Hay2Timbuktu Celebrates 10 Years of Twinning

Ten years ago, Hay was selected (the other finalists were York and Glastonbury) to become the UK twin of Timbuktu. The Mayor of Timbuktu and other dignitaries visited Hay, and several people from Hay went to Timbuktu.
The twinning is mainly focussed on health (with the Medics4Timbuktu) and education, particularly girls' education, but it's noteworthy for the Hay Fairtrade blog because one of the new trustees of Hay2Timbuktu is Louise Davies of Eighteen Rabbit, who also does a lot of work on the Fairtrade committee.
The report on the Hay2Timbuktu AGM can be found at the Life in Hay blog - and Fairtrade wine from the Co-op was served during the evening!

Medics4Timbuktu at the Christmas Fair

with some of their lovely wrapping paper.

Disco Afrique

This week, the Honorary Consul of Mali has been visiting Hay, which is twinned with Timbuktu, and next month is Black History Month. So thoughts of Africa are in the air, and on 11th October Fairtrade Hay will be getting together with Medics4Timbuktu for Disco Afrique, an evening of African and Latin American music at the Parish Hall. It starts at 8pm, and tickets are £5.00. In the afternoon, there will be two drum workshops and a dance workshop, and there will be a talk by Martha from Love Zimbabwe at 5pm, which is free. The workshops cost £3.00 each, and the first one, at 4pm, is aimed at children.
So a whole afternoon of interesting things to do, and dancing into the night!