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Contents: THE STRUGGLE TO FREE NAMIBIA INTENSIFIES • NAMIBIA WEEK II April 13-24, 1982 - Preparing Refugees to rebuild a free and independent Namibia! • CALENDAR OF EVENTS • I WANT TO HELP_ _ _ WHAT CAN I DO? • Q. What in SWAPO • MARK YOUR CALENDAR WITH THESE DATES • WHAT IS IT LIKE LIVING UNDER SOUTH AFRICA'S CONTROL? • BE SURE YOUR JOB DOESN'T HAVE YOU HELPING RACIST SOUTH AFRICA!!! • WHAT IS SASP? •The newsletter says South African military sources continue to try to deny SWAPO activities inside Namibia, but whites call the northern area of Namibia where the Ovambundu people live "SWAPO Country." More than 85,000 Namibian women, youth, and children currently are forced to live as refugees in camps in Angola and Zambia. This year's Namibia Week campaign is fundraising to aid two camps: (1) the Natalia Mavulu Center that houses more than 1,000 children under the age of 8 whose parents have been killed in Namibia or have been victims of South African raids against refugee camps in Angola, and (2) Kwanza Sul, an Educational and Health Center for older youth. The newsletter mentions the WHUR Radiothon, a Community Forum and Reception, SWAPO representative to the U.N. Theo-Ben Gurirab, University of the District of Columbia (UDC), the film "The Struggle to Liberate Namibia", a Youth Dance-a-thon, Namibia Sunday, Day of Information WPFW, a Run for Namibia, SWAPO President Sam Nujoma, foreign companies, exploiting Namibian mineral wealth, illegal occupation, SWAPO (South West African People's Organization), SASP Co-Charis Adowa Dunn and Sandra Hill, the United Nations, and computers and passbooks.

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