January 2010
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Safety
Some of you may be thinking about how secure the area is that we’re staying in.
As you all know, I said we’d be staying in the Art in Tanzania house in Suye, Arusha. We most likely will but here’s some info on the safety of the area.
There are several Maasai guards who patrol day and night. With them are a group of dogs (all had injections to prevent disease). The house is in a...
“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience usually comes from bad...”
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“Umbali wa mwili sio umbali wa kumbukumbu zetu kwako
(Distance of the body is...”
– Sometimes, when things get a bit ontop of me, I remember this quote from twins who were at Toronto Nursery in Ngulelo, Arusha. It’s people like them that Project A is for.
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Health sorted?
Hello friends,
I know some of you are thinking about health for our trip, and as i’ve stressed many times; you can’t underestimate how important it is to get your immunisations done in good time!
Prevention is the best cure!
I’m now going to explain what health issues we’ll face while out there, listen up and you’ll be right as rain.
You’ll need boosters...
Numbers →
azspot:
GDP of Haiti: $8.5 billion.
Goldman Sachs bonus pool: $20 billion.
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“For $5 one can find a serviceable weapon in most countries in the developing...”
– The United Nations
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riots in Nairobi? →
Hopefully these riots will die down before late March when we go to Nairobi..
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“Don’t compare your life to others, you have no idea what their journey is...”
“There’s more to life than increasing it’s speed”
– Ghandi
“It only starts with one; the power of one.”
– Israel Houghton
“The difference between ‘busy’ and ‘lousy’ is a matter of...”
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of Good products on the go.
I haven’t travelled nearly as much as i’d like to have. But in ‘extreme’ conditions it’s important to have the right equipment.
I was in Norway in early 09 and it was tricky getting around, or rather standing up, in snow waist high and ice several inches thick. Then I was in Tanzania, Africa mid 09 during the rainy season. I had a 40 minute walk to work every day and...
“It’s not our abilities that define us. It’s the choices we make.”
“Protect mind and heart and your soul won’t lose”
– Mos Def 2009
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Project A: The School Canvas
‘Project A: The School Canvas’ ,is an idea set up by a group of young people. No company, no large funding, no big institution. Just a group of people who want to try and help communities from underprivileged backgrounds. Education is our main focus and through music, art and the community we’re trying raise awareness and donations to take out to Arusha, Tanzania in...
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Project A -Wish list
Just getting a list done of stuff we have to take with us on Project A.
We should be getting EmptySuitcase up this week, so here’s a list of things we need that we’ll be kindly asking you all to help with.
(Highlighted stuff = important)
Shoes ————-children/teen
Textbooks———children
Picturebooks— children
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“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory”
– Friedrich Engels. (1820–1895)
The First
There’s gotta be a first; here we go.
2010 should be bigger than 2009 with CafeReload and Project A and everything else. So I figured i’d keep track of it all on here..I guess we’ll see how it all goes
Peace&Love