Sabre's Romania initiative was undertaken in conjunction with the Peace Corps
WHITE HOUSE HONORS SABRE'S BOSNIA, ROMANIA INITIATIVES
When First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Eastern Europe this summer, she noted a desperate need for teaching materials, especially for children. English-language texts were in demand even at the youngest grades.
Independently of her visit, Sabre had been soliciting donations to meet increasing requests from the field for children's materials. Thus, the Foundation was able to make a special donation of children's books, encyclopedias, and cassettes, in commemoration of the First Lady's visit to schools and orphanages in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania.
To honor and encourage these initiatives, Mrs. Clinton scheduled White House meetings with participants in Sabre's Bosnia and Romania programs. The private meeting was followed by a larger gathering, addressed by the First Lady and UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright, recognizing several projects in Bosnia and launching a hospital partnership between Buffalo and Tuzla.
Sabre's Romania initiative was undertaken in conjunction with the Peace Corps and a Romanian NGO. The Foundation's Bosnia shipment is the first part of a larger project to resupply destroyed library collections of the war-torn country (see below).
At the larger East Room ceremonies, Mrs. Clinton called special attention to Sabre's work, noting that the Foundation has delivered books valued at more than $60 million in the former Soviet bloc since 1986. She called Sabre's program an "outstanding example of a public-private initiative."
