HONDURAS
Susan Solomon, dental hygienist, and Dr. Jim Bevans, a periodontist in
Hendersonville, presented this quilt during a July, 2008 Medical /
Dental
Mission to Honduras. They were part of a group organized by Matt
Tinchur, M.D. of Hendersonville, TN.
Ghana Slave
Survivor
Dearest Judith,
I hope all is well! I am not sure if you remember me from
Berkeley; I am the
Co-Founder of STOP the Traffick and founder of the Survivor's Quilt Project! I
am now working for Free the Slaves as a Zimmerman Fellow and wanted to share
some photos with you from Ghana. One of my first assignments with FTS was to
travel to Ghana to assess our partner organization, APPLE. We went to their
shelter, and I wanted to share a couple of photos of their blankets. These
children LOVE their beds and have you to thank! We also did the Survivor's Quilt
project with them and the children had such a blast.
I wanted to thank you personally for the wonderful work you're doing. It's very
inspirational! Enjoy the photos!!
Best wishes,
Aashika
Aashika N. Damodar
Zimmerman Fellow
Free the Slaves
www.freetheslaves.net
Ghana Slave Survivors
photo compliments of
Aashika N.Damodar and
www.freetheslaves.net
Quilts have been made and also delivered through The
Global Education
Center
www.globaleducationcenter.net
Famoudou Konate's Village in Guinea, Tode Comara's Village
in
Guinea and with Sheeba Walker to an orphanage in St.Thomas Virgin Islands.
Many thanks for making and taking quilts.
Thank you ALL More than Warmth volunteers.
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August 3, 2008 Petaluma, California Quilt Show Exhibit
and Activist quilt
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August 20-23, 2008
At the Gaylord Opryland® Resort and Convention Center
2800 Opryland Drive, Nashville, TN
More than Warmth
Exhibit:
12 quilts
10 photos :
Afghanistan
Northern India
Baghdad Orphanage
Uttar Pradesh, India
Nicaragua
Katrina Child
South Africa
North Korea
Tibet
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More than Warmth is an educational
project
for students of all ages to learn about world cultures. It fosters
understanding, knowledge and compassion among cultures through
nonviolent,
nonpolitical, and nonreligious means.
http://www.morethanwarmth.org/
Since 2001, quilts have been sent as gifts
from over 12,000 students to:
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
India
Pakistan
Israelis
and Palestinians
Jordan
Angola
Burkino Fasa
Zambia
Swaziland
South Africa
Mauritania
Guinea
Ghana
Uganda
China,
Tibetans
Nepal
Vietnam
Thailand
USA-Katrina Victims in Louisiana, Mississippi,
and
New Orleans
Genocide Victims in
Sudan and Chad
Rwanda, and
Indian Country-USA
Haiti
Cuba
Mexico
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Belize
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
Ireland
Romania
North Korea
Togo
St.Thomas Virgin Islands
Syria
Niger
Associations:
http://www.afghans4tomorrow.com/
http://www.damanga.org/
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
http://www.globaleducationcenter.net/
http://www.onehearttibet.net
http://www.inamay.com/
http://www.peaceroots.org/
http://www.plenty.org/
More than Warmth is moving to The Farm
Our new address :
MTW
110 Fifth Road
Summertown, Tennessee 38483
or
MTW
3909 Whitland #104
Nashville,TN 37205
Please email before sending quilt squares or quilts.
We will be in transition for a bit. email: info@morethanwarmth.org
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AFGHANISTAN
Judith:
I received the quilts. They are beautiful. I am so humbled
by what
you are doing. As you may have heard it is the peak of fighting
here...and it is intense. I am working with some great NGOs in my
off
time...they are trying to identify...a family in the greatest need, to
which I will give those blankets. I'm sorry it takes so long to
get back
to you...it is incredibly busy
here!
THANK YOU!
Mike
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Dear Sir or Madam,
When
you see my quilt I hope you feel peace. When I was drawing this
quilt, I felt peace the whole time. When you read this I hope you feel
joy and comfort. I know that sometimes things can get hard. Hopefully
this
quilt and letter will make you feel better.
-from someone who cares.
Courtney
The Iowa United Nations Association
Sininawa project.
From Australia
joining India, Guatemala, and the Philippines making quilts for MTW:
Hi Judy,
The teacher, Lucy Stewart, at East Fremantle Language
Development Center did a lovely job. I should get it into the
Australian Post this
week (along with a photo of most of the class and teachers).
When you and your organization decide to whom it will be sent, can you
let me know, so that I can inform the school?
Blessings,
Bonnie
Australia
Quilt kits are available for
$50. Kit
includes markers,quilt squares, and slide show of 17 countries with
two dvds.
contact info@more
thanwarmth.org
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