William H.A. “Billy” Willbond MSM, CD

Billy is married and with his wife Lynn, has four children and five grand-children. He is a life member of the Canadian Airborne Forces Association, a Life Member of the British Columbian Federation of Peace Officers, a member of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Association, a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, and a member of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) WO’s & Senior NCO’s Club (Retired). He is the Secretary of the Mark Isfeld Memorial Chapter of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping (CAVUNP), the National Chairman of the CAVUNP Honours and Awards Committee, the National President of the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering (ICROSS CANADA) and an active contributor to the International War Veterans Poetry Archives.

Index of Writings

• A Canvas Kit Bag Filled With Forty Pounds Of Jelly Beans, Izzy Dolls, Boomer Caps, And Love
• A Hole in One
• A Meeting With Mother Africa
• A Stich In Time
• Aches And Pains And Ankle Sprains
• After Vacation Thoughts
• An Aids Orphanage In Kibera
• An Invitation To Other Small NGOs
• Anita’s Terrible Loss
• Anonymous Donors
• Australian Example

• Billy With The Bed Pans
• Bob’s Deer – Gun Control – And Poverty
• Boredom
• Bringing Smiles At Both Ends

• Canada Supports the World Food Programme
• Canada’s Izzy African Comfort Dolls of Joy
• Children On The Street
• Comfort Dolls
• Compassionate Milestone
• Continent Of Sad Faces

• Dell Marie Wergeland
• Desmond Went To Show-And-Tell

• Early Morning Thoughts
• Early Morning Thoughts
• Every Child Deserves a Seat at the Table

• Flight Of Aid

• Grandmothers Of Africa

• Happy Holidays, Canada
• Hauling Limbs
• Helping Mom To Test The Dolls

• ICROSS Canada Works
• ICROSS Canada’s Loss
• ICROSS Morning Thoughts
• Inspiration…
• Izzy Doll Angels

• Loss Of Joy

• Maasai – A Vanishing Culture
• Mark Left His Mark
• Mikie’s Poem Hanswered

• Ode To The Angel Of Rural Bondo
• Ottawa Boosts Food Aid Funding

• Paul Ose Lasois (Maasai Elder)
• Perseverative Meetings

• Regret(s)
• Roses And Grain

• Sadness And Joy
• Saints In Our Midst
• Some Do-Gooder Thoughts
• Suffer The Little Children To Come Unto Me

• The African Child…
• The Boomer Cap
• The Canadian Healer Of Ngodzi
• The Gift Of Sight
• The Haunting Eyes Of Hunger
• The Izzy Doll And Boomer Cap Charity
• The Izzy Doll Berets
• The Kibera Dolls Of Joy
• The Knitter, the Lieutenant Governor and the Bishop
• The Need For A Water Well
• The Orange And The Green
• The Price Of Food Rises As Global Famine Rages
• The Shadow Of Hunger
• The Shadow Of Hunger Is Spreading
• The Smiling Children Of Africa
• The Works Of Mercy
• Two Mothers Passing

• Veronica’s Green Shamba Of Kibeto (Kajiado)

• We Walked The Rough Paths
• What I See On My PC Screen

• Yearn
• Your Personal War On Poverty