THANK YOU.

I just wanted to thank everyone who came or helped out on March 25, 2010 with the International Benefit Dinner! It was such a great success, a few things could have been improved but we now know what we have to do next time to make it better. Hope everyone enjoyed the food.

Sincerely,

Christine

MOVING QUOTES.

These are some quotes from people we have been interviewing for the Secret Whispers project, very moving.

"These street children in Nepal pick up garbage. They don't like society, have no ambition, don't care. Their lifespan is 30 years because of malnutrition, fights, and murders."

"I Skype my friend in Nepal at 3:30 a.m."

"I'm used to it."

"Chloroform and chop, chop!"

"This Bolivian boy from the slums grew up in orphanages, then had to live on the streets in La Paz. He was in jail for robbery and came out changed. He knew he'd either have to get an education or go back onto the streets. He's studying accounting now, but it's a struggle: no food, no sleep. He washes cars and shines shoes to pay for school."

"These people in the psych unit have conflict on the inside."

"The other place is run by the government. It's really bad--no mirrors allowed."

"These are great people, and bad stuff happened to them."

"One is out, one is still there, and one is dead."

"I'm a 30-year old stuck in a 19-year-old body."

"People abandoned me."

"I don't know what to do with my life."

"Shit defocuses me."

"One of my little sisters is in an orphanage."

"No one trusts me."

"My dad has turned me away, and my mom doesn't want me."

HAPPY EASTER FROM COLON, PANAMA!

DON'T FORGET - THIS THURSDAY (MARCH 25, 2010)

INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT DINNER @ THE STUDENT LOUNGE & ROOM 4

IN LEIDEN, HOLLAND FROM 16:30-19:30. ALL PROCEEDS WILL

GO TO GOOD CAUSES SUCH AS - THE WOMENS SHELTER IN

COLON, PANAMA!

SECRET WHISPERS: World Youth in Conflict INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT DINNER UPDATE!!!!!!

Eat great, homemade cooking from India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and Germany!

Webster students writing a Voices of Youth (VOY) project for the GNST 1200 class are organizing a benefit dinner to raise funds for the young people they have been interviewing. The causes include: a home for battered women and their children in Panama, a young boys' home in Bolivia, and street children in Katmandu.

When? Thursday March 25th from 4:30-7:30 p.m. (TAKE NOTE THE TIME HAS CHANGED)

Where? Student Lounge and Room 4, Webster Leiden

How much? 5 euros for ALL YOU CAN EAT

Tickets will be on sale from March 16th, or email annedegraaf63@webster.edu

What to wear? Dress up fancy, wear an international costume, or just come in jeans

INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT DINNER.

MARCH 25, 2010 @ 18:00

WE ARE WEBSTER UNIVERSITY LEIDEN STUDENTS

HOSTING AN INTERNATIONAL BENEFIT DINNER.

ALL THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO YOUTH IN

CONFLICT AROUND THE WORLD. MORE INFORMATION ON

TICKETS WILL BE POSTED SOON !