30 Nov 2005 13:23
Pun Pun Thailand
michel spaan <michel2525 <at> hotmail.com>
2005-11-30 12:23:28 GMT
2005-11-30 12:23:28 GMT
From: "Michel Spaan" <michel <at> thecourtofeden.org>
To: michel2525 <at> hotmail.com
Subject: [Fwd: Help support Pun Pun Thailand]
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:08:22 +0100 (CET)
>---------------------- Original Message ----------------------
>Subject: Help support Pun Pun Thailand
>From: "peggy reents" <pareents <at> yahoo.com>
>Date: Sun, November 27, 2005 1:42 am
>To: pareents <at> yahoo.com
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>
> Dear friends,
>
>This year at Pun Pun we will be hosting our first 8-week
>Sustainability Leadership Training for Asian activists. We’re
>excited for the opportunity to work intensely with a group of
>10 individuals who come as representatives of larger
>organisations, networks, or centers from Aceh, Indonesia (most
>severely hit by Tsunami), India, Philippines, and Ladakh.
>We’ll be focusing on sustainable agricultural techniques,
>applying permaculture principles, holistic health, seed
>saving, and natural building. Our hope is through this
>experience participants will go home using what they’ve
>learned to create local initiatives in their respective
>countries with the groups they work with already.
>
> We have had a very positive response with more interest than
>we are able to accommodate. We do not have any outside
>funding for this project so we are using Pun Pun’s personal
>funds because we feel it is so important. The only
>outstanding obstacle we’ve encountered is finding the funds
>for participants’ travel expenses including visas, passports
>and airfare to and from Thailand. Since they are from the
>global south and have dedicated their lives to social
>justice work they are not able to cover this themselves. We
>have 10 outstanding people who are excited to participate
>and we will be able to cover their expenses for the 8-weeks
>but are now needing transportation funds. We’re looking for
>personal sponsors who are interested in making sure these
>motivated individuals from developing countries are able to
>take part in this extensive training. Below is more
>information on each participant/group including their
>outstanding costs. We’re looking for people who can sponsor
>any
> size contribution to the whole group or are interested in
>sponsoring a specific individual’s trip.
>
> If you or anyone you know is interested they can send checks
>addressed to:
>
> Peggy Reents
>Re: Sustainability Leadership Training Sponsorship
>3405 El Caminito
>Loveland, CO 80537 USA
>
> It is possible for contributions to be tax-deductable as
>well and if this is necessary email Peggy Reents at
>pareents <at> yahoo.com to find out how.
>
> Thanks so much for taking the time to read this info and for
>in any way you can working to support education on
>sustainability efforts around the world.
>
> Yours,
>-peggy
>
>4 Women from Flower Aceh
>
> Of all the areas hit by the tsunami, the Indonesian province
>of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, better known as Aceh, suffered
>most. That happened to an Aceh where a bloody conflict has
>been raging for 28 years between the Indonesian army and the
>Free Aceh Movement (GAM). For 15 years now, the women’s
>organisation Flower Aceh has been actively helping women who
>have fallen victim to violence, including torture and rape.
>Staff members are regularly threatened and hampered in their
>job.
>
> And now, after the tsunami, surrounded by international
>relief, they also work together with other human rights’ and
>women’s organisations for the victims of the flood.
> In the aftermath of the tsunami, Flower Aceh is assessing
>women's needs, providing basic necessities and running a
>Women's Crisis Centre in conjunction with other local
>women's groups. Prior to the disaster, Flower Aceh was the
>first women's NGO in Aceh to address human rights abuses
>against women, such as mass rape. Using the experience
>garnered from empowering women in conflict situations,
>Flower Aceh is working to include women in the
>reconstruction process in one of the regions most severely
>devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
>
> The staff of Flower Aceh, one of the oldest women’s rights
>organizations in the province, escaped the tsunami by
>running to the second floor of a building nearby. From
>there, they watched as their office was swept away below
>them.
>
> Since 1989, Flower Aceh has researched the impact of
>cultural practices and the ongoing conflict on women in
>Aceh. This information – unique and irreplaceable – was gone
>in minutes. The organization’s garden, containing more than
>600 plants used for traditional medicine, was also
>destroyed.
>
> Outstanding Costs:
> Flight from Aceh to Bangkok = $500/person
>Thai Visa per person = $25/ person
>Passport = $25/ person
>Total Expenses = $550/person x 4 people = $ 2,200 US
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Manuel and Co-worker from Philipines
>
> “The municipal mayor of Natividad, Province of Pangasinan (
>glory to Jehovah ), have approved my proposal to design a
>half hectare self reliance demonstration area in one of
>their barangay to be managed by the poorest of the poor.
