tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024943147258375512024-03-12T21:07:27.475-05:00Cheetah BlogAdventures in economic development in East AfricaRay Menardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397373477757196385noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-37418084112223057132014-12-29T10:25:00.001-06:002014-12-29T10:25:44.918-06:00Cheetah's Big Goal. Another Impact Story<!--Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate written agreement with Constant Contact, neither the Constant Contact software, nor any content that appears on any Constant Contact site, including but not limited to, web pages, newsletters, or templates may be reproduced, republished, repurposed, or distributed without the prior written permission of Constant Contact. 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You can help make it happen.</div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Greetings!</b><br /><br /></div> <div> <div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif"><strong>Cheetah Development's goal is to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2014 to fuel our growth. </strong></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">We are poised to make great strides in 2015 in the scope and impact of our work in Africa, but we need your help to do so. 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A Farmer's Life Changed.</span></div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"><br /></div> <div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><strong><em>Five Years Ago</em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span>Jekoniah looks over his 1.5-acre farm in the Iringa Region of Tanzania and surveys his crop of maize (corn). The crop this year is no better than last year's, which is not very good. Jekoniah didn't have the money to buy the quality seeds or the fertilizer that would have produced a higher yield. He has nothing but his small mud hut that he shares with his wife and five children so no bank will give him a loan for better crop inputs. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span>If the weather holds, Jekoniah will produce five big bags of maize (about 250 lb. each), so Jekoniah has a problem. His five children are all teenagers and eat like teenagers. He needs at least ten bags just to feed his family for the year, though the maize is far from optimal nutrition. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">He is one of the world's poor who makes less than a dollar a day. By international standards, he makes 42¢ per day but that number counts what he grows, not his income. To have any money he will have to sell some of the maize and make his family even hungrier. If a family member gets sick he will have to choose between medicine and deeper starvation. School for his children is not an option. Amazingly, some families starve their children just to put them in </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">school in </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">hope of a better life. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span>Jekoniah lives with the cruel irony that the hungriest people on the planet are usually farmers. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><strong><em>Today </em></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span>It is harvest time and Jekoniah is bringing in the best crop he has ever grown - more than 25 bags of maize. Things started to change for Jekoniah when he joined a farmer group organized by Pearl Foods, a Cheetah Development company. He waited two years to join, verifying the success of his neighbors because couldn't take the risk of a loan with his family living at the edge until he was certain. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><br /> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The farmers in his group are mutually accountable for the loan they receive from a local bank. If one member defaults, the other members of the group are responsible for the full repayment. The bank is willing to make the loan to Jekoniah's group because Cheetah provided collateral and the sale of the </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">farmers' crops</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> is guaranteed by Pearl Foods. It will cost Jekoniah 5 bags to repay the loan, he will keep 10 bags for food, and sell 10 bags for around $280. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;"><span><img height="147" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.226" hspace="5" width="204" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs085/1102576385717/img/226.jpg" align="left" /></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000;"><span> </span></p> <div><span style="font-size: 9pt;">This is the most money he has ever had and Jekoniah can now imagine a brighter future for his </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">family. </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The rising incomes of farmers in Jekoniah's village also </span><span style="font-size: 9pt;">has big benefits for their community: the local clinic has been upgraded, the villagers convinced the local government to improve their road, fields are being surveyed for land titles, and a church is being built paid for by the villagers. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; 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Another Impact Story<!--Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate written agreement with Constant Contact, neither the Constant Contact software, nor any content that appears on any Constant Contact site, including but not limited to, web pages, newsletters, or templates may be reproduced, republished, repurposed, or distributed without the prior written permission of Constant Contact. 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You can make it happen.</div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Greetings!