April 5, 2010

LET'S FREE AFRICA FROM OUR INTERESTS

The 55% of Moçambique's economy is supported with funds of our banks.
Do you think this is because they are good?
We should already know the reasons that push a bank to move and invest into a third world economy.
What we may have doubt about is the underground economy based on corruption.
Do you think a bank moves easier in a corrupted economy or in a legal one?
Or,better...is there a possibility that a bank itself  become the bridge between the legal and the corrupted economy?
And what about making money in all the ways,legal and illegal?
Ah,sorry,I forgot.Do you think the money that arrives here is clean?
Are we in a global market or in a big,black economy managed by few to preserve the capital concentration in the hands of few?
Do you think that if the resources in the world would be better distribuited you could own a car alone?
Do you think you could full your fridge or even have one?
Do you think you could have unlimited water from your tap?
Think about it,may be you don't want a better world
...for sure not your bank.

February 6, 2010

Paradise or Hell,you choose...

Welcome to the place where you can buy a virgin 8 years old child for a bag of rice,
Welcome to the place where you can reserve a child for marriage,
Welcome to the place where if you run over somebody and kill him,you have to pay for the funeral,
Welcome to the place where HIV seems to not exist,
Welcome to the place where the government gives retrovirals for free but if you don't pay the doctor under the table you don't get them.
Welcome to the place where malaria kills much more people then HIV.
Welcome to the place where government gives mosquito net for free and then you find all of them sold at the market in front of the autority,
Welcome to the place where 17000 people lives in 1,5 squared km.
Welcome to the place where the government wants to displace the half of the population in the mainland but in reality malaria and HIV are already taking them away,
Welcome to Ilha de Mocambique.

January 28, 2010

One week in paradise....

Hi,everybody,just had time to get the feeling of the island!
The schools are still in holiday,so I have time to fix my new house,
my fishing stuff and to learn to cook lobsters....
I started to explore the coast out of the island and found incredible beaches,
next post I will put some photos.

January 23, 2010

LANDED


Just arrived on the island.....

December 20, 2009

16 January:AFRICA

The 16 of january I'm leaving for Ilha de Mozambique.
I will work for Saman in a serie of projects:
-Financing 9 schools providing education to 1050 children,
-Installing the first satellite internet connection in the island,
-Computer lab and courses,
-English courses with local teacher,
You can follow the developement of the projects in this blog.
We are actually planning more projects and we are open to any suggestion.
Soon volunteers will be needed.....