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www.thereelproject.orgkristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-86629355326623834312023-09-28T13:12:00.001-07:002023-09-28T13:12:27.137-07:00Polly's Project- UPDATES<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: helvetica; font-weight: normal;"> Here are a few more snippets of the progress of Polly's Project, Mpala:</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Look what we all did! <span> </span><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxWnz8orIqg2FpJI3adDz2FxJa0EUTbnKPdASG7fFgiri_n6JAYsJjL1RMK8sv471SVHQ6CS_z3OtpnUKwZXg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></h1><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><h1 style="text-align: center;"> Work in the beginning stage</h1></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBey9HnEFZyhYsyL-mb3wa3gJu6T1RnYU-DeTih_dJYuSBI7KD6w03pUK7Wg11r2iFfivVJRuvkFDD7Ci-6DDukV9RLM96SjX8LSu6621WfMRlPBvY27Dbz8NueJUcW6ZbwK3y7dvPlE1tiaw00pCUNzqV3LHICGFIdmmD5Aw85_88wTZRS4fSNfIwnjY/s1020/roof%20in%20progress.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="1020" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBey9HnEFZyhYsyL-mb3wa3gJu6T1RnYU-DeTih_dJYuSBI7KD6w03pUK7Wg11r2iFfivVJRuvkFDD7Ci-6DDukV9RLM96SjX8LSu6621WfMRlPBvY27Dbz8NueJUcW6ZbwK3y7dvPlE1tiaw00pCUNzqV3LHICGFIdmmD5Aw85_88wTZRS4fSNfIwnjY/s320/roof%20in%20progress.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;"> One side completed</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCvY36fVmqZQT7giLxzBWYYiDl0C0h67cGyT2-BvyeJ_ka3b9BU6uEgfluF0Pk-LtmP6Hga8ZWXU06isVjZhrmW9SwKoEKP9I1MfnLaTQvlBjZkshwHfo9rUKI-XK-zHaYPcaqHS1c0b9sHS6Mc_8Li7nRMJGisw_NYbVhXkMdClhxo5jT_Mv9RgAnZs/s1024/mpala%20roof.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1024" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCvY36fVmqZQT7giLxzBWYYiDl0C0h67cGyT2-BvyeJ_ka3b9BU6uEgfluF0Pk-LtmP6Hga8ZWXU06isVjZhrmW9SwKoEKP9I1MfnLaTQvlBjZkshwHfo9rUKI-XK-zHaYPcaqHS1c0b9sHS6Mc_8Li7nRMJGisw_NYbVhXkMdClhxo5jT_Mv9RgAnZs/s320/mpala%20roof.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCvY36fVmqZQT7giLxzBWYYiDl0C0h67cGyT2-BvyeJ_ka3b9BU6uEgfluF0Pk-LtmP6Hga8ZWXU06isVjZhrmW9SwKoEKP9I1MfnLaTQvlBjZkshwHfo9rUKI-XK-zHaYPcaqHS1c0b9sHS6Mc_8Li7nRMJGisw_NYbVhXkMdClhxo5jT_Mv9RgAnZs/s1024/mpala%20roof.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCvY36fVmqZQT7giLxzBWYYiDl0C0h67cGyT2-BvyeJ_ka3b9BU6uEgfluF0Pk-LtmP6Hga8ZWXU06isVjZhrmW9SwKoEKP9I1MfnLaTQvlBjZkshwHfo9rUKI-XK-zHaYPcaqHS1c0b9sHS6Mc_8Li7nRMJGisw_NYbVhXkMdClhxo5jT_Mv9RgAnZs/s1024/mpala%20roof.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Enjoying the hard work</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxjw0GUAbx5Pah0tJ-8179NsgEmRB9ep4gYAJfiPOB9V0veA8PDEUFgO9d0KymvDRbSUrUKMkvN56xjJ0v7qw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><br /></h2>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-20336845813755434142023-05-25T09:53:00.009-07:002023-05-25T10:05:35.446-07:00Support the Polly Project: Tax-Deductible Donations for Classroom Rehabilitation in Mpala-Lubanda<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The trip back home was arduous, to say the least, but that, of course, it comes with the territory of traveling to another continent via other continents, etc... I suppose the difference these days is I am not in my mid-late 20s anymore!!!! lol.<br />One thing that really got me on this trip in particular was the triggering of my memory of the beauty in the world. Beauty in the land, culture, and PEOPLE! I have always loved to travel, and most of that love came from all the places and people whose paths have crossed. Meeting someone and finding commonality, language barriers not really being barred- smiles that speak volumes and the utmost natural unbound beauty of the earth we occupy. From a bird's eye view, walking on the ground with or without shoes, rain hitting your face, the smell of earth and green pastures, various flowers spices, and the like- so much to take in, but, I feel that all of this is taken for granted UNTIL I stop and smell. ;-) Heading back end of July to complete the project. We need your help!</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Support the Polly Project: Tax-Deductible </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Donations for Classroom Rehabilitation in </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mpala-Lubanda</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Make a difference through tax deductions! Donate to </span><a href="https://thereelproject.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Reel Project</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> and </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">help refurbish classrooms in Mpala-Lubanda, creating safer and more </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">conducive learning environments. Your support is invaluable.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-29a125c4-7fff-eb24-3ae7-3c88540b4ed8" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Education is a fundamental right that can transform lives and uplift communities. Unfortunately, many </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">underprivileged communities around the world lack access to quality education. The Polly Project in </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mpala-Lubanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), aims to address this issue by providing </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">new roofing for six Congolese classrooms. In this article, we will explore how </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=a9-aJQbWsUXOLQ8mdUbXy8WyccHjPiOuV5v1ak3vYo5aQGQCc8yc24_YsJVwWpAITe9PA47-iNtQ_D3L&locale.x=US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">tax-deductible donations</span></a><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> can support </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Polly’s Project and improve education in Mpala-Lubanda.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15pt;">History of Mpala-Lubanda and the Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa:</span></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mpala-Lubanda has a rich history dating back to the colonial period when the Belgian government </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">established a mission in the region. The Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa played a crucial role in </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">providing education for Congolese girls, including those from Mpala-Lubanda. The mission's dedication </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to education has had a lasting impact on the community.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15pt;">The Polly Project: Honoring the Legacy of Polly Nooter Roberts:</span></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Polly Nooter Roberts, a renowned scholar in African humanities, and AL Roberts, her husband, </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">dedicated </span><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">their lives to promoting education and </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=a9-aJQbWsUXOLQ8mdUbXy8WyccHjPiOuV5v1ak3vYo5aQGQCc8yc24_YsJVwWpAITe9PA47-iNtQ_D3L&locale.x=US" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">humanitarian</span></a> <span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;"> efforts in Africa.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">The Polly Project aims to honor Polly's legacy by continuing her work in education </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">and providing opportunities for students in Mpala-Lubanda.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15pt;">The Reel Project: Empowering Communities in the DRC:</span></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Reel Project, a non-profit organization founded by Krista Barnes, works to provide education </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">and assistance to refugee and post-conflict communities in the DRC and other countries. The </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">collaboration between </span><a href="https://thereelproject.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Reel Project</span></a> <span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;"> and AL Roberts to initiate </span><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;">Polly's Project aligns with</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">both of their personal connections to Mpala-Lubanda.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15pt;">The Need for Classroom Rehabilitation in Mpala-Lubanda:</span></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The current state of the classrooms at the Mpala Mission is in dire need of rehabilitation, starting </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">with new roofing. The dilapidated conditions of the classrooms pose a safety risk to students. Your </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">donations will help ensure that the </span><a href="https://thereelpro1stg.wpengine.com/pollys-project-mpala/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">classrooms</span></a> <span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">are safe and conducive to learning.
