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Natasha Steele

Natasha Steele

London - Jewish
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Natasha Steele is 22 years old and from London. She grew up in a modern orthodox Jewish family, and this year with Myriam Volk will be working in London at the Jewish Social Action Hub with Tzedek. Since the age of 16 she has been exploring the world, going to countries with fascinating cultures and languages, constantly learning from the people she meets on her journey. Her most recent trip to Mali, as part of being a Faiths Act Fellow brought her into contact with people so inspiring that she came out with a new perspective on life. She practices Capoeira, can speak some Portuguese, juggles, can say “butterfly” in 3 languages. You can email Natasha at natasha.steele@faithsactfellows.org

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Myriam Volk

Myriam Volk

London - Roman Catholic
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Myriam Volk is 22 and Christian. She studied Maths and French at the University of Leeds. Now she is leaving the wild wind-swept moors of Yorkshire and her hometown of Liverpool for the shiny lights of London. There she will work as a Faiths Act Fellow together with her partner Natasha, hosted by Tzedek at the Jewish Social Action Hub. Over the next 8 months, Natasha and Myriam will work together to establish a hub of multi-faith action to eradicate deaths due to malaria. A random fact about Myriam: she gathers earrings in every place she visits and is a bit obsessed. You can email Myriam at myriam.volk@faithsactfellows.org

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We are part of the Faiths Act Fellowship, a group of 30 young leaders of faith spearheading multi-faith action in the UK, USA and Canada. We need your help in bringing faith communities together to make a difference, explore our page to find out how to get involved. You can meet the rest of the Fellows by clicking here.

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08 Mar 2010

Thinking about malaria on International Women’s Day

Yesterday, 8th March, was International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. For me, this is an occasion to think about the role that women in sub-Saharan Africa can play in the eradication of deaths due to malaria...  
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23 Apr 2010

a NOTE for a NET

£5 can buy a latte and muffin, £5 can buy a couple of beers... OR ... £5 can buy a life-saving bednet... What are you going to spend your money on this World Malaria Day? Visit www.justgiving.com/anoteforanet to find out how to swap a £5 note for a bednet and to ensure that Tony Blair matches your donation!  
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22 Apr 2010

MALARIA X

As World Malaria Day is fast approaching it is now that we need to come together in solidarity to push for Millennium Development Goal 6 to be achieved. 
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26 Mar 2010

Night under Nets - 19th April 2010

In the run up to World Malaria Day, Tony Blair Faith Foundation, the Faiths Act Fellows, Malaria No More UK and London’s Holy Trinity Brompton Church are coming together to bring you Night Under Nets - an evening of food, fun, and entertainment. It’s also an opportunity to learn more about this killer disease and take action. We warmly invite you, your friends and your communities to join us for Night Under Nets on Monday 19th April, 7 - 9pm at Holy Trinity Brompton Church, London. RSVP and get all the latest info at www.faithsactfellows.org/nightundernets.  
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16 Mar 2010

Walk for Women raises £2192.85!

On Sunday, 14th March, the first truly beautiful Spring Day, 30 men and women of all ages walked 10 miles from Kew Green to Victoria Embankment Gardens to raise over £2000 for Project Muso Ladamunen, the Project for the Empowered Woman.  
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10 Mar 2010

World Malaria Day 2010 - Sunday 25th April

A full list of the events being organised on and around World Malaria Day by Faiths Act North London! Including Notes for Nets, Malaria-X, Wear a Net to School Day and Presentations in places of worship.... Read on for full details! 
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05 Mar 2010

The Day After Tomorrow

Are we seeing the day after tomorrow today? On January 12th the world’s eyes were glued to the news watching the devastation that had wreaked through Haiti after the earthquake. The earthquake was a catastrophic 7 on the Richter scale and over 200,000 peoples’ lives were taken away. While the world was still talking about Haiti, on February 27th another huge earthquake hit Chile, reaching a colossal 8.8 on the Richter scale. 
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24 Feb 2010

Ian Linden on Malaria & Development - 22nd February Training Session - Notes

"We have a serious terrorist in Nigeria... it is the mosquito." - Catholic Bishop of Abuja, Nigeria at a meeting of the Nigerian Interfaith Action Association 
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12 Feb 2010

