[Gaviotas] Seesaw Pump in South Africa

[Bud Weiss]

Dear David:Bravo for your work and I hope that you will be able to get the
design working in the village you speak of.  I am wondering whether you
would be able to look at something that is very difficult for you to do to
say the least. It is about HIV and AIDS and the real truth about it all.
Several years ago, my friend Elombe Brath, the head of the Patrice Lumumba
Coalition wrote of AIDS as first *Acquired Imperialist Dependency
Syndrome*and then
*Africa Imperialist Dependency Syndrome *as it was apparent that Africa was
being targeted for the use of drugs rather than approaching the real need
which was for more potable water, clean food, adequate waste disposal,
Mosquito nets and so on. By allowing the populations to be decimated similar
to what happened in the US with the Indigenous population here from small
pox, the lands of the people and their young in particular can be better
colonized and their resources stolen.
In the villages in South Africa where bettter food, water, and sanitation
has been provided, the incidence of disease of all kinds including so called
HIV AIDS has gone down precipitously and those who were so called infected
with the AIDS virus are thriving. If you go to our web sites,
www.healaids.com as well as www.virusmyth.com and take the time to view
whatever videos are left there as well as to read the background and the
work of literally thousands of highly recognized even Nobel and Pulitzer
Prize winning persons who risked their lives and reputations to stand up to
the pharmaceuticals, governments, Medical and media establishments,  and the
banks who are making billions on all of this, you will be at least apprised
of who we are and that we in the dissident movement are quite serious and
have been put to the side to feed the greed of those monopolizing medicine
and fiscal dealings throughout the world.

It is so much easier to explain the loss of lives, the deterioration of the
brains and bodies of the children etc by blaming a made up virus than to
address the real causes which is the wars and the taking over of lands with
displacement of people with the deterioration of their food and water
sources and all the imperialist games that are played to take resources away
from the indigenous people and gather them for the powerful to continue
their hegemony.

So what can you do about this if you find that you come to agree with us?

In your case, it is quite difficult as should you raise the issues we raise
or even let people know that you are reading about it, you would be
dismissed from your position and blacklisted forever regarding any work in
the field. I suggest that you not print anything up and delete all browser
references to any searches that you do or web sites like ours that you
visit. It is dangerous believe me especially in your situation. For me and
the others who came out long ago, we are already dealing with the
consequences of our positions and in fact, we cannot get to even have an
open debate about all of this and instead are vilified as was Mbeki when he
simply asked for an open debate by both sides to determine publicly the pros
and cons of both groups. The main stream at first agreed to the debates and
then withdrew claiming that even to debate us would put some credence into
our stance and that would be on the order of encouraging people to listen
further and cause more deaths.  That isn't science which must be open to
debate, that is a religious hegemonical position.

None the less, you will be informed and can find your own way to making the
difference even if it is only to press harder to get the potable water to
your villages so that they can begin to heal and grow.  In fact, we have
some very big supporters in Africa working with Villages who have this
knowledge and do not publicly speak about it and instead simply press for
better water, sanitation, and food which heals their villages.

Best of luck, be well, Barka Barka ( thanks in Dagara ) Bud Weiss

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:46 AM, David Kulick <dakulick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is David Kulick and I am a Peace Corps volunteer in a small rural
> village in South Africa.  I recently read Alan Weisman's book on the
> Gaviotas community and was astounded by the seesaw pump.  My village,
> Matimpule, is lacking in most every resource including water access.  The
> municipality provides water from pipes though those fail to work for weeks
> at a time and people are either forced to use the one well in the village or
> buy water from carts that sell it at a high premium.  The village is quite
> large - about 6,000 people and putting in multiple pumps that can be easily
> used would be fantastic.  Because of a staggering HIV prevalence rate in the
> village of almost 40%, young children and old women take on most of the
> chores and tasks of daily living including fetching water.  My wife and I
> want to encourage people in the village to grow gardens for food access but
> with water so difficult to obtain during the dry season when the water
> ceases to run, poses a serious threat to any garden project.  If there were
> multiple water pumps that were easy to use, the possibility of growing would
> be much higher.  I think the seesaw pump if I understand it correctly would
> be a significant improvement in the community and would provide water while
> the children could play.
>
> I am wondering if there are any building designs that I could be sent for
> the pump that was also described in the book.  I can do my part to apply for
> a grant to buy all the necessary parts but if there are specifics on what is
> needed and how to go about doing it, I would greatly appreciate it.  I am
> not sure if this is the best forum to post this question, so please direct
> me to the right contact.  Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> David Kulick
> United States Peace Corps Volunteer
> Community HIV/AIDS Outreach Project
> South Africa
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