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GTAH joins with Dr. Julius Garvey, Son of the late Marcus Garvey, Councilman Larry Seabrook of the Bronx, Consul General of Jamaica, Genevieve Brown-Metzger, Sidique Wai, President of the United African Congress, and Ron Daniels, amongst other luminaries in a ceremony to rename the four corners of Gun Hill Road and White Plans Road in the Bronx as “Marcus Garvey Square”. It is a way of acknowledging the great leadership of Marcus Garvey as it pertains to promoting self–help for Africans and people of the African Diaspora, the necessity to strive for economic improvement and economic independence and the unification of Africa as the means by which we may realize the full and rich potential of the Continent.
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GTAH completed a successful Mission to the Puerto Plata, Sosua Bay communities in the Dominican Republic in support of its partner Kids Explore, based in Williams Bay, Canada with the distribution of a 40ft container of aid comprising wheel chairs, crutches, canes, operating tables, several tons of medical supplies and equipment and clothing. Recipient organizations included the Puerto Plata Hospital , Sosua Bay Clinic, the Louisa Messon Foundation, Casa Nazareth Children's Hospital, Cabarete Clinic, the Mustard Seed Children's Home, Hogar De Anzianos and Hospital Ricardo Limardo. Thanks to the great leadership of Glen Lahey of Kids Explore who, in 2006 spear headed the twinning of the towns of Williams Lake, Canada and Sosua Bay, DR as a means of bringing aid, investments and more tourism to Sosua Bay and the Dominican Republic as a whole. Also special thanks to Jet Blue airways, Casa Marina Beach Hotel, SuperClub, Breezes, Scotia Bank, Gaetana Brugal, Maria Jiminez and last but not least, our host Mayor Vladimir Cespedes, Good job Glen.
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You are invited to join in the celebration of African Union Day at an event to be held at City Hall, NYC on Wednesday September 9th, 2009.The celebration programme begins at 5:30 pm. See notice.
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GTAH has organized a medical mission to Jamaica in support of the Foundation for International Self-Help (FISH) Medical Centre based in Gordon Town , Kingston . This mission which will include ophthalmologists, internists, and other medical specialists to the FISH Clinic is scheduled to take place in early February 2010. The exact details are still being formulated. We are looking for volunteers and for anyone or any group that may wish to donate items from the Clinic's wish list (attached). Thanks to former Ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations, Patricia Durrant, for putting GTAH and the FISH Clinic together for this effort.
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GTAH and Coalition Partners, United African Congress (UAC) Earth Rights Institute (ERI) will host an Award Dinner and Fundraiser for Humanitarian Projects at the Baruch College Vertical Campus Conference Center on 19 November, at 6.30 pm. The Campus is located at the corner of 24th Street and Lexington Ave in Manhattan. Proceeds will go to support the the Haiti Clean Water Project. Our objective in the immediate is to provide water purification equipment for 1200 households on the Plateau Central in Haiti in 2010 and the medium term goal to furnish a further 10,000 households with the equipment from 2011 through 2013. Water borne diseases are responsible for as much as 30% of the deaths of children under age 5. A high percentage of the people of Haiti do not have access to clean water. Maternity and Women's Health Program in Africa. This will focus initially on Sierra Leone Africa Unification Campaign. The coalition supports the unification of all the countries of Africa to create a United States of Africa as a means of ensuring that the continent will realize its full potential in all respects and take its place alongside the major economic powers as a factor to be considered. We support the building of a permanent memorial at the United Nations to honor the victims of slavery and the victims of the Trans-Atlantic Passage.
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With regard to the Awards, they will be given to individuals who have contributed to the upliftment of Africa and the peoples of the Diaspora here in the United States of America; H.E. Mr. Raymond Wolfe, Permanent ambassador of Jamaica to the United Nations for his leadership Ms Rachel Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary General on Gender issues and the Advancement of Women Dr Edmund Bourke, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the Downstate Medical Center, SUNY, in Brooklyn Hon. Mathew Haus, Chair/Commissioner of the NYC, TLC Rev Melvin Wilson, Pastor of the St Luke AME Church in Brooklyn and community leader Rev Shon Adkins, Pastor of the Antioch Baptist Church in Harlem and Community leader.
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Interesting at first, the little kids crept closer to the container to see what we (the Gringos) were doing. Then they came in. They were followed by two older boys who just began to work very hard. They were then followed by some older girls. They were such a lovely and loving family but unless there is a way for them to find opportunities for advancement, including education and jobs, the cycle of subsistence living might still continue into the next generation. We hope to give them a hand.

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