INSTRUCTIONS

You are FSO Pat O’Brien, newly arrived at the US Embassy in Rhodeon,
Kiswahililand.  You are taking over some work from FSO Linda Gonzalez, who is
on maternity leave.  She has left you a file with the following documents.  Read the
documents, and draft a memo outlining a proposed course of action to Ambassador
James A. Whitfield.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

 OBITUARIES
Paul Ndungane of New York, 87, passed away last Monday at United
Methodist Hospital of natural causes.  He is survived by his wife
of 55 years, Mary Ndungane, and their sons Peter and Michael.

Mr. Ndungane was born on February 14 , 1919, into a middle class

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family in Rhodeon, British East Africa, modern day

Kiswahililand.  His father a civil servant and his mother a
teacher, Mr. Ndungane enjoyed a stable childhood, and at the age
of 15 he enrolled at the prestigious Rhodeon Preparatory School,
where he excelled at rugby and mathematics.  He went on to
Livingstone International University in Rhodeon four years later,
where he graduated summa cum laude with a masters in Economics in
1943.  After serving in the British Africa Corps in Egypt from
1943-1945, Mr. Ndungane studied economics at Oxford, where he
received his PhD in 1948.

That same year, Mr. Ndungane immigrated to the United States.  He

first served as a professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta,
where he met Mary Turner Jackson, daughter of the provost at
Morehouse, and junior at nearby Spelman College; they married in
1951.

Mr. Ndungane left academia for the business world; he was among
the first generation of influential African-American
businessmen.  The Ndunganes moved to New York, where Paul secured
a position at Morgan Stanley.  He rose quickly through the ranks,
securing a vice presidency by 1958.  In that year, their first
child, a daughter, was born; she was to die in childbirth.  Mrs.
Ndungane was soon pregnant again, and their son Peter was born in
1959; another son, Michael, was born two years later.

In 1963 Ndungane left Morgan Stanley, and founded his own

brokerage firm, Rhodeon International Ltd.  After a rocky start,
the company took off, and by 1967 it had gone public.  By 1974
Rhodeon International had the distinction of being the first
minority-owned business to make the S&P 500 List.

Mr. Ndungane nurtured a lifelong love of learning and the arts. 

He returned to Kiswahililand frequently, and amassed a
considerable collection of ancient and modern arts from that
country.  During the devastating civil war that racked the
country from 1967 to 1975, Mr. Ndungane is credited with saving
countless Kiswahililand artifacts and museum pieces from
destruction, and shipping them to his home in Manhattan.  In one
famous incident, Mr. Ndungane purchased fully half of the
artifacts in the Kiswahililand National Museum from then dictator
General Robert Bassina, and in a daring escape shipped them out
of the country aboard one of his company’s cargo ships.  In 1982
Mr. Ndungane was on the board of directors for the fledgling
African Art Institute, to which he donated his entire
collection.  In recent years, Ndungane had come under increasing
criticism from leaders of Kiswahililand’s National Patriot Party
for failing to return the museum artifacts after the cessation of
hostilities in 1975; Mr. Ndungane dismissed such criticism,
saying that all of his pieces were fairly purchased, and would
remain in New York.  The director of the African Art Institute
declined to comment.

Mr. Ndungane was involved in charitable causes for many years;

from 1985 to 1989, he sat on the board of the International Red
Cross.  In 1985 he founded the Paul Ndungane Fellowship for
Kiswahililand students wishing to study in the United States. 
Congressman Nelson Matabele of Illinois was an early recipient of
the fellowship.

A public viewing will be held on Thursday at United Methodist

Hospital from 9am till noon, and a private funeral will be held
on Friday.  The family asks that donations to the American Red
Cross be made in lieu of flowers.

CHARTER
PAUL NDUNGANE FELLOWSHIP

In order to increase educational opportunities, economic development, and improve friendly

relations with the United States of America, I, Paul Ndungane, hereby found for the people of

Kiswahililand the PAUL NDUNGANE FELLOWSHIP.

1) The fellowship will be awarded annually, out of a fund of fifty-thousand U.S. dollars

($50,000) deposited annually in a bank account for that purpose.  

2) Money will be granted for advanced study at accredited U.S. colleges and universities only.  

