Chronology In Question

The UN Refugee Agency Has a Luba Chronology. Dr. Bukonda has reviewed this (and you can do so yourself) and found some questions. Please go to the link below and read up on your Luba History.

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/469f387f1e.html

Chronology for Luba in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo in question:

< Mar 1993 Mobutu dismisses Tshisekedi for a second time and names Faustin Birindwa prime minister of the so-called "government of national salvation." Zaire effectively has two rival governments.
Oct 1993 Oxfam launches the largest single aid project in Africa to help the Luba-Kasai who has been expelled from their homes since August 1992.
Dec 1993 Karl-i-Bond and Governor Kyungu declare the Shaba region autonomous.
1994 - 1995 Reports continue to illuminate the plight of the Luba-Kasai. Regional government officials continue to provoke ethnic hatred in Shaba and to expel inhabitants. Governor Kyungu controls local television and much of the press. The pro-Kasai press is hampered by intimidation and attacks by the youth movement Juferi.
Apr 1994 The Sacred Union of Radical Opposition (a coalition of opposition parties) announces that it has founded an army. Its mission is to topple the Mobutu regime.>>

{Cite as Minorities at Risk Project, Chronology for Luba in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo, 2004. Online. UNHCR Refworld, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/469f387f1e.html [accessed 28 August 2008]}

Mr. Joshua Walker

This is an email I recieved the other day...


Tshilumba moyiau,

I found your blog by accident on the web yesterday. My name is Joshua Walker and I am a graduate student in anthropology at th University of Chicago. I am planning to do my research in Mbujimayi, and to that end I went to Mbujimayi this summer for 6 weeks to begin learning ciluba. The reason I write is that I am wondering if you can assist me in finding ciluba speakers in Chicago (or the Chicago area) who might be willing to meet with me from time to time to speak ciluba.

Twasakidila wa bungi. Ndi ngindila dyandamuna dyeebe.

Mr. Joshua Walker we are working on your request as we speak. Soon we will be in contact with you. We would love to extend an invitiation to you to be a part of our Leja Bulela community.

Leja Bulela YAO Brochure

This was created by the Congo Kasongos (Nadine and Tania). August 24, 2008. Use this tool for fundraising, awareness, and recruitment purposes. Two file formats are available now (.pdf and .jpg). Email tshilumba.kabongo@gmail.com or tkaso92@msn.com for files.

Conference Call #6

Felicia
Muadi
Tania
Kano
Muamba
Tshilumba

Topics Discussed

Muadi headed to DRC with work. Plans on getting current media footage of Kinshasa and Mbuji-Mayi

Amex- Need more votes, need access to more email database, target emailing campaign

Build LB YAO network, recruit from friends and family, more regional fundraising effort

More sources of funds, smaller and more friendly grant sources

5:00 - 5:45 pm pst

Copy This Letter And Send It to Everybody!

Hello,



The below email is about a project I am a part of. It requires no money
from you! Just read and hit the links provided. 5 minutes of your day is
all it would take to affect the lives of many children half way around
the world. Lot's of people ask, "I want to help people in need, but
how?" This is how: (did I mention this requires no MONEY from you!!)



I'd like to tell you about a project I saw on Members Project. It's
called "Can You Hear Us Now (Congo's Children)," and with your support
it could get funding from American Express. To nominate this project for
potential funding, please go to see links below:



Members Project is an exciting initiative that brings people together to
make a difference in the world. It's simple. People go online to share
ideas for projects - and ultimately vote on which projects will share
$2.5 million in funding from American Express.

In 2007, Members Project provided clean drinking water to children all
across Africa. What will Members Project do this year? The decision is
yours. Please nominate this project.



PLEASE GET A GUEST ACCOUNT THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LOGIN AND SEARCH FOR
OUR PROJECT. ONCE YOU'RE ON OUR PROJECT PAGE YOU WILL BE ALBE TO
NOMINATE THIS PROJECT.

Part 1
Create a free guest account to nominate our project:
https://www.membersproject.com/registration/guest_signup.html

Part 2
Link to project video (music
and narrative part of video!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvGgpyFt-sY

Part 3
Can You Hear Us Now (Congo's Children) Link to project:
http://www.membersproject.com/project/view/9CRPWM



PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK SO WE CAN GET THIS
PROJECT SELECTED.

Can You Hear Us Now (Congo's Children)

This is the hard work of the LB YAO in action. Watch this video and pass it on. Can you hear me now?

Conference Call #5

Conference Call #5 Participants:
Tshilumba
Muamba
Thierry
Tania
Nadine
Felicia
Jolie
Kano
Marco
Muadi

Topics of Discussion

1)Amex
Project Due Tuesday 8/19

First top 25
Top 10
Top 5 Winners

5 Winners
1st place $1.5 million (a milli for real!)
2nd place $500,000
3rd Place $300,000
4th and 5th Place $100,000

Criteria from judges to win
1) # of nomintations (once project submitted need a massive nomination campaign. Will need as many as possible to set up guest accounts and vote.
http://membersproject.com/?cid=MP08_email_aud_ccsg2

2) Discussion on Amex board about project submitted (create thread of emails of projext dicussion)

3) Practically of Project

- Muadi to work on actual Amex app. Thierry emailed app criteria to group with criteria questions (500 charaters each)
- LB YAO needs to assisit with Project name. Submissions by tonight 8/17 12:00 midnight
Can you hear me now
Forgotten Children
Peace as a weapon
Cell phones for water
Water instead of tears
No more tears in Congo

2) SELF

www.self.org
Muamba to email outline of project initiative. LB YAO members to adopt 1 part of application to get preliminary draft completed (initially for next week, but project is way bigger than 1 person need extension, dix next week and final draft due 9/24/08

3) Dues

Chairs working on Membership fees and dues

Kono is action first talk later

"Just thought I would lead by example so that other members can follow!"

