hi all, this is one of the most heartening pieces of news i've seen in while. at a time when so many are wondering 'what can we do?' my friend patricia is doing something, continuing something, truly amazing and powerful. join her if you like, or just enjoy knowing that little things like this are still happening. seems to me that this is what peace looks like. she tells me that you're all invited to the party, even if you can't contribute right now. if nothing else, i hope you'll find this as heartening as i do. patricia came to one of harrison's trainings here in chicago some time ago, but i'd say she's a natural. check this out...
michael ---- patricia deer wrote: Hi Dear Friends, Come see an industrial size SOLAR oven in action on South Boulevard beach. These babies can do 400 loaves of bread a day, sterilize medical instaments and boil water. The fun news is I just bought it. There is a town in Angola that needs it to provide jobs for their child soldiers, and to help people have a source of cooking fuel so they so not have to go out and gather firewood. ( A dangerous task since the town was under seige for nine months by Unita during the war, and also a problem causing deforestation and ecological degradation.) The hard news is I put $10,500 on my credit card to buy it. I took this risk for two reasons: a container was leaving for Africa at the end of this month and since truck size containers that go aboard ships cost $9000 to send, it seemed foolish to have to pay shipping charges again. Secondly I knew I could count on wonderful friends like you to help me raise the money. So, bring whatever you would like baked. They cook very fast. We will have a good time and learn about this new technology. Guerra and his lovely Angolan wife Rosa will do some Angolan music. May the sun shine! But we will party rain or shine. It has a back-up propane tank. Come on over April 5 at 3:00 to South Boulevard Beach, in front of Patricia Deer's at 550 Sheridan Square. This beach is in Evanston just 3 - 4 blocks north of Howard and east of Sheridan Road. If coming by el, get off the Evanston train at the first stop, South Boulevard. If you need info call Patricia at 847 328 6678. The most important part of this project is not just what it will do initially, but that as people get used to, and like this technology (and easy it is), it can become a prototype. Then we can try to get a micro loan for this town to establish a factory to manufacture these and sell them all over Africa. The background of this project:::::::::: Six years ago I met Guerra Freitas in Sierra Leon where I was teaching conflict resolution. He was a jewel of a person and wanted desparately to come to the US to study since the infrastructure in his country, Angola, was so destroyed by the decades of war (Angola was one of the pawns in the cold war game. We sent in soldiers and mines to try and get rid of the Communist leaning government and Cuba responded by sending Che Gueverra and the boys. Both sides put so many guns on the field, that even when we were done and didn't care any more, the two sides kept fighting over the HUGE reserves of oil and diamonds.) So I sponsored Guerra as a student. He graduated last year Valedictorian. He has also put enormous energy into a 501-c3 organization called Sharecircle to help Angola. You can check in out at http://www.sharecircle.org. IF you can not come but would like to contribute by sending a fishing pole instead of a fish, you can make your check out to Sharecircle. You will get a receipt for tax deduction. Send to Patricia Deer, 550 Sheridan Square, 3A, Evanston, Il. 60202. Some of you have already been generous, and this party is one way to thank you. Thank you for caring, may it come back to you in spades, Patricia -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 USA phone: 312-280-7838 http://www.michaelherman.com http://www.globalchicago.net ...inviting organization into movement * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
