Hmmm � not feeling very much in the Easter spirit.

But we have just had the best week�s volume on www.kwase-kwaza.org since last Summer when volumes were falling back from the launch peak � so that�s a reason to be cheerful.

I have just put the Easter message from David Beetge � Bishop of the Highveld � worth a look I�d say.

New stories today about the Nigerian elections and the global fallout from that Bechtel contract plus why the US still feels insecure even after victory. Also a good review of Bush�s domestic policy agenda. They rightly expose the claim he made after he narrowly �won� the election that he would govern from the centre.

I spoke to Margaret Hennessey Brown about us playing on 30 May � En Bateau by Debussy � she is up for it. Ciaran also.

Ciaran thinks he has so far raised around �1500 for his �Race Against time� project and he has around 40 people in his team raising funds. Sponsorship forms are available from [email protected]. His website is coming along and � most importantly the link through to a charitable donation facility is almost there. When that�s ready I will get Mark to hang a link off this page.

I have been sending Ciaran material eg from UNICEF and other sources. We agree that the killer fact is as follows. Currently there are 13million AIDS orphans in the world and of these 12 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa.