[Pil-pc-oceania] FWD: Philippines request for assistance

[Morag Gamble]

Perhaps you can help this new group -see their letter attached below.
Regards,
Morag
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Mòrag Gamble

SEED International
Sustainability Education and Ecological Design
50 Crystal Waters, Kilcoy Lane, Conondale, QLD 4552, Australia
p: +61 (0)7 5494 4833
e: info at SEEDinternational.com.au
www.SEEDinternational.com.au

Mòrag Gamble
SEED International - Program Director
Ethos Centre - Permaculture Designer/Educator www.ethoscentre.com
Ethos Foundation - Fellow www.ethosfoundation.org.au
Permaculture International Ltd - Director/Secretary  
www.permacultureinternational.org
Australian City Farms and Community Gardens Network (QLD)  
www.communitygarden.org.au
Ecovillage and Cohousing Network of Australia Inc - Committee Member  
www.ecna.org.au


Begin forwarded message:

> From: madhuv cosmic <mindsetbreaker at yahoo.com>
> Date: 28 May 2007 8:15:44 PM
> To: info at SEEDinternational.com.au
> Subject: kinaiyahan unahon
>
> hello friends,
>
> Gud day and hope you are well. My name is mhel. I live in the  
> Phillippines, part of the Southeast Asia. Currently, i reside here  
> in a local hometown called Davao City. My noble purpose of writing  
> to you is to gain link and network who can show support and may  
> help our collective regarding its sustenance and sustainability to  
> its further actions.
>
> Anyway, i am involved and currently working in a group called  
> Kinaiyahan Unahon. We founded it in the middle of last year with  
> the help and support of some few friends/comrades who had also been  
> engaged in quiet some series of social activism, peace and  
> environment. Coming from different radical/diy autonomous  
> collectives concerning its members, at this time we had bonded  
> together aiming to achieve something in a much wider perspective in  
> terms of sharing and offering alternative ideas and thoughts  
> ranging from bio- centered methods and visions until further  
> application, to local communities and common people that we can get  
> access with.
>
> In terms of actions, we would really like and very interested to do  
> service by opening and running an alternative school and resource/ 
> social center project hopefully by next year.
>
> Locally, we feel that these concerns really matters into providing  
> an educational space for social beings to help regain knowledge  
> about our present surroundings and realities, realization of humane  
> potentialities, radical cultural expressions, direct autonomy as  
> well practical ecological alternative application for sustainable  
> living via community gardening projects and eco villages. Our free  
> school and resource center will serve as a base of information for  
> community involvement and direct action.
>
> We feel that these will able to lead a way into challenging the  
> destructive behavior organized by capitalism by resorting to a more  
> healthy and earth-centered alternative methods of observing things  
> and application as well limiting attachment to the machinery of  
> greed and dependency to that system.
>
> We also believe that in most under developed country, including the  
> Philippines, rich with natural tropics and ecological diversities,  
> it is very necessary and needs no compromise for us to protect and  
> defend what is remaining mainly the wild ,including other life  
> forms nurturing the human population living dependent with its  
> biological interactions and harmonious nature.
>
> Much of our energy and efforts pursued into these kind of ideal  
> scope and practically, we further taking action into creating local  
> situational changes among communities and societies ranging from  
> every single movement of time.
>
> At the moment, We are deeply looking into strengthening/materialize  
> the needs of our free school resource/social center as open as it  
> can be for the public, in the allotted time planned scheduled by  
> next year around May. Also collective enhancement and capability  
> development processes is consensusly observed and conducted besides  
> the latter.
>
> Definitely, we are in need of materials of any kind benefited for  
> the resource center, and to be straight we are lacking on these  
> kind of necessities. And via these terms, we are calling for your  
> help and support concerning these matter.
>
> Planned activities of the free school and resource center is mainly  
> to share radical thoughts and alternative information in the form  
> of skill sharing, do it yourself workshops, seminars, film  
> showings ,fora, study circles,events  etc.,were subjects discussed  
> ranged from theoretical analysis and critique of contemporary  
> social order, alternative approaches to ecology and lifestyle and  
> other things which we feel very productive for conscious growth and  
> understanding. The resource center will also give space for social/ 
> autonomous collective meetings within the diy culture and  
> grassroots lines.
>
> In relation to these stated action , we hope you can donate and  
> spare us what you have in any kind. The group are still in the  
> midst on its transitional period where much of its ongoing  
> pressures concerning its day to day development gave rise to a more  
> inspirational and enjoyable endeavor as we move along. Also,  
> financialy, we are'nt very stable and economically poor which gives  
> limit on aquiring materials that we really need right now.
>
> At the moment, the group is working on its initial set  
> up ,specifically doing office renovation and facility improvement,  
> acquiring equipments such as computer unit and printer to those who  
> can freely share access to these , as well photocopiers, digital  
> camera, fax machine, slide projectors and other electronic devices.  
> We are also looking for informative and educational reading  
> documents in any form like ,books, zines, literature, posters,  
> journals, pamphlet, brochure, diy merchandises, independent video/ 
> audio resources and any kind of alternative medium for  
> liberation ,which no doubt, is some of the most basic important  
> things needed for the school.
>
> Furthermore, we also do need financial assistance to buy paints  
> which is badly needed right now ,and other things for the set up,  
> office renovation and space construction. We do local fundraising  
> in any terms but still is not very stable to finish these major  
> jobs. Financial donations from groups and individuals will help  
> gain speed and acceleration, for all the required jobs and will  
> shoulder a helpful cause concerning its initial priorities.
>
> In these regards, we hope you can extend something in any way you  
> feel what is best for the project. It will be a long term service  
> indeed, which will take part throughout our journey.
>
> We are hoping for your kind consideration and support regarding  
> this matter.
>
> Thank you very much and we hope to hear from you soon.
>
> Love and solidarity,
>
> Hanamel B.Canonigo-Personal relations
> KINAIYAHAN UNAHON!
>
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