Low-Cost Purchase Program and Matching Fund
Under the Low-Cost Purchase Program, started in 1991, Sabre purchases
requested materials at substantial discounts from list prices. This
program has been made available to all of the countries served by Sabre
Foundation, provided sponsored funding is available. During 1994,
Sabre negotiated with publishers for the purchase of materials on
behalf of:
- UNA's Teaching English in Ukraine Program (third year in a row): ESL
books, with funding from the Ukrainian National Association.
- University of Osijek, Croatia: civil engineering books, with funding
from AMA-Croatica.
- Libraries and schools in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and
Uzbekistan: TOEFL books and tapes, dictionaries, and
Russian/English--English/Russian dictionaries, funding provided by the
U.S. Agency for International Development through the Eurasia
Foundation.
- Various recipients in the FSU: Internet books, with funding from the
U.S. Agency for International Development through the Eurasia
Foundation.
LEFT: Galina L. Tzesarskaja (center), Director of
Bibliomarket, a lending library and business information
center in Moscow, examines book donations with staff and
Colin McCullough, Sabre Program Officer.
RIGHT: Staff with Sabre books at Russian State Humanitarian
University Library, Moscow.
To encourage private-sector purchases of educational materials not
usually received through donations, Sabre also set up in 1991 a
Matching Fund, to which The Andrew W. Mellon Foun- dation made a
$100,000 contribution to benefit Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic
and Slovakia. The following matching grants were made in 1994, the
fourth year of the Fund, and as of the fourth year of the Fund, and as
of year-end all but about $3,000 of the Fund had been expended:
Czech Republic and Slovakia
- City University (Bellevue, Washington), East European Programs:
$10,000 for ESL program in Poprad, Slovakia. Matching funds provided
by the Whirlpool Foundation.
- Foundation for a Civil Society, New York: $2,277 for English
teaching materials for the Masaryk Fellowship Program Resource
Libraries in Prague and Bratislava. Matching funds provided by the
Rockefeller Family and Associates.
Poland
- Jewish Educational Center in Warsaw: $1,800 for newspapers and
magazines for three lending libraries in Warsaw, Lodz and Wroclaw, and
books for a library in a Jewish primary school. Matching funds
provided by the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation.
