Sudan-American Foundation for Education

Sudan-American Foundation for Education (SAFE) "was established in 1985 as a nonprofit [501 (c)3] by concerned American and Sudanese business persons, academics, and government officials to help improve educational opportunities for Sudanese children and youth. Currently, this goal is being accomplished by collecting and delivering donated books to university, college, and public libraries throughout the Sudan."

Supporters

Directors
Accessed October 2007:
 * President - Osman Alnifaidy - Former Professor, Khartoum University, Consultant
 * Secretary/Treasurer - Edith H. Grotberg - Adjunct professor, Georgetown University, former Professor, the Ahfad University for Women; former Professor, American University

Directors
 * Ismail Abdalla - Professor of African History, College of William and Mary
 * Kamal ElMahdi - Consultant, Telecommunications
 * Ibrahim A. Elbadawi - Lead Economist and Co-Manager, World Bank Research Project on the Economics of Political and Criminal Violence
 * Lee G. Burchinal - Former Associate Professor, Iowa State University; Adjunct Professor, The Ahfad University for Women; Founder and Executive Director, SAFE
 * Donna Cowan
 * Mohamed Khalil, Consultant: International Law, former Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Khartoum ; now a consultant
 * Abdelrahim E. Abdelraof - ECPI College of Technology
 * Peter Bechtold - Chief, Middle East Section, Foreign Policy Institute, Department of State
 * Tagelsir Elrayah - Language Training Supervisor for Arabic, Foreign Service Institute
 * Eltayeb A. El Salawi - Former Sudanese Under-Secretary of Education and Cultural Attaché to the USA ; Director of Education, Islamic Saudi Academy
 * Ibrahim Azim Samara - Retired OAU administrrator (Organization of African Unity )
 * Omar E. Taha - Desk officer, International Medical Corps, Washington, D.C.
 * John Voll - Professor of Islamic history, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
 * Lee Burchinal, Executive Director - Sudan-American Foundation for Education, Inc.

Former Directors
"The following persons have served as SAFE directors in past years. Names of current directors are listed under Directors . Names are listed in alphabetical order based on first names. This follows the Arab custom of using first names for individuals. Titles and organizational affiliations are listed as of the time the individuals served as directors of SAFE.


 * Atif A. Saghayroun, University of Khartoum, Sudan
 * Balghis Badri, University of Khartoum, Sudan
 * Babiker Badri, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan
 * D. W. McArthur, Group Vice President, 3M Company, St Paul, MN
 * Don Bonker, Congressman, state of Washington
 * Dorothy Young, Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
 * Elise Fiber Smith, Winrock International, Washington, DC
 * Farouk El Tayeb Mirghani, Managing Director, Mediterranean Engineering and Trading Company, Khartoum, Sudan
 * Florence Fee, Government Relations and Contracts, Chevron Overseas Petroleum, San Francisco , CA
 * Francis Deng, Brookings Foundation, Washington, DC
 * Grace Matthews, Legal Department, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY
 * Iz El Din AlSayid, speaker of the National Assembly, Khartoum, Sudan
 * Lamarr Kopp, professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park , PA
 * Mahasin A. Haj Al-Sufi, University of Khartoum, Sudan
 * Mahjub Al-Badawi, Minister of Education, Khartoum, Sudan
 * Mansur Khalid, the United Nations, New York , NY
 * Marcia Dawkins, the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
 * Osmon Haboub, president, Overseas Trading and Shipping, Washington, DC
 * Robert Collins, professor of history, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
 * Salah I. Ahmed, chairman, ChemImport, Khartoum, Sudan
 * Al-Sheik Mahjoub Jaafar, University of Khartoum, Sudan
 * Taha Al-Rubi, managing director, Al-Rubi Company, Khartoum, Sudan
 * Toby Madwot, physican, Wau and Khartoum, Sudan
 * Walid Taha Al-Malik, World Bank, Washington , DC
 * ElWaleed Taha, International Monetary Fund, Washington , DC
 * Ahmed El-Bashir, Professor of History, University of the District of Columbia, retired

Contact

 * Web: http://www.sudan-safe.org

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