Feeling somewhat like the little red hen, in early 1983, Naomi and I invited the West African expatriates to a meeting to consider the propriety of formal organization. Thirty persons attended, which represented just about the potential, and authorized an ad hoc committee to proceed. Mark Bradshaw located an attorney who drew up the documents free. By April a charter had been granted by the state of Utah to Friends of West Africa, a nonprofit charitable corporation. The Board of Trustees also constituted the unpaid officers: Vic Bartholomew, Mark Bradshaw, Milton Brinton, Charles Johnson, and I. Charles had not been to West Africa but had special pharmaceutical skills. Our wives were very much involved but preferred to work behind the scenes. The Advisory Council consisted of six from the United States, namely, David Billeter, Val MacMurray, Ben Shippen, Charles Smart, Ewart Swinyard, and Bruce Woolley. The others were Emmanuel Kissi and Banyan Dadson from Ghana, Alex Morrison from Canada, and Titus Efidiba from Nigeria. These are knowledgeable persons from the medical, legal, and business fields.