My Christmas wish is that we could get 100 000 NOK on the support account “Inmate to Inmate” by the end of the year. Because I’ve lived abroad, included Africa I know how the conditions are in the prisons in many of those countries. There is not much that needs to be done to create a little joy and the feeling that someone sees you. From a friend I heard this definition of comfort: “To be seen is to be comforted”. There are lots of people who need to be seen and in that way be comforted around the world. I know very well that there are prisoners who are guilty of crimes and needs to take their punishment. But there are innocent people in the prisons as well; including the prison Tjostolv and Joshua are in. Regardless many carries a sadness in them either they are guilty or innocent. And we all need to be seen.
Kari Hilde French December 20th 2009
