Another election update and Ubuntu

This article from the Huffington Post seems to capture most of what is currently known about the situation in the DRC regarding the election results. There's still so much up in the air, but let's hope that the fact that widespread violence hasn't broken out is a good sign, that it means there is another avenue for the Congolese people to resolve this issue.

And yesterday, Kathleen and I were invited to take One Million Bones to the International Village Feast.  This link will take you to information about the event and even though the event has passed, I'd encourage you to consider making a donation, finding a gift and donating it for a refugee child, or volunteering to teach English.  

Here's the thing: All of us at One Million Bones recognize that we need to be acting on many different fronts to make a difference in the world.  Naomi started the project to raise awareness of genocides that are occuring right now and to raise funds that will provide direct aid and comfort to people on the ground in countries experiencing crises. And we are doing that: We've hosted a 50,000 Bones preview installation in Albuquerque; we're working on another in New Orleans.  We're planning the Road to Washington campaign to raise awareness at a local level in all fifty states.  Your sponsorships of bones are providing funds for orgaizations working on the ground, and our partnership with Students Rebuild does both, raises awareness and triggers donations for work in Somalia and the DRC.  But there are people here in our own community who have been impacted by those crises, and we don't want to forget them.  So, if you're in Albuquerque, look into Women's Global Pathways-NM (email us at OMB if you'd like more information).  If you're anywhere else, there are organizations, like Catholic Charities just to name one, which work with refugee populations and which, I'm sure, could point you to solid information about where to go in your community to help.

The International Village Feast was celebrating an African principle called Ubuntu.  Ubuntu states that no man can survive in isolation- or a person is a person through other persons.  That goes for people who need help as well as the people who can give it.  We don't have to do it alone, we just have to do what we can.

Comments

[anonymous]

so true. i so often forget what a true global community we are. must have been a special event, thanks for posting.