{"id":3009,"date":"2022-05-19T17:18:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T16:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=3009"},"modified":"2022-05-31T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:41:48","slug":"monthly-appeal-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2022\/monthly-appeal-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Appeal June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Peace Works Zimbabwe (Friends of Hlekweni)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Anne Watson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends of Hlekweni, the Milton Keynes Quaker charity that Oxford has supported for years, has closed most of its activities but continues to fund Peace Works Zimbabwe:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Alternatives to Violence Zimbabwe (AVPZ)<\/strong> runs community- and school-focused training in conflict resolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Peace Clubs in Schools<\/strong> supplies a core Peace Education textbook to each school and free-of-charge AVP training to teachers who, in turn, train volunteer students in conflict resolution and non-violent communication.<\/p>\n<p>Corporal punishment in schools has recently been banned so these projects are now vital to replace it with peacefully-ordered communities. Learn more at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peaceworkszimbabwe.net\">www.peaceworkszimbabwe.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3050\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Zimbabwe-Flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3050 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Zimbabwe-Flag-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Zimbabwe-Flag-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Zimbabwe-Flag-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Zimbabwe-Flag.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zimbabwe Flag, Wikipedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class='dropshadowboxes-container ' style='width:auto;'>\r\n                            <div class='dropshadowboxes-drop-shadow dropshadowboxes-rounded-corners dropshadowboxes-inside-and-outside-shadow dropshadowboxes-lifted-both dropshadowboxes-effect-default' style=' border: 1px solid #dddddd; height:; background-color:#f0f5f0;    '>\r\n                            <\/p>\n<p>Contributions can be made:<\/p>\n<p><strong>By bank transfer or Standing Order<\/strong><br \/>\nBank: Co-op Bank, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 1GP<br \/>\nAccount name: Milton Keynes Quaker Meeting, R\/C 1134541<br \/>\n<strong>Sort code: 08 90 28<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Account no: 50528862<\/strong><br \/>\nPlease use reference \u2018<strong>zimpeace<\/strong>\u2019<br \/>\nPlease contact us at <a href=\"mailto:peaceworkszim@gmail.com\">peaceworkszim@gmail.com<\/a> to confirm the donation and, ideally, request a Gift Aid form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By cheque<br \/>\n<\/strong>Please make cheques payable to:<br \/>\nMilton Keynes Quaker Meeting R\/C 1134541 and send to:<br \/>\nPeace Works Zimbabwe c\/o The Quaker Centre, 1 Oakley Gardens, Milton Keynes. MK15 9BH.<br \/>\n<strong>Please include a note with your name, address and email, making it clear that the donation is for Peace Works Zimbabwe.<\/strong>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" width=\"312\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-left-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2022\/getting-older\/\">Previous Article<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\" width=\"312\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-right-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2022\/john-gould-in-memorium\/\">Next Article<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-medium fasc-type-glossy fasc-rounded-medium fasc-ico-before dashicons-arrow-up-alt fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #0315a3; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2022\/\">Back to June 2022 Newsletter Main Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Forty-Three<\/em> Newsletter \u2022 Number 518 \u2022 June 2022<br \/>\n<\/strong>Oxford Friends Meeting<br \/>\n43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"mailto:newsletter@oxfordquakers.org\">newsletter@oxfordquakers.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright 2022, Oxford Quakers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peace Works Zimbabwe (Friends of Hlekweni) Anne Watson Friends of Hlekweni, the Milton Keynes Quaker charity that Oxford has supported for years, has closed most of its activities but continues to fund Peace Works Zimbabwe: Alternatives to Violence Zimbabwe (AVPZ) runs community- and school-focused training in conflict resolution. Peace Clubs in Schools supplies a core &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/june-2022\/monthly-appeal-june-2022\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monthly Appeal June 2022<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"parent":3001,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3009","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-charity-appeal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3009\/revisions\/3123"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}