Dear OSA Members and friends of OSA,

Please look at the request of Jimma University Oromo Folklore Department appeal and respond to them generously. This young university needs our help. OSA is counting on all Oromo professionals to help our young people. Please take few minutes of your time and plan how to get this book. Please ask coworkers, friends, relatives or your bosses to donate these books. Before you know we will have truck load of books. Please plan and ask. Asking for books donation is the easiest favor you can ask anyone you come across.

People are very generous when you ask for book donation. It might be much easier if you contact Obbo Habtamu to make shipment arrangements. OSA can coordinate with Obbo Habtamu. Please take the list to your local libraries and you might collect more than you need in a very short period of time.

Obbo Habtamu Dhugo, OSA contact person received the following message:
I have just (02/25/2010) received a list of books from prof Dereje Fufa, the chairman of the Department of Oromo Folklore at Jimma University. Individual OSA members and OSA as an organization can buy and donate books listed by topics.

Dereje would especially like willing individuals to donate books listed under the heading "Very Crucial Ones of All'. Book donations can be made directly from OSA to the Department of Oromo Folklore or individually to the department. Donor names will be put on the titles page of each book to acknowledge the generous assistance. Please contact profs Dereje Fufa or Melkamu Dumessa to provide you with shipping addresses at emails melkamu94@yahoo.com and dereje_2008@yahoo.com

Jimma University is a young University http://www.ju.edu.et. The Department of Oromo Folklore is one of the youngest programs there, probably less than 5 years since inauguration. I am aware that professors there are trying to run the department virtually with no reference books or resources in English or Afaan Oromo. Any donations people make will make a difference in the lives of students and teachers at the department. Interested individuals can donate any books they can afford.

If you get donations from organizations, we can use OSA’s Tax exempt number. Individuals can also use OSA’s Tax exempt number. Please contact Obbo Habtamu Dhugo for coordination at www.boruufwaqaa@gmail.com.

Thank you,
Haile Hirpa, PhD
OSA President