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To some this week we were a small sideshow to the big demonstration in nearby
We were glad to welcome Patricia, the daughter of Jairos Jiri, who did so much for the disabled in
Next week the Vigil is to be preceded by a demonstration at Zimbabwe House from noon to 2 pm in support of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) who stage an annual protest to mark Valentine’s Day. Their theme this year is inspired by the “Bread and Roses” strike led and won by American women workers in 1912.
For WOZA in 2006, bread symbolizes their need for affordable food and roses signify the need to be dignified and the call for social justice. Please come and support them. For the record: 69 signed the register today.