</span></span></p><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 15pt;">How Your Tax-Deductible Donations Make an Impact:</span></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Your tax-deductible donations will directly contribute to the rehabilitation of the six classrooms in </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Mpala-Lubanda. The initial gift of ten thousand US dollars has enabled the roofing project to begin, </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">but additional funds are needed to further refurbish the classrooms, ensuring they are safe and conducive </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">to learning. Your </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=a9-aJQbWsUXOLQ8mdUbXy8WyccHjPiOuV5v1ak3vYo5aQGQCc8yc24_YsJVwWpAITe9PA47-iNtQ_D3L&locale.x=US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">donations</span></a> <span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;"> will also help assess the needs of </span><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;">the medical clinic </span><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre;"> in Mpala-Lubanda</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">and explore possibilities for </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">improvement, ensuring that the community has access to adequate </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;">healthcare facilities.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 16pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Join Us in Supporting the Polly Project: </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=a9-aJQbWsUXOLQ8mdUbXy8WyccHjPiOuV5v1ak3vYo5aQGQCc8yc24_YsJVwWpAITe9PA47-iNtQ_D3L&locale.x=US" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Donate Today!</span></a></div></span><p></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">By making a tax-deductible donation through The Reel Project, you can play a vital role in improving </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">education and transforming the lives of students in Mpala-Lubanda. Your contribution, no matter how </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">small, will make a significant difference in creating safer learning environments and providing </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">educational resources to those in need. To make your tax-deductible donation and support Polly’s </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Project, please visit The Reel Project's website (</span><a href="http://www.thereelproject.org" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">www.thereelproject.org</span></a>). <span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Your generosity will be greatly appreciated by the community of Mpala-Lubanda, and you will </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">receive a tax deduction for your contribution.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Polly Project in Mpala-Lubanda is a noble initiative that seeks to improve </span><a href="https://thereelpro1stg.wpengine.com/pollys-project-mpala/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">education</span></a><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> and empower communities in the DRC. The project's success relies on the support of individuals and </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">organizations willing to make </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=a9-aJQbWsUXOLQ8mdUbXy8WyccHjPiOuV5v1ak3vYo5aQGQCc8yc24_YsJVwWpAITe9PA47-iNtQ_D3L&locale.x=US" style="text-decoration: none;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">tax-deductible donations</span></a>. <span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">By supporting Polly’s Project, you have the opportunity to contribute to the betterment of education </span></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">in the DRC and make a meaningful impact on the lives of students in Mpala-Lubanda. Remember, every </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto,sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">little gift counts, and your support is invaluable. Join us in supporting the Polly Project today!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-37201791547229585142023-04-05T05:39:00.000-07:002023-04-05T05:39:07.630-07:00<h1 style="text-align: left;">And now to the Back-Up plan...</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Bujumbura - training - kaka off to Mpala in T-3 days <br /><br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Due to the current circumstances at the border and the uncertainty of what could happen, Kaka and I have devised another plan, our backup SAFE plan. We've been bunkered down in Bujumbura, spending all hours of daylight going over our strategy, timing, schedule, budget, calendar, materials, contacts, checklists etc... We will be calling Professor Roberts in the next couple of hours to get his go ahead as well, but in the meantime, this is what we have proposed...<br /><br />Kaka will travel back to Uvira on Sunday, and take the boat down to Kalemie (overnight); once in Kalemie, he will overnight, then the following day, make his way to Moba (via another boat); once in Moba, overnight and visit Kapondo and family. Then Kaka will make his way through this rain (via motorbike) for the trip to Mpala (3+ hours pending "road" conditions). Once in Kalemie, Kaka will organize the construction team and start with one classroom...at a time. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I will return back to the States, a week earlier than planned. I've already been in touch with the gentleman at the DRC Embassy in Washington (long story but my original O.G. contact at the DRC Embassy was recently transferred after 24 years! to Buenos Aires Embassy- over the 15 years of The REEL Project, I've delivered packages to his family in the village he is from, which is very remote, I've met his family, delivered goods, and thus solidified an everlasting friendship. When I was at the border the other day, I reached out to him, and IMMEDIATELY, he got back to me, gave me the <u>direct</u> contact phone number of the gentleman at the Embassy - who processed my visa- and from there, we were able to confirm our plan moving forward. I had the option of sending my passport back to D.C. and waiting for the return to proceed however, the turnaround would have been 7-13 days...not to mention the security issues on the other side of the border. Once I am back in the States, I'll send my passport and get all sorted for my return trip end of June first weeks of July 2023.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are really two parts to this TRP initiative, all of which coincide or collide really quite organically. Professor Roberts (now retired, one of my former Professors at UCLA African Studies) and his late wife, <a href="https://thereelproject.org/pollys-project-mpala/">Polly Roberts</a> have significant ties to Mpala; actually, we all do. The second part of this project is to get more information on the Madonna, a prominent figure or 'nkisi' that Professor Roberts is currently writing about (publishing a book). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Katangan Madonna said to be associated with the Mabikira of Mpala and Our Mother (la Vierge Marie) has been known to have left Mpala via the sculpture. Is the sculpture recognized or known as an "nkisi “power figure” locally or otherwise, this is the question? Professor Roberts has been told that Our Mother went to stay with a Bulumbu spirit medium somewhere in the mountains, a good way to the southwest of Mpala, maybe during this initiative we will be able to find out more information on the subject matter and questions around the Madonna. </span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9n5SldX-zaMiTZ7m32TktoerVTUNvsm-ebzPfYzShbuGPtXw-qmgP4Ovl7Rkl-O-YROxhMfeFWphBN39S2GCUShivFxMIh7p70dP8YiT2cenXBHBYNx4sXFXYSDOJrsSiERQXInjE9HPjuUIdBGX9NLJKt21Fp9Anyk2BvFYi1qJrwNpcJmLxtuE/s1280/Madonna_Mpala.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9n5SldX-zaMiTZ7m32TktoerVTUNvsm-ebzPfYzShbuGPtXw-qmgP4Ovl7Rkl-O-YROxhMfeFWphBN39S2GCUShivFxMIh7p70dP8YiT2cenXBHBYNx4sXFXYSDOJrsSiERQXInjE9HPjuUIdBGX9NLJKt21Fp9Anyk2BvFYi1qJrwNpcJmLxtuE/s320/Madonna_Mpala.jpeg" width="213" /></a></span></div><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, while the roofs of the classrooms are being rehabilitated, Kaka will immerse himself in the research of the Madonna within the Mpala community. Kaka will remain in Mpala for up to 3 months to oversee the construction and management of the project. Here are a few more pics, and the rain has compromised my connection so, TO BE CONT.....<br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyfkfeitQ41UE-N784Z6XNgzBm_LRKQmqmspUa2MBz3tl47CHHRAb7oZqXLKflUnbuieg_0MlrJgJ4x_KaAYM9a_Go62IsGLuC8tkdF7EXYl130xOZcPumLMP24-OwvFAv23KXjSzy5yBGYvidAKhdhcRt9CYaXZSYwP5HgW2JAc3119z9gdB7Ys7/s2878/IMG_4569.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2591" data-original-width="2878" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyfkfeitQ41UE-N784Z6XNgzBm_LRKQmqmspUa2MBz3tl47CHHRAb7oZqXLKflUnbuieg_0MlrJgJ4x_KaAYM9a_Go62IsGLuC8tkdF7EXYl130xOZcPumLMP24-OwvFAv23KXjSzy5yBGYvidAKhdhcRt9CYaXZSYwP5HgW2JAc3119z9gdB7Ys7/w200-h180/IMG_4569.HEIC" width="200" /></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Le visa est expiré !</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Which translates to: The Visa is Expired! Kaka and I looked in disbelief as I know it's good for 2 months and the 2 months only starts on the day of entry. We explained this over and over, in French, in Swahili even in English. But he was not having it, again: </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Le visa est expiré !</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span id="docs-internal-guid-fc14d849-7fff-94e5-ee80-a2b0ff4c1c5e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="border: none; clear: right; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 206px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 234px;"><img height="414.4140625" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/71mEAjXZ-rtygjuNk4qFY965IqasPILc83Sv8ZRTw1Lz2X-d6sI-mA6-JqshfBmJ-LLibyoKbUhDBo0F8BndG4E8keTL3q9eYJXbzHw41QoffDmFTVBtZyMHnI33t47JGx1JUEHEU-e7HIiVtTPmsiQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: -105.414px;" width="234" /></span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 193px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 145px;"><img height="193" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/heTIeSNDB_HkU3vUKYLsMUxjLGHjn9YFzSOsrnbcspNTT7SB1J3dgAytxwfDEsFG-k8kaxxid1AKHK9DyLlm4lk9eSSzPV-HzKQn4r5FuX6r6gwVjANo19Zhkk9qZRH8CWmOjkokz16fCpJTgFfobqU" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="145" /></span><span style="border: none; clear: right; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 195px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 147px;"><img height="195" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/7J8Bo3H2crNxblZBNMDgrYjl5jp9sq1MYPUmBsi2MlSz05zmnpNZhQG7EgAVnMSgseZl_eKiJ7ys-pwwEFFpS3YttlRFqvedgfgO_dvEPuMV7CX3hL9bwhEuOQsosZO3vrCL_shxVJ5WUhiGVtFmr58" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="147" /></span><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 200px; overflow: hidden; width: 150px;"><img height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/9kgR15B-N3k6O4vogP0_CGvHl0ZdnpWcSmb6QlT_2d6ITOgsKtDUu40sR2uaT_awOfU9INZKnRg0cwX7rI8yIShKUz_8C0d6B5RY4ABmlREHSYRX4NeT94ebxbPIGKFJCGucYlABUM816nhX6xJzVLw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="150" /></span><span style="border: none; clear: left; display: inline-block; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 112px;"><img height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/AAIVRRE2LYYNYtATFU4_nH8O2xKxE09vdls-HQMaXyGLTkCjLiBtZ0F5EfsKFVcxXz0uEzCxAvvE12gWYsRvi41V3ZcjZFeK37x7v3C8IdANU4XVu22RqjI1dkEt4nj_XNXHi5dNlilO7e4h6kL34Ko" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="112" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
So the calls begin...I call probably 6 different people from friends (in high places within the DRC Government) and, friends at various NGO's (UNHCR, OCHA, etc...) kaka is calling friends and family who work or know someone who works in Immigration. Nowhere- nothing we can do. Well...we could always slip a little tip here and there (pretty common) but then we would have to do this at every 'check-point' Uvira, Kalemie, Moba until we reached Mpala. That was going to cost a lot of 'tip' money. Then, the head of Immigration pulled kaka aside and said this: "Le groupe rebelle M23 est là et s'infiltre rapidement, la situation n'est pas bonne. C'est dangereux, vous devriez retourner à Bujumbura maintenant" (The M23 rebel group is here and infiltrating rapidly, the situation is not good. It is dangerous, you should go back to Bujumbura now).That is really all it took for kaka and I to stop. You see, kaka Malela is what I always say,"The Male Version of ME" ha, he is steadfast, has energy like a battery and NEVER STOPS. He has a heart of gold but will not take NO for an answer. Usually the two of us on the ground, in the field are #1 Unstopable and #2 GET IT DONE but this time it was different. Despite all the calls, the ability to pay and make our way around and through...we didn't. Once we made this choice (it really was a silent nod to one another), kaka told our taxi driver to cross back and we were escorted to the Burundi side of the border, this time re-entering (thank GOD I got a multi-entry Visa!). There we waited (see photo), after a good 30-40 minutes one of the officers offered me a chair. The Burundian Immigration officials were quite confused as to why we had JUST entered and now leaving. We had to then get a document from the DRC side that I had to sign which said, pretty much that we were being sent back because my Visa is expired. Even with this letter the Burundians were baffled (one took another swig of his 'juice' and read the letter again and again, studied my passport, my visa, the DRC visa and FINALLY signed and stamped us back in. Now, technically they could of detained me. Either side actually. Thankfully, they did not. Once we were back 'safely' in the taxi and about 2 kilometers away from the border kaka and I discussed. My Visa for the DRC was ISSUED on the 30th of December, 2022, the million documents photos, copies, itinerary etc... that one must submit in order to even apply for a visa for the DRC are endless. That being said however, one of the most important documents IS the letter of Invitation which is stamped by 3-4 different officials (see photo), on that letter (and itinerary!) are the dates of my travel. Well- the gentleman who signed off on my visa failed to look at these dates and stamped my visa for 2 months and signed it on the 30th of December 2022. Apparently, the 2 month visa is activated on the first day of entry (into the DRC) what is not clear is YOU MUST ENTER THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE 3 MONTHS OF RECEIVING THE VISA. Therefore, our attempt to enter on April 2nd and not prior to March 30th, my visa </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EXPIRED</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>
<span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 249px; overflow: hidden; width: 186px;"><img height="200" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/MD-nK5bajoDxKwQDqyru9xPjHGgl6qbuVvL2PRlUEZ7uV3tuEZ3G_-zOiR3HpeprNr5FCyWOwEINvlGbd01XP7qZup7UrPIuc_dZ8Ngwis_GX6JG7Z49YI5IoSO7v6R1U1m-wLGhAWerYMKzEgORbFE=w149-h200" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="149" /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE Story to be continued…</span></p><hr /><p></p><br /><br /></span></span>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0Burundi-3.373056 29.918886-36.465462849165547 -5.2373639999999995 29.719350849165551 65.075136tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-64034618323558782242023-03-31T05:40:00.001-07:002023-04-01T00:09:10.557-07:00POLLY’S PROJECT: MPALA A Polly Project in Mpala-Lubanda (DRC): New Roofing for Six Congolese ClassroomsLAX - Washingotn Dulles Intl airoirt - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and now on to Bujumbora, Burundi...
