staking with a difference

[cayton]

Thanks guys - I meant to get this sorted today but got behind. I will check everything tomorrow and return any money due and ship the balance out to tanzania.

Thanks everyone for the donations - and especially to Cayton for thinking of doing this.

u beat me to the thank you tom. everyone has been so genourous. Its been a pleasure doing the challenge. ty all

[tfeilding]

I've had a look through the thread and everyone has kindly agreed to give their amount to Tanzania.

So by my reckoning, that is €122.56 + £60.

Although Cayton actually shipped me £110 when €122.56 is 'only' equal to £104.

So that's £170.

Plus I'm adding £9 due to something Tyler and I had going on which is too long to explain here.

So that means £179 will be Western Unioned later today.

Good work forum!

[TylerStroud]

I paid Tom for sex. I then asked for a refund, and we agreed to ship it to starving africans etc. Standard.

[cayton]

you pay for it.. shit he gives it me for free

[DaMatrix]

Stick mine in the fund aswell as long as it doesn't go on any Bristol football shirts!

So that means £179 will be Western Unioned later today.Good work forum!

Brilliant! 179 bristol football shirts!

[rfph1]

N1 Cay, Charity a clear winner !

[tfeilding]

I've heard back from Tanzania about the money. This is the letter I received:

http://i657.photobucket.com/albums/u...letterlong.jpg

The money was earmarked for Peter's house in point 5 - that was approx £75. He hasn't gotten going on it yet. It can be frustrating dealing with people in Africa sometimes and this is a case in point. The guy who wrote the letter is holding on to the money so it is safe and hopefully work will get underway soon. I'm going back out to Tanzania in the new year so I'll be sure to get pics and stuff then, though I should be sent photos in the meantime. At present we are just getting underway with building 3 houses that get alluded to at the bottom of the letter and fingers crossed that kicks Peter into action as these houses are being built in the same area he lives in.

The second part of the money was used straight away to buy a sewing machine and materials for an albino woman who lives in Buigiri village (the village I stay in) who trained as a seamstress but was unable to buy the machine she needs to start a business and be independant.

I'm holding on to the money won via Cayton/Holland. One of the guys currently being sponsored at school wants to start a business in October at the end of the school year buying clothes in the auction/market I wrote about in my last Tanzania Trip Report and selling them in the villages. It's a good way to make some money but needs a cash investment to get the stock which the £90 will provide. He can then operate this business along side his future studies and so be self sufficient.

[cayton]

Cheers Tom for the update. Things take a long time to get started over there but hopefully Peter will get his house on track soon. lol at the accent he writes in. "now myfriend" and the lady who was buying sacks of maize who managed to buy 8 sucks.

[tfeilding]

I lolled at the 'sucks' typo.

The guy who wrote it is blind. He would either have written it himself cos some blind know how to touch type, or he would have recited it and then someone with only a little education typed it up.

[tfeilding]

I've got photos of the sewing machine in operation. Having a means to generate an income means a visually impaired person can become independant and does not have to rely on her family for financial support. This is Catherine, an albino girl who used to go to the blind school in the village. She used the machine to make things like school uniforms.

As for the rest of the money that went out with the sewing machine money - the clothes business is underway and the house is being built but is on temporary hold at the mo due to the rains.

Thanks everyone, and especially to Cayton (though he doesnt seem to be around much these days).