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Soup BDC

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  1. I've had friends go and help in the slums in Kenya and bring back priceless photographs and stories of human sufferage. I'd recommend that if you're in a time of your life where you don't know what to do; Find a group, either religious or peace corp or whatever, and travel to kenya, or tanzania. You won't regret it.

     

    I saw a Sundance flick today called "Darwin's Nighmare" based in Tanzania which reiterated everything I've heard about the lake.

     

    So far here's the bit:

     

    -Lake Victoria's the second largest lake in the world

    -The lake is fed by the Nile river and is considered the orgin of mankind.

    -The lake used to be a thriving ecosystem until estimated in 1954 someone added the Nile perch into the lake, an enormous predator fish.

    -The nile perch has eaten everything in the lake, however provided a multi billion dollar industry, exporting the fish to Europe (about 500 tons a day).

    -Tanzania is still one of the poorest countries in the world. Half the tanzanian population lives off about $1.00 a day.

    -Fishing and Military service are pretty much your only options for work.

    -A russian cargo plane flys into tanzania to pick up the fish, supposedly empty. The russian cargo pilots would guess by the looks of the cargo that they're importing ammunition and weapons into Tanzania.

     

    -AIDS is rampant in the area. In one small village, about 10-15 fishermen die each month.

    -Wives of the fisherman commonly turn to prostitution for financial aid when their husbands die. Perpetuating the AIDS cycle.

    -The only guidance they get for aids is to not pick up prostitutes, since preachers can't promote contraceptives because it's a sin. The 67% literacy rate is also considered a reason why condoms arent being used.

    -The Nile perch after being caught and cut up is too expensive for any tanzanian to afford. The unused fishheads are shipped out of the factories in open, unrefridgerated trucks to open fields where the fisheads sit and dry in the sun for several days, then are fried and sold in markets all over Tanzania.... you thought eating McDonnalds was bad...

     

     

     

     

    So my question to any of you is, where can we truely better these people's lives? From an ecological, sociological, or economic standpoint... has anyone thoughts? comments?

  2. Re: Hesh vs a carp.

     

    I think Americans need to enslave another minority. Look at the threads and clubbangers to come out of the last time time we did. White people love that shit.

     

     

    Wait what's this thread about?

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