Over the last few days we have worked with Mary’s Meals to identify a second school without basic facilities in one of the most deprived areas of the world. We have confirmed St Josephs’ Primary School in Kasungu, Malawi (the 17th poorest country in the world), which has a roll of 746 pupils and no facilities to provide food, meaning many children have to work to feed themselves instead of being educated.
The necessary permissions have been confirmed, and Mary’s Meals can send resources there as soon as money is available. If we are successful, St Joseph’s will get a brick-built kitchen which will double as a classroom with stoves, pots, utensils, spoons and mugs. As a result, kids will attend school to get what on many occasions will be their only meal of the day. They will also get an education and better chances in later life.
The cost of the kitchen is £7000. We are only six days out from CQteN so we shouldn’t expect miracles but we’ll be here until the job is done.
Construction is underway at our first school at the Kholoni Primary School in Mchinji, Malawi, which has a school roll of 1221 children.
We have a donations page for CQN Mary’s Meals’ projects, if you would like to help out, you can do so here.
Seville, The Celtic Movement, launches this month.
“There were 10 in our party and collecting the tickets took priority. Once we had them we could afford time to eat, but what? Several restaurants were sold out but we eventually found a café with frozen chips and a meat-based slab of something or other. No choices. No beer, wine or cola either, it was diluting orange juice or water. An entire city was pretty much emptied of food and drink.”
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jimbo,
Macjay & GCT are a pair of pussycats.
Kind of like Statler and Waldorf going to the opera in Australia and then returning home to defend the rights of the upper-educated working class to do so as well.
Admirable stuff. :))
Every giro I cashed went to ticket touts, who cunningly fed my theatre addiction :)))
FFM said:
And since when do you speak for a working class Scotsman?
At last you get it.
Took you long enough but well done :-)
I don’t mind a trip to the theatre on occasion, in fact both my sisters work in such environments.
Maybe I just like the free tickets!! ;-)
GCT,
In that case, you need to tap me £3000 quid.
The sequel to Swan Lake’s out next week, and is apparently more exciting than Taken 2.
I’ll pay you back when things pick up – honest guv.
If you can throw in a few quid for some aggressive zinfandels, all the better big fella :))
Morning Folks,
No rest for the wicked.
Listen, I could be wrong, but I think the point that Eddie is trying to make is that unlike other Theatres in Glasgow, the Pavillion does not operate a concessions scheme for those who are unemployed — unlike the Citizens or the Tron.
Essentially, it pitches its prices at a level which some will find out of their reach and to be honest in that regard he may have a point.
For years it has been the case that many have argued that “the arts” should be subsidised to a greater extent and so making ticket prices within the reach of all. The Citizens I think does get a subsidy from Government and The Tron I think gets a Glasgow City Council Grant and also has a membership scheme ( Friends of the Tron? ) which helps pay for the subsidies that it does offer.
The Pavillion however is a private enterprise and obviously they pitch their prices at what they see is a commercial rate — presumably of the Theatre was constantly empty they would lower them — to cover the costs of the productions that are staged there.
The Kings and the Theatre Royal are also privately owned but have a membership card scheme which for £30/year gets you some money off tickets for all productions throughout the year.
In Italy, there are lots of concerts and productions which are state subsidised and the value of the entertainment on offer is fantastic– a few years back I saw Tracy Chapman in Arezzo and the price of the tickets was just 12 Euros! In and around Tuscany over the summer you will find many towns have festivals or events where the theatre or concert is free!
Similarly, the Italians subsidise rail fares and Italian train travel is a fraction of the cost of ours.
Anyway, the point is that the Pavillion does nothing to encourage the unemployed to come through its doors although it does offer a discount if you become a “Pavillion Punter” which is a sort of membership scheme — but again it is not designed to give special terms to the unemployed.
Lots of people in the arts would love to see Theatre of all types ( yes Opera and Ballet too ) subsidised and priced at a level whereby all productions are open to all. However it can’t be done ( the tax payer is better funding hospitals, schools, roads and so on ) and so I gather that the Theatre’s in Glasgow simply cover a range with the Citz and The Tron offering the discounts.
My point was that we have nothing to do with the pricing policy of the Pavillion or where the company that produces Tony Roper’s production chooses to stage it — all we know is that having chosen to stage it at the Pavillion it will attract some Celtic Fans to the venue.
