My Valued Friends I would like to seek your support and sponsorship for this charity event – Skydiving for Desmond Tutu Foundation. This...
My Valued Friends
I would like to seek your support and sponsorship for this charity event – Skydiving for Desmond Tutu Foundation. This is in memory of my late mother, Mother Celestial (Mrs) Florence Olomu who passed away two years ago.
The Tutu Foundation UK has been in existence since 2007 to continue the inspiring and transforming reconciliation work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs Leah Tutu. The mission of the foundation is to transform lives and communities by building respect, understanding and connections between people of different backgrounds and generations.
The Desmond Tutu Foundation has many programmes but the one program close to my heart is the Conversation for Change (C4C).
Key aims of the C4C programme are:
· To develop an understanding of anger and conflict in relation to self and the community and begin a process of transformation;
· To establish and explore the idea that we can be human only together – that we are all interconnected and are incomplete if we do not pay attention to each other’s needs and wellbeing;
· To support the participants to develop achievable projects to bring people together and address conflict in their communities.
C4C draws on techniques used in the reconciliation work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa and Northern Ireland, bringing international understanding and experience of peace-building to UK communities. In particular, the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu underpins the educational content of the workshops.
Ubuntu emphasises our common humanity, promoting values of respect, diversity and interdependence. It appeals to people of all backgrounds and those of all faiths or none. As such, it is an excellent community development tool, promoting good citizenship, reconciliation and understanding in today’s multi-cultural, multi-faith British society.
I first met the Archbishop when he came to Croydon last year for “An Evening with Desmond Tutu”. I was introduced to him because of the work I do in the community. At the meeting I promised him that my next charitable project would be to create awareness and raise funds for his charity.
I was really inspired by the sincerity and purpose of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for the work he is doing. He is a wonderful man full of warmth and huge laugh. Archbishop Tutu continues to campaign vigorously for human rights throughout the world. He speaks out on a variety of issues including the plight of Zimbabweans under the regime of Robert Mugabe and the lack of progress on treating HIV/AIDs in South Africa.
Taking part in the sky diving event is my little way of contributing to the C4C ethos. To use the words of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ‘Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.’
If you would like to sponsor me, kindly send by return email the amount and I will contact you to collect your funds after the skydiving on Friday 26th August 2011.
I would like to seek your support and sponsorship for this charity event – Skydiving for Desmond Tutu Foundation. This is in memory of my late mother, Mother Celestial (Mrs) Florence Olomu who passed away two years ago.
The Tutu Foundation UK has been in existence since 2007 to continue the inspiring and transforming reconciliation work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs Leah Tutu. The mission of the foundation is to transform lives and communities by building respect, understanding and connections between people of different backgrounds and generations.
The Desmond Tutu Foundation has many programmes but the one program close to my heart is the Conversation for Change (C4C).
Key aims of the C4C programme are:
· To develop an understanding of anger and conflict in relation to self and the community and begin a process of transformation;
· To establish and explore the idea that we can be human only together – that we are all interconnected and are incomplete if we do not pay attention to each other’s needs and wellbeing;
· To support the participants to develop achievable projects to bring people together and address conflict in their communities.
C4C draws on techniques used in the reconciliation work of Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa and Northern Ireland, bringing international understanding and experience of peace-building to UK communities. In particular, the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu underpins the educational content of the workshops.
Ubuntu emphasises our common humanity, promoting values of respect, diversity and interdependence. It appeals to people of all backgrounds and those of all faiths or none. As such, it is an excellent community development tool, promoting good citizenship, reconciliation and understanding in today’s multi-cultural, multi-faith British society.
I first met the Archbishop when he came to Croydon last year for “An Evening with Desmond Tutu”. I was introduced to him because of the work I do in the community. At the meeting I promised him that my next charitable project would be to create awareness and raise funds for his charity.
I was really inspired by the sincerity and purpose of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for the work he is doing. He is a wonderful man full of warmth and huge laugh. Archbishop Tutu continues to campaign vigorously for human rights throughout the world. He speaks out on a variety of issues including the plight of Zimbabweans under the regime of Robert Mugabe and the lack of progress on treating HIV/AIDs in South Africa.
Taking part in the sky diving event is my little way of contributing to the C4C ethos. To use the words of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, ‘Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.’
If you would like to sponsor me, kindly send by return email the amount and I will contact you to collect your funds after the skydiving on Friday 26th August 2011.
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