Pictured above: Women and children, getting water, which can be an all-day affair, depending on availability.

Sat. 11.5 Campaign for More Rain Wing Ding!

The Campaign:

 EARDF's challenge to Puget Sound residents to donate a set
amount of money for each eighth inch of rain that falls in
Seattle between November 5, 2016 at 7 p.m.) and
December 5, 2016 at 7 p.m. (FYI: Seattle's average rainfall
in November: just under six inches)    
            
           
Below: Jalalaqsi, where EARDF is building its sixth well 
Above: dried-up lake       


 The Wing Ding: 

 a sumptuous 
Somali meal

 Surbiyaan: Lemon Garlic Chicken with Basmati Rice

Cambuulo - Azuki Beans Slow-Cooked w/Butter

Yemesir Sellata - Lentil & Sweet Potato Salad 

Kaabajka Iyo Karooto - Cabbage and Carrot Curry

Baasto Iyo Sugo Hilib Shiidan - Pasta Bolognese 

Sambussas - Spicy Vegetable-Filled Samosas 

Muufo - Tender Cornmeal Pancake

an evening of live
music, poetry,
dance, & more   
 
 SCSS Dancers
Blues duo Jewel and the Joker
Vocalist Sheila Patton
Emcee Msm Xabeeb
Poet Mohamed Awdoon
a bazaar 


Wing Ding Details:

When: November 5, 2016 
    Dinner, Bazaar, & Show: 6 - 9 p.m.
    Bazaar & Show: 7 - 9 p.m.
Where: The Hillman City Collaboratory
5623 Rainier Avenue S., Seattle  98118                                                                          

Feast tix:
Online: $20 - $30
(You choose the amount to donate.)
At door: $30 
wewanttherain.brownpapertickets.com     
Bazaar & Show - no tix necessary
No charge (though donations gratefully accepted)