Jazz at Ebenezer

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][us_image image=”67082″ size=”full” align=”left” style=”circle”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Rebecca Andrews[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The smooth tones of jazz will float around the grounds of Australia’s oldest church (established in 1809) on the banks of the beautiful Hawkesbury River on Sunday evening, 16th October.

The Twilight Jazz at the old Ebenezer Church will be a “feast” of music featuring the wellknown Harmonix Big Band from the Northern suburbs of Sydney, the Paul Thomson Ensemble (always a favourite) and to start the night some very special young people from Warrawee Public school will perform a couple of mood pieces.

Sally Andrews will share a song or two in the break and all in all it will be a really special musical evening.

All school age students are free! Many young people get very little exposure to live music and this will be light and entertaining for all. There will be a sausage sizzle, tea, coffee, cakes and raffle tickets all on sale.

You need to bring your chair, blanket, cheese, wine or other and prepare to be entertained. The serious side of this evening is that we are raising funds for clean water wells in West Papua.

Do you know West Papua is our very close neighbour and only a couple hours North of Darwin? The West Papuans are some of the poorest people in the world.

Clean water is everything! It saves lives. It is crucial to development. No longer do the women spend long hours sourcing clean water.

Be aware there is never any built up resistant to dirty water. Dirty water makes you very, very ill and babies lose so much body fluid they can die very quickly. There is little medical assistance in West Papua.

The mission of the West Papuan Development Company (WPDC, a registered Australian charity supported entirely by volunteers, is to build wells. Wells are a cheap, low-technology solution to rural water supply in local villages.

Our partner organisation is LEMAK (Water of Life Organisation), based in Papua. WPDC works only with local West Papuan teams, and prioritises the empowerment of local indigenous people in all its projects.

Each well costs around $2500. They are sturdy and robust and will last for many generations. Until now, WPDC has built 46 wells, but this is only the beginning.

We aim to provide funds to make one well every eight weeks, and our immediate goal is for the initiative to have sufficient regular income to build a well every month.

We hope that this amazing jazz evening will enable us to build two more wells before Christmas.

When: Sunday,16th October afternoon 4pm to 8pm
Where: Ebenezer Church grounds to book: Ring Rebecca on 0439 309 303
To find out more about the wells for West Papua visit https://www.wpdc.org.au/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]