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Date: Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 4:55 AM<br>Subject: Important : Support needed for Kenyan community currencies activists<br>To: <a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<div style="color:#442f2a;font-family:Lucida Sans,Lucida;font-size:13px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><strong>Dear all,</strong><br>
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Please find below a short <strong>call for support</strong> from Will Ruddick and five colleagues in Kenya, fighting for recognition of complementary currencies schemes before legal authorities.<br>
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A complete misunderstanding from the Central Bank lead to unjustified charges for "forgery" against these pro-poor programmes' activists : they need help in raising funds for the fees of the judicial proceedings and bring back to life the programme, called Bangla-Pesa, in a poor slum community in Mombasa.<br>
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If you can help by spreading the word or by donating, please do !<br>
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All the links can be found below on the context, the Bangla-Pesa scheme and the crowdfunding platform.<br>
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Thank you very much for your support,<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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Carlos de Freitas<br>
Palmas Institute Europe<br>
Monnaies En D�bat/Currencies In Debate<br>
P. : <a href="tel:%2B%2033%206%2061%2072%2092%2070" value="+33661729270" target="_blank">+ 33 6 61 72 92 70</a><br>
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Dear Friends, Family and Supporters,<br>
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<strong>End Africa�s dependence on Aid through Complementary Currencies. Eradicate poverty and keep six people from seven years in prison.</strong><br>
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Click <a href="http://banquepalmas.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8e657cfc193f8fdc34f4c6caa&id=61928009db&e=3b6caafd6b" style="color:#336699;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">here</a> to support this program and watch our videos.<br>
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Bangla-Pesa, a complementary currency program in one of Kenya�s poorest slums, needs your help. This innovative program gave participants the ability to create their own means of exchange so micro-business owners could trade what they have for what they need. In two weeks, the program already showed great success. But the Central Bank of Kenya has deemed the program illegal and is pursuing a legal battle against its organizers, despite enthusiastic community support.<br>
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These six people face charges that could put them in prison for as much as seven years:<br>
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��������� Alfred Sigo a youth activist.<br>
��������� Emma Onyango a grandmother and community business owner.<br>
��������� Rose Oloo a grandmother and community business owner.<br>
��������� Paul Mwololo a grandfather and community business owner.<br>
��������� Caroline Dama a mother and volunteer.<br>
��������� Will Ruddick a new father and program founder.<br>
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We need help raising funds for legal fees and to bring this program back to life so it can help people throughout Africa in expanded form via mobile phones.<br>
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Our goal is to raise 47,000 Euros over the next 47 days.<br>
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Spread the word!<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Will Ruddick<br>
Bangla-Pesa Program Founder<br>
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Cher(e)s ami(e)s, familles et soutiens,<br>
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<strong>Aidez-nous � en finir avec la d�pendance du Kenya envers l'Aide internationale, gr�ce aux monnaies compl�mentaires : �radiquons la pauvret� et pr�servons six personnes d'un emprisonnement inique</strong>.<br>
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<a href="http://banquepalmas.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8e657cfc193f8fdc34f4c6caa&id=6f63cfc961&e=3b6caafd6b" style="color:#336699;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Cliquez ici</a> pour soutenir le programme et regarder nos vid�os (<a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bangla-pesa" target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bangla-pesa</a>).<br>
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Le Bangla-Pesa, programme de monnaie compl�mentaire lanc� dans l'un des bidonvilles les plus pauvres du Kenya, a besoin de votre aide.<br>
Ce programme novateur a permis aux participants de cr�er leur propre moyen d'�change et de faire que les micro-entrepreneurs soient en mesure d'�changer ce qu'ils poss�dent contre ce dont ils ont besoin.<br>
En deux semaines, le programme a rencontr� un vif succ�s. Mais la Banque Centrale du Kenya a jug� le programme ill�gal et entam� une bataille juridique contre ses organisateurs, malgr� le soutien enthousiaste de la communaut�.<br>
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Les six personnes accus�es encourent jusqu'� sept ans de prison :<br>
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� Alfred Sigo, militant pour la jeunesse,<br>
� Emma Onyango, grand-m�re et micro-entrepreneure au sein de la communaut�,<br>
� Rose Oloo, grand-m�re et micro-entrepreneure au sein de la communaut�,<br>
� Paul Mwololo, grand-p�re et micro-entrepreneur au sein de la communaut�,<br>
� Caroline Dama, m�re et b�n�vole,<br>
� Will Ruddick, jeune papa et fondateur du programme.<br>
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Nous avons besoin d'aide pour r�colter les fonds n�cessaires au r�glement des frais de justice et rendre vie � ce programme, de sorte qu'il puisse aider les populations � travers l'Afrique sous forme �lectronique via les t�l�phones mobiles.<br>
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Notre objectif est de r�unir 47 000 � au cours des 47 prochains jours.<br>
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Faites passer le mot !<br>
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Bien cordialement,<br>
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Will Ruddick<br>
Fondateur du programme Bangla-Pesa</div>
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