Creative Writing Wordshops Newsletter April 2025

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light…
(St. Francis of Assisi)

Living this Prayer

This month’s letter is a tribute to the Carl Schlettwein Foundation in Basel
who, for many years, has supported and encouraged me. This March, inland
and at the coast, I spent another 23 days in Namibia where I lived for 20
years. Marsia Reed of the Lithon Foundation arranges my visit, as she is
connected to many of the NGOs, a free ambulance services et al.

People in a country with little resources, but rich in passion, altruism and imagination. The nature of the project? To train storytellers so they can pass on this life changing medium to children in need / at risk. I storyshopped at orphanages, ECD, a free ambulance unit, a Lighthouse ministry where they teach children archery – some 20 engagements.

I remain moved by the faith, power, humility of these women and
a scattering of men. In Okahandja I encoutered 25 women singing, all from 25 different preschools, most of them teaching in tin shacks. So open to story learning. They are PDF -Passionate Dedicated Faithful and ECD – Energetic Courageous Determined.

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