</b><br /><br /></div> <div> <div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif"><strong>Cheetah Development's goal is to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2014 to fuel our growth. </strong></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">We are poised to make great strides in 2015 in the scope and impact of our work in Africa, but we need your help to do so. You can help in two important ways:</span><br /><br /></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">First, make a donation <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015-jf4pFz6KiFpeG7wI0oFvTv0IqhkPIHgfbmhL6c3PhaDqHOza9_5xpDWA7CIH8pWYlWKpNJsDNSW_gJZ57Yy31MbHD8BXzd06Ghi1NOqzytmvqwAarHT2hcbDsEsZRlKIIDvjjTKMmu0ojmrZNeqlbcfb44csNXsyxRMVYDQtgUN9l67NcYiFzqvFHpa7Nf3EKzbc1GWBidRhxt5eFx7hbX-pYLaWpb&c=h2--4O4oSzkag4NAMKC223ZmmH47Hztf-DboeygsWDeodhy9MRyPUg==&ch=k-sWbC-_gwn54VHBysfxU5FKejbHjk-A-TTDGRQ8upS8TfDDD9PD2w==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">DONATE NOW</a><br /><br /></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Second, forward this email to a friend or colleague that should know about Cheetah and our work. <a href="http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?m=1102576385717&a=1119530107374&ea=ray.menard.cheetah_spots269%40blogger.com" shape="rect" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Gray" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/ftf_btn_1.gif" /></a></div> </div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;display: table;" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5"><tr><td style="color: #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;">Impact Story. Preserving Produce in the Village of Ukumbi</div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"><br /></div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"> <div> <div style="font-size: 11pt; color: #000000;"><span>Every year Rashid Joseph Dunda, a farmer from the </span>Ukumbi village, lost about two thirds of the produce he had worked so hard to grow because he didn't have a way to preserve it after harvest - that is, until now. Now Rashid is using a Reservoir solar dryer (one of Cheetah Development's brands) to preserve his produce.</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br /></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rashid and other Ukumbi villagers had heard about the dryers from word of mouth and sightings of dryers in nearby villages. As interest grew, community members invited Cheetah to visit their village and train them on use of the Reservoir solar dryers. </span></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"> <table class="imgCaptionTable" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="164" align="right"><tr><td class="imgCaptionImg" style="text-align: center; color: #000000;" width="164" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="231" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.301" border="0" hspace="0" width="154" src="https://files.ctctcdn.com/5be7ca6b001/8bea24d8-5a6d-49b6-bfda-91e5436df2b7.png" /></td></tr><tr><td class="imgCaptionText" style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-size: 8pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <div>Villagers in Ukumbi trying out the Reservoir solar dryer.</div> </td></tr></table> </div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br /></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span>Rashid</span> wants a solar dryer so he can grow different types of crops that command better prices at the market and preserve foods with higher nutritional value for <span style="font-size: 10pt;">his own family. </span></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br /></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Just like here in America, the best product advertising is word of mouth from one customer to another, and that what is happening with Reservoir solar dryers in Tanzania.</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><br /></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">There is another story here, and that is the story of of how Cheetah Development devoted several years and considerable expense to design and develop our solar dryer before it could ever be brought to the farmers of Tanzania. 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Another Impact Story<!--Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under a separate written agreement with Constant Contact, neither the Constant Contact software, nor any content that appears on any Constant Contact site, including but not limited to, web pages, newsletters, or templates may be reproduced, republished, repurposed, or distributed without the prior written permission of Constant Contact. 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You can make it happen.</div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Greetings!</b><br /><br /></div> <div> <div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif"><strong>Cheetah Development has set a goal to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2014 to fuel our growth. </strong></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">We are poised to make great strides in 2015 in the scope and impact of our work in Africa, but we need your help to do so. You can help in two important ways:</span><br /><br /></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">First, make a donation <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0015KgPCJfE8Pf4hNLyRA5IwIYpiAW7NNF-oXWo1ElsiQLjPQkeicPm1ZfNb50xb_Wa4trz1-gcoLFsXgp4XwXDQx-sk_gZLahNagW4WHeLlDfsrjWIqXRqE0qI4lgWByLH6fCjM2V4xeRBJgBeeH9C3BiYL_ihEzGi35LgOrQo_SgN-0iKgjPxAxmuMCa4hH07wW6cx0aqAtM_dKvTJ06XNquCBcbcSk0j&c=gTmFM5TdOaPVFf4F3k6ZgkLqJe5sRQQzZTnsnMoSMgw8XuAIj0ib9w==&ch=_gH-s7QpTgShA4GkDNxpIbLlCQ0BbmXToUsM3Inbc-ZSsrCAdEZ9NA==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">DONATE NOW</a><br /><br /></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Second, forward this email to a friend or colleague that should know about Cheetah and our work.