Woodstock Taylor & jps* Make the Radio Six International Random Playlist!

Dear Friends,

I am pleased to tell you that I checked Radio Six's Random Playlist and I was not only pleased to see that Woodstock Taylor made the list this week, but so did I!

Just wanted to share!

If you haven't purchased the Hope Never Dies album, please do so! It is certainly never too late!

jps*

Six Months On

Six months ago the Asian Tsunami struck, killing a quarter of a million and radically affecting the lives and livelihoods of a far higher number of people throughout the affected region and beyond.

Today all the talk is of Africa and of how at next week's G8 summit here in Scotland the leaders of the world's eight richest countries might be able to do something about a situation there that currently amounts to economic genocide by neglect.

In news terms, the Tsunami is last season's model. "I gave already." "I thought they had more money than they needed." "Well, that's all sorted out now." "Nobody's dying there any more - the Africans need help more urgently."

The reality is that although the short-term relief goals have largely been met, the longterm rebuilding of Tsunami-ravaged regions - and psyches - will take years. The quick fix of the initial public outpouring of aid donations was just that - a quick fix.

Mercy Corps is sticking with it - and their Asian Tsunami Relief Appeal has now extended its brief to include Somalia.

The African crisis is real and it's fervently to be hoped that the men who can do something about it use their power wisely.

It doesn't have to be an either/or situation, however. It could be - should be - AND. The smallest donations still make a difference when they are put together.

Make Poverty History - please!!! But don't forget about others who still need your help.

Join Make Poverty History - make a difference now.

Read more about the Mercy Corps efforts on behalf of Tsunami survivors.

Buy a copy of Independent Artist Aid - Hope Never Dies and enjoy some great music knowing that all profits are going to help the continuing process of rebuilding normal lives for the ordinary people who survived this extraordinary catastrophe.