"When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed.
Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied.
Only those relationships matter…………"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
John Siundu from Nairobi, Kenya was a dedicated COPA member having participated in the initiation of the network in its formative years in the mid nineties. He was a committed trainer at COPA often offering some of his services for free to allow the organisation to excel. He recently did an extensive evaluation of COPA in 2007 which gave recommendations that are now in operation within COPA.
As a result of this dedication, COPA board elected him as the chairman of the board on 17th July 2009. John described himself first and foremost as ‘friend of COPA’, who happened to be the new Chairman of our Board at the same time. COPA under the leadership of John was set for new heights.
But it was with sadness that we learnt of his demise on 29th July 2009. John Siundu left his wife, two sons and one grandson behind. COPA wishes them all the strength to carry on in his spirit.
COPA has lost a dedicated servant for peace. We shall remember him through our own dedication to building a continent of peace.
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.
Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied.
Only those relationships matter…………"
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
John Siundu from Nairobi, Kenya was a dedicated COPA member having participated in the initiation of the network in its formative years in the mid nineties. He was a committed trainer at COPA often offering some of his services for free to allow the organisation to excel. He recently did an extensive evaluation of COPA in 2007 which gave recommendations that are now in operation within COPA.
As a result of this dedication, COPA board elected him as the chairman of the board on 17th July 2009. John described himself first and foremost as ‘friend of COPA’, who happened to be the new Chairman of our Board at the same time. COPA under the leadership of John was set for new heights.
But it was with sadness that we learnt of his demise on 29th July 2009. John Siundu left his wife, two sons and one grandson behind. COPA wishes them all the strength to carry on in his spirit.
COPA has lost a dedicated servant for peace. We shall remember him through our own dedication to building a continent of peace.
Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away to the next room.
I am I and you are you.
Whatever we were to each other,
That, we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name.
Speak to me in the easy way
which you always used.
Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me. Pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect.
Without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same that it ever was.
There is absolute unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am but waiting for you.
For an interval.
Somewhere. Very near.
Just around the corner.
All is well.
Henry Scott Holland ~ 1847-1918Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral ~ London, UK
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