It's been a long trip thus far and I haven't even made it to the final destination! All is well, tired but I am ALWAYS tired! ha. Met some great people, as usual, and looking forward to getting on with the trip.
Stay tuned here!
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POLLY’S PROJECT: MPALA
A Polly Project in Mpala-Lubanda (DRC): New Roofing for Six Congolese Classrooms
Mpala-Lubanda is a small town on the southwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its colonial history is very unusual, for a Belgian army officer established a fortified outpost there in 1883 as he sought to assist Leopold II, King of the Belgians, in his bid to claim the Congo at the Berlin Conference of 1885. When the Congo Free State was indeed granted to Leopold as his personal property as it would remain until 1908, the Mpala fortress was ceded to Missionaries of Our Lady of Africa, better known as the White Fathers because of their robes. Seconded by White Sisters in 1898, the Congo’s first entry-level seminary was founded as a secondary school at Mpala Mission to complement a flourishing primary school and a medical clinic. In particular, the Sisters offered literacy to Congolese girls. After many years when civil unrest prevented educational opportunities in Mpala, the Sisters’ now-dilapidated classrooms are in use once again. Through a Polly Project, six classrooms will be rehabilitated starting with new roofs – much needed, as these photos attest (see below). A picture from the early 1930s shows a classroom in Mpala serving Congolese girls, the second the same room where co-ed secondary schooling was underway in November 2022.
Why Mpala, and why a Polly Project there?
In the mid-1970s, AL Roberts undertook more than three years of doctoral research in Mpala-Lubanda, leading to a PhD in socio-cultural anthropology; he has recently retired as Distinguished Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA. AL’s late wife Polly (Mary Nooter Roberts, d.2018) undertook two years of research in the DRC and another in Belgium in the late 1980s for a PhD in African Art History. She was Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA was well as a museum professional, first as senior curator of the Museum for African Art in New York, then deputy director of the UCLA Fowler Museum, and finally as consulting curator of African arts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Polly and AL’s studies of African humanities in the DRC, Senegal, and Mauritius permitted them to co-organize traveling museum exhibitions, co-author prize-winning books and scholarly articles, co-teach university courses, and co-deliver lectures around the world. Polly’s broad recognition as a compelling teacher able to reach every audience includes the Lifetime Leadership Award of the Arts Council of the African Studies Association and the Dai Sensei Award (“Master Teacher” in Japanese) of the Ethnic Arts Council of Los Angeles. Polly also lived with metastatic breast cancer for eight-plus years, working with the Komen Foundation to reach out to women experiencing similarly dire difficulties. A project to further education in Mpala will be dedicated to Polly’s remarkably humane gifts always directed toward helping others to learn life’s beauties.
Why The Reel Project?
During her undergraduate studies at UCLA in Anthropology and International Development, Krista Barnes traveled to Zambia in 2007 where she had first-hand experience with refugees from civil strife in Eastern DR Congo. She was moved to the point of founding The Reel Project as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in 2008 that provides education, development work, and other assistance to refugee and post-conflict communities in the DRC and, now, several other countries with similar needs. As Krista enrolled in UCLA’s MA program in African Studies then chaired by AL Roberts, her work through The Reel Project took her to southeastern DRC and she was able to visit Mpala-Lubanda on two occasions on AL’s behalf since he had not been able to return there since the 1970s. Krista’s re-establishing contact with the families of AL’s old friends proved very moving: what might be done there in memory of Polly’s extraordinary dedication to teaching? So was born an initiative to improve six classrooms in the old Mission, making them safer and more conducive to the joys of learning.
Needs of this Polly Project as implemented by The Reel Project
An initial gift of ten thousand US dollars offered in Polly’s memory is permitting the school roofing project to begin in Mpala-Lubanda as of March 2023. At least twice this amount will be needed to further refurbish the six classrooms and school yards, provide teaching supplies such as a small library and training in use of online resources via cell phones (and reception is already available in Mpala-Lubanda), and to investigate opportunities to upgrade the tiny – and, frankly, inadequate – medical clinic of Mpala-Lubanda. Might you care to join us by providing your tax-deductible financial contribution through The Reel Project? As a Swahili saying has it, haba na haba hujaza kibaba: “Little by little one fills the vessel.” Every little gift is welcome, and as people at Mpala-Lubanda would say, again in Swahili, aksante mara kumi na salama sana kwa nyumba “thank you ten times and blessings upon your home!”
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But I wanted to get some ‘visual’ pics out there to bring into the awareness of today and the profound experience it was for me; albeit working with refugees and IDP’s for over 14 years now- this was different- so very different.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBrG31ychRI00hgUbOaFCA6xmt_ewvLXDK2LLO26hiscbjByDw4hQfshgSwPRFc4zAK5AUInAZ_lL-AOoUzcugjE5zJBOAmN9if_VdjhLSf77aTCiRwXzkzhdD4zxknL-CBSrA1Y55EnC_avD6E-YBxsXMtNweB6Ic1Zjj1Nu6682glHrOvau9CX2/s2180/EAAE182B-D415-4FEE-8CC9-BB0AB17C209A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="1635" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBrG31ychRI00hgUbOaFCA6xmt_ewvLXDK2LLO26hiscbjByDw4hQfshgSwPRFc4zAK5AUInAZ_lL-AOoUzcugjE5zJBOAmN9if_VdjhLSf77aTCiRwXzkzhdD4zxknL-CBSrA1Y55EnC_avD6E-YBxsXMtNweB6Ic1Zjj1Nu6682glHrOvau9CX2/s320/EAAE182B-D415-4FEE-8CC9-BB0AB17C209A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVZ--_7gsYH-p878lM1wC3oT9RXtUPLGaGnZhDdq3tOqVVK3KPbUS6bNeTBnKyK1dZ3gm0pt3nb452HINIZU1R62kOXtqpRg5-wU4AbcXe4ut2P2YkJGGP_BbcsOMQ3UBnjNv62fIs7O-KPnQuYS4rz4d9v-VZOOzyed0ECuKV02eIjT8a0HOUW9Q/s2180/48D598A9-67E3-4F0D-92A0-98D378B8C90A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="1635" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVZ--_7gsYH-p878lM1wC3oT9RXtUPLGaGnZhDdq3tOqVVK3KPbUS6bNeTBnKyK1dZ3gm0pt3nb452HINIZU1R62kOXtqpRg5-wU4AbcXe4ut2P2YkJGGP_BbcsOMQ3UBnjNv62fIs7O-KPnQuYS4rz4d9v-VZOOzyed0ECuKV02eIjT8a0HOUW9Q/s320/48D598A9-67E3-4F0D-92A0-98D378B8C90A.jpeg" width="240" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9_5I7grPnRkQ1fIg8bnx-XuLddHU2hajdlMIasFXblASq8-B2_nTB24_dKPx2E6t48HQDAEQBYoMA2gUGvNkUS75o3nb7SvnLWj7vXlDOeQ2LSYQMCbiUPA6yAwvsinMs1LJ87L76kqr6-NBUmv-KblmFENOqHlwjb30ndI3d45qKBSmiDXH19sE/s3088/5BD6ABE8-9D92-410A-B0B4-88131EBCCAF5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span><span style="text-align: left;">I didn’t see one angry person, I only saw smiling faces of those that were helping. I met two women who are African American from Spain, they FLEW to Poland/Ukraine border to help/assist any and all African Americans that may have been in Ukraine (for work, students etc.) and therefore unable to #1. 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I Love you Rocco and Kingsley <3 </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SdiVH3Vx454q8diuwtTBWJeZpaX-mI7XzJ_gjhFx-SeXcDAVJhrhmFInYVCEEoUkYtfsl6dl2kwmdb0MYYx0bPWb9_GL0Ro2WYeUDs7v3GxWFctfryQFfCt5x4S_1WBe1KooTVEPEtbpIz3-5kYn3N63cY4VvbmywmpOr0hBIzFjC5kyzLxJQx-R/s3088/2C6E2034-EBAA-49C5-BFC8-DDC73CCFA1E8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SdiVH3Vx454q8diuwtTBWJeZpaX-mI7XzJ_gjhFx-SeXcDAVJhrhmFInYVCEEoUkYtfsl6dl2kwmdb0MYYx0bPWb9_GL0Ro2WYeUDs7v3GxWFctfryQFfCt5x4S_1WBe1KooTVEPEtbpIz3-5kYn3N63cY4VvbmywmpOr0hBIzFjC5kyzLxJQx-R/s320/2C6E2034-EBAA-49C5-BFC8-DDC73CCFA1E8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jonathon who <b>NEVER</b> takes pics, has no idea #1 that I posted this and #2 (and #3-infinity) how much he has contributed to The REEL Project and not JUST because he is an amazing friend but also sits on the Board of Directors for the REEL Project (he’s a talented writer AND is pretty funny too!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv61pTDwIKfRXwGSKdimrBMYkmSaTEmMFxnrMCsj9orPQ5BXebPM7ofvrhdfvFFuT_PMzrXc719jNz8qZrkD-5Vcre-UCKryjEpRIkETR7lckhxi2cisZ4NgbuZP2LqDByAlYfbL8Iau1dUOXkdIRE-Az6zVo4-tQR3YS7iqbJKQaTWoBh3YOW5tC/s4032/2A0613AA-67E9-496E-AEC2-A64A97B8B910.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvv61pTDwIKfRXwGSKdimrBMYkmSaTEmMFxnrMCsj9orPQ5BXebPM7ofvrhdfvFFuT_PMzrXc719jNz8qZrkD-5Vcre-UCKryjEpRIkETR7lckhxi2cisZ4NgbuZP2LqDByAlYfbL8Iau1dUOXkdIRE-Az6zVo4-tQR3YS7iqbJKQaTWoBh3YOW5tC/w364-h273/2A0613AA-67E9-496E-AEC2-A64A97B8B910.jpeg" width="364" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE1xtvMsQuKQETKqyKT7W1CWAWFIfEcu85Q2EXg_Eo74SRh3yXn1OfYIlrA7AAgU8WUN8YsdREEQYIGiXSw1VhKX0DbjY9qGMvFGKHcynwYRhmQ5iJUsdP5MN5Ngb4loZz_YcERn2q7sHD8jbBoh_FU6u0_1UjAlarNXK6E1_zSagO-vPjbV1dRc9/s4032/B75458E0-F30A-4AB7-9517-68FAB1E264B8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE1xtvMsQuKQETKqyKT7W1CWAWFIfEcu85Q2EXg_Eo74SRh3yXn1OfYIlrA7AAgU8WUN8YsdREEQYIGiXSw1VhKX0DbjY9qGMvFGKHcynwYRhmQ5iJUsdP5MN5Ngb4loZz_YcERn2q7sHD8jbBoh_FU6u0_1UjAlarNXK6E1_zSagO-vPjbV1dRc9/s320/B75458E0-F30A-4AB7-9517-68FAB1E264B8.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Who does that? ……………….A lot of people. </p><p>SO many people from around the world have come together as people, as communities as HUMAN BEINGS. The ‘walk’ out of Ukraine and into Poland at the MEDYKA shelter (largest and most busy for those crossing by foot- majority women and children. A lot wait till right before curfew as they travel all day just getting close enough to the border to then cross). I have so soooo much to say, share, tell and questions. I want to highlight the amazing organizations that are there on the ground that are exhausted but smiling, happy and even those that are risking their lives to get the utmost needs to hospitals, clinics and children’s hospitals INSIDE Ukraine. </p><p>I will update on my flight home tomorrow as now I need to pack, eat something and close my eyes since they’ve been open for over 24 hours straight!!!!</p>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-76704141872560982802022-04-02T03:15:00.000-07:002022-04-02T03:15:07.280-07:00It has been a whirlwind of days, weeks- months. But here I find myself, in Amsterdam, on my way to Poland to not only deliver and distribute but, I GET TO experience the joy of this, seeing the faces of those on the receiving end. <div><br /></div><div>People often ‘commend’ me for the humanitarian work I do and, I find that my response has been and is always the same, which is: I am the one who is thankful. </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXnNXhlMKPtBdZcHA06MumCKhbWlOYFDxrCOcEjA_tX7fiOcQkzO2ml1rXr6BaILudmlKyCRjCQ52yKSwGXO1V7GRM3cZiRETIXWwip_YkFnuHQDeVCFYoo1c4gTEloVBcFUAVEb-I4aTDHPIB-Y36gmxTyj_7Z-Psze_MEzknB2XKDJXc2YbMZt5/s3088/E8FD4B13-C4D7-4FFA-B515-AE8A64F54387.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXnNXhlMKPtBdZcHA06MumCKhbWlOYFDxrCOcEjA_tX7fiOcQkzO2ml1rXr6BaILudmlKyCRjCQ52yKSwGXO1V7GRM3cZiRETIXWwip_YkFnuHQDeVCFYoo1c4gTEloVBcFUAVEb-I4aTDHPIB-Y36gmxTyj_7Z-Psze_MEzknB2XKDJXc2YbMZt5/s320/E8FD4B13-C4D7-4FFA-B515-AE8A64F54387.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LAX-WARSAW</td></tr></tbody></table>I realize, especially now, that the stamina I had back when I started my humanitarian work, is no longer on par with what I can withstand today. But, the world (and my kids!) has kept me on my toes and I am reminded that the passion that drives each and everyone of us always pushes past the mental block or, capacity that we [only] think we can not go on. </div><div><br /></div><div>Plan is, once arrived in Warsaw, head across the city to retrieve another car. We will settle in (for all of a couple of hours ha), then depart at 1am local time, and head to the border in the van full of humanitarian aid. The drive should take 4-6 hours, once we arrive there we will document what we can (as well as along the way) and en route back to Warsaw, visit a few shelters along the way.</div><div><br /></div><div>#thankful</div><div>-krista<br /><p> </p><br /><p></p></div>kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-62844716421365680632018-11-12T02:42:00.002-08:002018-11-12T02:44:43.351-08:00Ndola-Joburg, again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today marks 12 days being away from my littles. I've never in all of their (and my) lives been apart from them this long and it is excruciating. I cannot, I repeat CANNOT wait to hold them and love them to pieces.<br />
