Peace Pig

Artists for World Peace is partnering with Good Hope Trust in Kibosho Umbwe, Tanzania, in creating The Peace Pig Club.

Our goal is to raise the funds for Josephine Machua, Director of Good Hope Trust, to purchase a total of 20 pigs and 5 borers, for the beginning phase of a pig production project. She will keep 25 pigs for the year 2011.

The objective of the project is to provide animal protein to the centre community, and to raise income to support the cost of running the centre. This project will be a demonstration area to transfer technology from the centre to it’s neighbors, as well as to provide poverty alleviation strategies.

The site of the project will be at the orphanage centre at Kibosho Umbwe, Onana village, Moshi District, Kilimanjaro region.

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Center School Sells “Pigs for Peace” in Collaboration with Artists for World Peace

If you walked into Center School on any given morning in early March you would have heard facts about Tanzania being broadcast during morning announcements. You would have also seen pink paper pigs and posters hung all over the halls and doors. You could read cute sayings like “Piggies for Peace” or “Piggie Power!” Why? Because Center school had joined forces with Artists for World Peace on the Pig Peace Project.

The Pig Peace Project is AFWP’s latest fundraiser for Good Hope, (an orphanage) and Lukundane (a co-op) near Moshi, Tanzania. It is a way for the community to become self-sufﬁcient. The pigs can be bred and sold to raise money for the community. Therefore the donations are a “leg up” not a hand-out.

Center School is a public school for 4th and 5th grade students in East Hampton, Connecticut. The school not only focuses on standard education but also teaches their students “kindness, respect and responsibility.” Through this philosophy the students learn the art of philanthropy. The students have done many fundraisers in the past to help others. So when Center School was approached by AFWP to help with the Pig Peace Project, they not only agreed, but they designed their own campaign that was fun and educational- and they did a great job!

Headed by the Student Council, Center School kicked off their “Pigs for Peace” campaign in early March. The goal was for each classroom to raise enough money to purchase one pig. To achieve this goal, students were able to purchase and name a paper pig for $1. The paper pigs hung on their classroom doors. The students were also asked to learn facts about Tanzania and draw posters. Every morning these facts were read over the loud speaker. The names of the students who submitted facts were entered into a rafﬂe for the chance to name their own pig. A student named Alyssa won. She named her pig “Happy,” because she thought the pigs would bring happiness to the people of Tanzania.

So how did the school do? Amazingly well! They raised $409.31! They are purchasing 14 pigs and having the remaining money go towards the general care of the pigs.

Here are the names:

1. Mrs. Cote’s Class: “Porkchop”

2. Mrs. Herron’s & Mrs. Thomas’s Classes: “Bacon”

3. Mrs. Nichols’s Class: “Pablo Pigasso”

4. Mrs. Silverman’s Class: “Pudgy”

5. Mr. Quinn’s Class: “Bob”6. Mrs. Sawyer’s Class: “My Breakfast”

7. Mr. Baine’s Class: “Billy Joe Bob Karl Kevin”

8.. Mrs. Benigni’s Class: “Kemba”

9. Mrs. Vrooman’s Class: “Penelope”

10. Mrs. Rudne’s Class: “Parsley”

11. Mrs. Peaslee’s Class: “Oinkers”

12. Ofﬁce Staff: “Pearl”