<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><b>Women Helping Women:</b><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><b><i>Addressing Gender-Based Violence and HIV in Burundi</i></b></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Parfaite Ntahuba, a Quaker pastor and Director of Friends Women's Association (FWA) in Burundi, will give a talk on addressing gender-based violence and HIV on <b>Wednesday, October 11 at 7 PM at the Quaker Meetinghouse,</b> 1904 E. Main, Urbana. Light refreshments will be served. The public is invited. </div></div><div><br></div><div>See below for more on this event - passing it along from Charlotte Green.</div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Charlotte Green <charlotteg588@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 10/3/17 09:33 (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Karen Medina <kmedina67@gmail.com>, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy@gmail.com> </div><div>Subject: Quaker from Burundi, E. Africa, Speaks on Women's Issues </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr">Hi Karen and Stuart,<div><br></div><div>I hope you are both doing well. I thought you'd be interested in attending one or more of these talks by our visitor from Burundi. Could you post it on the AWARE list serve.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>Charlotte </div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><b>Women Helping Women:</b><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><b><i>Addressing Gender-Based Violence and HIV in Burundi</i></b></div><div style="font-size:13px;text-align:center"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Parfaite Ntahuba, a Quaker pastor and Director of Friends Women's Association (FWA) in Burundi, will give a talk on addressing gender-based violence and HIV on <b>Wednesday, October 11 at 7 PM at the Quaker Meetinghouse,</b> 1904 E. Main, Urbana. Light refreshments will be served. The public is invited. </div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">FWA is a grassroots organization founded by and for Burundian women to address their needs in a post-conflict environment. FWA operates several projects, including a health clinic for women and their families affected by HIV/AIDS and a program that helps women who have survived gender-based violence to reintegrate in their communities. Donations to FWA will be welcomed. Checks may be made out to Friends Peace Teams with FWA on the memo line.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Parfaite will also give a talk on campus on <b>Thursday, October</b> <b>12 at 1 PM in the Lucy Ellis Lounge of the Foreign Language Building,</b> 707 S. Mathews, Urbana. The public is also invited to this talk, co-sponsored by the Center for African Studies and the Gender and Women's Studies Department.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">On <b>Thursday, October 12 at 6 PM at the Quaker Meetinghouse,</b> Friends invite the public to a potluck meal for an opportunity to visit with Parfaite.</div><div style="font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px">For more information, please contact Charlotte Green, <a href="mailto:charlotteg588@gmail.com" target="_blank">charlotteg588@gmail.com</a>.</div></div></div>
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