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And, to even begin to describe the excitement Malela and I have with The REEL Projects upcoming endeavors would be impossible. Words clearly do not and cannot suffice. It will be a long road ahead as there is a ton of work, planning, fundraising etc... but it will be done with passion and integrity.<br />
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Meanwhile, back home in California- my land is burning. My friends are displaced and some, have even lost their homes. These are tough times, times of reflection and appreciation for what is- and what was. Sending love and strength to endure through these difficult days and days ahead.<br />
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With love from South Africa,<br />
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-77565371391535231242018-11-09T08:30:00.001-08:002018-11-09T08:30:37.485-08:00Busy day in Ndola! Then adventured into town...walked like 5km<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNGZ-2afBBZ4G5jEC5DjJOcEcwJeJ6Z6_3GdSWINF2dNTyAhq1C3DmaJElSkwMGmbismN46gH2eUvKQV41sw8n_h-lO7GJ0Qls0Mjh-0C_Xk-VdyYAnjKFGCqo7L_Dz8BWUi45_EKYW4/s1600/IMG_9949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuNGZ-2afBBZ4G5jEC5DjJOcEcwJeJ6Z6_3GdSWINF2dNTyAhq1C3DmaJElSkwMGmbismN46gH2eUvKQV41sw8n_h-lO7GJ0Qls0Mjh-0C_Xk-VdyYAnjKFGCqo7L_Dz8BWUi45_EKYW4/s200/IMG_9949.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQasJnQBmdIynknSRj3ql_9Igl-xzfs78Aur1G7kKqQkK0OL2gK-gqGwjS8Cg36RWO1cuaC45RW-GXudXKELwTmWtD5Rcrkz_fvbVOurL6h_sRhRmqtEHX47mYzuINhNimb8hu_pShuE/s1600/IMG_9936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQasJnQBmdIynknSRj3ql_9Igl-xzfs78Aur1G7kKqQkK0OL2gK-gqGwjS8Cg36RWO1cuaC45RW-GXudXKELwTmWtD5Rcrkz_fvbVOurL6h_sRhRmqtEHX47mYzuINhNimb8hu_pShuE/s320/IMG_9936.jpg" width="240" /></a>Papa Isaac arrived last night and what a treat it was to have him as our guest! We spent hours reminiscing about Kala camp (Isaac was the Refugee officer working with UNHCR in 2007), sharing stories both old and new- I made a delicious homemade vegetable curry then we all ate together and began to discuss our REEL Project future endeavors. It was another inspirational evening, to only continue this morning after an early breakfast followed by a full day of kazi kazi!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhbiDLocK4UG1OXIu0lcYhVgRdjc7MSMZBsIr1LG3egXN54S8zPmG7tr8PP5hr4-FTaomQivd0lZdbMLLno4yHCctmDeOQMYwekHeXcP5s13EV9LtUTB0ewhKQGfGmRT8SECb3eLQbkg/s1600/IMG_9956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhbiDLocK4UG1OXIu0lcYhVgRdjc7MSMZBsIr1LG3egXN54S8zPmG7tr8PP5hr4-FTaomQivd0lZdbMLLno4yHCctmDeOQMYwekHeXcP5s13EV9LtUTB0ewhKQGfGmRT8SECb3eLQbkg/s200/IMG_9956.jpg" width="200" /></a> <span style="text-align: center;">Isaac has been working in Organic Agriculture for years now, he even took a three year course and is certified. He has been working with a local doctor in Lusaka and has conducted multiple trainings over the course of the past few years. We discussed the importance of composting and organic farming and how we can incorporate this into an Income Generating Activity (IGA) in Kalemie. Together we came up with: </span><i style="text-align: center;">The REEL Organic Community Garden</i><span style="text-align: center;">.</span><br />
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Thus far Malela and I have come up with an exciting amount of project ideas- so many that we had to take a few deep breathes and a number of steps back! Based on the current situation, the feedback that we have received and how to move forward- The REEL Project's next project initiative will be the following:<br />
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<li>A REEL: </li>
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<li>Educational Initiative</li>
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<li>Continue in our efforts in supporting the education of vulnerable children</li>
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<li>Workspace Initiative</li>
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<li>Similar to any "workspace" around the world, TRP will provide a space for students and locals access to a work space, internet, research material, a printer, a conference room etc...</li>
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<li>Humanitarian film Initiative</li>
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<li>As 'film' is HUGE in the DRC, providing the opportunity to show a film once a week (or bi-monthly), TRP will produce a multitude of informational 1-2 minute shorts that will be mandatory in showing prior. These films will follow the WaSH program, educate in the most sensitive and culturally relevant of ways. We will work alongside in collaboration with our coordinating partners to deliver the best and most direct messages. </li>
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<li>Organic Community Garden</li>
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<li>Malela will be meeting with multiple organizations that are currently working in the agriculture sector in the DRC (Kalemie specifically). TRP will find the best ngo to partner with for our community garden and we will bring Isaac Ndala in to start a 6 week training program. Additionally, we will work within the community to share in the labor and care of the garden in exchange for the plentiful goods it produces!</li>
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Ok- Papa Isaac is almost (safely)home, and it is officially....oh dear, only 6:30pm here haaaa. I am so ready for bed! </div>
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Until later? -Inspiring work is exhausting.</div>
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-krista</div>
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LONG Productive DAY! Malela or, Christian- people think he is not one but three
different people, let me explain…kaka means “brother” in Swahili and, Christian
Mbuta Malela is kaka’s full name. So Malela arrived late last night, he had too
many difficulties crossing both the DRC and the Zambian border. Surprise
surprise! First they asked him for his “new” passport, then a yellow-fever card, then they took the only chitenge (he was bringing for a gift) and said he was going to sell it in Zambia, so they must confiscate. JUST to cross from the DRC to Zambia, Malela had to pay: $5 for taxes, $10 for a 'Go' pass, $25 more to the DGM (director general migration), $50 for his Zambian Visa (then another $30 because it was his very FIRST visa!????), oh and because he didn't have a yellow fever card, another $50. This however is not the crazy part- the absolutely INSANE part about all of this is, last night at 10:30pm (local time) I received an email from the embassy of the DRC granting me my visa...yes, they said: You have been granted your visa, please overnight your passport so that we may process your visa accordingly. Ummmmmmmm, WHAT? Malela and I literally were so taken aback (and completely MAD- especially based on all he had to go through to cross over here to Zambia). So clearly, it is not meant to be because there is no way to overnight anything from where we are right now. Ha! Ugh. Sigh.</div>
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Then comes the sad news from California, about the shooter- 12 dead. What is happening in our world? I am constantly reminded of how fortunate I am living where I live which, wasn't a choice- but nonetheless. I am reminded of Love and Freedom, of the governmental safety nets that are in place in the United States to prevent us from falling down too deep...I constantly remind myself to feel grateful and humble for what I have and not stress on what I do not. For being able to provide for my children what I can and not on what could be but isn't. To be in a place so desperate <o:p></o:p></div>
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The children I met walking around with nothing but scraps of clothing, make-shift toys made out of pieces of discarded 'trash' I couldn't help but wonder. And maybe it was just that- my wonderment that encouraged me to take a step further, a closer look into what a refugee was, is and how one ends up 'like this'. </div>
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Of course this curiosity led to making friends, wonderful dear friends that I cannot even begin to brag about. Friends turned into long lasting decade long friendships that we have been able to so fortunately maintain over the years. And all because of what? The 'wonderment' or 'curiosity' of helping others.</div>
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<br />Ok- I have been so inundated with writing and visiting with Papa Isaac and Malela; sharing stories of the field, of our past 10+ years of working IN the field and here we are! It's now late- I'm going on a 12 hour day and musttttt put the computer to sleep (myself as well). I'll finish my story tomorrow at some point.<br />
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Lala salama.<br />
................... pics of my little monsters face-timing with kaka, then dinner I prepared (veggie curry) and a (horrible pic of me) and Papa Isaac!...........................<br />
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-49460089328821209602018-11-07T08:22:00.001-08:002018-11-07T08:22:43.352-08:00Refugees and our "home" at Mwaiseni, Itawa Extension<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I was searching and searching for a place to stay for the remainder of the week, I finally found this guest house about 20 kilometers from town. It is definitely 'not convenient' however it is self-contained. In preparation, I went to the market and bought essentials to have at the house. I got here, settled in, unpacked, did some work, washed (by hand) some laundry and now I am preparing dinner.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UKi09nXUXWDlE2G5rCLLxl5eR5NkBy4RpocYflMchDWmesR79E-0AzaZupMYW7e8oIMhI6a8kwMd1g3UYsaFWvxxs-D-jY7K-VeIudYNGZwgNuIPbHnTqbOzNdwzezK3OE2X_J3ycgs/s1600/IMG_9894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4UKi09nXUXWDlE2G5rCLLxl5eR5NkBy4RpocYflMchDWmesR79E-0AzaZupMYW7e8oIMhI6a8kwMd1g3UYsaFWvxxs-D-jY7K-VeIudYNGZwgNuIPbHnTqbOzNdwzezK3OE2X_J3ycgs/s200/IMG_9894.jpg" width="200" /></a>5 1/2 hours ago and mentioned the long list of difficulties he had just getting into Zambia (on the DRC side....of course). First it was, "you need to pay more money because you have an old passport and not a new one" to another fee for....??????? who knows what. Then the struggle of getting to the main town of Ndola via public transport, not entirely reliable, to finding this little gem which is outside of town! Christian will for sure be hungry!<br />
En route to the house I took a few photos of the 'streets' of Ndola. There are still quite a number of functional and operational railways, they run across the country though not on any schedule in particular. What I have noticed different here is the amount of advertisements! There are billboards every 100 feet (of course none pictured here....ha). There are great artists throughout eastern Africa and utilizing this craft seems nothing short of appropriate.<br />
As we are in one of the largest known mining hubs of Africa, <i>the Copperbelt of Africa, </i>it seems there are as many expats as cars (not a lot but definitely more than a handful). Every local that I have engaged in conversation with thus far works with a mining company or is related to work with a mining company- it's crazy.<br />
