Saving A Global Treasure
October 28, 2008 5:04 AM
One man is using his great wealth to try to help some of the poorest people in Mozambique by attracting more tourists to the beautiful national park of Gorongosa. Scott Pelley reports.
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I am from Idaho Falls and I want to thank you for making your home town proud of the work you do to futher human riights and make the world a better place.
Molly Dearden Bare
I do hope, with all my heart, that you will be able to re-establish a resemblance of the old Gorongosa, which was realy a wonderfull place.But Gorongosa ist not the only place in Moz. where you and your friends can make a difference. Maybe you should start a movement which includes other places as well. Mozambique is rich in surprises, find them, YOU have the right spirit do do it. Best wishes to you and all the people who help you in this endevour. Inge Preis
a) was in the pocket of former Lincoln Savings & Loan president and convicted criminal Charles Keating;
b) was buddies with fellow convicted criminal Republicans Ted Stevens, Tom Delay, Scooter Libby, Bob Allen, Trent Lott, Jack Abramoff, Don Young, Larry Craig, Randy %u201CDuke%u201D Cunningham, Tom Feeney, Alberto Gonzoles, Bob Ney, Rick Renzi, Richard Curtis, Steven Griles, Mark Foley...etc;
c) accepted political donations from the Watergate convicted criminal G. Gordon Liddy;
d) picked a runningmate mired in scandal (Troopergate) and has acted "unethical" according to her own people - - and doctored expense reports to bilk her taxpayers;
e) gave up information to his communist captors in North Vietnam, whereas other American prisoners did NOT;
McCain has a lot to answer for. You can%u2019t call yourself a patriot while voting for criminals.
The native residents need to improve their food production. They need mechanization to develop more land as the hoe and cutlass is very limiting. They do not have the infrastructure to support mechanization, so that must be developed. When it is developed one tractor can provide plowing srvices to many villages.
They should do this on a custom basis, where they and their infrastructure move from village to village expanding their gardens and breaking up grass land.
The planting,weed control and harvesting can be done by hand, thus utilizing their excess labor. Also location is important so the wildlife don''t devour the production. These are just highlights of my proposed program. If it interests you contact me at phxrobert@yahoo.com
My name is Hendrix Pierre & we love you for who you are. Would very much love to hear from you. I can be contacted at hendrixpierre@hotmail.com
We are presently bottling spring water from the caves here to raise money for wildlife rescue.
I would love the opportunity to invest in land to open an eco/tourist lodge and focus on the rescue of wildlife there too. I''m willing to volunteer months of my free time to help with whatever I can do towards this effort to turn this Country back around.
I had already been looking into the possibility of doing the same thing in Rwanda, as it too needs help with sustainable development. Now I saw this story.
Please e-mail me at: Donnawilsonyoung@yahoo.com with some names and contact numbers so I can discuss possibilities further. Thank you for your heart and vision! You are one more step towards a better world.
Donna Wilson Young/ Jaguar Paw Jungle Resort
- by jigbineweka October 27, 2008 3:32 AM EDT
- Its just a to see an individual who is thinking of the future of other people by helping them build their investment that will their people. But you need to ask sometimes, does Gregg have any selfish motives that led him to want develop this park, hopefully not and i hope he succeeds in this project. The key to helping african get out of poverty is simply what is doing, You invest on what they already have and not just throw money hoping it will yield something good. Gregg is restoring their great national park which in turn will help the economies around this park. Great work Gregg!
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