Procedures for Submission of Requests for Assistance

AKF welcomes genuine requests for assistance from individuals and/or officials for and on behalf of schools, libraries, relevant non-for-profit organizations and communities. Such requests, supported by statistical data to establish the need for assistance, should be forwarded by e-mail to or by post to Affordable Knowledge Foundation, 119 Lehigh Avenue, Newark, NJ 07112, U.S.A. All requests, to follow the following or similar format, should furnish:

(i) Name of Person Making the Request:____________________________

(ii) Street Address (Not Post Office Box): ___________________________

1. City:______________ Province/State:______________ Country:_____________

2. E-mail address: (if any)  ___________________________

(iii) Place of Employment: ___________________________

(iv) Position Held: ___________________________

(v) Name of Institution/Community for which the Request is made.

If for an individual, name the person: ___________________________

(vi) Street Address of the Institution/Individual:___________________________

City:______________ Province/State:______________ Country:_____________

e-mail address (if any): ___________________________

(vii) Category/Purpose of Request (check x for correct one (s) below):

1. Request for books, journals, magazines (please specify books needed)*

2. Request for scholarship (s), fellowship (s) or internship (specify)**

3. Request for science laboratory equipment/apparatus/computers or seeking help build a central science laboratory for surrounding schools

4. Request for Volunteer teachers/school administrators

5. Request for joint conduct of seminars, workshops, summits, conferences, among others

6. Other (specify)***

(viii) If vii(c) above, please furnish additional information including:

1. Name, address and population of the would-be beneficiary community;

2. Total population primary and secondary school students in the community;

3. Number of schools to benefit from the proposed central science center/laboratory or library ;

4. Proposed location of the center (attach a geographical sketch);

5. State the various types of equipment needed and the estimated local cost and the US Dollar equivalent for the project including the construction of the laboratory building and the equipment/apparatus;

6. Proposed number of staff for effective administration of the proposed central science center/laboratory and their collective annual salary;

7. Proposed means of transportation of students/pupils from the various beneficiary schools to the center and the proposed roster for fair use and access of all to the center;

8. Proposed monitoring mechanism to assess the impact of the center on the education performance of beneficiary students/pupils in particular and the overall interests of the relevant communities; and

9. Efforts/provisions already made or contribution to be made by the community towards the realization of the project, for instance, the provision of land and labor for the construction of the science laboratory building.