Nicaragua Network: Join the Pastors4Peace Caravan to HONDURAS and NICARAGUA!! Nov 2009

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Join the Pastors for Peace Caravan to Honduras & Nicaragua!

The Nicaragua Network is happy to participate in this Pastors for Peace caravan to Honduras and Nicaragua! We encourage Nicaragua sister city committees, solidarity committees and peace and justice groups to consider hosting the caravan! For more information, write [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Celebrating 20 Years of Solidarity

November 12 - December 11, 2009

This will be an historic solidarity and humanitarian aid caravan to Honduras and Nicaragua. Between November 12 and December 11, 2009 the Caravan will travel on 4 different routes to visit more than 30 US and Canadian cities. We will travel in school buses, trucks and cars loaded with medical and educational supplies donated by groups across the US and Canada. The Caravan is an action education project which calls for a more enlightened and humane US policy toward Honduras and Nicaragua.

Sister city projects can collect and send material aid to their partner towns in Nicaragua with the caravan! Send a message indicating your interest to: [e-mail].

We will spend 8 days in Central America in fellowship with our brothers and sisters, visiting different communities and non-governmental social projects such as organic farms, health centers, youth and women's collectives.

During these encounters, we will learn from them at different levels about the problems caused by U.S. foreign policy and the ways they have creatively responded. We will also learn of the severe impacts of the Central American Free Trade Agreements (CAFTA- DR) and the successes of a new model of inclusive and sustainable development within the framework of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA). We will see the effects of the new wave of transition and cooperation led by Cuba and Venezuela that has assisted these countries with initiatives such as Operation Miracle and other social missions.

We will also meet with several communities of faith that have stood side by side with the poor and all the excluded in the people's struggle. In these exchanges with progressive church leaders and activists we will learn about the historical and prophetic role many churches have played in providing a safe haven and a springboard for popular struggle and dissent.

JOIN US as we pass through your community. Many past caravanistas say the time traveling through the US, meeting and staying with local activist friends across the US, is as important a part of the experience as the time in Central America.

Sister city projects can collect and send material aid to their partner towns in Nicaragua with the caravan! Send a message indicating your interest to: [e-mail].

November 12-22 Caravan routes - educational events - aid collections in the U.S. and Canada
November 23-24 Orientation in McAllen, TX
Nov. 25-Dec. 1 Border crossing and travel to Central America
December 2-11 Educational and Cultural Program in Honduras and Nicaragua

· Contact us for an application.
· Get involved locally
· Host an event in your community
· Collect material aid

Send a e-mail message to [e-mail]