[Quaker Witness in East Africa] Kenya

Politics and Economics/Bweywe Friends Church//Steadman defends poll as leaders allege bias/Standard/Nairobi/Kenya/Africa/12/23/206/Mudavadi, who spoke at Bweywe Friends Church in Emgwen Constituency in Nandi on Saturday, said that the pollsters were out to wrongly shape people’s minds ...

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Posted by Quaker Africa to Quaker Witness in East Africa at 1/07/2007 07:32:00 PM

[Quaker Witness in East Africa] Kenya

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Humanitarian Assistance/Religious Diversity/Simiyu, Benson/Protestants to mobilise for 2007 World Social Forum in Kenya/Episcopal News Service/New York/NY/USA/1-Dec-06//... African churches.". Pastor Benson Simiyu of Quaker Friends Church said: "It's a chance for us to let the people know the truth.".

Humanitarian Assistance/Medicine///Practise mature politics, says VP/Kenya Times/Nairobi/Kenya/Africa/16-Dec-06//... The Vice-President was speaking yesterday during the 10th anniversary of Friends Church Sabatia Eye Hospital in Vihiga district where he was the chief guest. ...

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Posted by Quaker Africa to Quaker Witness in East Africa at 12/22/2006 08:46:00 PM

[Quaker Witness in Southern Africa] South Africa - HIV Aids

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Humanitarian Assistance/Plain Speaking/Quaker Peace Centre/Madlala-Routledge, Nozizwe/African minister ends decade of denial on Aids/Telegraph.co.uk/London/England/UK/11-Dec-06//Now Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a plain-speaking 55-year-old Quaker, is being feted as a heroine by health campaigners, Aids sufferers and much of South Africa's media, for daring to end a decade of denial on the disease by the ruling African National Congress. ...

Humanitarian Assistance/Silence/Madlala-Routledge, Nozizwe/Quotes of the week/Citizen/Johannesburg/South Africa/Africa/14-Dec-06//... “I have never met a Quaker who thought that sitting and meditating would solve the world’s problems.”
A Quaker commenting on Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge’s vision of her job. The deputy minister is herself a Quaker. . ...

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Posted by Quaker Africa to Quaker Witness in Southern Africa at 12/22/2006 08:21:00 PM

[Quaker Witness in Southern Africa] South Africa - HIV-AIDS

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Humanitarian Assistance / HIV-AIDS / South Africa / Madlala-Routledge, Nozizwe / Deputies Bring New Energy to HIV/Aids / AllAfrica.com / Washington / DC / USA /7-Nov-06//... Madlala-Routledge, a Quaker and renowned peacemaker, has been instrumental in persuading previously antagonistic civil society organisations to support Mlambo-Ngcuka's efforts, according to TAC General Secretary Sipho Mthati. ...

At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Posted by Quaker Africa to Quaker Witness in Southern Africa at 12/18/2006 09:42:00 AM