3) Eligible candidates must:

a) be citizens of Kiswahililand

b) be at least eighteen (18) years of age

c) have graduated from an accredited, four year college or university in Kiswahililand.

d) speak English

e) be of excellent moral character

f) demonstrate excellent academic potential.

4) The selection of fellows will be determined every year no later than May 1 , by the Public
st

Diplomacy Officer (PDO) of the U.S. Embassy in Rhodeon, in concord with a volunteer panel of

fellow Embassy workers, as necessary.  Details of the application and selection process will be

set by the PDO and the board.

5) The number of fellowships granted per year and their amount will be determined by the PDO

and the board.  If all of the money is not spent, or if there are no qualified applicants in any given

year, the leftover money is to be returned to the fund for future use.

6) I, Paul Ndungane, maintain the right to veto any candidate selected for a fellowship, at my

own discretion.
TO: Linda Gonzalez
FROM: Peter Ndungane

Dear Ms. Gonzalez,

I have been trying to reach your colleague Helen Crawford for several weeks, but I have not
heard back from her.  I am the heir of the Paul Ndungane Fellowship, and in looking over the
Fellowship’s financial transactions, I am concerned that there may have been some
misappropriation of funds.  As the Public Diplomacy Officer at the US Embassy in
Kiswahililand, and thus the local director of the Paul Ndungane Fellowship, Ms. Crawford may
be able to allay some of my concerns, so I would very urgently like to speak with her.  Please
forward this message to her, and ask her to contact me immediately.

-- Peter Ndungane
Director, Rhodeon International Ltd.
FROM: Linda Gonzalez
TO: Helen Crawford

Helen –

Paul Ndungane’s son says he has been trying to get in touch with you for the past couple weeks. 
He’s worried about the fellowship – do you know anything about this?  Please get back to him
right away.

-- Linda

>TO: Linda Gonzalez

>FROM: Peter Ndungane
>
>Dear Ms. Gonzalez,
>
>I have been trying to reach your colleague Helen Crawford for several weeks, but I have >not
heard back from her.  I am the heir of the Paul Ndungane Fellowship, and in >looking over the
Fellowship’s financial transactions, I am concerned that there may >have been some
misappropriation of funds.  As the Public Diplomacy Officer at the >US Embassy in
Kiswahililand, and thus the local director of the Paul Ndungane >Fellowship, Ms. Crawford may
be able to allay some of my concerns, so I would very >urgently like to speak with her.  Please
forward this message to her, and ask her to >contact me immediately.
>
>-- Peter Ndungane
>Director, Rhodeon International Ltd.
>
>
>
FROM: Helen Crawford
TO: Linda Gonzalez

Hi Linda.

I’ve been busy with organizing the senator’s visit -- I’ll get back to peter right away.  I don’t
know what he’s concerned about; I’m not aware of anything wrong with the fellowship.  Don’t
worry about it.

Helen

>FROM: Linda Gonzalez

>TO: Helen Crawford
>
>Helen –
>
>Paul Ndungane’s son says he has been trying to get in touch with you for the past >couple
weeks.  He’s worried about the fellowship – do you know anything about this?  >Please get back
to him right away.
>
>-- Linda
>
>>TO: Linda Gonzalez
>>FROM: Peter Ndungane
>>
>>Dear Ms. Gonzalez,
>>
>>I have been trying to reach your colleague Helen Crawford for several weeks, but I >>have
not heard back from her.  I am the heir of the Paul Ndungane Fellowship, and in >>looking over
the Fellowship’s financial transactions, I am concerned that there may >>have been some
misappropriation of funds.  As the Public Diplomacy Officer at the >>US Embassy in
Kiswahililand, and thus the local director of the Paul Ndungane >>Fellowship, Ms. Crawford
may be able to allay some of my concerns, so I would >>very urgently like to speak with her. 
Please forward this message to her, and ask her >>to contact me immediately.
>>
>>-- Peter Ndungane
>>Director, Rhodeon International Ltd.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

FROM: Peter Ndungane

TO: Linda Gonzalez

Ms. Gonzalez,

I have still not heard from Ms. Crawford regarding my concerns about the Paul Ndungane
Fellowship, and at this point I’m afraid to say my suspicions have deepened.  I suspect Ms.
Crawford is avoiding me, and that she herself may be involved in the money missing from the
Fellowship fund.  I have included a spreadsheet of the bank transactions and the recorded
expenditures from the fund.  If you have any idea about the apparently missing funds, please let
me know immediately.  I do not want to jump to any conclusions about Ms. Crawford’s or
anyone’s guilt, but I would like to have a clear and thorough understanding of where my father’s
money is going.