Chase the Mosquito Flashmob

March 7th we will be chasing a giant mosquito down a street somewhere in central London as a publicity stunt to raise awareness about malaria. Join our facebook event to find out when and where the chase will begin.... 
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11 Feb 2010

Malaria and Millennium Development Goal Website Links

Some website links if you need information about malaria or the millenium development goals in general. 
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11 Feb 2010

Wear a Net to School / Work

April 25th is World Malaria Day. Sign up your school / office / youth group to wear a net and help to save lives!  
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27 Jan 2010

Nigeria’s interfaith community fights back

As evidence of recent religious clashes in Nigeria emerge, Natasha finds hope in the multi-faith action being taken within the country to fight malaria.  
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11 Jan 2010

Walk for Women - 14th March 2010

Join us in walking 10 miles through London and raising money for Project Muso Ladamunen in celebration of International Women's Day 2010! ... Click below to find out how you can get involved.

Women and children, Yirimadjo, Mali

 
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02 Dec 2009

As leaders meet in Copenhagen Myriam Volk asks what does climate change have to do with malaria?

Climate change is (hopefully!) on everyone's minds these days. Last Thursday I got the chance to be part of a Christian Muslim Youth Forum on Climate Change, an excellent opportunity to see multi-faith action in practice. As I sat there discussing funding for climate change, I was struck by the impact climate change will have (and is already having) on malaria and the Millennium Development Goals as a whole.  
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21 Nov 2009

Multi-faith music

Yallah and Mohammed Yahya played at Three Faiths Forum's Artifice event on Monday of Interfaith Week. Check out what multi-faith music looks and sounds like...  
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18 Nov 2009

Project Muso Ladamunen Update

Project Muso is saving the lives of the children of poor families in peri-urban Bamako, Mali, and these statistics really highlight the amazing impact the project is having.  
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16 Nov 2009

Dr Seuss and malaria

In 1943, Dr. Seuss was commissioned to do a pamphlet for the United States Army Orientation Course, educating troops in the tropics about how to avoid dropping dead from malaria. The pamphlet that resulted is amazing, starring Ann, the Anopheles Mosquito who’s just dying to meet you… and drink your blood! 
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19 Oct 2009

WHAT DOES MALI HAVE TO DO WITH SUCCOT (it has already passed, BUT will be back next year!)?Natasha

Today, all over the world there are people living their lives in shelters that sometimes do not even have the two and a half sides required for a succah. These people are not free but trapped in the entanglement of poverty. Their land may be too eroded or dried up to gather a harvest, and so are unable to sustain themselves agriculturally. This then can bring further repercussions, such as health and sanitation problems. As Jews having survived so much, we must help others to survive through their own circumstances as well. As Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks wrote, “Human life is sacred. It means that in some ultimate sense we are all equal”. Therefore the life that is being lived in vain in other parts of the world should be seen as part of our lives and therefore we have an obligation to act. 
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13 Oct 2009

Why I want to Act - Natasha

London is a city rich with different cultures, people, and history. Having grown up in the suburbs, I have an appreciation for this diversity. I feel privileged to have been able to meet people from all walks of life, never considering our differences as barriers to our friendship.

 
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13 Oct 2009

October and the Fellows have arrived! – Myriam

Two weeks ago Natasha and I arrived at our host organisation rearing to go... so what have we been up to?

 
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13 Oct 2009

Mali, The Land of Hospitality - Natasha

Three years ago I spent seven months in East and Southern Africa, teaching English and traveling through the boundless, beautiful countryside’s of 7 countries. However my experiences in the three weeks I was in Mali this year, taught me so much more than before, and that I could ever have imagined or dreamed of. Mali was the former empire of West Africa. Does it show? No. Does it matter? No. Mali in its own right is an empire within itself.

 
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30 Aug 2009

The effect of malaria on the community of Yirimadjo, Mali - Myriam

I could talk here – and quite copiously – about the negative effects of malaria on the community... but I want to focus on something much more positive: the way the community in Mali is rallying together to combat malaria.

 
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