Dear Friends,

Hello and hope all's well with everyone as we head towards 2008...may it be a year creative and in every way GREAT!  Here is a posting abt Peace Tiles activities of members for World AIDS Day 2007, and immense thanks to Dennis Kimambo for adding his report!! 

I'll be compiling and posting about more activities for WAD, and also a year-end report, so stay tuned!  And please also join us at the ActALIVE forum, which is a good linking-up place for members of our far-flung organization. In 2008, I'll be working on connecting members who are at Razoo, Yahoo, in other forums, and in no forums (yet) at all:)).

In the meantime and 4-ever, artistic affections to all creative birds of a feather (may we always act "alive", then every challenge we can weather)! Janet

ActALIVE (http://www.actalive.org) Members Doing Peace Tiles related activities for WAD 2007:

1) REPACTED (Kenya): Peace Tiles were made, in addition to a fashion show and dance event. http://www.repacted.org

2) St. Egidio (Kenya): Tile-making in October, with performances of a play about the Peace Tiles done for World AIDS Day (written and performed by Ron Odhiambo).  http://www.santegidio.org/en

3) CBO Nyando District Youth Initiative (Kenya): The event involved tile-making workshops at five locations, and tiles were displayed at the District celebrations of World AIDS Day. http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/pages.html?page=wad

4) CAPEC (Cameroon): Peace Tiles were made for WAD, as part of the events of that day. http://www.capec.org

5) Girl Child Art Foundation (Nigeria): Peace Tiles were made as part of a larger conference event on youth and the Millennium Development Goals. http://www.gcafy.org

6) Gram Bharati Samiti (India): Peace Tiles were made as part of a roster of activities during that day (pix and report available). http://www.gbsjp.org


7) Bill Clinton Care (India): Peace Tiles were made by school students of the Sujatha School, Hyderabad, and will also be made during stops on the AIDS Ride 2008 (organized by B'Care), a bicycle trip being planned from Toronto (site of IAC 2006) to Mexico City (site of the International AIDS Conference in 2008). http://www.bcareindia.org and http://www.aidsride2008.org