-- Peter Ndungane
Director, Rhodeon International Ltd.
PAUL NDUNGANE FELLOWSHIP
ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS
YEA YEAR DEPOSITED YEAR WITHDRAWN YEAR END
R BEGINNING BEGINNING TOTAL
TOTAL PLUS
DEPOSIT
1985 $0.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 $37,000.00 $13,000.00
1986 $13,325.00 $50,000.00 $63,325.00 $48,000.00 $15,325.00
1987 $15,708.13 $50,000.00 $65,708.13 $49,000.00 $16,708.13
1988 $17,125.83 $50,000.00 $67,125.83 $52,000.00 $15,125.83
1989 $15,503.97 $50,000.00 $65,503.97 $58,000.00 $7,503.97
1990 $7,691.57 $50,000.00 $57,691.57 $58,000.00 -$308.43
1991 -$316.14 $50,000.00 $49,683.86 $53,000.00 -$3,316.14
1992 -$3,399.04 $50,000.00 $46,600.96 $55,000.00 -$8,399.04
1993 -$8,609.02 $50,000.00 $41,390.98 $46,000.00 -$4,609.02
1994 -$4,724.24 $50,000.00 $45,275.76 $45,000.00 $275.76
1995 $282.65 $50,000.00 $50,282.65 $45,000.00 $5,282.65
1996 $5,414.72 $50,000.00 $55,414.72 $46,000.00 $9,414.72
1997 $9,650.09 $50,000.00 $59,650.09 $43,000.00 $16,650.09
1998 $17,066.34 $50,000.00 $67,066.34 $46,000.00 $21,066.34
1999 $21,593.00 $50,000.00 $71,593.00 $41,000.00 $30,593.00
2000 $31,357.82 $50,000.00 $81,357.82 $36,000.00 $45,357.82
2001 $46,491.77 $50,000.00 $96,491.77 $34,000.00 $62,491.77
2002 $64,054.06 $50,000.00 $114,054.06 $35,000.00 $79,054.06
2003 $81,030.41 $50,000.00 $131,030.41 $55,000.00 $76,030.41
2004 $77,931.17 $50,000.00 $127,931.17 $67,000.00 $60,931.17
2005 $62,454.45 $50,000.00 $112,454.45 $72,000.00 $40,454.45
2006 $41,465.81 $50,000.00 $91,465.81 $75,000.00 $16,465.81
2007 $16,877.46 $50,000.00 $66,877.46 -- --
PAUL NDUNGANE FELLOWSHIP
ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS MINUS INTEREST RATES
YEA YEAR DEPOSITED YEAR WITHDRAWN YEAR END
R BEGINNING BEGINNING TOTAL
TOTAL PLUS
DEPOSIT
1985 $0.00 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Be $13,000.00
1986 $13,000.00 $50,000.00 $63,000.00 $48,000.00 $15,000.00
1987 $15,000.00 $50,000.00 $65,000.00 $49,000.00 $16,000.00
1988 $16,000.00 $50,000.00 $66,000.00 $52,000.00 $14,000.00
1989 $14,000.00 $50,000.00 $64,000.00 $58,000.00 $6,000.00
1990 $6,000.00 $50,000.00 $56,000.00 $58,000.00 -$2,000.00
1991 -$2,000.00 $50,000.00 $48,000.00 $53,000.00 -$5,000.00
1992 -$5,000.00 $50,000.00 $45,000.00 $55,000.00 -$10,000.00
1993 -$10,000.00 $50,000.00 $40,000.00 $46,000.00 -$6,000.00
1994 -$6,000.00 $50,000.00 $44,000.00 $45,000.00 -$1,000.00
1995 -$1,000.00 $50,000.00 $49,000.00 $45,000.00 $4,000.00
1996 $4,000.00 $50,000.00 $54,000.00 $46,000.00 $8,000.00
1997 $8,000.00 $50,000.00 $58,000.00 $43,000.00 $15,000.00
1998 $15,000.00 $50,000.00 $65,000.00 $46,000.00 $19,000.00
1999 $19,000.00 $50,000.00 $69,000.00 $41,000.00 $28,000.00
2000 $28,000.00 $50,000.00 $78,000.00 $36,000.00 $42,000.00
2001 $42,000.00 $50,000.00 $92,000.00 $34,000.00 $58,000.00
2002 $58,000.00 $50,000.00 $108,000.00 $35,000.00 $73,000.00
2003 $73,000.00 $50,000.00 $123,000.00 $55,000.00 $68,000.00
2004 $68,000.00 $50,000.00 $118,000.00 $67,000.00 $51,000.00
2005 $51,000.00 $50,000.00 $101,000.00 $72,000.00 $29,000.00
2006 $29,000.00 $50,000.00 $79,000.00 $75,000.00 $4,000.00
2007 $4,000.00 $50,000.00 $54,000.00 -- --
