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“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼,” Elie said, “𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂: 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁.”

Dear friends and supporters,

Elie Mastaki, a young Congolese change-maker, spoke with quiet strength about his 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆’𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆; fire-spitting volcanoes, the world’s second-largest rainforest, mighty rivers, and vast lakes. 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗺𝗮, fueled by global demand for resources powering our electricity, batteries, and daily lives.

Elie ended his talk on a 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗮, his organization, which means “𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲” in Lingala, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀. Now back in the conflict zone, he continues this vital work.

To many of us, celebrating Christmas in relative safety and calm, Elie left one simple message, shared with a warm smile:
“𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙.”

With his words and a small poem we created for Elie and all those who engage in the critical mission to bring about positive change, we wish 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲.

𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀.

TO TALK ABOUT PEACE

“𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦
𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭.
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴
𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳,
𝘞𝘌 𝘈𝘓𝘓 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳!
𝘛𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰,
𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩!”

To get a better understanding of Elie’s story, you can watch his kanthari TALK a https://youtu.be/4FH26iba9uc

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀,
on behalf of the entire kanthari Team!
sabriye and paul

fans Kanthari Gilbert T Rupere Technopark, Trivandrum The Reading Room, Trivandrum Alick Mandy TEDx CET SOVI