SUMMARY
OF 97th MEETING OF SUSILA DHARMA (BRITAIN)
Peace
Festival in Edinburgh.
Sjarifah Roberts with the help of Edinburgh Group are organising
a stall at this Festival, which will be attended by Amalia Dickie, UN
contact for SDIA, from Subud Austria and Sharif Horthy.
Tsunami
Relief.
SD(B) sent an initial donation of £500 towards the Aceh Base
Camp which has now been more than compensated by donations from
members. We are in touch
with the organisers of the Base Camp and will release more funds as and
when they become required. Bella
Rosario from Mithra Foundation is now trying to work on the Indian
coast at Chennai to relieve hardship inflicted by the tsunami there,
and some of the funds may be sent there.
ICDP. A first instalment of £2,000 has been sent to ICDP towards
the large programme in Boyaca, Colombia.
The
Board approved the revised budget for 2005. Projected expenditure is £60,600, of which funding of £15,250
is in place and projected income is £34,250, leaving £11,100 to be
raised. We have some
leeway in our general fund, but look out for fundraising efforts this
year ! If you have any
ideas for raising funds for SD(B) in your groups, please let us know
and we will offer what support we can.
SRADHA. £1,800 has been sent to offset the loan which the project
took out to enable them to complete their training centre.
Maemunah
Hasan had visited Indonesia and was able to report on some of the
projects. She had details
of several projects being run by IRDN, and the Board asked her to get
proposal forms completed so that we could assess them for funding. They include a TB treatment programme, distribution of
‘protema’ a protein-rich supplement for babies, and a traditional
medicine programme.
Bi-Zonal
Meeting in Kinshasa.
Sjarifah Roberts will now attend this meeting which will give
her the opportunity to meet project leaders and many other delegates
from Africa and elsewhere. Suleyman
Mowat is also attending this meeting with a special brief from Sachlan
North to find out how the growing of artemisia, a cure for malaria, is
going at various locations.
SD(B)
now has a colourful new leaflet detailing some of the projects we have
supported. If you would
like some for your group, especially if you have your own premises
which are used by other organisations, please contact Laura Lesley laura@susiladharma.org.uk.
Our
next meeting is on 7th/8th May at Faversham.