Dear colleagues, I just received the sad news about the passing away of Colin Fraser, a friend of us and one of the authors included in the Communication for Social Change Anthology. Colin has been instrumental during his many years at FAO in promoting communication for development, and was the author of important reports and books, and the initiator of the Communication for Development Rountable. We had seen him last two years ago at the World Congress of Communication for Development (WCCD). See Sonia's message below. Alfonso -----Original Message----- From: Colin Fraser [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 16 September 2008 23:01 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Very Sad News Dear All Apologies for the round robin email. We are very sad to inform you that Colin passed away on Monday morning. All three of us were with him at the end and it was a peaceful end to a full and wonderful life. We hope that as many of you as possible will be able to come to his funeral in Tolfa this Saturday 20th at 15:30 in the church of San Egidio. It will be an occasion to remember him and celebrate his life and we hope to enjoy a few glasses of "vino" in his memory on Saturday evening. If you are able to come please let us know by email so that we can try to arrange accommodation for you. Whether or not you are able to attend, if you would like to celebrate Colin's life rather than sending flowers please feel free to make a donation to the CLL charity that we are supporting by visiting this web site: www.justgiving.com/colinfraser With love to you all Sonia, Lain and Stuart