</div> </div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;display: table;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5"><tr><td style="color: #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;">Impact Story. From subsistence farmer to commercial farmer.</div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"><br /></div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">It is harvest time and Jekoniah is bringing in the best crop he has ever grown - more than 25 bags of maize. Things started to change for Jekoniah when he joined a farmer group organized by Pearl Foods, a Cheetah Development investment. He waited two years to join, </span><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">verifying the success of his neighbors in working with Cheetah</span></div> <table class="imgCaptionTable" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="161" align="right"><tr><td class="imgCaptionImg" style="text-align: center; color: #ee5624;" width="161" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="99" vspace="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.270" border="0" hspace="0" width="151" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/270.jpg" /></td></tr><tr><td class="imgCaptionText" style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-size: 9pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <div style="text-align: left;" align="left">Jekoniah and Ray Menard</div> </td></tr></table> <div><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">because he couldn't take a risk on a loan with his family living right at the edge. He's glad he did, because now he has a new life. </span></div> </div> <div style="color:#EE5624;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Jekoniah joined a small group of farmers organized by Cheetah that guarantee each other's loans. The local bank was willing to make the loan to Jekoniah's farmers group because Cheetah provided collateral and the sale of the farmers group crops is guaranteed by Pearl Foods. It will cost Jekoniah 5 bags to repay the loan, he will keep 10 bags for food (finally enough!) and sell 10 bags for around $280. This is the most money he has ever had. 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You can make it happen.</div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin-bottom:5px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tr><td style="color: #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Greetings!</b><br /><br /></div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif"><strong>Cheetah Development has set a goal to raise $50,000 by December 31, 2014 to fuel our growth. </strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">We are poised to make great strides in 2015 in the scope and impact of our work in Africa, but we need your help to do so. 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From Subsistence to Self-Sufficiency</div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif;"> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif;"><span>Jane Mahali is an average Tanzanian and mother of </span><span color="#672e13" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">Miriam and Haruni. Jane and her husband are subsistence farmers raising maize and sunflower seeds on a five acre farm and live in a house made of clay and thatched roof. For many years, Jane and her family were subject to the feast and famine cycle that plagues most African farmers. But hunger was only one way the family experienced poverty. Jane couldn't afford to pay the children's school fees and during the rainy season the roof leaked. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial MT Condensed Light', sans-serif;"><br />But life changed for Jane and her family after she engaged in Cheetah Development's solar drying program. Jane can now preserve vegetables and fruit for the rainy season when food is scarce and generate more income for her family by selling some of her dried produce to Cheetah Development's guaranteed market. </p> <div> <div><br /><span color="#672e13" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">Today, thanks to the income earned from solar drying farm crops, </span><span>the Mahali family has repaired their roof and put both children in school</span><span color="#672e13" size="2" face="Arial Narrow, Arial MT Condensed Light, sans-serif">. 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Rena Menard</b></span></div><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img height="162" vspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.297" border="0" hspace="5" width="161" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/297.jpg" align="right"> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span>On July 31, 2014, the Cheetah Development family lost one of its own. </span>Rena Menard, daughter of Cheetah founder Ray Menard, was just a few weeks short of her 28th birthday. She had been working with Cheetah in Africa for the past 3.5 years.</span></img></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Below, Ray shares his thoughts on this tragic loss and how it reflects on the mission of Cheetah Development.</span></p></div> </td></tr></table><table style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#d3ddde;height:1px;line-height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" /></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><a name="LETTER.BLOCK6"></a><table style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6"><tr><td style="padding:8px 32px 18px 32px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><b style="color: #ee5624; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">"The mission of Cheetah must go on, Rena would have it no other way..."