CANADIAN STUDENTS

HELP REBUILD
AFGHANISTAN
LIBRARIES


NEGLECTED OR DESTROYED BY
DECADES OF WAR

Starting in 2002, students in the University of Manitoba Faculties
of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing collected donated
textbooks to send via Canadian Forces to universities in Kabul,
Kandahar and Herat, working together under the Books with
Wings (http://bookswithwings.ca) project. Students at the
University of Toronto, Memorial University of Newfoundland,
and the University of Western Ontario continued to help out this
year. Over 3400 books have been shipped so far, valued at an
average of $150 each (over $500,000 worth). Many more books
are needed. In 2006/2007 we are expanding to books in
Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry and Pharmacy.


TO DONATE BOOKS OR VOLUNTEER:

Books should be less than 10 years old or of lasting value. Older books will be sold to buy new
ones. Contact Dr. Richard Gordon, GordonR@ms.UManitoba.ca, (204) 789-3828, or drop books
off at the entrance of the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba,
Bannatyne Campus (2nd floor at Emily and McDermot, Winnipeg). You may also mail or ship
them to:


Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, Attn: Books With Wings

University of Manitoba, 727 McDermot Avenue

Winnipeg, MB R3E OW3 Canada
Volunteers are needed to find sources of books, catalog them, and organize them for shipping.

TO DONATE CASH:

Cash is needed for bookshelves at $60 each and for buying specialty books, as in midwifery
and treatment of war and landmine injuries:

(204) 474-9195 or toll free: 1-800-330-8066 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time, Monday-Friday)
E-mail: Private_Funding@umanitoba.ca
http://www.umanitoba.ca/admin/private_gifts/howtogive/donation/index.ssl.php
Please designate: Books with Wings Fund: Books for Afghanistan. You will receive a tax
deductible receipt.

PRESS COVERAGE:

Contact: Renée Barclay, External Relations (Bannatyne Campus), (204) 789-3267,
barclayr@cc.umanitoba.ca