Ok, as for the current DRC-Zambia situation with regards to the influx of refugees; here are some statistics- do keep in mind, elections are to be held on the 23rd of December 2018:<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> A total 14,053 refugees are now residing in Nchelenge – 10,858 in Mantapala and 3,195 </span></span>in self-settled in surrounding villages<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> Mulwe road (the short road to Mantapala) is being worked on by RDA.</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> RO and MoA are looking at other places were farm plots could be demarcated as some </span>areas in Mantapala 2 are not adequate for farming. COR to provide more information next week<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> UNICEF to share report on flood prone areas in Mantapala and recommendations on the </span>way forward, especially in Blocks 8, 11 and 14.<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> The Apostolic church is interested in doing WASH in Mantapala and Lusaka. Further </span>details to be shared by COR.<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> ADRA is interested in supporting shelter, and potentially other sectors. More details to be </span>shared by COR/UNHCR.<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> MoGE has not assigned teachers to Mantapala yet. COR to follow up.</span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> There have been reports in the media that a certain cassava disease is affecting crops in </span>Luapula and refugees are being mentioned as a possible cause for this. COR and UNHCR to follow up.<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> UNHCR will revise the estimated population figures for 2019-2020 and share with </span>partners.<br />
<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> In line with the Country Refugee Response Plan (CRRP), COR is undertaking a needs </span>assessment in all field locations (Meheba, MYK, Mantapala). The results will be shared by early October and will be used for CRRP planning. UNHCR to call a meeting for this shortly.<br />
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This is a coordinated effort by both initiating and operating partners of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) addressing the most urgent of needs for the recent influx of Refugees. </div>
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Moreover, with the most recent influx of Congolese refugees in Zambia, Angola has been "relieved" of over 300, 000 Congolese as they have returned back to the DRC. <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/u/1/(https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/democratic-republic-congo-mass-return-angola-dg-echo-un-national).">(https://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/democratic-republic-congo-mass-return-angola-dg-echo-un-national).</a></div>
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Why does this pose as odd? Well, if thousands of refugees are fleeing the DRC (for Zambia) yet hundreds of thousands have left Angola and have returned back to the DRC, ummmmm, what? Let me explain, let me try to explain...</div>
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<li>Angola <b>MADE</b> the Congolese refugees leave- they gave them an ultimatum: <i>"Angolan authorities had set an ultimatum to all persons with an irregular migrant status to leave the country within 15 days, classifying the operation as targeting illegal immigration and illegal exploitation of informal mines."</i></li>
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<li>This was the case in Zambia while I was here back in 2007- the authorities would drive through the Kawambwa refugee camp with a bullhorn telling the refugees to "go home, go back to your country". There were other 'incentives' and threats as well, but I'd rather not mention now.</li>
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<li>Why is this not only dangerous but also a serious human rights violation? The areas of return for the majority of those coming from Angola are limited to certain provinces, and those are the same provinces and neighboring, where there is unrest and danger. </li>
<li> Furthermore, with a number THAT high, it is hard to provide for: shelter, food, water etc... the most basic of needs are already scarce. And let's not forget, when a refugee returns home, they are returning with less than the basics.</li>
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0Ndola, Zambia-12.9906407 28.649814399999968-13.2382097 28.32709089999997 -12.7430717 28.972537899999967tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-13417088575677771822018-11-07T00:59:00.002-08:002018-11-07T00:59:43.595-08:00To ALL of those that have supported The REEL Project I want to take this time to thank those that have supported The REEL Project, what we do would not be possible without your support. It's hard to believe that $1 or $5 can actually make a difference- it can and it does. You just have to know where your money is actually going. Most NGO's have large overhead budgets that eat up most donations at times, 90% or more. Check this out:<br />
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This makes raising money difficult- I am happy to report however that, The REEL Project has less than a 1% overhead :)</div>
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Here are those that supported and made this trip in particular possible. I want to thank you here and later, you will all receive word on how your support has contributed to those in need:</div>
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<b>$2700 USD raised by only 37 of you wonderful humans!</b></div>
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<br />kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-36092091913047168852018-11-06T05:04:00.000-08:002018-11-06T05:04:12.273-08:00Joburg-Ndola waiting in the airport for flight...Here is a little information about Zambia, Ndola in particular and following, my story on 'where it all started':<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: dimgrey; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Ndola, the capital of the Copperbelt Province (and third largest in Zambia), is a prosperous, sprawling city that makes a good spot to break up the journey or spend the night en route to the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage. Once you get off its main thoroughfare, and hit its genteel, well-tended residential streets, there is no real evidence of its industrial base. <b><u>Interestingly it's only 10km from the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.</u></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: dimgrey;">An important commercial centre in Zambia, Ndola lies some 320 kilometers north of Lusaka. <u>It is the gateway to the mineral producing region of the country.</u> Like Lusaka, the development of </span><a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Ndola?title=Ndola" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #337ab7; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: dimgrey;">Ndola</span></a><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: dimgrey;"> has been rapid and extensive.</span></span></i></div>
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<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modern factories, offices and shops line the Central Business District A big attraction in Ndola is the annual Zambia International Trade Fair in July. A number of newspapers and journals are printed in the city, two of which serve the country – the Times of Zambia and the Sunday Tim</i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">es.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kawambwa Refugee camp, Kapdondo asleep on my back </td></tr>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In between applying for grad school and having just completed my BA in International Development Studies, I was at a crossroads. I knew what I wanted to do but was not sure which path and or direction to go in. I was quickly reminded of my passion for IDS when speaking with my (former) professor, Andrew Apter (current African Studies Director at UCLA). Prof. Apter enlightened me on many things- but most importantly, on Africa. He sent me an application to 'work abroad' with an organization (not worthy of mentioning....). I applied and must say, it was quite tedious. In fact, not many applicants 'got it' and it was even more of an accomplishment- and journey! We spent months in training sessions, getting to know one another (there were 12 of us). It was exhilarating and the anticipation of departure was forever exciting. We raised money individually to cover the cost of our expenses and once on the ground, broke into pairs and were given our 'projects'. Mine was primary education, in the Kawambwa refugee camp (home to over 8,000 Congolese refugees). I knew little about primary education though had a knack for getting things done and, my partner in crime is the kindest softest and most gentle of humans- we were a match made in heaven. <br /><br />After meeting our translator, Willy Bonza, we began the daunting task of rehabilitating the primary school with EVERYTHING from; re-thatching the roof, benches and tables to replace the dilapidated 'desks' to hiring artists to paint curriculum around the inside of the walls and, painting the chalkboards accordingly. Daunting I say because working within the walls of a refugee camp limit you/there/THE access to, well, ANYTHING! We were taking trips into "town" to buy loads of lumbar, lacker, paint, all kinds of material. At times, we would get stuck en-route because of the rain, the roads or simple local politics.</span><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day Kapondo and I reunited</td></tr>
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Finally, in record time, we completed our project and had the most beautiful of primary school completely safe and visually EDUCATIONAL. It was an accomplishment that took all of our breaths away. In addition to the proud moment of our project, I also met little 2 year old Kapondo. He is the son of refugees and was born in the camp. I was fortunate to reunite with Kapondo and his family again years later and, still to this day, support his (and siblings) education endeavors. Kapondo is now 12 years old.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">I have so many more details that I would like to share but it is time to pack this up and get to my gate. </span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Until shortly- krista</span></div>
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-81877647014930207632018-11-05T22:16:00.003-08:002018-11-05T22:16:37.009-08:00Joburg to Ndola, ZambiaLast night it rained and thundered which made for a beautiful rainbow and a gorgeous clear morning. Thanks to time travel (ha), my new wake-up hour is 5am, ON THE DOT! This is actually nice because I get to witness silence and hear birds and it is very serene.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Years of making friends</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like a fire ball- but it's a rainbow</td></tr>
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Getting ready to head out shortly, bags packed and looking forward to landing in Ndola. Reached out to a dear friend who was once the Protection (Refugee) officer with the UNHCR in Kawambwa, Zambia. 'Papa Isaac' will be in Ndola today and we are hopeful to meet! It's nice knowing and keeping in contact with good people- especially those that share the same passion...<br />
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Here are a few pics of the rainbow, this morning and some prepping for Zambia, I'll fill in the blanks when I get to the airport and have 3+ hours to kill....ayyyyy.<br />
