Adjunct professor at CSI wants to help children in Africa get a better education
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Volunteers and donations are being sought for a foundation created by a College of Staten Island adjunct professor that helps children in Africa access better education.
Interns and other volunteers are needed by the American Foundation for African Children’s Education (AFACE), a group whose mission is to repair and build schools for children in Africa. The non-profit was founded in 2006 by Serigne Diouck, who graduated from CSI in 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in finance and international business, according to information supplied by student volunteer Thomas Brigandi.
Diouck, a St. George resident, has been teaching finance, international business and economics at CSI since 2004 and also is president and CEO of USA International Business Group, Manhattan.
“Serigne Diouck is a people-oriented person, well known for investing his own time to important causes,” said Dr. Thomas Tellefsen, chair of the Business Department at CSI.
“He makes a strong contribution in the classroom, with both the finance and international business curriculum. We are certainly proud that his expertise in these areas, joined by his dedication to transforming lives, is evident both here on Staten Island as well as with the communities and students of Africa.”
The money collected by AFACE’s volunteers in the United States is wired directly to local hardware stores in Africa, which then give the construction supplies to the local volunteers. This strategy enables a roughly 70 percent cost savings per project because both fundraising and building are completed by volunteers.
What makes AFACE unique is that the foundation has a zero expense ratio thanks to a diverse group of volunteers, most of whom are students in the Business Department of CSI. Volunteers include CSI students Brigandi, Ali Mubarez, Sana Humayun, Fahad Ahmed, Ali Alaskari, Shady Ghadban, Shital Shah, Faizan Sattar, Carolyn Edwaards, Alessandro Noto and Saadiya Lallmohamed.
In addition to doing a good deed by helping children in Africa, the students are learning fundraising and project management skills and about globalization and international business, Diouck said. The overall goal of the foundation “is to broaden the volunteers’ horizons and give them a chance to gain a foundation in the notion of service to others at an early age,” Diouck said.
Diouck has a slogan that resonates with volunteers on both sides of the Atlantic:
“You don’t have to wait to become a millionaire to make a big difference in people’s lives. Let’s make a difference now!”
To volunteer or donate, call 917-592-1739 or by e-mail at info@AFACE.org, or visit AFACE.org.
Adjunct professor at CSI wants to help children in Africa get a better education
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Volunteers and donations are being sought for a foundation created by a College of Staten Island adjunct professor that helps children in Africa access better education.
Interns and other volunteers are needed by the American Foundation for African Children’s Education (AFACE), a group whose mission is to repair and build schools for children in Africa. The non-profit was founded in 2006 by Serigne Diouck, who graduated from CSI in 1995 with a bachelor of science degree in finance and international business, according to information supplied by student volunteer Thomas Brigandi.
Diouck, a St. George resident, has been teaching finance, international business and economics at CSI since 2004 and also is president and CEO of USA International Business Group, Manhattan.
“Serigne Diouck is a people-oriented person, well known for investing his own time to important causes,” said Dr. Thomas Tellefsen, chair of the Business Department at CSI.
“He makes a strong contribution in the classroom, with both the finance and international business curriculum. We are certainly proud that his expertise in these areas, joined by his dedication to transforming lives, is evident both here on Staten Island as well as with the communities and students of Africa.”
The money collected by AFACE’s volunteers in the United States is wired directly to local hardware stores in Africa, which then give the construction supplies to the local volunteers. This strategy enables a roughly 70 percent cost savings per project because both fundraising and building are completed by volunteers.
What makes AFACE unique is that the foundation has a zero expense ratio thanks to a diverse group of volunteers, most of whom are students in the Business Department of CSI. Volunteers include CSI students Brigandi, Ali Mubarez, Sana Humayun, Fahad Ahmed, Ali Alaskari, Shady Ghadban, Shital Shah, Faizan Sattar, Carolyn Edwaards, Alessandro Noto and Saadiya Lallmohamed.
In addition to doing a good deed by helping children in Africa, the students are learning fundraising and project management skills and about globalization and international business, Diouck said. The overall goal of the foundation “is to broaden the volunteers’ horizons and give them a chance to gain a foundation in the notion of service to others at an early age,” Diouck said.
Diouck has a slogan that resonates with volunteers on both sides of the Atlantic:
“You don’t have to wait to become a millionaire to make a big difference in people’s lives. Let’s make a difference now!”
To volunteer or donate, call 917-592-1739 or by e-mail at info@AFACE.org, or visit AFACE.org.