Part 5: Pathways to Prevention, Healing and Freedom
Maiti Nepal operates across multi levels, including rescue, border patrol, education, after care in shelters, awareness raising programs, political activism and very importantly, seeding ideas for other non profits to get started in ways that can assist.
First you have to take them into your heart as your own child. Then the strength comes out of you to protect them.
Anuradha Koirala, founder of Maiti Nepal.
Part 4: The Grey Man
The Grey Man is an Australian not for profit dedicated to rescuing children from the sex slave trade. Their mission is to eradicate the trafficking and exploitation of children and their activities are concentrated in south east Asia.
Part 3: Combating Modern Slavery
Kevin Bales and his organisation, Free the Slaves, advocate how to combat modern slavery from an economic standpoint. According to Free the Slaves, a major difference between modern slavery and slavery of the past is the value of a life.
Part 2: Breaking the Culture of Silence
Sunitha Krishnan fights modern day slavery and has formed an anti trafficking organisation, Prajwala India. Her focus is on individuals, especially children, who have been sold into the sex slave trade. She speaks out for the voiceless, nameless, isolated people who endure torture everyday. Victims of the men who buy them, sooner or later they give up hope on people like you and me. One day they accept their exploitation.
Sunitha’s challenge is to help these girls to get power from the pain. To date she has rescued more than 3,200 girls from sexual slavery. One third of rescues are HIV positive.
Living in the Shadowlands of Earth, Slavery 2010
Slavery is a fundamental violation of our dignity and is thriving in our globalised world. Like other forms of abuse in our world, slavery, especially sexual slavery, has become a part of our culture of silence. To help give voice to those who can’t be heard, and in support of those courageous individuals who have dedicated their lives to battle this outrage, I have created this 5 part journal, Living in The Shadowlands of Earth, Slavery 2010.
Pilgrimage 2010 now accepting registrations
This years pilgrimage is set for 1st - 11th October. Join us for 10 magical, fun filled and transformative days in Connemara, the heart of west Ireland.
Please contact us with any questions you may have.
Price, Registration and further details will be provided upon application.
Parliament of World Religion
On December 3 - 9 the Parliament of World Religion convenes in Melbourne. Together with Celtic Harpist and Spiritual Director Cath Connelly, I will be presenting on the 5th December. I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in such an event as this. There are 650 speakers from many varied spiritual backgrounds, along with over 70 exhibits highlighting causes, initiatives and issues as well as emerging artists. It is sure to be a life changing event for all participants as well as attendees.
Cath and myself are privileged to present The Art of Celtic Spirituality. During this dynamic session we will share spiritual insights of the Irish and Scottish ancestors through music, story telling, prayer and ritual. We will draw from the Sean Nós tradition of west Ireland and the traditions of the Celtic Church as we weave an experience of the living spiritual pathway of our ancestors. This rich spiritual and cultural legacy is an ancient continuous wisdom that is available, alive and more vitally relevant than ever in our modern day.
Pilgrimage 2009 is full!
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Pilgrimage is full. Our 2010 Pilgrimage will take place from 29 September - 11 October and we are now accepting registrations..
Pilgrimage 2009 now accepting registrations
This years pilgrimage is set for 30th September - 12th October. Join us for 12 magical, fun filled and transformative days in Connemara, the heart of west Ireland.
Registration now open!
Check out the new slideshow on our 2009 pilgrimage page. These wonderful pictures were taken by Bonnie Jenkins, artistic photographer and participant in our October 2008 pilgrimage.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have!
Climate change or climate disaster?
“The world has very little time”
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chief Rajendra Pachauri at last weeks climate conference in Copenhagen after new findings were presented. (1)
The notion of global climate change has taken on a new meaning for many people in the state of Victoria after our recent extreme temperatures (day and night) and devastating wildfires where losses far outweigh other catastrophic fires in our history, Ash Wednesday and Black Friday.
I have yet to talk to someone in Victoria who was not touched by these fires last month.
Solstice
“I will not be clapped in a hood
Nor a cage, nor alight on a wrist,
Now I have learnt to be proud
Hovering over the wood
in the broken mist
Or tumbling cloud.”
Rebirth of the Hawk, W.B. Yeats
My recent reflections have led me to contemplate the messages I received about 2008. The strongest message was that we were in a time of openings. I feel, like the Rebirth of the Hawk, that we no longer wear blinkers - the hood is off. We know what it is like to live in captivity of the heart and soul - going against the flow of nature. We know now that it is time for change, to take off the shackles of pollution, of unconscious living - of disconnection from our natures. With the recovery of this awareness our wings are free - to fly and soar and know the clouds, the mists, the forests, the oceans. There is no going back.
Earth Hour
Something I notice when travelling is how much light pollution we have and how it impacts our view of the night sky - or lack of - in densely populated areas. In fact, even in country areas where small towns have street lights it impacts how much we can see. In the recent journal entry “GLOBE, our night sky,” you can read about the ongoing project, GLOBE, which measures the level of this pollution and demonstrates how we are blocking our view to the rest of creation. In 2008 GLOBE received measurements from 62 countries.
A major change has occurred in the human story this year as more than 50% of Earth’s population now live in cities.
October pilgrimage in full preparation!
With just under 2 months until our epic adventure to Connemara we only have a couple of spaces available. Follow the link to read more!
Globe - our night sky
Continuing to Create Community
An exciting aspect of the internet is that we can participate in different kinds of communities that are working to make a difference and to educate - and best of all, through these web based communities we get to interact with people from all over the world. Here is something we can be involved in that is fun and will connect you with an ageless activity - linking you to your most ancient ancestors. It is also an important project in awareness on a personal and global level. In my last journal entry I wrote about the night sky here in the southern hemisphere.
Whilst researching for current solar activity as we move into the most powerful solar cycle in human history, I discovered GLOBE At NIGHT.
Winter solstice
For the first time in many years I am home for winter solstice. I love this time of year and when the sky is clear here in the south the stars are a spectacular blaze of white light. This year we have had the full moon - so the focus of night light has been the highlighting of the moon against the wild black storm clouds over a very powerful Southern Ocean.
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