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-90739553245349801772018-11-04T22:07:00.001-08:002018-11-04T22:07:20.983-08:00Johannesburg, South Africa<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqVkqzicENIXny2uSdFK2r2No_IfykcF12uWlJDex8pxFatlnUxrljNilrkOYKom22mj8KDsDOB6pHvZkwv1Zc74twfJUzxyVGFn8rJyhvYM3ySPCjEEqRcPx_6EheUwiWW7aE3eC12o/s1600/Screen+Shot+2018-11-04+at+9.52.31+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="202" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqVkqzicENIXny2uSdFK2r2No_IfykcF12uWlJDex8pxFatlnUxrljNilrkOYKom22mj8KDsDOB6pHvZkwv1Zc74twfJUzxyVGFn8rJyhvYM3ySPCjEEqRcPx_6EheUwiWW7aE3eC12o/s200/Screen+Shot+2018-11-04+at+9.52.31+PM.png" width="149" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've had 2 full days here in Johannesburg, and jet-lag got the best of half of my day yesterday so, let's call it a day and a half! On Saturday my flight arrived almost an hour early, it was quiet at 5am- so I blew through customs. I was able to spend the day reuniting with friends and met baby Kai, who is the son of my goddaughter, Amber. Sunday came all too soon. However, we did get to discover some of downtown </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yesterday; art and great culture sprawled along the streets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will spend more time today preparing for my trip to Zambia tomorrow, which departs from here around 4pm so I will get to the airport no later than 1-1:30pm. Until later- today, or tomorrow!</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LAX-LHR<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This trip has been postponed one too many times to not
allow for it to come to fruition this time. For many reasons, I cannot get into
detail as to why I have had to postpone and completely change course (from
country to country) of my trip; I will just happily report that I am en route-
in air- and on my way.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Just to take a step back a bit, allow me to re-introduce
myself to my new friends, colleagues and acquaintances.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It was in 2017 when I sat with the board of
directors of The REEL Project and was told, “Krista, it is time, it is time
that you take The REEL Project and make this not just a passion, but a
business”. This was certainly a crossroads for me as I had just given birth to
my daughter and was embarking on an entirely new world of both motherhood (X 2)
and, more importantly single motherhood!</span></div>
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My passion has always come first in life- sometimes to the
detriment of my own well being that is, until I became a mother.</div>
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Motherhood has taught me, challenged me, given me purpose
and drive more than anything this world could ever give or do. And don’t get me
wrong, especially for those of you that know me- I have LIVED. </div>
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That all (above) being said, motherhood also takes a toll on
YOU as It replaces your purpose; simple day-to-day life, and that is ok until
however, it is not. We, you, and me, US, we can and do have a purpose, finding
that purpose, in my opinion, is half of the journey. However, when you find
your purpose, your passion in life and that instinctively is replaced by a new
passion (such as a child), you are instantly put second. You owe nothing more
than EVERYTHING to that little human. But one cannot forget the AMAZING human
that was chosen to bring that little one into life and one therefore cannot
forego who they are, you- who WE are.</div>
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I am for the first time, in 6+ years, finding my footprint
in my passion again, and it feels so scary, so good and I am so utterly
vulnerable and emotional. My passion happens to be assisting IDP’s and
Refugees, I work in post-conflict areas. I literally FIGHT to help those less
fortunate. And here I am, halfway between the USA and Europe en route on a 3
day journey to the continent of Africa to find it again, me again and help
those in need.</div>
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11-2-2018</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LHR-JNB<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I have about 2 hours before my next flight starts boarding.
I’ve had a productive couple of hours; a shower I got some work done and
managed to book my ticket about two hours ago. Funny thing is, I was unable to
book my Johannesburg- Ndola, Zambia ticket</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">until I had already departed for the first leg of my flight. My original ticket was: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">LAX-LHR-JNB-FBM-JNB-LHR-LAX I had to remove the FBM flight because of
the unrest in the DR Congo and explained at nauseam to both the third party and
direct to Virgin Atlantic. It was a ping-pong game of I should call them they
will call me etc… Finally, once I was air bound, I got the green light (well,
technically I have to call once I land in Johannesburg and confirm they remove
that leg of the flight entirely). Apparently there isn’t an “exception” for
civil unrest when flying into certain regions of the world.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, rather than traveling to the DRC, I will
be conducting an assessment in northern Zambia, bordering DR Congo. Another fun
fact, Zambia is where REEL Project all started. I’ll circle back another entry
on that one. Moving forward….Christian and I will have approximately 6 days
total in the field to get an ungodly amount of research done.</span></div>
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A simple $100 will send a child to school for an entire school YEAR! Providing him or her with all the necessities to access what should be a given right- to learn, grow and, to succeed!<br />
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Donate today. Donate once a month, once a year, anything and everything helps, only $2 a WEEK will sponsor a child with a uniform, shoes, books and all the fees necessary for he or she to attend school.<br />
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<span id="goog_1033242227"></span><span id="goog_1033242228"></span><br />kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-82888534551465291912016-03-17T14:23:00.001-07:002016-03-17T14:25:10.979-07:00Home! and a very Happy St. Patricks day to all!It's St. Patricks day and since the day we arrived home it's been NON STOP go go go- so much good, too much to write now but no complaints. I've felt nothing but love, compassion and gratitude for life, friends and loved ones- EVEN STRANGERS.<br />
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It's no secret that I love what I do- I am passionate about passion (and finding ones own...) so I can talk day and night about 'Africa' and Congo and literally never stop- this often turns into full conversations about life, travel and yes, passion. It also often turns into life long relationships established over a marble bar or, in line at a Starbucks- regardless, let today be a day we say thanks- raise a glass and smile.<br />
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We only have ONE life people, make it count (and if we have more than one, it's likely we will not remember....lol).<br />
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Will write more soon- very soon!<br />
<br />kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-74443962316162187662016-03-02T01:59:00.002-08:002016-03-02T02:08:49.886-08:00Really FlyDubai and Emirates????<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's Wednesday, February 3rd, just before noon. I am sitting here on hold with Emirates (which I have been on line with for well over an hour now...) trying to figure out our departure date! As those of you whom have been following this blog/journey, you know that our FlyDubai flight inbound from Dubai to Kigali was also cancelled, they (Emirates) re-routed us, from the airport, on Ethiopian Airlines...hence the delay, layovers etc... (FlyDubai was a direct flight). So now we are faced with the same problem only there is not an Emirates office here in Kigali so I am at the mercy of Emirates call centers </td></tr>
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(ALL OVER THE WORLD, ugh). And they, unfortunately, do not have 'permission' to re-book us on another airline...so they have to wait for an email approval. Only, no one is emailing in response and or approving so we wait. T.I.A., I know, but c'mon!!!! We are sitting ducks. arrrrg<br />
Ok, time to utilize the day... been working on the TRP mission/field report, in between there being Internet and not. Went and saw 'DeadPool' the movie last night (said it was rated 'G'....sorry Rocco, it was ABSOLUTELY not rated G). And today we are going to the market to get a few small tokens of thanks for family and friends...then to the rooftop Chinese restaurant we have heard so much about.<br />
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Been meeting some very nice and interesting people from all over- Alaska, South Africa etc...saw our dear friend Claire ('hunny hunny') and trying to enjoy and relax a bit while still in Kigali.<br />
Yesterday I followed-up to confirm my UNHCR meeting here in Kigali and got the response that EVERYONE in the office is out on retreat and will only return Friday eve...I mentioned that we are (planning) to leave Saturday but have yet to hear back...obviously I am dissappointed as I had confirmed this meeting prior to our initial Kigali departure, but again, T.I.A. (this is Africa...). Now I will just have to make due with emails and calls...<br />
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All is well in Kalemie/DRC, been in touch with kaka- I think everyone is decompressing from our month long- never ending- mission. Will follow-up today with all the staff at the UNHCR Kalemie office with update requests and thank you's...ok, <span style="text-align: center;">off for now, def looking forward to getting home, T-one week :)</span><br />
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oh, and Rocco is feeling 100% and eating again like a monster :)<br />
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We made it! I was not able to post on Thursday (Internet at UNHCR was not working...), hence the late post now...but we made it! lol, we are now in Uvira, the minute we got the the FIZI we paid for the Internet code for the full day ($4 USD), then the power went off :( so we only just now got connected (power back on...for now!?). It's 7:20pm<br />
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Yesterday was crazy- trying to get everything done, say goodbye, organize getting to and from office(s) ugh, it was hectic! Then I didn't even get to eat till 2pm so I had a splitting headache till late last night :( We wanted to be at the port by 2pm but didn't get there till closer to 3:30pm! lol, the boat 'leaves' at 4 (we didn't leave till just after 5pm...).<br />
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Nonetheless, it was crazy getting there, getting on the boat, once again, and all of the above repeat repeat, lol. However, it was nice having our own 'room' and beds...it was VERY HOT ugh then cold early am (we slept with the door wide open- needed ventilation!), but managed to get more sleep than our first trip!<br />
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We arrived this morning just after 8am and had a bit of a struggle getting our luggage and ourselves off the boat (as to be expected) but once we did, and once we left the madness of the port we found a driver to drop us off at the FIZI, we waited for our room to be cleaned, dropped our stuff, and headed out to eat (which takes hours...). We had a FILLING LUNCH (even though Rocco and I filled up on rice, plantains and greens....lol), it was GREAT. Then we decided to head to the beach, it was a hot day and we could all have used a little break! Of COURSE Rocco falls asleep mid way there, then we got stuck in our little taxi twice and then stuck behind another car that was stuck, lol, Ethan and kaka helped relieve. It was all and all a fun filled and entertaining day. We got back to the FIZI, Rocco and I bucket showered, Ethan and kaka napped (not together, lol) and now we are organizing dinner and I'm writing! :)<br />
