Dear all
COMOLONGMO
FAIR 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2008
at
GREENWICH MARKET
I am counting the days and I hope you are as well,
we are only 19 days away from the Fair!
Once again I would like to take this opportunity
to thank Greenwich Hospital Trust and Urban Space Management for
their kind support and help with organising the Fair.
It is pleasing to hear from the schools taking
part (Black Heath High School, St Ursula’s Convent School,
Bow School, and Sydenham School) that the craftwork is progressing
well. We will have photographs of the craftwork (that will be
for sale at the Fair) soon. Please be ready to dip into your pockets
to support and encourage our school children!!
We would like the Fair to be a practical learning
experience for the participating schools. The pupils will have
the opportunity to try out spinning and weaving; to gain practical
knowledge of concepts like Fair Trade, sustainability, social
justice, etc; to experience marketing and business practice and
see for themselves the setting up of events/sales; to design products
and bring them to market; and to bring awareness of Kumbeshwar
Technical School (KTS) work and its products, earn vital funds
for KTS and encourage Fair Trade.
I am sure, with your help, we will make the Fair
a success. As always, a large part of our work relies on your
support. If you feel you and/or your family and/or friends may
be able to help with the Fair, do please write to us. In particular,
we need volunteers to help with the stalls, spinning and weaving
workshops, fund raising and many other tasks to ensure things
run smoothly!
For
the Fair, we have 2 artisans and 2 support workers coming to present
the weaving and spinning demonstration and workshops. We are looking
for friends and families who would be interested to share and
experience British culture with our visiting guests by putting
up one or more of 3 adults from Nepal who are intrinsic to the
Fair (2 women and a man, all over the age of 30) for some or all
of their stay. We believe this will be a great opportunity to
learn and understand their culture and to see how the schools’
involvement is helping the communities in Nepal. They will be
arriving on 27th October and leaving on 5th November 2008. If
you think you might be interested in hosting, we would be delighted
to hear from you. Please write to me directly at Kabindra@comolongmo.com
and/or any of our team krissyhanson@hotmail.com
and lizsowden@hotmail.com.
To remind you what we have at the Fair, I will
run through the programmes again:
1. THE RUG DESIGN COMPETITION
We
have a rug design competition for pupils of the schools taking
part. We have selected the four best designs and converted them
into rugs. Visitors to the Fair will be able to vote for their
favourite from among these four(you may also vote through our
website www.comolongmo.com),
and the designer of that rug will be awarded it as a prize.
2. PAPERCRAFT
We have supplied hand made paper to the schools
for pupils to take part in a paper-craft competition. All the
work will be displayed and sold. The funds raised through the
sale of the pupils’ work will go towards the KTS.
We will be awarding a prize for each of the two
best works.
3. SPINNING AND WEAVING WORKSHOPS
We have a professional spinner and weaver visiting
from KTS for the Fair to give demonstrations of spinning yarn
and weaving rugs. We plan to have three spinning wheels and three
looms and hope to have interactive demonstrations of rug weaving
and spinning at which visitors can try their hand.
4. SECONDMENT FOR A WORK EXPERIENCE AT KTS
We are hoping to offer two pupils the opportunity
to go to Nepal to see the impact that KTS has on life of individuals
in Nepal.
I hope you will be able to attend the Fair, which
I am sure will be most enjoyable and rewarding, and I would be
very grateful if you could please invite all your family and friends.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity
to thank all our friends for the help and support we are receiving
in organising the fair.
Please
do not hesitate to write to me if you have any queries directly
at Kabindra@comolongmo.com.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing you in
Greenwich market.
Comolongmo family
www.comolongmo.com
Email: info@comolongmo.com
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