 PAUL NDUNGANE FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
YEA NAME SCHOOL COURSE OF FELLOWSHIP TOTAL
R STUDY AMOUNT YEAR
AMOUNT
1985 Richard Morehouse Anthropology $21,000.00 　
Mumbar College
1985 Nelson University of Political $16,000.00 　
Matabele  Chicago Science
　 　 　 　 　 $37,000.00
1986 Honora Prince University of English $24,000.00 　
Virginia
1986 Amica Stanford International $24,000.00 　
Gibbons University Relations
　 　 　 　 　 $48,000.00
1987 Bernard Dickinson French $13,000.00 　
Regala College
1987 Homer King Muhlenberg Economics $17,000.00 　
College
1987 George Pomona Philosophy $19,000.00 　
Baswana College
　 　 　 　 　 $49,000.00
1988 Franca Porto University of African $22,000.00 　
Novo Ohio Studies
1988 Mario Legume Rice Biology $28,000.00 　
University
　 　 　 　 　 $50,000.00
1989 Ferdinand UC-Irvine Physics $40,000.00 　
Seswane
1989 Mara Lolana University of Peace $18,000.00 　
Pennsylvania Studies
　 　 　 　 　 $58,000.00
1990 Constable Clemson Chemistry $38,000.00 　
Richmond University
1990 Feliz Swallow University of Computer $20,000.00 　
Chicago Science
　 　 　 　 　 $58,000.00
1991 Benjamin Yoh Boston Religious $30,000.00 　
College Studies
1991 Franklin Pierce Yale Political $23,000.00 　
University Science
　 　 　 　 　 $53,000.00
1992 Josiah Brigham English $25,000.00 　
Mstbebe Young Literature
University
1992 Maria Jobim University of Bio-Physics $30,000.00 　
Arizona
　 　 　 　 　 $55,000.00
1993 Happy Molina Harvard Economic $24,000.00 　
University Philosophy
1993 Sonora University of Music $22,000.00 　
Bamako the South
　 　 　 　 　 $46,000.00
1994 Paul Bellamy Duke Ecology $26,000.00 　
University
1994 Marla Catholic American $19,000.00 　
Ndogone University Studies
　 　 　 　 　 $45,000.00
1995 Harvard Princeton International $22,000.00 　
Comeuppance University Relations
1995 Stephen Fisk English $18,000.00 　
Nigello University
1995 Roberto Annan Fisk Music $15,000.00 　
University
　 　 　 　 　 $55,000.00
1996 Winifred UC-San Marine $46,000.00 　
Mugabe Diego Biology
　 　 　 　 　 $46,000.00
1997 Johnson College of the Mathematics $23,000.00 　
Tucker Holy Cross
1997 Bartholomew Boston Computer $20,000.00 　
Washington University Science
　 　 　 　 　 $43,000.00
1998 Thomas M American Political $16,000.00 　
Allen University Science
1998 Edwin University of Biology $30,000.00 　
Symbole Tennessee
　 　 　 　 　 $46,000.00
1999 Marcus Northwestern Economics $31,000.00 　
Lolongwe University
1999 Fatimah Cornell Art History $12,000.00 　
Principe University
　 　 　 　 　 $43,000.00
2000 Serena Peace University of International $36,000.00 　
 Arkansas Relations
　 　 　 　 　 $36,000.00
2001 Duke UCLA Philosophy $16,000.00 　
Printemps
2001 Consuela Georgetown Political $18,000.00 　
Mbaban University Science
　 　 　 　 　 $34,000.00
2002 Lucy DeMartini University of History $35,000.00 　
Virginia
　 　 　 　 　 $35,000.00
2003 Richard University of Psychology $25,000.00 　
Freeman Kentucky
　 　 　 　 　 $25,000.00
2004 Farukh University of Political $17,000.00 　
Mohammed Pennsylvania Science
　 　 　 　 　 $17,000.00
2005 Amina Brown Duke English $22,000.00 　
University Literature
　 　 　 　 　 $22,000.00
2006 Georgia UCLA Philosophy $20,000.00 　
Martins
　 　 　 　 　 $20,000.00
FROM: Linda Gonzalez
TO: Helen Crawford