Accordingly we want to try and create a CQN presence at the venue so that people who come to the show may just buy CQN books and buy into what we are trying to do on the blog in general including raising funds for Malawi etc. — that is it.
Had the show been on at any other Theatre then we would have done the same thing.
The only gripe I have with Eddie’s comments (and I could be misreading them) is that he seems to be suggesting that the fact that there is a Celtic show on at the Pavillion and that we have contacted them re marketing CQN to their captive Celtic audience somehow reflects on how I or others “view the core Celtic support” — which I don’t understand — and the way I read the comments suggests that this is a negative thing which I don’t agree with — or at least I think I don’t agree with.
It would be great if the Theatre was open to all — especially for those who work in the arts —- by the way there are many reasonably well known actors who over the last few years have really struggled for work and have been living on the breadline — and I would support that whole heartedly — but we have no control over that at all and I would not want to be judged on how I see the Celtic support based on where Tony Roper puts on a play or how much the theatre charges for the tickets.
Two more things —– The Winning Captains is a diddy — he has been given a row for that line before —- I did not raise hundreds of thousands of pounds at all — The Celtic support did that along with lots of other ordinary people who support other clubs or no club at all.
Eddie — Offence is the thing that separates my garden from the one next door — never any need to apologise to me at all.
Right — off to help Weefra with the lambs — or at least that’s how it seems lol
BRTH,
In the times of Nero, and his circumcessors, theatre events were free. Lions, gladiators and victims were all supplied by the state for nowt.
Why are we paying for them now?
This is my point.
The poor are being excluded from theatre, and this is tragic for the future of non-electronic entertainment.
And there will be no-one to re-enact the fiddling of Nero while Rome burned.
I give you irony.
Good morning friends from a dry and cold East Kilbride but where there are rather ominous looking clouds moving in.
4 more sleeps.
FFM – I’m the only conspiracy theorist in the village)
04:52 on
10 March, 2014
jimbo,
Macjay & GCT are a pair of pussycats.
Kind of like Statler and Waldorf going to the opera in Australia and then returning home to defend the rights of the upper-educated working class to do so as well.
Admirable stuff. :))
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Macjay,
No need for me to elaborate any further on what you said.
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Agreed.
I hate this flight. I really do. About time I invested in a tardis I think…
I hate this bus. I really do. About time I invested in a raincoat I think.
How’s this for true sportsmanship as a German player rejects a penalty award?
Morning all….
Is Fat Sally about to walk away today?
Hope not…..please god……nooooooooo!!
I bet if a Sevconian rejected a penalty award – I know, it would never happen – the referee would still give the penalty and book the player for speaking the truth.
ryecatcher –
What makes you think that?
TBB,
Apols, don’t want that to sound like a sublime dig at you.
There are many folk up against it just now, so when class chat becomes the issue I can’t take it seriously.
I’m off up North in a few hours to help someone who has been sitting in the cold all weekend as the gas key takes off a chunk of money which the supplier mistakenly claims they are entitled to. I can assure you this is their error, which is why the receipts are being kept. We put £45 in last week, and they took £30 of that for “debt payment”. I repeat, they are owed nothing. So what does someone do in the meantime while they do what they want? The local housing officer has been trying to sort them out for the last 6 months.
Add that up along with everything else. One missed payment = accumulation of debts plus fines, bank fees, and in the end, despair for anyone in these situations.
We can joke about theatre and opera, (well, I try to), but this country is the scourge not only of the world, but also its own citizens.
In March last year, a friend’s dad in his 12th year of MS was met at the doorstep by Sheriff Officers telling him he had until Monday to pay £5000 or face eviction from his house. Housing Benefit had ceased payment on his mortgage and ignored the letter his doctor had submitted in his support This man worked all his life – indeed, like many, battled through the first few years of his MS to work and pay bills. Never a complaint uttered from the man.
He too had struggled to keep his house warm that winter as a meter had been fitted without justification. It’s what seems to happen to those in social housing.
How did he pay the £5000 bill.
His ex-wife, who had worked all her life in the one factory, and taken ill herself the year before, used her savings to pay it, without hesitation.
She died a few months later.
I appreciate fholk are avoiding these subjects as this is a Celtic site, but for me this is the place these things should be getting aired.
