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free subscriber banana this month, and remember that 20 virtual
bananas converts to a cooperative share in the LiA Network!

Now listen...

Can you hear the Echoes?

It sounds like... a piecetrain full of people moving full speed
ahead!!

(OOOooooh! and there's even SHOPPING on board!)

IN THIS ISSUE5 - Beads, Bracelets and Bling... and Peace Tiles for
everyone too!

WE MEMBERS : Contest Winner ugandanrose!
WE FEATURE : Kampala's displaced Acholi Quarter
WE MARKET : Beads, Bracelets and Bling
WE GALLERY : Peace Tiles pix & products from Uganda online
WE NETWORK : New jobs with the Invisible Children bracelet project
WE REPORTS : Piecetraining with LiA members as we break new ground!
WE WISHLIST: WE Center moving fund
NEXT TIME : Introducing a new shorter, more frequent format
P.S. APPEAL: Hygiene for night commuter girls
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WE MEMBERS

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Congratulations ugandanrose!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the game of guessing the
number of drinking straws used to make a mat. The contest is over
now, the mat was dismantled and the counting done and we discovered
that it takes about 2,450 straws to make a mat. The winner was LiA WE
Center member Esther Tumuheirwe (a.k.a ugandanrose) with the closest
guess of 2,650.

Esther is one of LiA's most active members. Click here to meet her
and see her receiving her prize -
http://lifeinafrica.com/can/4/ugandanrose

WE FEATURE

Visit Kampala's Acholi Quarter to meet some of Life in Africa's
newest members. Later this year, Life in Africa plans to move from
the current WE Center premises to open a new WE Center closer to this
area. Right now the rock quarrey is the main income earning
opportunity there, and it pays less than $1 per day. (Did someone say
BEADS???)

http://lifeinafrica.com/we/gallery/cultures/feature

WE MARKET

Life in Africa's WE Market is now open for impact, offering you a
range of opportunities to give unique gifts that give this holiday
season! Visit today @ http://lifeinafrica.com/we/market to find and
act upon your choice of causes, crafts and connections with Life in
Africa members and friends.

WE Center members in Kampala are selling some of the wonderful crafts
and other "bling" they make to buy more footballs for IDP Camp
children before the end of this year, in partnership with
http://thekidsleague.org. Order today to beat the holiday rush @

http://lifeinafrica.com/4/we/3/market/2/shopping/1/blinggo

WE GALLERY

The global Peace Tiles project has taught Life in Africa members that
it does not require much education and status to create beautiful
art - only passion and a message to convey. We have been working with
children in Kampala and Gulu to create amazingly inspirational murals
that give messages of hope to people affected by some of the hardest
situations that life on the planet Earth has to offer today.

The transformation of the participants themselves is the part of the
Peace Tiles process we love the most. You can catch a glimpse of this
wonderful art from the soul through some stories and photos of
several workshops that we've posted online @
http://www.omidyar.net/group/peacetiles/news/18/

Support i-Act Darfur, Katrina relief, night commuters and former
abductees in Northern Uganda, and the Life in Africa's new WE Center
in Gulu! Choose your cause and purchase products printed with Peace
Tiles Factory Gulu image collections @
http://cafepress.com/lifeinafrica

>>>>>>>> !Banana Alert! <<<<<<<<<
We're giving DOUBLE BONUS BANANAS to every subscriber who
participates in any WE MARKET initiative between now and the end of
November - including the Peace tiles Factory shop at
http://cafepress.com/lifeinafrica.

Other customers receive 1 banana for every $10 they spend;
subscribers to Echoes of Africa you will receive 2 bananas for every
$10 you spend.

This special subscriber offer is valid on any action or shopping
listed at http://lifeinafrica.com/we/market until 30 November 2005.
To claim your bananas, simply forward the payment receipts you
receive by email from Paypal or Cafepress to
bananas@....

If the email address you use is different than the one you are
subscribed with, please let us know so we can avoid any confusion. We
hope to be letting you know how many bananas you may already have in
our next issue of Echoes.

