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bluflamingo) wrote2005-06-12 02:13 pm
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RESPECT Refugees
Back from Munich - travelling was a total nightmare, delayed planes, evil people at Hamburg airport (yes, I had to fly from Munich to Heathrow via Hamburg), getting lost in London, crowded Tubes... And why is it that I always get patted down at Munich departures but never at any airports in Britain? Do I look more suspicious if you're German or something? I don't know, it's a mystery.
I had the main article in the RESPECT e-zine this month! For the first time ever, I'm quite excited. Which is a bit tragic, actually, but I am.
It's a great organisation, actually, it aims to help refugees and people living in refugee camps, by raising money, providing sustainable development, raising awareness, and running the RESPECT University. Check out their website: www.respectrefugees.org.
And Werner Awareness Raising Event a Success
by Emily Moreton
David Monahan and his team from Werner Elementary International Committee, who work closely with RESPECT, raised almost $2000 at a recent event designed to raise awareness of the situation for residents of Northern Ugandan villages.
Masks made by 5th and 6th grade students and sold at Werner Awareness Raising Event.
The event, a silent auction held at Werner Elementary School, also included awareness raising activities, African music, and sales of African-style goods. 10,000 Villages and Bead for Life also took part in the event, donating a percentage of their profits. David hopes to build on this success with similar events, and the possibility of further initiatives to sell refugee camp produced goods, although this is still in the planning stage.
Other African items that sold successfully included bread baskets and musical instruments from 10,000 Villages, women’s dresses, ostrich eggs decorated by Werner teachers and clay masks made by 5th and 6th grade students of the school.
As well as the sale of African goods, the event included food, music, and a display of the school’s ongoing relationship with children in Northern Ugandan camps. This included blown-up copies of poems by Werner school children, penpal letters and drawings from the Ugandan children.
David hopes to build on the success of this event with a display in a local museum, based on the lives of people in Northern Uganda, including pictures, photographs, life stories and crafts.
For more information about the event go to: http://www.psdschools.org/psdinfo/newsevents/index.aspx?newseventid=1512&affid=8.
Bead for Life: www.beadforlife.org.
10,000 Villages: www.tenthouseandvillages.org.
my article in the last issue of the e-zine (shameless self-promotion there!)
I had the main article in the RESPECT e-zine this month! For the first time ever, I'm quite excited. Which is a bit tragic, actually, but I am.
It's a great organisation, actually, it aims to help refugees and people living in refugee camps, by raising money, providing sustainable development, raising awareness, and running the RESPECT University. Check out their website: www.respectrefugees.org.
And Werner Awareness Raising Event a Success
by Emily Moreton
David Monahan and his team from Werner Elementary International Committee, who work closely with RESPECT, raised almost $2000 at a recent event designed to raise awareness of the situation for residents of Northern Ugandan villages.
Masks made by 5th and 6th grade students and sold at Werner Awareness Raising Event.
The event, a silent auction held at Werner Elementary School, also included awareness raising activities, African music, and sales of African-style goods. 10,000 Villages and Bead for Life also took part in the event, donating a percentage of their profits. David hopes to build on this success with similar events, and the possibility of further initiatives to sell refugee camp produced goods, although this is still in the planning stage.
Other African items that sold successfully included bread baskets and musical instruments from 10,000 Villages, women’s dresses, ostrich eggs decorated by Werner teachers and clay masks made by 5th and 6th grade students of the school.
As well as the sale of African goods, the event included food, music, and a display of the school’s ongoing relationship with children in Northern Ugandan camps. This included blown-up copies of poems by Werner school children, penpal letters and drawings from the Ugandan children.
David hopes to build on the success of this event with a display in a local museum, based on the lives of people in Northern Uganda, including pictures, photographs, life stories and crafts.
For more information about the event go to: http://www.psdschools.org/psdinfo/newsevents/index.aspx?newseventid=1512&affid=8.
Bead for Life: www.beadforlife.org.
10,000 Villages: www.tenthouseandvillages.org.
my article in the last issue of the e-zine (shameless self-promotion there!)