</b><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>Dear friends,</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rena had become ill in Africa. That is one of the risks inherent in our work. We managed to evacuate her from Africa but she collapsed in Amsterdam on the way to the States. At a hospital in the Netherlands it was found she had blood sepsis and acute liver failure, which resulted in a liver transplant. None of the hospital staff expected her to survive. Nevertheless, 10 weeks later (and several miracles by any estimation) she was alive, well and close to returning home. Unexpectedly, she suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and died suddenly.</p><table class="imgCaptionTable" style="text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="240" align="right"><tr><td class="imgCaptionImg" style="color: #000000;" width="240" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img style="display: block;" height="165" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.298" hspace="0" width="220" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/298.jpg" /></td></tr><tr><td class="imgCaptionText" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><br /></td></tr></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rena is a remarkable young woman. It doesn't matter if it is a poor villager or a high government official, Rena is liked and loved by everyone she meets. Even seemingly casual acquaintances in the USA and Africa have insisted to me that she is not only a friend but a close friend. She knows how to love, especially people in need, emotionally or physically. And she could convey that love the first time you met her.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rena leveraged her intellect and her business training for Cheetah, becoming our Tanzanian country manager over a 3 year period. For example, she created a systematic way to engage and promote our African staff from volunteer to intern to being hired as permanent employees. This created a new energy and level of commitment in our African staff and weeded out ineffective workers in advance. The mission of Cheetah will go on. Rena would have it no other way; she loved our work. African farmers frequently lose their children. We are helping change that and we must go on.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A beautiful young lady, Rena has a quick and ready smile, an energetic hug, and a fresh insightful view on life. As her father, I refuse to speak of her in the past tense, for she will be with us always. There is no answer to the question, 'Why?' Yet now we pray for peace in the midst of inconsolable grief. </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In God's peace that passes understanding, we remain yours,</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img height="68" vspace="5" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.282" hspace="5" width="80" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/282.jpg"> </img></p></div> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="background-color:#d3ddde;padding-bottom:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" /></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="LETTER.BLOCK14"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK14"><tr><td style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:8px 32px 9px 32px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Arial',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';"> <img style="display: block;" height="194" vspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.295" border="0" hspace="10" width="146" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/295.jpg" align="left"> </img></span><div style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>Rena's Story</b></span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rena's story is a remarkable one. To learn more about this wonderful young woman, her life and her work, please view these links.</span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fZ61uWiFLWTnr_e9UqxX5z4Qrt7I2r2MBU0wMouvsP_LuhbC1EzytfjE0mGucMWC98h1uDfBw0ZX2bcIjCBKooAwd-bNqMDOWM7WgCZa0PPxYFtyS5CkcNFGjiuseZyfmlXwyEpPZ-xZDfmTY9AQ7VKmAefAgzmNNthYtVq4A6rTsPGCSfDVZ92RZ7FXlpIZfB6Ymwk3LTsQUCVzO1aM-ZZxPCGrV8jlN178irmT_dArrR2e1KbFtG-rZ9ABTvphPxBjx8sXVTQ=&c=bdao69BOUByBxsPxTQHsc5a_n95ebY4zMBWrotIZW3jGKWq4pgEUow==&ch=txIB758BYLjDQsRzK8rp6uRhAutvsKgbHPyl5wG6-I6UFJHH7WIZPQ==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">Hastings Star Gazette article on Rena's life</a><br /></span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br /></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><a style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001fZ61uWiFLWTnr_e9UqxX5z4Qrt7I2r2MBU0wMouvsP_LuhbC1EzytfjE0mGucMWC3mkCp9F9KuRfIV_RflgWRmTJZUp4xfYRUNkHuI9qUoly5dXbjDR227uICDLohSYpCTDEkdHkkraV2gBcItr3RQ0thsTXJ0ln_y1_3bawa9RLTCGqT_OL2WLTIL0rPUIvXgnpaMrCJe0=&c=bdao69BOUByBxsPxTQHsc5a_n95ebY4zMBWrotIZW3jGKWq4pgEUow==&ch=txIB758BYLjDQsRzK8rp6uRhAutvsKgbHPyl5wG6-I6UFJHH7WIZPQ==" shape="rect" linktype="1" target="_blank">YouTube funeral tributes to Rena</a><br /></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br /></div></div> </td></tr></table> <a name="LETTER.BLOCK31"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK31"><tr><td style="padding:8px 32px 9px 32px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Arial',' Helvetica',' sans-serif';"><img style="display: block;" height="226" vspace="5" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.296" border="0" hspace="10" width="302" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/296.jpg" align="right" /></span><div style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b>Sharing More Memories of Rena... </b></span></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" color="#454545" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ray will be sharing more reflections on the life of his daughter at the November 1 Symposium and Fundraising Reception. 