To mark Refugee Week, Keele University invited ASHA (African Social Health Agency) invited to a small reception followed by a Photographic Exhibition and some music in the chapel. I went along to accompany ASHA and besides speaking about the needs of destitution asylum seekers, I met several people interested in
I received an email from a man named Rod Cox asking if he could borrow the short film about the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. He wished to include it in a series of short films he was showing in Chester Town Hall Square to accompany the Gaza children’s art
It didn’t rain but it wasn’t sunny but nothing can hide the glory of Cina’s garden which she has planned, developed and grown in a lovely moorland valley with spectacular views. This year she included a plant sale and a lovely table of home-made cakes which were impossible to resist.
About 15 people attended the Cherry Tree to watch two short films, one about the work of the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions. ICAHD is a human rights and peace organisation which campaigns to end Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territory. Its strapline is ‘Resisting Occupation Constructing Peace’ and ICAHD rebuilds homes as a form
Hard on the heels of the previous meeting came another which I especially enjoyed. I had experienced a disorderly day spending more time than I could spare looking for some photos I had lost! Eventually I found the photos but I arrived at the meeting feeling in some disarray. The
Kidsgrove Townswomen’s Guild gave Pat Mood a very warm welcome when she spoke at their meeting last week. They were interested to hear about the background to the current situation in Palestine, and to learn something of Angela’s and Pat’s experience of helping with the olive harvest and visits
The thing about speaking to Rotary Club meetings is that they are invariably preceded by a good dinner! Our second invitation suggests that we may be on a Rotary mailing list! I was certainly trying to accomplish this six months ago! My talk was well received on this occasion
On 4 May Deborah and Patrick Darnes leafleted Sainsbury’s in Stoke. They report that : We did what we could as it was just us! We managed 45 minutes before being moved on; security arrived with some staff and a PCSO. We decamped to the other entrance on
HAHO or Hartshill and Harpfields Occasions first international event took place on 3 May and Sumud set out its table-top exhibition alongside that of ASHA (African Social Health Agency). A huge number of organisations and businesses were represented together with a good smattering of BME organisations A few
The third training workshop (Treatment of complex Trauma) for Palestinian Counselling Centre PCC staff in Ramallah is taking place as I write (15 April) and I cannot resist quoting from an email Mohammed Mukhaimar has just received from psychotherapist Harry Ari OHayon (Director, PG Programmes in Evidence Based Psychological Treatments, Charlie Waller
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