Saturday, May 29, 2010

East African Community( EAC)-Tanzania-Kenya-Uganda- Rwanda and Burundi

So it seems i have some free time coming up soon so i decided to buy a plane ticket to
Tanzania- Africa. The length of my stay will be 6 months and i will primarily be working/volunteering in Tanzania near Arusha as well as doing some work in
Nairobi, Kenya and also in Kampala, Uganda.
I have plans to try and raise some money to help various groups of people including orphans/children ,widows, people living with HIV and the homeless.
I work about 90 hours a week to save the money needed to get there and back as well as my stay there but just as importantly money needed to help feed the orphans, pay for school fees, help children receive much needed medical attention. Also i try a community integration approach and i become part of their lives in every possible way. My hopes are not to find 3 or 4 people interested in donating hundreds of dollars but instead to find hundreds of people interested in donation $3-$4 each and add it all together to help make a change.
please help me help others-- its easy to do and costs the price of a value -meal.
Please be aware that i pay for ALL of my own expenses- any money received in donations goes 100% to the people and the project we at yellowbluebus.inc are trying to help.

Monday, May 10, 2010

"Slipping"

So i am currently working 3 jobs approx. 90 hours/week helping people with disabilities
and i make on average $10/hour($8.50 after taxes) i am trying to save the money needed to return to Africa as soon as possible. I need money for my plane ticket. my current living expenses, living costs while in the country and most importantly money to use to help the children, widows and families i support though an HIV project.

which leads me to my problem , I had a "shift" off this past week and while driving my 1993 Accra integra my clutch said "clunk" and like that it was gone.
i was disappointed because that was money i did not budget, but thanks to my brother
(Eric the car guy) http://www.ericthecarguy.com/ i was on my way again at very little cost. Also i was moved as to how my friends were eager to help me with a ride or even lend me their car for a day. It shows me how others see how important what i am doing is and that i must continue, and i did, thanks to them lifting me up.

i would like to end by saying Happy mothers Day and thanks for the power "to be"

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Hello to all my friends , family and those in between. This is my first attempt at a blog even though i sort have written one previously on my website now non-profit http://www.yellowbluebus.org
My main intention of this is to try and share thoughts , ideas and experiences with anyone that may be interested in the places i have been and the lives i have changed :)
I need to begin by thanking the creator for creating me in a form that has the ambition and desire and willingness to give myself to all that are in need, for my life is secondary to those who suffer. My true best friend Matt aka "Catfish" has played a major role in helping me make it possible to do some of the things i have done. So please do not look upon this as anything but and information booth for i go to places that many of us would not go because is is a horrible place to visit let alone to live even though on the outside it may seem very beautiful it truly is ugly and filled with pain and suffering and death. From my experiences i have learned to find the beauty within. As i live among these people i am accepted as a member of the community and of their families and for this i have great respect and appreciation. Life is frail and every "moment" is as precious as the next and i try to live every one of them with clarity and understanding and purpose giving all my Love.