Friends, Below is a request from Prosper Ndabishuriye of Burundi. Those who came to the Practice of Peace Conference (PoP) at the Whidbey Institute in November met Prosper and heard about the remarkable work he is doing with young people in rebuilding houses through Jeunesse en Reconstruction du Monde en Destruction (JRMD) (Youth in Reconstruction of the World in Destruction). You can read more about the organziation at http://www.netministries.org/ministries/cm02806/.
One outgrowth of PoP is a trip that Mike Seymour is taking to Burundi to support this work. Mike has offered to facilitate a 2-day open space on "buidling a space for peace." The challenge is funding to cover food and facility costs for the 100 people. THIS EVENT WON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Anything you can provide will help. A tax-deductible check can be made out to: Global Citizen Journey and sent to: Mike Seymour The Heritage Institute Box 860 Clinton, WA. 98236 Please send Mike (m...@hol.edu) and Prosper (i...@jrmd.org)an e-mail to let them know that funds are on the way. Thank you, Peggy PROSPER'S MESSAGE Mike Seymour will be arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi on August 12, 2004 and will be leaving for the US, on August 24, 2004. This continues to produce joy and encouragement to me and to the whole family of JRMD. If we are able to get funds, an Open Space Conference would be held in Bujumbura, on August 20-21, 2004 and it will be facilitated by Mike Seymour. This conference is very important for the people of Burundi, who have been traumatized during the war in which the country has been going through for a period of 10 years. It will give the participants the opportunity to exchange and share about themselves and about their communities, in order to build a space for peace among the community and in the country of Burundi. The participants will come from different back ground, ethnic groups, sectors and NGOs. The attendance would be around 100 participants, from different provinces of the country: and $2,500 would cover the accommodation and meals for 100 participants, transport, materials, conference room, etc... If it happens to get a half of $2,500, then we can reduce the number of participants and organize the conference at scheduled dates. Please be so kind to help us raise the above funds which would enable us to organize the above mentioned conference. Thank you and God bless you. Sincerely, Prosper Ndabishuriye ___________________________________ Peggy Holman The Open Circle Company 15347 SE 49th Place Bellevue, WA 98006 425-746-6274 www.opencirclecompany.com pe...@opencirclecompany.com * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