Helen –

I have received some information on the Ndungabe Fellowship funds from Peter Ndungane.  It
appears that there is quite a bit of money from the past few years that is unaccounted for.  Peter
and I are both extremely concerned about this.  Please come by my office this afternoon.

-- Linda
 TRANSCRIPT
STATEMENT OF HELEN CRAWFORD

HELEN CRAWFORD:  I began work as the Public Diplomacy Officer at US Embassy

Rhodeon, Kiswahililand in early Spring, 2003.  This was about the time the famine in
Kiswahililand began in earnest: food was scarce across the country, the corrupt
Kiswahililand bureaucracy was preventing food aid from getting to its proper
destinations, and mounting numbers of people were dying every week.

When I arrived I learned about my duties as director of the Paul Ndungane Fellowship. 
Because of the turmoil in the country, there were very few applications for the
Fellowship that year.  Ultimately, I decided only one applicant was qualified, a young
man named Richard Freeman who wanted to study Psychology at the University of
Kentucky.  I looked at his needs, the cost of his program, and how long he wanted to
study, and decided to award him a $25,000 fellowship.

At that time the fellowship had accrued quite a bit of money, totaling, if I remember
correctly, over $100,000.  I happened to speak with Paul Ndungane over the telephone
around this time.  He was very upset about the situation in his home country, and he
had called to find out what the US Embassy was doing about the famine.  I let him know
what I could, and at this point he told me that I should spend the extra fellowship funds
as I saw fit to help the victims of the famine.

SECURITY OFFICER PAUL DIMAGGIO:  He told you this over the phone?

CRAWFORD:  Yes.

DIMAGGIO:  Did he ever put this in writing?

CRAWFORD:  Not that I remember, no.

LINDA GONZALEZ:  Did you ever tell anyone?  I don’t remember hearing about it.

CRAWFORD:  No, I didn’t see any need to.  I administered the fellowship program by
myself, so I thought I’d do this by myself as well.  Time was critical – people were dying.

DIMAGGIO:  You did the fellowship program by yourself?  Isn’t there supposed to be a
committee to help you?
CRAWFORD:  I think there is supposed to be, technically.  But when I got here my
predecessor, Abe Bowman, told me it hadn’t been done that way for years.  Everyone
else was always so busy, and there were a manageable number of applicants for the
PDO to do it themself.

GONZALEZ:  Please go on.  What did you do with the money?

CRAWFORD:  I gave it to the orphanage.  I wrote a series of checks.

DIMAGGIO:  Which orphanage?

CRAWFORD:  Rhodeon Children’s Home.  The one the ambassador visited last month.

GONZALEZ:  The one the Reverend Graham Williams is supporting?

CRAWFORD:  Yes.  The ambassador met with Rev. Williams there last month.

DIMAGGIO:  Aren’t we already supporting the orphanage?  I thought I saw –

CRAWFORD:  Barely.  We sent them a couple thousand that year – maybe as high as
$10,000, I don’t remember.  Essentially nothing.  The orphanage was swamped, it was
madness.  Parents from all over Kiswahililand were sending their kids there just so they
could get something to eat.

GONZALEZ:  How much did you send them?

CRAWFORD:  I don’t remember; it was spread out over a couple checks.  I’d have to
look through my records.

DIMAGGIO:  Did you use the money for anything else?

CRAWFORD:  No, absolutely not.  Only for the fellowship and the orphanage.

