   Lindwall Releasing Programs Personal and Community Healing Program This project is building upon the relationships and Releasing work that Lindwall Releasing facilitators have done in South Africa and in Louisiana with victims of Hurricane Katrina. Our focus in 2009 is to work more intensively with our individual and community contacts that we have established in South Africa to develop more in-depth evaluation of how Releasing can be taught in training-of-the-trainer workshops. We would also like to evaluate prospects and constraints for practicing Releasing in other regions and areas in Africa. We believe the Lindwall Releasing Personal and Community Healing Program has the potential to be a valuable initiative for communities throughout the world that have been affected by violence, war and conflict as well as natural disasters. For more information on this grant proposal please contact Dr. Stephen Marcus. HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention Program In addition to the Personal and Community Healing Program, another focus for 2009 is exploring the potential for using Releasing to strengthen communication, intimacy and commitment in relationships, as a means of reducing promiscuity and the spread of HIV/AIDS. We believe this approach to HIV/AIDS education and prevention is an important supplement to conventional programs that emphasize knowledge about the HIV virus and how it is spread, sexually transmitted diseases and the use of condoms, etc. If the underlying emotional problems and issues that lead to divorce, separation, infidelity and promiscuity can be addressed and resolved, the end result is likely to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in general. Given that Africa – and Southern Africa in particular – have high rates of HIV infection and transmission, many approaches should be explored to help stem the crisis. For more information on this project, please contact Dr. Stephen Marcus. Donations Donations can be made easily and securely online by clicking on the link on this page with your Credit Card using PayPal (you do not need to have a PayPal account).  Those in Germany can make a donation by bank transfer to the following account: Petra Leibfried Deutsche Bank Konto-Nr.: 5262175 BLZ: 59070070 ÜBERWEISUNGSZWECK: Spende Lindwall Foundation Für Auslandsüberweisungen: IBAN: DE76 5907 0070 05626 2175 00 BIC (SWIFT-CODE): DEUTDEDB595 All donations support the international Releasing work of the Lindwall Releasing Community which, through the work of the Lindwall's themselves and those who have been inspired by their teachings, has to date reached more than 40 countries around the planet. Please be advised that the Making the World a Better Place Foundation is no longer affiliated with the Lindwall Releasing Community. Furthermore, the Lindwall Releasing Community, its agents or assigns are no longer eligible to solicit or accept donations under the Making the World a Better Place foundation's 501c3 Non-Profit corporation. You will need to check with the Lindwall Releasing website to verify if donations to their efforts are now considered tax deductible. Contact them via their website at www.lindwallreleasing.org to have your questions addressed. |