Hunnery is just an aside of the corruption here.
And to conclude, the beauty is, the work you’re doing in Malawi, requires a pittance from us, yet makes a year of a difference over there, so all the better.
We should be looking after all of us, no matter where we’re from.
Am fully behind the Malawi work, it’s brilliant, and makes me smile.
Apols for the rant :(
Tom….
Just a few things that were said in phone ins on 5 live last night.
Generally a better quality of caller on there than Snide.
Like I said….Hope not!!
BRTH….,
Italian Arts Council are very good but most of it is German taxpayers money anyway….Certainly not funded from anywhere South of the olive line where the approach to tax paying would put Sevco to shame.
Sorry….not put Sevco to shame ,they are shameless.
The Italian approach to tax paying would make Sevco look public spirited……
Said the total opposite to what I meant to say.
ToomuchcideryesterdayCSC
I see the MSM continue to operate their see no evil hear no evil speak no evil re rangers.
None of the reports on newsnow can bring themselves to say the mohsni’s go should not “of standed”
This from the normally better Scotsman is arguably worst :-
” Mohsni’s 77th-minute goal provoked protests from some Rovers players who felt the Frenchman had impeded goalkeeper Neil Parry, but Ward accepted the header had deserved to stand. “It’s a goal – there’s nothing I can do to change it,” he added.”
Strangely omits to quote Ward’s immediately preceding line from the live interview ” I haven’t seen it back yet but from where I was it looked a foul” ( or words to that effect)
At no point did he say anything that would remotely lead to the conclusion that the goal deserved to stand. Ridiculous reporting.
Stuart Bathgate Hootsman delidrately misleading the readership of that newspaper by lying about James Ward views on the goal that never was, he NEVER accepted the header had deserved to stand! SMSM =scum
Mohsni’s 77th-minute goal provoked protests from some Rovers players who felt the Frenchman had impeded goalkeeper Neil Parry, but Ward accepted the header had deserved to stand. “It’s a goal – there’s nothing I can do to change it,” he added. “I don’t want to dwell on that, because it shouldn’t take away from what we achieved. The focus should be solely on the quality of our performance. We were under immense pressure in the second half – we defended manfully at every opportunity. Neil Parry was fantastic in the second half.
Parry politely disagreed with his manager’s assessment of the equaliser, but echoed Ward’s sentiments when he said he did not want one incident to detract from his team’s performance over the 90 minutes. “Personally, I thought it was a foul,” said the goalkeeper, who works in the tax centre in East Kilbride.
“He jumped with his arm into me and it would have been interesting if it had been the same scenario at the other end and it was to make it 2-0 for us. I don’t know. People will judge for themselves whether they think it’s a foul. I was certainly disappointed at the decision. The referee didn’t really explain the decision, he just said he didn’t think it was a foul.
Albion Rovers own website:
When Mohsni went up with the goalkeeper for Templeton’s deep cross the ball appeared to evade both as it found its way into the net.
The Coatbridge men were adamant it was a foul on Parry, but referee John Beaton awarded the goal and Mohsni was credited as the scorer.
Listen to the man himself, print a retraction Hootsman and sack Stuart Bathgate
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/26507728
Nice one Billy ;)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMJBQoHJ4E
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/26509298
Did it hit the arm of Moshni ? could that be the source of Albion rovers complaint LOL nonsense commentary on that goal
The fact he jumped into the goalkeeper as well as having his arms raised means lots of complaints, as the Albion Rovers goalkeeper succinctly and accurately stated it would never have been given at the other end……………………………………..
Celtic has a member of staff designated as a ‘safeguarder ‘ but this needs to be communicated much more widelySince the last meeting a Supporters Forum had been convened by Celtic through the SLO John Paul Taylor. Although all other fans groups were invited along with website coordinators, bloggers, and some individual season book holders the Green Brigade had been excluded. The feeling of the meeting was that this was not acceptable and there was some doubt cast on how representative of the Celtic support this Forum would prove to be.There was some discussion of the state of communication between the Club and the GB and once again there were conflicting views about channels of communication. The chairperson of the CSA had offered his services as a mediator but it appears that neither side had yet taken up that offer. The GB members who were present said that they were open to dialogue and would respond to any contact from the SLO. Once again there will be an attempt to open up these channels of communication.