DIMAGGIO:  Did you tell them where the money was coming from?

CRAWFORD:  I don’t remember.  I think I just included it with the money from the
embassy.

GONZALEZ:  Okay.  What else?

CRAWFORD:  Well…nothing, really.  I’ve continued to use the funds to award

fellowships and to support the orphanage.

DIMAGGIO:  The famine ended in 2004.

CRAWFORD:  Yes, but Kiswahililand’s problems didn’t.  You know as well I do how
many AIDS orphans there are in this country.

GONZALEZ:  Did you ever speak to Paul Ndungane again?

CRAWFORD:  No.  I’d heard he was in poor health these past couple of years, and I
didn’t want to bother him.

TO: Linda Gonzalez

FROM: Peter Ndungane
Ms. Gonzalez,

Thank you for your recent letter regarding Helen Crawford’s statement about the missing
fellowship funds.  My father never told me he gave authorization for his money to be spent this
way.  My mother, brother, and my father’s secretary are also unaware of any such event.  We
have found no record of it among his effects.

While the funding of the Rhodeon Children’s Home is a worthwhile cause, it is a cause better left
to government agencies and interested private organizations.  It is my belief that Ms. Crawford’s
donations were an inappropriate, unauthorized, and illegal use of my father’s money.

I do not wish to press charges against Ms. Crawford; it is my hope that this problem can be
solved amicably, without dragging it through the courts.  I will drop the matter if all the stolen
money is returned.

I must let you know that if the money is not returned, I may have to reconsider my support of the
fellowship program.  My father’s charitable interests, while laudable, are not my own.  It has
long been my belief that we should spend our limited resources to improve our own country, the
United States.  However, I am willing to support my father’s causes – as long as I can believe
that his money is being appropriately spent.

Please let me know what you intend to do about this.

-- Peter Ndungane
Director, Rhodeon International Ltd.

TO: Linda Gonzalez

FROM: Jonah Demas

Dear Ms. Gonzalez,

Thank you for your recent letter.  I have included a breakdown of all the
donations Rhodeon Children’s Home has received for the past three years. 
As you can see, we operate on an extremely tight budget here; all our
contributions are greatly appreciated, and are fully tax-deductible.  The help
we have received from your people at the U.S. Embassy has been invaluable
– your generous contributions have saved hundreds of lives.  The
devastation of the recent famine swelled our numbers immensely; I think we
would have literally collapsed without your help.

Please let me know if I can be of any other assistance to you, and God bless
you for your continued support,

Yours,

Jonah Demas
Director
Rhodeon Children’s Home

RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME

DONATIONS 2003
Rev. Graham Williamson $125,000.00
Foundation
　 　
U.S. Embassy Rhodeon $50,000.00
　 　
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $20,000.00
　 　
Children's Welfare International $20,000.00
　 　
Francois Giles $15,000.00
　 　
Embassy Australia $10,000.00
　 　
Embassy of the Netherlands $8,000.00
　 　
Ambassador James A. Whitfield $3,000.00

YEAR TOTAL DONATIONS $251,000.00

SAVINGS $100,000.00
EXPENDITURES $300,000.00

END OF YEAR REMAINDER $51,000.00

RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME

DONATIONS 2004
Rev. Graham Williamson $145,000.00
Foundation
　 　
U.S. Embassy Rhodeon $70,000.00
　 　
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $25,000.00
　 　
Children's Welfare International $25,000.00
　 　
Embassy Australia $15,000.00
　 　
Francois Giles $10,000.00
　 　
Embassy of the Netherlands $10,000.00
　 　
Ambassador James A. Whitfield $3,000.00

YEAR TOTAL DONATIONS $303,000.00

SAVINGS $51,000.00
EXPENDITURES $350,000.00

END OF YEAR REMAINDER $4,000.00

RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME

DONATIONS 2005
Rev. Graham Williamson $130,000.00
Foundation
　 　
U.S. Embassy Rhodeon $75,000.00
　 　
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $20,000.00
　 　
Children's Welfare International $20,000.00
　 　
Embassy Australia $12,000.00
　 　
Francois Giles $10,000.00
　 　
Embassy of the Netherlands $7,000.00
　 　
Ambassador James A. Whitfield $3,000.00

