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Annual General Meeting

Please join us at our Annual General Meeting. 

Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Venue: Third Space Coffee House (1708 Dolphin Ave. Landmark #2 Building)

 

Earlier Event: September 21
Village at Mill Creek Fall Fair
Later Event: November 5
East Kelowna Sunday Artisan Community Market
Pictured here is the schoolyard where classrooms will be built this November. Want to be included in this life changing trip to Nepal? There’s still a couple of spot left.
On days when my childcare is sick and I scramble around trying to find someone who can take my son so I can do the work I love so much, I am reminded of this mother. Her name is Shanti. ⠀ ⠀ Her husband works away from the village, only coming home every five months. She works as a tailor and has a small grocery shop and when I asked what she does with her son while she works, she sort of laughs, “He plays at my feet for awhile and then he starts getting up and showing off for a bit when he’s ready for me to be done.” She pauses. “And then he really tells me it’s time to pay attention to him or to make food by getting angry and throwing things.” ⠀ I laugh at myself a little, thinking about how childcare isn’t exactly an option there. The village cares for you and your child, but there’s no drop off Daycare Centre. ⠀ ⠀ And so on these days, as I cancel meetings to stay home with my two year old, I think of Shanti. I work during his nap and do what I can and I feel connected to all mothers who have known this struggle and this balance throughout the history of time. We are all connected.
Speak your truth, even if your voice shakes.