One Planet. One People
Peace. Justice. Beauty.
Building that 'Possible' World
Echoes of Silence works -
To amplify the cries of the 'disappeared', the disregarded, the marginalized;
To give tongue to the silent anguish of our devastated forests, air and oceans;
To celebrate the INTERDependence of all Earth's lifeforms: plant, animal, human;
To reveal, encourage and promote the creativity lodged in all our hearts,
so stifled by consumerism but vital today as never before
to bring healing to the Earth.
To carry out this vision, Echoes' founders, Paul Baker and his Nicaraguan wife, Fátima Hernández, have toiled shoulder-to-shoulder with impoverished people in Nicaragua for more than 35 years. Before that, as a teenager, Fátima fought to rid her country of the vicious Somoza dictatorship, crippling herself in so doing. Before coming to Nicaragua, Paul lived for years as a human shield for refugees attacked by death squads in Los Angeles, California. They now live in Barrio La Primavera, a marginalized neighbourhooid of Nicaragua's capital city, Managua, working pro bono in health, education, the environment and music.
Echoes' loyal network of family, friends and colleagues enables Fátima and Paul to work pro bono through their loving moral, material and financial support. Fatima's craftwork and Paul's music/speaking tours within the US and European peace and justice community also contribute to projects and to family survival.
DONATE TAX-FREE to ECHOES of SILENCE HERE:
Your support enables them to continue to:
• Cordinate local health, education, ecology programs and projects
• Dig/construct community waste water drainage systems
• Build with recycled plastic bottles
• Organize/accompany/translate for international delegations and other groups,
• Write songs, provide sound and transport for community and national events,
• Organize and guide workshops,
• Offer analysis/news to the international community via the written/spoken word, songs of revolution and beauty, speaking/singing tours of the USA and Europe
• Fundraise for projects, emergency relief, and more besides.
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE, of GENEROSITY, COOPERATION and DELIGHT.
HELP BUILD THAT WORLD:
• £40/US$65 liberates a family of six from water-borne disease forever
• £75/US$120 redeems a mistreated pony from a life of misery
• £30/US$50 transports/houses 6 children to begin to experience tenderness caring for the ponies
• £250/US$420 pays a "horse-whisperer" and a coordinator for a month
DONATE to ECHOES of SILENCE here:
UK/Europe: Please send cheques made out
'Christine Jennings' (memo: 'Nags, Nippers and Mother Earth')
to
C. M. Jennings, Echoes of Silence,
3 Upper Regents Park, BRADFORD-ON-AVON BA15 1EB
THANK YOU!