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Kaka and I are finalizing the inventory list, we have discussed our proposed upcoming projects, we are VERY EXCITED about them all :) news to come!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">a few of 'our' latrine pics<br /></td></tr>
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I heard back from Yacuba (UNHCR Kalemie) and we are awaiting the letter which will facilitate TRP re-registering for ECHO and a local bank account. If that happens by tomorrow, kaka will head to Goma and organize, we will head to Kigali- via bus :(<br />
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Well, I am going to post a few pics from today, yesterday and get to work (on dinner and work!).<br />
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Looking forward to being in Kigali for some REAL food, like cheese and FRUIT- we literally haven't eaten fruit in a month :(<br />
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Wishing everyone a happy weekend from Uvira, DRC!<br />
krista<br />
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<br />kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-65566136110338436082016-02-26T09:07:00.001-08:002016-02-26T09:15:33.213-08:00late post- Thursday day of departure :(<div class="MsoNormal">
It’s Thursday, February 25<sup>th</sup>, 2016 we leave in a
few hours…I am at the UNHCR now trying to say goodbye to a few
friends/colleagues and send out my last post while in Kalemie…</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TRP sent these two lovely to school :)</td></tr>
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It’s bittersweet of course, but we will be back, as there is
too much work underway and in need.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">searching for the students in need...<br /></td></tr>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbCHRCPn7FqUJ8e4PY3bh5yQP6n4y8uJe8Nt0gsQDDgiYgU136ytw-Emb-T8tmwJIbMo9S8Q7dUt68pg_BT3fJbn13jiJHZqXhVYCI_OPwsx-y83w1lfrT9iCxwBXnX9aAqBDN4yIk34/s1600/IMG_3159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbCHRCPn7FqUJ8e4PY3bh5yQP6n4y8uJe8Nt0gsQDDgiYgU136ytw-Emb-T8tmwJIbMo9S8Q7dUt68pg_BT3fJbn13jiJHZqXhVYCI_OPwsx-y83w1lfrT9iCxwBXnX9aAqBDN4yIk34/s200/IMG_3159.JPG" width="150" /></a>For those of you wondering about Rocco…we (Ethan and I)
spoke with his actual doctor in California last night and Rocco is fine…his
fever subsided, he is full of energy and playing today (finally!). We are keeping him
hydrated and giving him small amounts of bland food so that he can keep it all
down <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijix7bKclyqdL9Y6UcDSbp-4dZ0QecIZPLIBH1jPWiLMiKe10Ll_CMbEt73zsOmjcR6ITjq8MztKFxriC51dYDIYjzr7br9ZzFMi-eLcKPnJsSCKeWgp_zYDwN3x-MkEmHxhzs66axex0/s1600/IMG_3158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijix7bKclyqdL9Y6UcDSbp-4dZ0QecIZPLIBH1jPWiLMiKe10Ll_CMbEt73zsOmjcR6ITjq8MztKFxriC51dYDIYjzr7br9ZzFMi-eLcKPnJsSCKeWgp_zYDwN3x-MkEmHxhzs66axex0/s200/IMG_3158.JPG" width="150" /></a>As for the TRP office, I will stop there as well as OCHA on
my way ‘home’ then we will go to the port with the car and mama Tete. We do
have a room so we can load our bags and we will all have a ‘bed’ so that will
be nice.</div>
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Yesterday I successfully sent two orphaned kids to school
for the rest of the year, and with proper monitoring and follow-up with family,
TRP will continue to support these two (pics are posted soon- or maybe they can
be seen on FB…not sure of connection).</div>
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Ok, well time is running…out. We will be in Uvira tomorrow
with Internet, hopefully. Then on Saturday we will most likely leave for
Kigali. We will have just under a week to organize and have a few meetings etc…
hopefully kaka and I will finish the Educaiton Initiative on the boat and the
OCHA translations lol, ayyyyy.</div>
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Bye for now</div>
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-krista</div>
kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-52596457587163682932016-02-24T03:50:00.001-08:002016-02-24T03:50:08.398-08:00Still Wednesday...Went to the doctor, Rocco is going to be fine- he does NOT HAVE MALARIA which is good, what he does have... well we are not really entirely 100% sure, but it may be a type of worm, bothering his tummy and causing the vomiting and fever? The doctors were really nice and worked with me and my Swahili :) Rocco was/is a champ and we all just want him to feel better :( So we are giving him the medication, making sure he is smiling as much as possible and reassuring him how much we love him :) and that goes for EVERYONE. I think he is enjoying the attention :-/<br />
<br />
At UNHCR now waiting on Tusen, he is head of protection here, and has been assisting me since yesterday with the vulnerable education initiative, we are scheduled to visit the Du Lac school this afternoon and meet the two kids that were forced to drop out 4 months ago as they couldn't afford the fees...so I wait.<br />
<br />
Most everyone is out- either in L'shi, Bukavu, Kinshasa or elsewhere.<br />
<br />
I spoke w Nyembo yesterday and the latrines are almost finished! They were installing the doors and roofing so he has some great pictures and updates he will be sending (network is still really weak!).<br />
<br />
As for the rest- of EVERYTHING, pole pole, we are working on what we can for now...one by one.<br />
<br />
Ok, too much to do.<br />
tutaonana baadaye<br />
kkristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-47209574045684336712016-02-24T03:39:00.000-08:002016-02-24T03:39:05.145-08:00Wednesday-<div class="MsoNormal">
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It’s around 9am, I am in the car en-route to UNHCR waiting
on mama Tete as she is at the pharmacy getting prescription filled for Rocco…he
started to have diarrhea last night and throwing up :-/ he didn’t and couldn’t
keep much down…this all started when he woke-up from his nap around 2:30pm, I
had just returned prior from the schools. I cancelled everything I had all
afternoon and stayed with him. Then around 1am he was burning up and his fever
didn’t break (literally till this morning). We contemplated taking him to the
clinic or hospital but decided to give him a little Dimetapp and wait for it to
kick in. I was up pretty much ALL night checking on him and monitoring his
fever :-/</div>
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So this morning around 3:30am I called kaka and he came to
the house at 5:30am, mama Tete papa Guy and the whole family checked on Rocco
last night and this morning. We went to the doctor, did the malaria lab test
(negative!) and then saw the doctor who said it’s probably worms (due to
swimming in the lake ove the weekend). So we are getting medication, I am
rearranging my morning meetings and hopefully by this afternoon we will be GOOD
TO GO and Rocco will feel 100%.</div>
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Ok, going to post and will try to write more later…</div>
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Krista</div>
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kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16965181170614027013noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8114778150626832409.post-18815161216915428532016-02-23T01:48:00.001-08:002016-02-23T01:51:56.046-08:00Tuesday, and only two days left :(<div class="MsoNormal">
Tuesday February 23<sup>rd</sup>, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s just after 7am; I’m up having coffee watching the
Makako (monkey) table him/herself up. Got up early to buy credit for the phone,
as I need to get in touch with Mr. Yacuba before he leaves for Lubumbashi this
morning. The network has been troublesome for the past few days, and it’s very
difficult to get through- to anyone. So I sit here, and I write <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">inside the TRP office :)</td></tr>
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Yesterday was a very Very full day. I left before 9am and
only returned around lunchtime after having been to UNHCR, the carpenter (got
TRP a table and book shelf!), and UNICEF. In the afternoon I went to meet with
Madam Sophie, the head of OCHA, and that was a never ending- extremely positive
never ending- meeting! When I arrived at OCHA on my motortaxi from the
office/kaka’s house, I had to argue with the driver as he was heckling me for
the price…I told him, in Swahili that everyday I pay the same amount, and today
was no different. Finally, he laughed and said that ‘you, Mzungu you know’ and we
parted ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was walked upstairs and
greeted by Guy Marie (who had just returned from a weeks trip in Goma). We said
our hellos, hugged and welcomed one another then he walked me into Sophie’s
office of which, was bare. She was sitting outside on the balcony facing the
lake and cool breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She semi
apologized for being outside but I immediately interrupted her and told her
that I am from Redondo Beach and understand 100%- Sophie then looked at me in
disbelief and told me she is from Manhattan Beach- I was flabbergasted. We
literally are less than two miles from each other and here we are sitting in
Kalemie in the DR Congo! WHAT A SMALL WORLD.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">TRP's signage!!!!!! </td></tr>
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Originally from Napa Valley and with Ethiopian/Somali roots,
Sophie is a well-spoken, intelligent and beautiful woman. She is warm, welcoming,
passionate and more than furnished for her position. Our conversation literally
could not, would not end. We talked about local and international issues, the current
IDP situation, refugees, Somalia, Ethiopia, Congo, Zambia, Manhattan and
Hermosa Beach, Libya, Uganda- it was unceasing. Finally we had to cut ourselves
short and decided to continue over dinner on the base of MONUSCO (where she
stays currently). They have a restaurant there and I wanted her to meet Ethan
and Rocco.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So less than two hours later after a shower and some mama
Tete errands, we were at MONUSCO with Sophie and one of her colleagues, Dan
(originally from Belgium). What started around 7:30 didn’t end till almost
10:30pm :-o There are so many issues, thoughts on solutions, questions and
projects- introductions and my oh my, both the possibilities and tribulations
are endless. Working in Kalemie, and on the African continent in general bears walls
not to mention the conditions, the security and the constant battle to get
something done (like send an email?!). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's our office table and book shelf!</td></tr>
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We left with promises of keeping in touch and one another
informed on upcoming and current projects. Our hope- yes, ‘our hope’, is to
work on a solution to this current situation of the IDP’s both internally,
locally and with the community at large. I propose a simple, informational-
peace building- cohabitation film; one that can help breakdown these walls of
concern, or this silly game of ‘telephone’ and clarify the REEL situation. A
film that would incorporate the local authorities, entertain and all the while
educate. So there many more meetings to have, conversations, introductions and
follow-ups but we will get there, eventually. In the meantime, I have to work
on our last two days here in Kalemie…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-eUhYgRDGxB-tCFSENKhF6W_EI8HwXKZa1GoRzv7hkchMgMAvI5k13qxfwUPOQaQUDLHvi4ORgw-w5wACaM40zrLfTV7IxLcLNVsBn_s1RgDu_c5v_Rc_2LRe2ipXBG81tAz-9UABFc/s1600/thumb_IMG_3113_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a>We walked into UNICEF yesterday, kaka and I, with no meeting
or introduction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our hope was to meet
with Madam Chantelle (head of education), or mama Rose (whom we met in the
field in Nyunzu), but we ended up meeting with Madam Linda who is the head of
protection. We spoke with Linda at great length about TRP, our Education
Initiative and the potential partnership opportunity between TRP and UNICEF.
