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Hello!

This past July during *Sunfest '96: A Celebration of World Cultures*, the
London (Ontario, CANADA) community had the wonderful opportunity to share
cultural experiences with individuals from many parts of the globe,
including Ecuador and Guatemala.

Unfortunately, because of the political climate in parts of Central and
South America, we realize the impossibility of relying on the local postal
service for further exchanges of letters, recordings, and taped broadcast
material. No doubt, e-mail will go a long way towards bridging the
geographical divide, but not until the infrastructure for the Net is more
fully developed abroad. At the moment, the telephone is our best option.

In particular, we are interested in continuing our friendship with a family
from Guatemala City. Given the ongoing problems with mail delivery (in the
search for money, envelopes and packages are routinely broken open and
discarded), does anyone on this list know of an alternate means of
transporting cultural materials into Guatemala? For instance, are there any
Canadians out there who fly into Guatemala City a couple times a year and
would be willing to act as cultural envoys? (Of course, we would be glad to
compensate these persons for their efforts.) Also, are there any readers who
already correspond with e-mail *pen pals* in Guatemala who, periodically,
would be able to forward information.

All help and suggestions would be most appreciated!

                                  Thanks,
                                  Brian Hannigan,
                                  Communications Co-ordinator,
                                  The Cross Cultural Arts Committee,
                                  London ON, CANADA

"You have to be in the sun, in order to feel the sun!"
(the inspiration for Sunfest '95, '96 and '97)