International Board
I have had many wonderful people guideng me over the past five years, while on my journey of learning which has brought me now to this point in time. The next stage setting up the International Board for the development of The Promise Club.
I have gathered togehter a few special friends. Each chosen for very different reasons. But all have lit my path at some stage and shown they have an important role to play in the sucess of The Promise Club - together we can make it a better world for Caitlin and the children of the world by 2015. I look forward having their support and continued guidence and will enjoy thier company as together A coat of love we paint. Welcome to you all.
International Board
Patron Caitlin and Founder Granma Kerry
Caitlin the inspiration behind the Promise Club was (four not five) when this picture was taken earlier in 2005. As I looked to see, which photo I would use for her photo and then also what photo I would use for my own. I could not go past this one, it is filled with so much love, joy, creativity and imagination peace, and simple pleasures and fun - just what The Promise Club is all about
Joaquín Leguia Peru
While I have not known Joaquin for very long. We both knew very quickly, that Dana a journalist from Australia who introduced us - again via the Internet knew exactly what she was doing. It was while throwing around some ideas with him that the lighting bolt hit and lit up the path which has led us both now to The Promise Club. A few months ago Joaquin arranged for the lovely promise from Rosa Y Angela, Angelita´s aunt. A very important promise as it's the next one to be made after my own. Written at the time in Spanish, I asked Joaquin to not translate it then, but to wait until I finshed off something I had just started and needed my full attention, I sensed even back then how important this promise would be - I had no idea I would just a couple of months later have my answers, move back dwon south from where I had thought I would set up and work on this The Promise Club. I am now look forward to recieving a promise from Joaquin himself - as I know it will be very special indeed and that Peru will always hold a very specail place in my heart.
Ada Aharoni Israel
Ada and I have known each other for a few years now not in person, simply by admiring what each has been trying to achieve for peace and a better world. We have a lot in common, peace, poetry, Australia (somewhere Ada has already been) Israel - somewhere I have not been yet, but do already have a great connection in the form of Ofir Nafkar a very talented singer song writer who composed the beautiful music for the One Mind One Voice short movie.
I am very honoured to have Ada on this Internation board as her work for Peace including when she founded in 1999, an important and innovative world movement entitled: IFLAC PAVE PEACE: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace. I look forward to many wonderful times ahead which will give us a chance to meet and share a mango or two- something else we have in common.
Jeremy Seligon Korea
Jeremy, again it had been a few years now we have communicated via the Internet. Jeremy is the founder of a wonderful peace project called Peace Train. We have talked many times about doing some projects together, but as yet the timing had not been right. So what better way to work on some projects then through The Promise Club. Among his many talents Jeremy is also the author of Oriental Birth Dreams (Hollym 1988) and Queen Jin's Handbook of Pregnancy (North Atlantic Books 2001) both I find fascinating that they have been written by an American Professor living and working in Korea.
Harold Becker USA
Harold foundered an organisation called The Love Foundation with the vision of "inspiring people to love unconditionally." I can think of nothing that is closer to my heart then this. He as the author of several book on the subject of finding inner peace. Something we must all have before we can find peace in the world. So I look forward to him picking my a brush and together with the others on this board when - A coat of love we paint.
Peter Okilo Isle of Man
I am waiting for Peter's Bio and photo to arrive. This is one very specail guy. I am pleased to say back in 2002 that Dan Spinner ( who headed Deepak Chopra's foundation at the time) asked Peter to phone me to see where I could fit in the Alliance for th New Humanity alliance they were working on at the time. Peter is among other things a IT Guru who for the past six years has worked on the soon to be launched The Peoples World - something that will take the IT world by storm. I will say no more and leave that for Peter himself to tell you about - but I am as delighted and honoured as he said he was to be finally working together throught The Promise Club and The Peoples World - they even sound like they belong to together. What I know about Peter is that he like me - we never gives up and we both have very big visions.
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Jean Illingworth Australia
Jean has a very special spot in my heart, As principal of the amazing Djarragun Indigenous Colege at Gordonvale in Far North Quensland. Back in 2002 when on the 12th of Febuary I came up with an idea for a project called HOPE, not knowing Jean I rang to see if Djarragun would like to be the first school involved. Yes was her answer and from there we have become very dear friends as we both work to make it a better world for all children.
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Carmen T Everall Canada
Carmen I was introduced to in Puerto Rico in december 2003, when we both attended the launch of the Alliance for the New Humanity. Then in December 2004, Carmen came to Australia to film me for a documentry she is making, we knew then that we would be working together, I just didn't know it was The Promise Club back then.
There are a few more people I want to add, bu the clock has beaten me. The 30th November is here I must launch today - Caitlin's fifth birthday.
Part of her present is the wonderful people above I have invited to help me - I am indeed a very blessed Granma and she is a very blessed little girl. Click on each persons photo to read more about each of them and their wonderful work, check back to see who the others not mentioned will be?.
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