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ripple: a benefit for bangladesh :: 26 December 2007

ripple: a benefit performance for Bangladesh
January 4, 2008
7-10pm
$10 suggested donation

Insight Arts
1545 W. Morse Ave.
(United Church at Morse and Ashland)
Chicago, IL

On November 15th, 2007, Cyclone Sidr ravaged Bangladesh.
Hardest hit were the coastal areas. Wind gusts up to 150 mph and heavy rains caused widespread flooding, which ruined crops with salt water, and destroyed millions of homes. More than 3.300 people were killed, 8.5 million affected, half of them children (half a million under the age of 5), and even 6 weeks after the storm, millions are still without food, shelter and drinking water.

Please join us for an evening of music, poetry, and performance to raise funds for ongoing relief in Bangladesh, as her people rebuild in the wake of Cyclone Sidr.

Featuring:
aparna srinivasan - chien yuan - jeff chan
dhwani shah and rahul phatak
imi rashid - nikhil trivedi
mango tribe members sharmili majmudar, rominna villasenor, sarwat rumi
jyotsna bhattacharya - gaurav venkateswar - ruchira gulati

All proceeds will be taken to Bangladesh in early January, and relief will be directly distributed to people in need.

Presented by Insight Arts

by leslie