Safari

On Oct 25, 11:28?am, Hans-Georg Michna hans-
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:19:00 +0200, Wildpicture wrote:
Hans-Georg Michna schreef:
There may be something with being much closer to Africa in
Europe. Maybe that raises awareness.
It doesn't seem to work the other way around. I remember sitting in a
restaurant in Etosha in 2001. The (local) assistant manager of Namutoni
Camp came to our table and sat with us. We chatted for quite a while. He
wanted to know about our home country (Netherlands) and was visible
surprised that we didn't have wildlife like elephants wandering
about.... :-)

Hans,

education in Africa is a problem. I visited some upcountry
schools in Kenya and wasn't sure afterwards whether those
schools actually educate the students or, rather, keep them
dumb.

This leads to many people in Africa being very poorly educated.
I remember those starry nights on the camp fire when I had to
explain to my African friends what the difference is between a
star and a planet, or what our sun is or how far it is away or
how far the moon is away---they knew essentially nothing.

Actually my thoughts go further. I believe that mankind cannot
really afford to let so many brains go to waste. I'm asking
myself how many children are dumbed down in Africa and kept from
developing their potential. A particular waste is the highly
intelligent ones that would urgently be needed to develop the
economy in their own countries and, for example, create jobs.

Hans-Georg
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No mail, please.

One thing that tourists can do is invest in education after coming to
visit Africa. Our NGO builds secondary schools, distrubutes new and
used textbooks and school supplies and has a scholarship programs for
all ages. We have been in classrooms in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania that
had literally 200 students to one teacher. Yes, they are in school
but are they receiving any form of education? Most were sleeping, as
Dar is so humid and they were all packed into the room with little or
no ventilation and too few desks.

So, take the next step and help and invest in those kids.... there are
many NGOS doing what we do but if interested check out www.pentrust.org

Andrea