WE NETWORK

The bracelet project for http://invisiblechildren.com is now on in
partnership with Life in Africa! WE Center members took on this
project after trying out several samples of dyes and bleaches to get
the real quality and colors of materials which were needed. After
trying out several samples, IC crew declared at the good perfomance
and the WE Center members started on the bracelet production.

The production which started at the WE Center has made its first
expansion to an IDP camp in the surburbs of Kampala named Acholi
Quarters, and training has already started in an IDP camp in Gulu. In
total, over 60 jobs have already been created! Life in Africa's Grace
Ayaa is leading the bracelet production expansion, to enable the
displaced people earn a living through producing bracelets. The sale
of these bracelets will raise funds for helping the Invisible
Children film crew achieve their mission in the north. We are very
excited about this global partnership!

Read more about the IC Solidarity Bracelets project and see us in
production @ http://ecreateafrica.com/3/projects/2/ug/1/icbracelet/

WE REPORTS

Monica, Grace, Christina and more Internet4Change Agents and Trainees
at the WE Center are now writing "Piecetrain Journeys" about their
experiences with Life in Africa this fall. Read interviews with new
members in the Acholi Quarter, stories of night commuter children,
personal reflections on piece-building experiences and more, as the
Life in Africa team breaks new ground together in Webbed Empowerment
for victims of Uganda's northern war.

Climb aboard the piecetrain for a cyber-safari you won't soon forget
@ http://www.omidyar.net/group/i4c/ws/piecetrain_journeys/

WE WISHLIST

In Kampala, our WE Center tenancy agreement is up at the end of this
year. We've identified a new location at Kireka. The new offices to
be are well located in such a manner that makes it easier for current
LIA members and the new Acholi Quarter group of members to work
together. In addition to our member gallery of art & crafts plus our
Webbed Empowerment programs, the new WE Center will also promote
cultural tourism that focuses on building public awareness about what
the world can do to help families and children affected by Northern
Uganda's terrible 20 year war.

We are doing everything possible to make this move happen through the
WE Market, and will certainly appreciate as much support as you can
provide through your orders. However, $4,000 is necessary to pay 1
year of rent in advance - we're struggling to pull that much together.
If you can consider making a contribution to the WE Center moving
fund, please visit the following link for more information about why
it's a good idea:
http://www.dropcash.com/campaign/lifeinafrica/we_centers_uganda_moving
_fund/

NEXT TIME

One of the reasons it's taken us so long to get this issue of Echoes
out to you is that there has been just SO MUCH going on. We have even
more to tell you than what you've read here, but for now it will have
to wait. But not for too long!

Starting in November, we're going to try sending Echoes of Africa
every 2 weeks, instead of monthly. The time has come for our
subscribers to be more involved in what we're doing - the new shorter
but more frequent newsletter schedule will hopefully make it easier
for you to do that. In our next issue we're also going to introduce a
unique new global Life in Africa membership opportunity that we hope
YOU will seriously coinsider.

Thanks for joining us once again in this issue. Please tell us what
you think, using the contact form at
http://lifeinafrica.com/4/we/2/contact/.

And if you've enjoyed this month's Echoes of Africa, please share it
with a friend or two right now. Just forward it and invite them to
subscribe. The more people around the world there are who hear us,
the more impact ALL of us can make.

Remember, WE = Webbed Empowerment!

Thank you for being a part of it @ http://LifeInAfrica.com
P.S.

APPEAL

P.S. - At the same time as we're raising money and laying the field
groundwork to move, we're also concerned with some of the simple yet
urgent needs we're finding on the ground in Gulu. Some of the girls
at Charity for Peace Foundation have asked for help with a very
specific need. We've promised to help - please read about our short
term and long term plans, and see if you're able to help out a bit
too.

We think you will want to!
http://www.dropcash.com/campaign/kirabo/womens_hygiene_for_night_commu
ter/

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