| Ref No | MS 1579/2/3/1/23 |
| Title | Black Community Workers (BCW) and Afro-Caribbean Self Help Organisation (ACSFO) - Tanzania and Addis Ababa |
| Level | File |
| Date | 1973 - 1975 |
| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, telegrams and accounts relating to a joint Harambee Housing Association (HHA)/Afro-Caribbean Self Help Organisation (ACSHO) trip to Tanzania. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Fund Ltd. Applicant overview: ACSHO describes itself firstly as a community orientated organisation devoted to maintaining a healthy community with egalitarian relationships regardless of race or age. The Harambee Housing Association (HHA) charity was created through Black Community Workers (BCW) with the support of the Birmingham City Council Social Services Department and Birmingham Settlement to address youth homelessness and pre-school care. Nature of support: In 1973 HHA and ACSHO applied to the Fund for a travel grant to send three staff on a trip to Tanzania. Initially the plan proposed to send five staff and twenty five to thirty young people from the Handsworth area. Three individuals subsequently made the trip with tickets purchased by the Fund. Telegrams from the Jamaican and Trinidadian Embassies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were subsequently received by the Fund requesting further emergency funds which were duly paid. Minutes: B&GSCT 3726. Notes: It is uncertain why the party found themselves in Ethiopia when their destination was Tanzania. Of political interest one of the party was the chief witness to a recent shooting near the Harambee offices and left the country prior to the completion of the police investigation against the advice of Anthony Wilson, Administrative Secretary. File organised by date from newest to oldest. File not numbered. |
| Extent | 1 |
| Format | File |
| Access Status | Closed (Content) |
| Closed Until | 01/01/2056 |
| AccessConditions | Many records in the Cadbury Trusts' collection contain sensitive personal information as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998. Access to this file may be granted, in some circumstances, for research projects at PhD level or above. Please contact the duty archivist for details of the application process. |
| Language | English |