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You know wut, who cares. Ergo the small turn out at your meeting, JF and the Uni. Mob must had something more important that night.
Tonydonnelly67
07:41 on 10 March, 2014
Nice one Billy ;)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7gMJBQoHJ4E
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Hah ! Always a great laugh Billy.
Not sure who the religious extremists are though?
If they’re Iraqis, in the name of what religion were they trying to blow up Glasgow Airport??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LCsiWL6gn0
Was this character modelled on TD67
Morning all. It is becoming a bit brighter down here. I was amazed at the Scotsman’s version of what Ward had said, since he was speaking live on the TV. The desperate need for spin shows how bad the mib’s decision was.
lionroars67
08:04 on 10 March, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LCsiWL6gn0
Was this character modelled on TD67
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Good morning and happy Monday everyone! I’m running around the house singing cos I’m so happy to be going to school today! #TeamOscar
Enjoy your day Oscar, aff oot masell
In any other city, country, pub league, top league, in the world, that is a foul on the keeper, no hesitation, and what can you do about it? Nothing, it’s been going on for over a hundred years now, and as long as thems exist and there is a Celtic , it will go on for another hundred years, whether we like it or not they are the establishment, refs. Have to be taken to account for there actions same as players and coaching staff, but the secret society will never allow that.
FFM – I’m the only conspiracy theorist in the village)
06:21 on
10 March, 20
FFM — the thing is Nero was nowhere near Rome when it burned — that was just put about later by then then Rome branch of the MSM.
However, he did blame the fires on the Christians which ramped up the persecutions by way of Theatre extravaganzas in the Circus Maximus.
Nero built a huge house and gardens on the outskirts of Rome and used to light his garden at night by way of torching Christians — he also built a huge bronze statue of himself — The Colossus of Nero.
He was a truly horrible character and the Roman populace eventually chased him.
Hewas followed by three emperors in quick succession all of whom were bumped off until we came to Vespasian.
He was a clever bugger– recognising how unpopular Nero had been he puuled down the Colossus of Nero and gave the gardens of his house back to the public.
To then curry some favour with the people he set about building the worlds most famous arena, stadium or Theatre which he built where the big statue used to be — hence its name — The Colosseum.
However, the “free” games that were held there were really no more than an endless series of publicity stunts to keep the people where they were and to advance the reputations of the various emperors who rules over them.
All very interesting but sod all to do with the pricing policy of the Pavillion.
On a separate note — good on you with the Gas board or whoever it is — my question would be why did the public ever fall for the idea of that being sold off to us when we already owned it?
I know this will sound like the dogma of politics past but Gas, Hydro Electric etc etc are all natural resources whioch belonged to the state– the people — and there was a benefit to the general and social economy with them being efficiently run in public ownership.
Today they are run purely for the benefit of the shareholders ( whoever they might be ) while the Government of the day allegedly safeguards the former owners ( us ) against being ripped off in terms of prices by someone else ( presumably a group of people called—– them! )
Ffm
Quality rant :)
TBB,
Thank you :))
BRTH,
Have a lot to pull you up on regarding the historical innacuracies of the first bulk of what you said, which imo still affects the price of the Pavillion to this very day :)
But am glad to hear your conclusion re-iterate what some of us are scared to say in this day and age, and indeed on CQN. Respect.
Now, if only we could agree to educate our children to take these ideas further, without labelling them “the Uni. Mob”. http://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/?p=14851&cpage=31#comment-2107688
TBB
I have not done the early flights for about 15 months now — I feel about 10 years younger!
FFM
Historical Inaccuracies?
Never Never and thrice never I say……….
Top of the morning to you all from a sunny Fife.
Agree with the comments re Stuart Bathgate of the Scotsman. He is taking – our already poor- journalism in Scotland to a new nadir.
There will always be darkness…
There will always be light…
Deal wae it !!!
Humbled by the Hoops will make good viewing at this time of morn. IMO
Ah, they were the days…..laters.
BRTH,
FFS. What’s that? You quoting Shakespeare to represent Roman history now???
That’s a propa wind up mate – Woody Allen would have sufficed, but like Shakespeare wouldn’t have lasted 10 mins at the Pavillion on a Saturday night :)))
Feck this – am off to drink tea and eat Asda Smartprice chocolate digestives……