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...Each of us has the power to make a difference,” William Scott ’10, an HASA member, wrote in an introduction to the event. “And to contribute to eradicating the pervasive problem of the lack of clean drinking water...
Achebe added that by holding this event, HASA hopes to give everyone at Harvard a chance to contribute to improving the water situation in Africa...
...nearly one-fourth of my 25th reunion class formed Harvard Alumni for Social Action (HASA) to try to make improving education for the world’s poorest students part of Harvard’s development approach. We lobbied Harvard to allow our class to set up an alternate gift, in Harvard’s honor, which would build the institutional capacity of a university in sub-Saharan Africa with which Harvard already has academic collaborations. In view of the devastating impact of AIDS on African academics and the dilapidated state of their institutions, we felt that a class donation...
Hence, strengthening alumni bonds through alternative giving should become part of a new development paradigm for the wealthiest universities. But this is easier said than done. For example, getting Harvard to support HASA has been a challenge. After considerable pressure, the university agreed to authorize a fund to provide scholarships for graduate students from Africa, because those dollars would flow directly to Harvard’s coffers. While the decision in itself is a victory, Harvard still fails to recognize the serious need of African universities for basic infrastructure, nor does it embrace this need as a legitimate...
...lead universities in inspiring alumni to look beyond the hallowed halls. Harvard has much to gain by supporting such a paradigm shift, especially since it would invigorate ties with many alumni who currently question whether Harvard truly needs their money. Sharing some of those tax-free dollars through HASA would make an exponential difference in the ability of developing nations to offer university education to their brightest citizens...