Jackson has a week off from his safari guiding job at Amboseli Porini Camp. I asked him if he could send some quotes from the villagers about the well project. Below is one:
“For the last few months, Oltorotua village and most parts of the Masai Mara have been dry. As it has been for [...]
Very sad news for friends of conservation and Kenya.
From family of Wangari Maathai To Professor Wangari Maathai’s long time friends and supporters: It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at the Nairobi Hospital, after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with [...]
Well, actually help dig three wells!
A number of people have asked me how to contribute and I held off until now for two reasons: (1) I wanted a link to contribute thru a U.S. 501c3 non-profit, which makes the contribution deductible on income tax returns, and (2) I did not want to be involved [...]
Steve King, water guru extraordinary, is invited to describe the Oltorotua well and sanitation project at the October 4th evening meeting of the Fredericktowne Rotary Club. I’m pleased he has asked me to tag along. Steve has done such an incredible job of writing the grant that I don’t see how the members cannot be [...]
My daughter, Hope McGonigle, and I earned a free year’s subscription for an article that will appear in the Nov./Dec. issue of Natural Life. I opened my first issue today and read:
“Our blind spot is because we are drunk on individual freedom, which is the teenage stage of maturity,” says Terry Mollner, one of the [...]
I’m having a musing moment. I just read an article: Ten Skills Every Student Should Learnin eSchool News, August 11, 2011. As a recovering reading specialist, I was struck by the following:
We recently asked our readers: “If you could choose only one, what’s the skill you’d like every student to learn?” Perhaps surprisingly, while many readers did [...]
News seem to be popping all over like kernels of popcorn in a hot pan. After the excitement of the article about the well project, I want to tell you about several e-mails from Jackson. In one he described his new position with Gamewatchers Safaris: “Gamewatchers have set up a mobile camp during the high [...]
An article describing efforts to make the Oltorotua well project a reality are online and in the “Monday Advance” section of yesterday’s Frederick (MD) News-Post. Below is how the article begins:
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Donation Method 1 • Write a check to UUCF with “Dig This Well” in FOR line at bottom of check.
• Include your name or indicate anonymous donation (name but not am't. will go into post).
• Mail check to: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd., Frederick, MD 21703.
• For contribution of $20 or more, you will receive a packet of 5 notecards.
(Complete directions: Sept. 25, 2011 post)
Donation Method 2 PayPal: Use this button for secure donation. Note that PayPal charges a processing fee. For the full amount of your donation to go to the Well send funds by check, see Donation Method 1.
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