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Article: UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION SIGNS A GRANT TO SUPPORT PHYSICALLY DISABLED IN NIGERIA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The African Development Foundation issued the following press release:
In an effort to support marginalized populations in Africa, the United States African Development Foundation has signed a grant to benefit a community group in Nigeria. The grant will benefit the Physically Handicapped Association of Nigeria-Kano State (PHAN-Kano).
Upon reviewing the grant, USADF Vice Chairman Jack Leslie stated, "USADF works to identify the 'bottom billion' - that is, the most impoverished, under-served, and under-privileged communities in Africa. This grant is designed to support the work with one such group by creating job opportunities and lifting people out of poverty."
The ...