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The MIPIK book features 25 local stories which celebrate the skill, tenacity, courage and bloody good yarns of our Coffs Coast community.  All profits from the sale of this book go to CanDo Cancer Trust which provides assistance to local cancer sufferers and their families.  Local stories helping local people!

 

Local Stories helping Local People

Life can dish up unexpected challenges and sometimes we need a bit of help to meet those challenges.  The CanDo Cancer Trust provides financial support to patients and families attending the North Coast Cancer Institute.  It's a way for our community to lend a helping hand to friends and neighbours facing tough times.

We are delighted that our local stories will be helping local people.  You can lend your support by buying a book or attending the live show.

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Old Fears Don’t Die

Komla greets me at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre with a shy smile and a firm handshake.  When our interview commences he seems guarded and wants to know where his profile will be published.  “Not on Facebook,” he declares when I explain that his story will be published on a website and a Facebook page.  “What is he afraid of,” I wonder.

As it turns out, Komla’s fears began in the early 90s in his homeland Togo.  This narrow strip of land on the West African coast was embroiled in a desperate struggle between an iron-fisted dictator and opposition supporters.  In January 1993 the military went on an 8-hour rampage in the capital city Lomé, firing indiscriminately and killing innocent civilians. 


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