Posts Tagged ‘ summer program ’

Mamma Nour

Aug 2nd, 2006 | By admin | Category: Showcase, volunteer stories

By: Michelle Turner
Wavel Camp
Nour walks through the door to the home Amélie and I have just rented for the Wavel volunteers, mop, broom and dustpan in hand.
A couple of 10-year-old boys from the neighbourhood stand in the doorway asking us what team Amélie and I support in the worldcup. Italia? Brasil? Allemania?
The apartment is bare. [...]



A Camp Wedding

Aug 2nd, 2006 | By admin | Category: Latest News, Showcase, volunteer stories

By: Gus Constantinou
You knew something out of the ordinary was occurring by the quartet of young boys posing as musicians milling about the street below. Three of the boys were holding durbakehs (Arabic drums) and one was cradling what looked to me to be bagpipes. The musicians’ hair was carefully slicked back, their jeans carefully [...]