- Kalonji Kadima

With the swift stroke of the pen Kono is letting us all know where he stands. Not only did he send in membership fees, he sent in $25 for the clinic project. Just like that he leads by example. This is your West Coast representative, representing.

Conference Call #4

Number: 712-432-1601 pass code: 307891

Today, Sunday, August 17, 2008
5 PM PST, 6 PM MST, 7 PM CST, 8 PM EST

REMINDERS:
Regional Chairs and Board Chairs should try and participate in conference calls as much as possible. The conference calls are every week at the same specified time (5pm PST, 6 pm MST, 7 pm CST & 8 pm EST).

August 19, 2008 11:59 PM PST is the due date for the Roll-Call. Remember to STAND UP and be counted. We don't want to exclude anybody! Email tshilumba.kabongo@gmail.com with your name, address, and phone number.

Leja Bulela Logos

Edo Ngandu Kabamba has created two dynamic logos for Leja Bulela Non-Profit Organization www.lejabulela.org
Both logos will be adopted by the LB YAO and immediately incorporated into the Malu Kayi blog. Great work Edo and in the future you will see your logo on our gear. Edo has made his contribution with his talents. Bring your skills to the table and we will allow you to shine! Twasakadilla Edo.

Conference Call #3 Notes

1) Regional Chairs champion memebership campaign

2) $25 LB YAO Dues monthly

3)Amex Project where are we, need update by Wed, 8/12/08

4)Fundraising Co Chairs finalized

5) Self project stategy, prelim draft in 2 weeks, final letter 9/24/08

6) Logo discussion

On the Call: Kano, Tania, Muadi, Muamba, Tshilumba

Conference Call #4
Sunday, August 17, 2008 5 PM PST, 8 PM EST

DR Congo Sends 5 to Beijing 2008

DR Congo Olympic Committee president hopes for best in Beijing
www.chinaview.cn 2008-08-04 13:36:34

Print
Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The president of DR Congo Olympic Committee expressed his hope here Monday that his athletes would achieve good results in the Beijing Olympics.
Jean Beya Wa Kabenga admitted that it would be difficult for DR Congo athletes to win their first-ever Olympic gold, but still hopes for the best from the quadrennial world sports gala.
"It's sports and only the best is winner," said Kabenga, "We didn't expect our athletes to make perfect results. But they qualified for the Olympiad and they will do their best to win."
"We trust them to make something for the weather in Beijing is just similar to what we have in Congo. It fits us."
Kabenga praised the organization of the Beijing Olympics.
"The organization job is so great and we have nothing to comment. We now are busy managing the team but I'm looking forward to spending sometime in Beijing after the Games."
DR Congo is sending five athletes to China to compete in track and field, judo, swimming and boxing.
DR Congo made its debut at the Olympics in 1968 as Congo Kinshasa. After an absence of 16 years, the nation returned to the Olympic family in 1984 as Zaire. Since the 2000 Sydney Games, it has been competing as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DR Congo.

Conference Call #2 Minutes

LB-YAO
Conference Call Minutes
Sunday, August 3, 2008
8:00 p.m. EST

Present: Muamba Kabongo, Felicia Kadima, Thierry Tubajika, Kono Kadima, Ndaya Kalubi

Topics of discussion were
• Membership Dues
• Fundraising

Discussion on Membership Dues
-Discuss importance of us getting more young adults committed. We discussed that members are committed when they invest financially. So our focus for the month of August will be to get the young adult group to pay their membership dues.
-Decided on a Goal to have all Chairpersons pay dues by August 31, this is 9 individuals paying $100 to $50 each, which will result in us having between $500 to $1,000 in membership fees from the young adults.
- We will also reach out to other young adults within our families to pay their membership dues even if its just $25 to start.

Discussion on Fundraising
- Goal for August is to get more young adults to submit their $25 towards the clinic fundraising
- Amex Fundraising project – Thierry discussed the Amex Fundraising project. Essentially, we need to submit a project and get people to log in and vote on it. There is about $1million plus that will be distributed to 25 projects that are selected.
- Thierry will submit the project once we complete our presentation
- Ndaya will work on creating a web-based slide show and narration
- Kono will work on the music behind the scenes
- Felicia will work on the narrative piece

We have a lot of work to do, so weekly communication is essential for us to stay connected since we are all spread out.

Next Conference Call Sunday, August 10, 2008 8:00 pm EST.
Future Discussions
1) Update on Amex fundraising project- how are we doing
2) Membership Dues
3) SELF Project
4) Finalizing the LB-Structure
5) Getting all Regional Chairs on board and on the same page
6) Other discussion topics

Ciluba Class 2008

Dr. Tshilemalema Mukenge has prepared a course of lessons that teach us our cultural origins. It is entitled: Kalasa Ka Ciluba: Diditeeja. If you missed the Dallas 2008 Conference and the Friday Ciluba lesson, you can purchase a copy of the text for $5. I went to Dallas 2008 but I missed the Friday lesson, so Dr. Mukenge was able to send me my copy of the book for the same $5 price! There are also homework lessons that you get via Dr. Mukenge. If you need any additional information email me: tshilumba.kabongo@gmail.com

Kanku Is On Board!

Kanku Kabongo has made her August contribution! Congratulations Kanku leadership through example is how she adds to the group. Action speaks louder than words.

Conference Call #2

The Conference Call #2 will be this Sunday at 5pm PST, 6pm MST, 7pm CST, 8pm EST

Conference Dial-in Number: (712) 432-1601
Host Access Code: 307891*
Participant Access Code: 307891#

I would like to have Muadi, Thierry, Muamba, Felicia, Marco, and Ndaya on this call this week.