More than Warmth quilts on Better.TV
Check your area Monday, March 10, a three minute segment with three of our lovely quilts. NBC's
Better.TV
In Nashville at 1:00 NashvilleBetter channel 4, also shown in 17 markets around the country.
on the web on and on and after the tenth www.Better.TV
On Video :How we Began
http://www.tennessean.com/
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FEATURES
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Educate a Girl, and Change the World -
www.Threecupsoftea.com
a good and inspiring read
Check out all newsletters from last year with easy access, on www.
morethanwarmth.org
News
or
http://www.
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Thank you, Jeanne Kahan for your dedication to keeping MTW on the web.
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On this mural in New Orleans, second photo,
it says:
"HE WHO WALKS IN WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD WALKS OUT"
Elaine Langley, Plenty volunteer, distributes
quilts, and quilts, and quilts... Elaine is one who "walks in when the
rest of the
world walks out" :
Plenty International working to rebuild,working to help Katrina victims.
Students and Teachers care and send quilts.
Our quilts provide some warmth, but these folks need housing, still.
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 11,000 students to:
Afghanistan
Iraq
Iran
India
Pakistan
Israelis
and Palestinians
Jordan
Burkina Faso
Zambia
Swaziland
South Africa
Mauritania
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
Nicaragua
Belize
Bolivia
Columbia
Venezuela
Ireland
Romania
North Korea
Togo
Syria
Niger
Associations:
http://www.afghans4tomorrow.com/
http://www.damanga.org/
http://www.freetheslaves.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
We will be in transition for a bit. email: info@morethanwarmth.org
Thank you all
More than Warmth volunteers.
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Dear Plenty Friends,
A new 11 minute video by Plenty International, an expanded version of
the interviews we did for Robert Greenwald's Brave New Foundation's,
Katrina
2nd Anniversary video, features four Katrina Survivors ( Vernon
Washington, Rudy Aguilar, Linda Audibert and Melverleane Gaines) who
are still
waiting for help promised by Federal and State governments through the
"Road Home" program to get out of their cramped and toxic FEMA trailers
and
back into their homes. All four live in the Lower 9th Ward of New
Orleans or the town of Arabi in the adjacent St. Bernard Parish. All
four are among
the folks Plenty has been assisting within the limits of our funding
and available skilled volunteers. Their stories are heart-breaking but
their
resolute spirit and determination are inspiring and it's appalling to
realize that there are tens of thousands more just like them. These are
voices
that deserve a national microphone. The video can be viewed here:
http://www.plenty.org/
katrina2year/roadhomevideo.html
If Road Home were to come through for these people we could have all of
them back in their homes before year end. Three of the four families
could be
out of their trailers and back in their homes for a total of less than
$20,000. As Rudy Aguilar points out it cost FEMA more than twice that
to buy,
ship and set up just one trailer.
-Peter Schweitzer
for Plenty
-- http://plenty.org
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