Ten for the weekend!
Some of my favourite sounds

1. My sister Bev’s burps (I’ve never heard anyone come even close to the quality of hers)
2. Waves at the beach
3. The wind through trees
4. The rain in a tent
5. The banjo
6. A steam train
7. The Derry accent
8. The pan pipes
9. A Ducati motorbike
10. A purring cat

War Child
Sixty million people have been killed in wars during the 20th Century. As you read this, over 30 wars and conflicts rage around the world. Some fill our TV screens with appalling images of distress, emphasising war’s brutalising effect on man. Many of these wars go unreported, often due to political expediency or lack of interest.They reveal a shaming pattern: Over 80% of war casualties are now civilians - mainly women and children. Children are amongst the first casualties of any armed conflict, always the most vulnerable and innocent of victims.In the last decade alone 1.5 million children have died in wars. Four million have been disabled and a further 10 million traumatised. The severe psychological wounds that war inflicts on children can scar them for life, crippling the very generations that must one day re-build their devastated countries. For the future peace of the world we must do everything in our power to help these war children.

War Child is a network of independent organisations working across the world to help children affected by war. War Child stands on the twin beliefs: that we’re not free to ignore an innocent victim’s plea for help and that children are the seed-corn of society, its future hope. War Child interprets the term ‘war zone’ to include areas of current armed conflict, areas where children are still suffering from the devastation of war leaves in its aftermath; and areas where children’s lives are in jeopardy due to poverty, violence and disease.

War Child’s Aims
1. To alleviate the suffering of children by bringing material aid into war zones.
2. To support those children who have been evacuated into refugee camps.
3. To initiate rehabilitation programmes once children return safely to their homes. This includes identifying needs for capital reconstruction projects.
4. To be instrumental in healing the psychological damage caused to children by their experiences of war.

Hope
I tell you what - I haven't bought their new fundraising album "Hope" featuring Avril Lavigne, Travis, Moby, Charlatans etc but after reading this its on my list!

A word of appreciation: - For my dad who not only papered our living room yesterday but is thinking of selling me his car in August instead of October!!!! What a guy....