YEAR TOTAL DONATIONS $277,000.00

SAVINGS $51,000.00
EXPENDITURES $330,000.00

END OF YEAR REMAINDER -$2,000.00

RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME

DONATIONS 2006
Rev. Graham Williamson $125,000.00
Foundation
　 　
U.S. Embassy Rhodeon $75,000.00
　 　
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation $20,000.00
　 　
Children's Welfare International $18,000.00
　 　
Embassy Australia $10,000.00
　 　
Francois Giles $10,000.00
　 　
Embassy of the Netherlands $8,000.00
　 　
Ambassador James A. Whitfield $3,000.00

YEAR TOTAL DONATIONS $269,000.00

SAVINGS $51,000.00
EXPENDITURES $330,000.00

END OF YEAR REMAINDER -$10,000.00

THE RHODEON FREE PRESS

NEWS
US Ambassador James A. Whitfield and the Reverend Graham Williams met
yesterday at the Rhodeon Children’s Home in downtown Rhodeon.
“They’ve been by far our greatest contributors,” said orphanage director Jonah
Demas.  “We couldn’t have kept the orphanage open if it hadn’t been for their
support.”

The Ambassador and the Reverend toured the facilities in the morning, and met
with a group of orphans before leaving for lunch at Reverend William’s mission
house.  The Rhodeon Children’s Home has seen its numbers swell ever since the
2003 famine began.

“The famine hit us hard,” reported Demas.  “Children started pouring in from
all over Kiswahililand.  They were begging outside our doors.  We would have
had to turn them away if it hadn’t been for the increased support from the US
Embassy and the Reverend.”

Kendra Pullman came here in 2003 when she was 12.  “My whole village was
hungry,” she says, she said, smiling out from her bunk in a crowded girl’s
dormitory.  “My grandma didn’t have any food for me.”

“Kendra was dangerously underweight when she came here,” said Demas; “But
she’s doing well now.  She’s regained some weight, and she is doing well at
her studies.  We hope to reunite her with her family soon.”

Reverend Williams said he was proud of his contribution to the orphanage:

“When we started getting reports of what was going on in Kiswahililand, we
knew we had to do something.  The orphanage has been a great success – they
are truly doing God’s work.”

Ambassador Williams struck a similar chord.  “There are great things being
done here.  The American Embassy is proud to support this orphanage,” he said.

Orphanage director Demas was in fact surprised at how generous the US

government was.  “There’s an impression that the United States doesn’t care
about the people of Kiswahililand, so I didn’t expect much support from them. 
But I was pleasantly surprised by how generous they have been.  They have
really made the difference.”

FROM: Abe Bowman

TO: Linda Gonzalez

Dear Linda,

Thank you for your recent e-mail.  I was the Public Diplomacy Officer in
Rhodeon from 1999 to 2003, and I administered the Ndungane
Fellowship all those years.  My first year an officer in the consular
section helped me interview the applicants, but after that I did the
whole thing by myself every year.  It was really a one-person job, and
Paul Ndungane gave us complete freedom in how we ran it.  I met Paul
once when he came back to Kiswahililand on business.  I tried to ask
him some questions about the fellowship, but he did not seem too
interested in talking about it – as long as it was running smoothly, he
didn’t want to know.  He was a very nice person, but very hands-off –
too much so in my opinion.  He always took a personal interest in the
students we selected for the fellowship, but he was never interested in
the process by which we selected them.

Paul never said anything to me about using fellowship money for

anything other than fellowships.  Of course, the subject just never
came up.  I would be somewhat surprised if he actually did authorize
this – he was very dedicated to education, and if he wanted to
contribute to famine relief I think he would just donate some extra
money for that purpose.  He was a very rich man and could have done
that easily.  But I don’t know.

That’s all I know about the matter; if you have any more questions feel
free to contact me at any time.

FY 2003 BUDGET
US EMBASSY
RHODEON
 COUNTRY AID
RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME $20,000 

FY 2004 BUDGET
US EMBASSY
RHODEON
COUNTRY AID
RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME $20,000 

FY 2005 BUDGET
US EMBASSY
RHODEON
COUNTRY AID
RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME $25,000 

FY 2006 BUDGET
US EMBASSY
RHODEON
COUNTRY AID
RHODEON CHILDREN'S HOME $20,000 

-- Abe

TO: Linda Gonzalez

FROM: Mitch Stern
Linda

Here are the budgets you requested from the last couple of years, plus next year’s budget.  We’re
a bit tight next year – looks like we’re going to have to cut some aid funding.  Any re-
apportionment of funds is going to have to go through the ambassador.  Call me if you have any
questions.

Mitch

THE RHODEON FREE PRESS

NEWS
Ever since he was a little boy, Frances Ngozo wanted to move to the United
States.  “It was always my dream, to move to America,” he says wistfully,
staring out his window.  “And to think that I came so close…”

Ngozo did come very close to achieving his dream.  Last November, when Ngozo
was a senior computer science student at Livingstone International University,
he heard about the Paul Ndungane Fellowship.  Ndungane, a Kiswahililand native
who had emigrated to the United States and made a big success in New York,
started the fellowship in 1985 to help other Kiswahililand students to follow
in his footsteps.  “It sounded like the perfect opportunity,” says Ngozo.  “I
had been accepted to study computer engineering at Stanford University in
California, but I couldn’t afford it.  The Ndungane Fellowship was just what I
was looking for.”  Ngozo sent in his application, and last May he received
word that he had won.

“I was thrilled,” Ngozo says, “My family threw a big party for me.  I was
finally going to America!  I bought my plane ticket and everything.”  But just
a few weeks after hearing that he had won the fellowship, he received word
that he would not be receiving it after all.

“Mrs. Helen Crawford at the U.S. Embassy called me and said that the funding
had fallen through, and I wouldn’t get the fellowship,” Ngozo says.  “I was
devastated.  I asked her what had happened, but she wouldn’t tell me
anything.”

Ngozo had to call Stanford and tell them he would not be coming.  “They
offered me some financial aid,” he says, “but it wasn’t enough.  There was no
way I could afford what they wanted me to pay.”

Luckily, the story doesn’t end there.  Ngozo heard about another fellowship,
to study at Oxford University in England.  “The deadline had already passed,
but I called the fellowship office and explained what had happened to me, and
they were very understanding,” Ngozo explains.  He won the fellowship, and he
arrived at Oxford earlier this month.

“I’m very happy here,” Ngozo says.  “I would have liked to go to America, but
it just didn’t work out this time.”

U.S. political analyst James Miller sees this as a problem: “The United States
needs to do whatever it can to attract the best and the brightest minds from
around the world.  Our economy relies on people like Frances Ngozo.  There is
no reason we should have turned him away,” he says.

But Ngozo seems happy to be where he is.  “I like England,” he says, walking
around his Oxford quad.  “Maybe I’ll stay.”

CONGRESSMAN NELSON MATABELE

BIOGRAPHY
Congressman Nelson Matabele was born on July 26 1959 in th

Rhodeon, British East Africa, modern day Kiswahililand.  He

studied History at Livingstone International University, and
graduated in 1981.  In 1985 he was among the first recipients of
the prestigious Paul Ndungane Fellowship, which he used to study
Political Science at the University of Chicago.  After
graduation, Congressman Matabele was offered a position with the
Brookings Institute, with which he worked until 1994, when he
became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

In 1994, Congressman Matabele moved back to Chicago and

entered politics.  He won a seat on the district council that
year, and served in that post till 2000, when he decided to run
for Congress.  After losing his first election, he taught history
and political science at Northwestern University for two years,
before running for Congress again in 2002.  This time he won,
becoming the first African-born congressman in the history of the
United States.

When not in the capitol, the Congressman lives in Chicago

with his wife Elizabeth and their two daughters.

FROM THE DESK OF CONGRESSMAN

NELSON MATABELE R-IL

Dear Ms. Gonzalez,

 I have heard that there is a possibility that the Paul
Ndungane Fellowship may be cancelled, and that you are
working on the case.  I received one of the fellowships in
1985, and I cannot speak highly enough of the program.  I
would not be where I am today if the fellowship had not
offered me the opportunity to come study and work in this
country.

I met the late Mr. Ndungane many times over the past
twenty years, and I know how supportive and proud he was of
the program.  I know he would be crushed if it were to be
cancelled.

Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help

keep this wonderful program going.

Yours,

Nelson Matabele