If anyone would like to help me out financially, I would appreciate it now as I have only 30 euros. Since the First of November, when I began this Peace Pilgrimage, I have spent about 620 euros, which has paid for my food, phone calls, internet use, ferry tickets to and from Morocco, import tax for the phone my step-brother sent me, on a few occasions, lodging, and other miscellaneous things. This comes to about 124 euros per month for me to live on. I obviously don't overdo it; for example, my Easter Sunday dinner (and breakfast and lunch) was bread, cream cheese, granola cereal and a few oranges. My lodging was in my tent in an orange grove. People who host me for a night or two have helped me keep my budget down.
While I enjoy this walk, and all the people I've met and experiences I've had, good and not so good, this walk is not a holiday; it is my vocation. What I am doing is work; I have walked some 2000 kilometers these past 5 months, and left my family behind. I am carrying two petituions for peace in Palestine and Israel, and I speak about peace to anyone who will listen. Military personnel are paid well, they eat well, they have the support of a team, and they are usually well respected. I have few of these things, yet I believe that my work is important, and far better guided than that of the military. I believe a peace other than peace under the threat of arms is not only possible but inevitable.
If you are interested, my e-mail is la_peripherie@yahoo.com; for the subject type 'donation'; I'll let you know if I still need money, and if so, how to send it.
Thank you!
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