The message seeking assistance was carried on UNESCO’s Webworld web-site in early 2002. At that time, the Faculty of Journalism’s dusty reference shelves contained a few old magazines and only one book, Das Kapital by Karl Marx. Now, thanks to the UNESCO appeal and the generosity of donors worldwide, the shelves are stocked with some of the latest media, journalism and technology titles sent by individuals, publishers and universities in the USA and Canada, UK, France, Germany and other countries in Europe, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand, as well as from Africa and Latin America.