In our first issue of RESPECT ezine we sent out our thoughts and prayers to the
victims and their families for Kilama Charles and Gulu, two students of the
RESPECT program, who were both killed in rebel attacks in Uganda in February. In a
moment of reflection, a friend of Kilama's wrote us a first person account of the
events of that unfortunate night. <<more>>
The first letters from Afghanistan have been received and we at RESPECT are all
very excited! Among the letters is one by a 15 year old that is especially
touching as it reflects the present day political turmoil and the impact it has
had on the people there.
"I am from Takhar Province, Afghanistan but living in Kabul as a refugee/IDP.
A new dawn has been opened for my country and people and we hope it to end with
peace not as it started with war. I hope that all our refugees one day return home.
I would like to express my solidarity to all refugees and request from them to
maintain contacts with me and write to me."
If you would like to get in touch with the RESPECT Afghanistan Country
Coordinator, Sabir Gharib, you should contact him at:
gharib76@yahoo.com
On 27 April 2003, RESPECT had its first board meeting which was filled with
fruitful discussions on how to improve different aspects of RESPECT. A number of
resolutions were passed and will be included in the next issue of the ezine.
Until then, we would like to introduce the Board of Directors and their areas of
representation.
- Rylee Cizik, RESPECT Youth
yellow_turtle_shell@hotmail.com
- Charity Fadun, RESPECT French
charityf@mts.net
- Matt Majkut, RESPECT Research Analysts
mmajkut@amm.mb.ca
- Robyn Mossman, WREN
wren@winnipegrefugee.org
- Kae Sasaki, RESPECT ICT Volunteers
kaemarc@escape.ca
- Marc Schaeffer, RESPECT Country Coordinators(English)
kaemarc@escape.ca
In the board meeting, Rylee Cizik made some very useful suggestions for
non-refugee students on how to keep in tune with penpals in between receiving and
sending letters. To read these wonderful suggestions please click
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