Update about Peasant Solidarity's water project.
We did it!
At the end of October AVE (Esperanto environmentalist
organisation) will send 11,000 euros to Peasant Solidarity, in Kalima, DR.Congo.
Their team is raring to go and they plan to
start work in the middle of November.
Who were the contributors?
7,000 euros were donated by two
German foundations:
Wasserkraft Volk AG (5,000)
Stiftung Brücke bei (2,000)
4,000
euros were donated by generous individuals, clubs and small
organisations in many different countries. 90% of the private contributions
came from Esperantists.
Feedback from Kalima.
Etienne
Katchelewa and Alphonse Waseka from Peasant Solidarity are delighted,
relieved and very grateful. They look forward to
completing the project successfully.
On completion I look forward to sending you a report and
photo album.
Thanks
to all of you, who supported the collection. Incidentally did you know that water is a recognised
