of the MaP Council.