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Afrinspire Students

Term Card | Lent Term 2013 Welcome back to Lent Term! Whether you are interested in fundraising for African communities or want to learn more about development issues, we have a variety of events waiting for you!

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WELCOME BACK Lent Term Event Guide

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Dear all,

Welcome back to Lent Term 2013! Hope you

have had a wonderful Christmas Break!

Michaelmas Term 2012 was a successful term

for Afrinspire Cambridge Student Society. The

Society took a bold attempt in expanding its

variety of activities into speaker events. A

quick overview, we managed to organize two

fundraising events (doughnut sale and formal

at Pembroke College) and two speaker events

featuring Oxfam’s Duncan Green and two

Cambridge students on role of women in

Africa’s development. We also have received

positive response from our partner societies

and audience and requests for more speaker

events! Students are also getting enthusiastic

for more ambitious fundraising events. So here

we are, the Lent Term Programme!!

One key feature of our speaker events is that

we are going beyond the traditional hot topics

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of poverty and inequality, and will be

examining several niche topics, such as autism

and social exclusion in Africa by Karren

Visser. We are also interested in hearing more

about personal experience from people who

have been working in Africa, hence we have

Robin Shawyer! Lord Rowan Williams, on the

other hand, will be examining the role of the

Church in International Development towards

the end of Lent Term.

For fundraising activities, we kickoff with a

formal in early February, and duplicate last

term’s success with another round of doughnut

sales in mid February. And finally, a cycling

trip from Cambridge to London in early

March! Write to us if you want to get involved!

Thank you, we look forward to seeing you at

our events!

Yours sincerely,

Afrinspire Committee 2012 - 2013

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Speaker events

Autism in Africa, Karren Visser

25th January 2013, 7.30pm Bateman Auditorium, Gonville & Caius College Joint event with MedSin

One area of Afrinspire’s work focuses on social inclusion, and overcoming the difficulties faced by those on the fringes of society such as the disabled, the Batwa and refugees. We support many disabled people in South West Uganda. One of the major problems such groups face is stigma, especially with respect to conditions such as mental health, which in Africa are viewed in a very different way to the UK. Karren Visser’s presentation will focus on this and other issues faced by autistic children in Africa.

Karren is currently documenting children with autism in association with the Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme and Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry. She and her colleagues in Kenya are also working on an illustrated autism handbook for parents and teachers that will be available in 2013.

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The Life of a Displaced Person, Robin Shawyer

1st February 2013, 8.00pm Riley Auditorium, Clare College Joint event with Student Action for Refugees

Afrinspire has a major programme of support towards internally displaced people from Bududa who have been relocated to Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda, taking up space previously occupied by Sudanese refugees. Robin will be telling us some of his own life story and the experiences which led him to work at the Windle Trust, as well as talking about the lives of the the refugees whom the Trust supports. Robin Shawyer is the Executive Director of the Windle Trust, a Sudanese NGO, focused on education and sponsoring refugees, which has supported hundreds of individuals from conflict affected communities to gain an education people. Robin brings his long experience of working in East Africa with refugees.

The Role of the Church in International Development,

Lord Rowan Williams

4th March 2013, 7pm Riley Auditorium, Clare College Joint event with CUID

Lord Rowan Williams will speak on the role of the Church in International Development, drawing on his experience as Archbishop of Canterbury and his visits to developing countries such as South Sudan. Lord Williams is the new Master of Magdalene College. He is also to become Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Christian Aid in May 2013, with the current Chairman Mr Jacob commenting that 'Archbishop Rowan's leadership on issues of international development and the role of churches in the fight against poverty across the world has been exceptional' (Christian Aid, 2012). !!

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1st February 2013 | Shadowing Scheme Time: 6.00pm, Venue: Riley Auditorium, Clare College Details: The Shadowing Scheme brings UK students from schools without a tradition of top university entry to Cambridge for three days in February. Prospective students come to Cambridge on the Thursday afternoon and stay until Saturday lunchtime. Afrinspire will be showing the film Tsotsi.

8th February 2013 | Fitz Formal Time: 7.30pm, Venue: Fitzwilliam College For more information, please visit http://goo.gl/jVNmr

Details: It’s mid term, and you want a rest. Join us and other Cambridge students for a formal at Fitzwilliam College, and meet some new friends. Have a chat on African development or simply share the interesting happenings in the first half of the term! It’s gonna be fun!

21st February 2013 | Doughnut Sale Time: 8.30am – 12.30pm, Venue: New Museums Site

Details: We managed to raise £110 by selling 120 doughnuts last term. Both the volunteers and the shoppers love Krispy Kreme, and we want to bring it back. There is a great possibility that we will be doing this with two other societies at different places in Cambridge at the same time. Think you are a great salesperson? Sign up now!

14th March 2013 | Cycling Trip From Cambridge to London Time: 8.00am – 16:00pm, Venue: Cambridge, London

Details: Want to challenge yourself? Join us for a cycling trip from Cambridge to London! You do not have to be a professional cyclist, everyone is welcome. It should last for about 8 hours. Date has not been finalized but it should be around end of term so that everyone can come along!

Fundraising and other events We are expanding our ambitions this term, the most exciting event has to be cycling to London! A great opportunity

to challenge yourself! If you are interested in participating in or volunteering for any of the following events, please

email our Volunteers Officer WILL BURROW at wob21@cam.ac.uk!

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Afrinspire Students

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