A man I consider a friend, Andrius Kulikauskas, is actively focused in helping allay the crisis in Kenya, which is teetering back-and-forth between order and chaos, with violence rendering a great deal of unnecessary destruction.
If you're reading the headlines, and wondering how you can help, here's the short list:
- Send them mobile phone airtime (see: KenyansToCall)
(which they can share with others and trade for food, medicine,
transport) SendingAirtime
http://mamamikes.com
- Make phone calls to Kenya: KenyansToCall
(The simplest way to help right now is to make phone calls to Kenyans
and send SMS messages. We are making a list and encouraging calls (note
that Kenyan time is GMT+3 and the country code is +254. Check the price
per minute. Recommended: Skype
http://www.skype.com).
- Write to your foreign minister:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/kenya_free_and_fair/
- Join this chat:
http://www.worknets.org/chat/
- Join Samwel
Kongere's email group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/
- Help create posters, peace songs, and videos for Kenya, to get the word out.
- Share this letter (post it to your blog, send it to your friends).
- Contribute money for Kenyan "independent thinkers" by PayPal to ms@ms.lt
or directly with
credit card (Note: Andrius oversees this account directly, which is distributed to trusted leaders "on the ground" who can put the funds to direct, positive use).
Adapted from, and more information available, here: http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?HelpKenyans
Cass, This is great! Thank you for all of your help. I look forward to talking some time. Our latest effort is to wear white armbands and organize small nonviolence practice meetings all across Kenya on Tuesday prior to the demonstrations on Wednesday which may prove violent. http://www.africanews.com/site/list_messages/15967 Peace.
Posted by: Andrius Kulikauskas | February 23, 2008 at 12:22 PM