Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry to read about his passing. I hope his family and folks can overcome the grief and need. Amiti?s Philippe Daniel Ridings wrote: >Some of you who know me know that I work a lot in Africa. In the past >it was Zimbabwe, Tanzania and South Africa. Now it is Malawi. > >I met a man, Phillip Tambala: > >http://dlridings.se/blog/2007/12/12/a-little-report-from-malawi/ > >After the initial reaction of "oh-no-not-another-beggar", I realized I >was dealing with a special man. He was industrious, focused (on his >family) and generous. Besides his own immediate family, he took on >many orphans. > >I don't give away money. That's useless. I do things. We had our >little projects. A house, crops, things like that. > >http://dlridings.se/blog/2008/02/14/bought-a-roof-on-my-lunch-break/ > >Phillip died a couple (now few if a couple is more than two) of months >ago. Malaria. Basically, that meant his family would probably starve >to death. > >I'm now a farmer. Ask me about the hideous prices of fertilizer that >is required in order to make gene manipulated corn to grow, and I can >tell you. I finance about 12 acres of corn (and beans). If any of you >get a chance, that is the way to help. Things are looking good and if >it keeps up (the rains have come), there will be enough of a harvest >to feed the family the whole year with a surplus that can be sold to >finance next year's crop. > >I'm going back in a couple of weeks and am taking prints with me. >Here's a sample. > >http://dlridings.se/lightroom/tambala/index.html > >Political: those of you who know me know that I would never praise >George W. Bush, a catastrophe for the world, without reason. But >locally, in Africa, he has been a blessing. Not a blessing in >disguise, but an outright, full-fledged blessing. I hope Obama can at >least hold the course, a difficult task in its own. When it comes to >US politics in Africa, Bush is a hard act to follow. > >Now ... just waiting for that little fever top from the yellow fever >vaccination and I'm off. > >Daniel > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >