Kaimosi’s joy at donations from British Friends
Friday 13th of 4th month was a lucky day for staff at Kaimosi Friends Hospital as they took delivery of over £500 worth of equipment donated by British Quakers. The equipment included stethoscopes, thermometers and surgeons’ boots as British Friends arrived in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, which took place in Kenya from 17/04 to 25/04. [...]
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Witness against the arms trade
by Sam Walton We didn’t think we’d get in. The UKTI DSO Symposium is the biggest event of the year for Britain’s exporters of “defence & security” gear – so you’d think they’d have better security. We wandered into the hotel past the police and made our way towards the entrance to the Symposium. Not [...]
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For me it is about creating heaven here
“For us it is about creating heaven here… not about an insurance policy to make it better in the next life”, says Marigold Bentley, speaking about being a Quaker on 4thought.tv. Being a Quaker “give me access to be surrounded by radical thinkers and radical activists.” Many years ago Marigold Bentley went to work in [...]
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North South, South North
By Sophie Bowman Two months ago I went to North Korea. Well, as much as is physically possible for a foreign person in South Korea. I went and visited the demilitarised zone and Panmunjom, crossing into North Korea within the confines of one of the blue meeting rooms that straddles the border in the Joint [...]
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Lent a Fairtrade hand
by Jez Smith Day #5 (40acts): Buy Fairtrade. Suitably, for the start of ‘Fairtrade fortnight’ (27/02 to 11/03) the challenge today is to buy Fairtrade. Working for Britain Yearly Meeting and being based at Friends House this is a relatively easy challenge as fairtrade products are a standard part of the operations and retail. In [...]
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Witness against the arms trade
by Sam Walton We didn’t think we’d get in. The UKTI DSO Symposium is the biggest event of the year for Britain’s exporters of “defence & security” gear – so you’d think they’d have better security. We wandered into the hotel past the police and made our way towards the entrance to the Symposium. Not [...]
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Kaimosi’s joy at donations from British Friends
Friday 13th of 4th month was a lucky day for staff at Kaimosi Friends Hospital as they took delivery of over £500 worth of equipment donated by British Quakers. The equipment included stethoscopes, thermometers and surgeons’ boots as British Friends arrived in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, which took place in Kenya from 17/04 to 25/04. [...]
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Pushing sometimes
by Stephen Cox A review of Pushing at the frontiers of change: A memoir of Quaker involvement with homosexuality by David Blamires and published by Quaker Books David writes that “it is a little odd being a historian of your own life…” This book sets out how Quakers moved from having little particularly interesting to [...]
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Quakers address British queen
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Kaimosi’s joy at donations from British Friends
Friday 13th of 4th month was a lucky day for staff at Kaimosi Friends Hospital as they took delivery of over £500 worth of equipment donated by British Quakers. The equipment included stethoscopes, thermometers and surgeons’ boots as British Friends arrived in Kenya for the World Conference of Friends, which took place in Kenya from 17/04 to 25/04. [...]
Witness against the arms trade
by Sam Walton We didn’t think we’d get in. The UKTI DSO Symposium is the biggest event of the year for Britain’s exporters of “defence & security” gear – so you’d think they’d have better security. We wandered into the hotel past the police and made our way towards the entrance to the Symposium. Not [...]
For me it is about creating heaven here
“For us it is about creating heaven here… not about an insurance policy to make it better in the next life”, says Marigold Bentley, speaking about being a Quaker on 4thought.tv. Being a Quaker “give me access to be surrounded by radical thinkers and radical activists.” Many years ago Marigold Bentley went to work in [...]
North South, South North
By Sophie Bowman Two months ago I went to North Korea. Well, as much as is physically possible for a foreign person in South Korea. I went and visited the demilitarised zone and Panmunjom, crossing into North Korea within the confines of one of the blue meeting rooms that straddles the border in the Joint [...]
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