Lome, Togo

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Ask your friend about Christian mission reps in his area. Scour the internet

for mission tours/crusades to LomeTogo. If there are missionaries or a Bible

school or a mission headquarters within 50 miles, those people will know how to

get things in and out. Very often they will do it for you. Is there a church

with western (or eastern orthodox) roots in the area? A convent or monastery?

Not all national pastors are people of integrity but you've a better chance of

finding one who is from that group than many others. If he knows of or knows

any of these persons/organizations, that's the place to start. When I was

looking a bit ... the last link I posted below for you is someone I'd write to

and ask if she'd do it. She'd be fearful I suspect since scams are a dime a

dozen and receiving stuff for a stranger could be a serious problem but she

might know of AIDS activist persons who could do it if not a medical missions

org that could.

In another vein, when I mailed things to Papua New Guinea I was told that if I

sent it signature required it had a better chance of getting there than simply

first class. I didn't want to spend the extra money so the next option was to

make certain the declared value was inconsequential.... like less than $10.

Any connections with the US embassy there?

According to Wiki they have a sister city in Bay City MI. Perhaps they could

help. And Togo is in West Africa...politically somewhat different than South

Africa which is a nation and a direction.

If you're not in the US the same ideas apply but my limited specifics aren't as

good.

Start reading the Lome papers online if you can and see if there are names of

individuals or corporations you might ask to help you.

http://lome.usembassy.gov/general_information2.html I'd write the email addy

here and ask how to get beyond the bribes at the post office.

http://www.dravershof.be/zendingtogo/eng/index.html

http://www.ggwo.org/missions/africa/Togo.html

http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=7594 & lan=eng

http://www.topix.net/world/togo

http://www.plchurch.org/widerchurch.html

http://www.calebproject.org/main.php/calendar

http://www.ibike.org/environment/recycling/request-bikes.htm adrah_togo

@.fr

http://afmonline.org/missionaries/article.php?id_art=441 & type=ALUMNI & id=30

Re: As we have grown...

Rowena,

god what a wonderful world it would be if all such good information could

really be freely shared amongst the poor and disadvantaged of the world. I

have a friend in Lome Togo, that's South Africa, who I've been in touch with

and with whom I've shared this information, by way of these very newsgroups.

He's a member and is probably reading this post along with you. The

problems are that this is not such a wonderful world at all. I was lucky to

get

him a Sota Silver Pulser through the mail, as well as a batch of simple,

nutritional supplements, once, but since then, he's been confronted by

corruption at the post office where he is denied the packages I've sent him,

until he pays additional fees, exorbitant amounts that he cannot afford. There

is also the stigma attached to some diseases, and he doesn't feel free to

access information in the work place for fear that others will learn of his

condition. He therefore has to go to a local internet cafe and spend god

knows how much money just to check his email. He speaks three languages

though, and fortunately, one of them is english. (how many Americans do you

know who can speak English that well, let alone another, foreign language?

He humbles me, believe me.) Still, I sometimes have a hard time getting

myself fully understood, especially in matters medical as well as esoteric.

I've

done all this because I sensed his desperation and identified with it . There

is

a frightening feeling of loneliness one feels when the sword of Damaclese

dangles. Mick is hanging tough though, and I'm stil trying to figure out a way

to

get these supplements to him. Can you believe it, both packages were

actually returned to me?! If any members can offer a suggestion, we'd be very

grateful. I consulted Harold Fostor, who is trying some small scale studies in

Africa on the use of nutritional supplements, and he tells me he has the same

problem. HIs solution is to have tourists carry them in. Hmm...I've always

wanted to see Africa...

>

> Is it known to what degree the info was disseminated in Third World

> countries?

>

> I had been musing earlier in the day that we must be getting close to the

> point where we can suggest to the vast populations unable to access

> effective treatment for their various diseases that they try this cheap and

> simple technology. But how? Pretty much all we have is email

> recommendation, and we tend to limit this to people we know...

> I just love the mental picture you drew, bG, in one of your docs, of a

> number of people seated around one 6 v battery being treated at the same

> time. Let's hope that one day we will receive pictures of this happening in

> real life.

>

> Rowena

>

>

>

> The size and scope of this group, along with the widespread stir from

> people promoting it to relatives, neighbors, and others has meant we

> need to be sure to exert leadership from here, even if they never come

> here, so that hopefully nobody gets in trouble.

>

> We didn't exert much leadership in the past because we were finding

> things out, and did not know what to tell people to use as

> guidelines. We were all learning. We feared there would be cases

> when only a 12 volt car battery would be handy as in a Third World

> village situation, and we felt every option should be known and

> pointed out to people so they could make use of the abundant sources

> of dc electricity in their environments. But there have been no

> reported instances for better or worse, of Third World or others using

> car batteries as they should have done to save the lives of whole

> populations. Meanwhile, the people using this have floundered into

> occasional trouble with 9 volt batteries, putting the whole discovery

> at risk.

>

> After finding many benefits that appear to be sheer wonders, we should

> not expose ourselves to defeat from some accidental mishap that

> discredits the whole discovery.

>

> I've sent out notice abt electricity safety every 2 weeks now, along

> with the research form and a warning to stick with your healthcare

> provider. I don't feel this is compromising anything, and I am

> authentic in my views on it. I do think all these changes are in fact

> good common sense ideas at THIS POINT in our evolution of the group.

>

> bG

>