On behalf on the Organising Committee, copied here, please find attached a report/article on the recent UNICEF Rwanda Reunion in Portugal. Best regards, Steven Allen Some 25-30 years on from our assignments to the UNICEF Rwanda emergency of the mid/late 1990s, a group of UNICEF retirees and one serving staff member reunited in Lisbon, Portugal in April. The group was fluid with some arriving and departing according to their other plans, but at least for two evening dinners, one to the accompaniment of traditional Fado song, a full quorum was achieved.
YouTube video shared by Margherita Amodeo on the Whatsapp Malta Reunion group thread. Silence, Sounds and Spaces is a contemporary concept project inspired by the prehistoric sites spread across the Maltese Islands. What began as a commission by Heritage Malta (the national agency for museums, conservation practice and cultural heritage) to score music to the visitors' audio guide of the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), developed into the release of a music album, and the presentation of a series of live solo performances in Malta, the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. The music is rich, engaging and deeply expressive, with a skilful blend of unique on-site recordings at the various prehistoric sites (including Ghar Dalam, Ggantija temples, Hagar Qim temples and the Hypogeum). The result is a “chilling, mysterious, and forward-thinking musical journey” that draws listeners in to Renzo’s personal musical universe.