>And since this area will also serve as resettlement site for
>these displaced fellows, I am anticipating that most of the
>instructions that I will learn from the 8 week
>Sustainability Leadership Training in your center will be
>applied immediately when I come back. I am also looking
>forward to share with you my concepts of The Village
>Sanctuary, our flagship sustainable development program to
>combat extreme poverty and environmental degradation in the
>Philippines to further refine this program through your
>group's valuable inputs and feedback.
>
>It is also very interesting to note that, our next plan is to
>organize a local Non Government Organization to further
>promote sustainable development in our locality… the Social
>Activism part of the course will help us organize ourselves
>and officially set up our group before we go back in the
>Philippines.
>
>I am not confident that we can secure the transportation cost
>of a round trip ticket to Thailand. But as they say if there's
>a will there's a way. In any case, I'm considering your
>group's work the most valuable and hope we will be able to
>make it,” Manuel participating with co-worker from Philipines.
>
> Outstanding expenses:
> Non - Immigrant Visa P 2,800 = US 52
>Passport Processing P 1,800 ( agency assisted) = US 33
>Round Trip Ticket ( Phil. Airlines ) P 24,800 RT = US 455
> Total Expenses = US 540 x 2 people = $1,080 US
> -------------------------------------------
>
> 2 Representatives from Ladakh
>
> For centuries, the traditional economy in Ladakh was founded
>on agriculture. Communities provided for their own needs,
>depending on long-distance trade only for luxuries.
>
> Development, however, is creating a dependence not only on
>chemical fertilisers and pesticides (some of which are
>outlawed in the West), but also on cash cropping and
>subsidised food. In so doing, it is undermining the entire
>culture.
> International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) is
>helping Ladakhi farmers to resist these pressures. At the
>same time, we are raising awareness about the importance of
>diversified production for local consumption.
>
> Our work includes:
> *A seed-saving programme to promote the cultivation and
>protection of local varieties of grains and legumes.
>*Networking with farmers' groups elsewhere in the South.
>*Tours of sustainable farms in the West for Ladakhi farmers'
>representatives.
>*An ongoing campaign about the hazards of pesticides,
>fungicides and chemical fertilisers.
>*A wide range of meetings, from 'hands-on' village workshops
>to international conferences.
>*The introduction and demonstration of solar greenhouses,
>enabling villagers to grow vegetables the year round. (There
>are now thousands throughout the entire region.)
> "Most Ladakhis used to put chemical fertilisers and
>pesticides on their fields without thinking. Now, thanks to
>ISEC's campaigns, it's very different. People are turning
>towards local and organic methods."
>
> Tsewang Rigzin, long-time President of LEDeG
>
> Flight Ladakh to Delhi = $250
>Flight Delhi to Bangkok = $400
>Thai Visa = $25
>Travel costs for visa trip = $25
> Total Expenses = $700/person x 2 people = $1,400 US
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>
> 2 Dhammacharis from India
>
>Dhammachari Amitayus ordained as a Dhammachari in April 2004
>and Dhammachari Nagbhadra ordained as a Dhammachari in 1992
>on19 March in the Buddhist organization named Trailokya boudha
>Maha Sangha sahayak gan teaching Buddhism and training
>Dhammachari to teach dhamma throughout India and the world
>through retreats, workshop, seminars, meetings in nearly seven
>states of India and whole of Mahrashtra.[www.tbmsg.org and
>www.fwbo.org]
>
> The movement has own reputation in the Buddhist world
>worldwide and also assists to organize many international
>Buddhist events with three dhamma and meditation teaching
>retreat center in Mahrashtra, a dhamma and social training
>center named naglok at Nagpur. They organize hundreds of
>events including retreats, Buddhist gathering conference and
>many others regularly.
>
> They also a social work wing who works for the poor and
>rural people providing them the facilities for learning and
>education, especially involved in the upliftment of the
>these group previously known as untouchables. They have
>thousands of beneficiaries in India.
>
> The two training participants are:
>
> Dhammachari Amitayus is currently working to build youth
>activity and to promote morality and ethics in these age
>groups, and also looking after the cultural project which
>uses singing, dramas, and stories to teach Buddhism and
>social values.
>
> Dhammachari Nagbhadra is currently chairing the trust and
>taking responsibility for all the dhamma and social work
>being done in Amravati in Mahrashtra
>Following the training they will practice the skills with
>their respective groups and share with many through retreats,
>workshop, seminars, and meetings.
>
> Outstanding costs:
>Their organization will cover their passport and visa expenses.
> Travel expenses including visa = $634 x 2 people = $1,268
>Their organization will contribute $219 leaving their
>outstanding costs at = $1,049
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>
>Total Outstanding Costs = $ 5,729 US
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