She was welcoming, receptive and extremely helpful. As there is protocol for
any form of partnership, for the time being (as we leave in two days…), Linda
provided us with a list of local ‘ex-child soldiers’ whom are ‘vulnerable’ and need
assistance with paying school fees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>UNICEF has a number of classifications to identify the vulnerable
children, they are:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Former child soldiers
(armed militia groups)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Orphaned children
(deceased parents)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Unaccompanied minors (not
sure of parents whereabouts)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Disabled children due to
war (attacked by armed Militia, land mines etc…)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Mentally/Physically
handicapped<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Chronic illness<o:p></o:p></li>
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Linda then mentioned all of the partner organization that are working with
these clusters, and offered to put us in touch, should there be any one cluster
or identifier TRP was interested in supporting. I assured her that we wanted to
help those in need- those whom need the most. Linda said that the former child
soldiers often had the most trouble as if their school fees are not covered
(and some are not just former soldiers but have also lost their parents and
have been mentally and emotionally traumatized. So she furnished us with a list
of 14 kids, and today it’ll be my job to get us to the school to follow-up on
their whereabouts, status of fees- see if an interception needs to be had (for
them to be able to finish off the school year) or what. In addition, I need to
organize getting funds to Moba for the fees and exams for Kapondo and kids. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday we got our tickets for the boat; we got the very
LAST ROOM! Ayyyyy<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have to speak with Doessen (AIRD) who just returned from
Nyunzu with Nyembo and find out if he will allow Malela to travel with us to
Uvira…furthermore I need to follow-up on the status of the latrines, if they
are finished, close to being completed etc…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">to all of you who supported<br />(and signed) the REEL Latrine Project :)</td></tr>
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So as it’s already after 8:30am, I’m going to have to sign
off and get the day started!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Off for now, I will try to send this off, or rather, upload
today with a quick update.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday February 20<sup>th</sup> 2016</div>
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my coffee (my excuse is there is no electricity…) and it’s well after 10am :-o</div>
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Rocco is downstairs playing with the kids, Ethan went to
drive mama Tete around to do some errands and in a little over an hour, we are
taking all of the kids to the beach- they are pretty excited! Kaka came by last
night and we discussed plans for this weekend much of prioritizing what needs
to be done etc…Today is going to be a work at the beach day as we all need
rest. I was thinking yesterday, even if we do one vs. five interviews in one
day- it’s still draining, the loading, waiting, the ridiculous traffic to get
there and the dusty streets, the HEAT, it’s like it never fails, and it’s just
exhausting. (Then when you get to the UNHCR office, for example, you are
blasted with AC and then you melt, lol). Not to mention the setting up of the
equipment, Rocco, and the depth of the interviews…they are usually pretty heavy
questions.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIwZ8alTZbNvVsJVvVXEVPw-3xYVgFQLV3QX_0WsASgfuyzIvWEBBThH77QXUVrED6kdJnc9z04G1dbREPXBJjKTDIgTUqoquAWokYbRWseQgSE1HdD5sWNFk5a5Lp1BnikblMWzIedw/s1600/thumb_IMG_3096_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIwZ8alTZbNvVsJVvVXEVPw-3xYVgFQLV3QX_0WsASgfuyzIvWEBBThH77QXUVrED6kdJnc9z04G1dbREPXBJjKTDIgTUqoquAWokYbRWseQgSE1HdD5sWNFk5a5Lp1BnikblMWzIedw/s200/thumb_IMG_3096_1024.jpg" width="200" /></a>Speaking with Mr. Yacuba Sere yesterday was an eye opener.
He had just finished a conference call with Geneva and looked exhausted, I felt
terrible that we were to add to his fatigue, but a champ he is. Mr. Yacuba is
the program officer at UNHCR Kalemie, prior to his post here he was in Chad,
Niger- all over Africa. He is a man of few words but the words he elects are
significant. There is a lot that I found out about from him yesterday that I
was unaware of. Currently the IDP situation or ‘population movement’ is
approximately 55% due to armed militia groups; and less than that due to the
IDP’s. Now, that is not to say that some of the IDP’s are ‘moving’ because of
the armed groups (ex: the Batakatanga using the Batwa then the LUBA blame the
Batwa for being ‘tattle tales’). And, to confirm what all others have said
during the interviews; there continues to be a gap in funding and most
certainly with regard to latrines (which is so odd!). Why can’t they fund an additional amount for even the simple-pit EMERGENCY latrines, they are much cheaper and SO NEEDED!? Ugh</div>
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Nonetheless, Mr. Yacuba was very thankful for TRP’s
contribution and is going to assist us in opening a bank account here in
Kalemie so that upon my/our return, should I succeed in fundraising for more
latrines, we can more easily send the funds direct. Additionally, we are going
to get registered with UNHAS (PAM) for humanitarian flights (it’s a TINY plane
and costs $100 per person but is pretty reliable and it’s great for back-up)-
ECHO we will re-register with OCHA, but flying ECHO is never a guarantee as if
someone of higher rank (which is ALWAYS, lol) chooses to fly, you are ‘bumped’.
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In addition, we briefly talked about doing an all-encompassing
humanitarian film that will act as an information and peace cohabitation film.
We would work with all current partner organizations and each would contribute
their work, we would need very little funding and once complete, we could
literally travel with it as could/would UNHCR and other NGOs. We would reach a
much larger audience etc… Further to this, there is a push for returning
Rwandese refugees from DRC back to Rwanda. This is something I will discuss
during my meeting with UNHCR Kigali and counter with UNHCR here, and Kinshasa.</div>
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Ok well, bathroom is free and it’s my turn to bucket shower
;-)</div>
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I’ll write more later and post pics as well.-k</div>
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Yesterday was Saturday and today is a very-already- hot
Sunday! It’s just after 9am, I’ve kind of been up since 4:30am :-/ as our
weekend comes to an end so does the start of our last week here which means
there is all too much on my mind and way too much yet to do.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I can’t beat myself up for taking a little break yesterday
however, just the pure joy of watching all of the kids play in the water,
volleyball and eat and drink ‘sucre’ all day was pleasure enough! Literally,
mama Tete and I had to tell everyone to get out of the water as it was after
5pm! I made dinner for everyone, spaghetti, when we returned to the house as I
had only eaten ‘chips’ or French fries all day lol.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was up most of the night thinking about everything there
is still to do…yesterday we visited the office en-route back to the house and
met with the artist who has done a great job (again); hopefully this time the
rain won’t wash it away <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span>
Rocco and I are about to head out now to the office as kaka and I need to spend
ALL OF TODAY going over ALL we can as tomorrow he works (and the rest of the
week , until we leave). Accounting, Education Initiative, Vulnerables, the
Latrines follow-up, translations, office in order (rent etc…)- and the list
goes on <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span>
Ugh- breathe, just need to breathe…<o:p></o:p></div>
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Off for now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-k<o:p></o:p></div>
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Monday February 22nd, 2016<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy6Oie7MqX4q6SbjR6M5LxpKE0FIwrz6lmExeKlXhgRvtXcNogKSfAuaVDCcZ3yU-uMIZvTAADm2bCnG5oY_FgpHUVYhXhTpUPUnOOOUKBsf8Ba_vzctje86ZR520a4YzCCpalf6IcF4/s1600/thumb_IMG_3103_1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfy6Oie7MqX4q6SbjR6M5LxpKE0FIwrz6lmExeKlXhgRvtXcNogKSfAuaVDCcZ3yU-uMIZvTAADm2bCnG5oY_FgpHUVYhXhTpUPUnOOOUKBsf8Ba_vzctje86ZR520a4YzCCpalf6IcF4/s320/thumb_IMG_3103_1024.jpg" width="320" /></a>I am here at the UNHCR now, yesterday was a day of kazi kazi
kazi (work work work), we finished the office painting, signage and the outside
TRP sign…we are meeting with more carpenters today (I met one this morning
already), and I’ll visit UNICEF, OCHA and I am at UNHCR now. It’s just after
9am :-o<o:p></o:p></div>
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We had a bit of an issue with electricity last night…it’s
been off for the past two days and probably today and tomorrow as well. So
trying to get the printer for the office connected and everything downloaded and
charged has been tough. Nonetheless, we are working with what we have/can.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday we spoke with the sister in Moba regarding school
fees, exams etc… for Kapondo and kids, we will send the money for the next year
today. Furthermore, we are almost done with the Education Initiative and will
be able to get that up on TRP’s website once 100% complete. I am hoping that I
can collaborate directly with UNICEF on the EI front to support the vulnerable
children in need….going out and finding them and monitoring, follow-up etc…is a
task and a half, it would be nice to trust an org that specializes in assisting
with education and those in need directly. Once we have our own system in place
it’ll be different, but for now…my fingers are crossed.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, I am going to post a few pics and these entries as my
mtgs here should be started momentarily…hope all is well on the home front and
wishing everyone a safe and happy Monday!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">krista</span></div>
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