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margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="240" align="right"><tr><td class="imgCaptionImg" style="text-align: center; color: #000000;" width="240" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img style="display: block;" height="391" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.290" hspace="0" width="220" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs109/1102576385717/img/290.jpg" /></td></tr><tr><td class="imgCaptionText" style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #000000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Mama Sophia meeting the Cheetah Agronomist</td></tr></table><div style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"><b>TOGETHER.<br />SHAPING THE FUTURE.</b></div><br /><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In November, Cheetah distributed input loans to potato farmers. We just expanded into four new villages that are receiving access to these kinds of loans for the first time! Listen to what Sophia Mandanda, a farmer and primary school teacher from the village of Luhindo, had to say about her engagement with Cheetah:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em> "There is big difference with the way I practice farming now [that I am working with Cheetah] and before. For example in the use of fertilizer, I used to mix-up different kind of fertilizers together i.e. DAP, NPK and ASP and then I apply them on my farm with the expectations of getting better results. At the end during harvest I didn't get good harvest as I was expecting. Also getting a better seeds of potato was another big challenge that I was facing, but now Cheetah has made it so easy with the loan of inputs that they are providing to us.</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em>Through Cheetah's help of better seeds and agronomy training I have been able to increase my yield, because now I know how to use fertilizer properly, how to plant the potato seeds on my farm (like what is the distance from plant to plant, and from one line of plants to another), and planting on time.</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em>Now I have become more interested in farming because I have realized that if I focus more on farming I will earn more than I earn from teaching job, also the skills that I obtain from Cheetah I have been teaching it to my students in the extra curriculum activities."</em></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Teachers are extremely poor in Tanzania so the chance to make income on their farm can mean the difference between staying and teaching or leaving. The attitude represented by Sophia is an amazing mindset shift. Farmers have been so persistently poor that people have tried to do anything else if possible. Cheetah's approach creates significant income and removes the traditional class shame by giving them real livelihoods.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>Thank you Sophia!</strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span> </span></p><div> <hr><div> <div> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> </div> </div></hr></div></div> </td></tr></table> <table style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom:0px;background-color:#d3ddde;height:1px;line-height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" /></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <table style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="background-color:#d3ddde;padding-bottom:0px;height:1px;line-height:1px;" height="1" bgcolor="#d3ddde" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"><img height="1" vspace="0" border="0" hspace="0" width="5" style="display: block;" alt="" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" /></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="LETTER.BLOCK14"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK14"><tr><td style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;padding:8px 32px 9px 32px;" valign="top" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <div><br /> <img style="display: block;" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs085/1102576385717/img/80.jpg" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.80" width="336" vspace="5" border="0" alt="Boma fields" align="right" height="189" hspace="10"><div style="color:#ee5624;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;"><b>Much More</b></div><div style="color:#454545;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">Just this week 300 more farmers are getting loans totaling around $60,000! 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It's wonderful the holidays that come at this time, Christmas, Hanukah, New Year's Day - with start coming at around Thanksgiving.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Our staff in Tanzania is preparing for Thanksgiving, which comes on the 28th. It truly is a universal holiday that can cut across cultures and unite us in perspective - so we have imported it! Last year we shared a wide variety of both African and American foods, danced to disco music and paused with family and friends to remember what we each were thankful for. All the ladies on the staff filled our kitchen and were cooking. The entire floor was filled with pots and bowls.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">In the USA my wife has a turkey in the refrigerator for an early celebration this week. I invite you to join in thanks this year for a life of many blessings.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">On Thursday this week it is "Give to the Max Day" in Minnesota. An anonymous donor has put up $1000 in matching funds to get you interested. Now wait, this is a lower income family with kids that is giving out of their generosity. Cheerful giving: that is a blessing to the giver and the receiver. 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See what your company can do and if you need to register Cheetah, just let us know. We are an approved 501c3 by the USA government. Finally, if you use the services of Thrivent, please contact them. Many donors are directing their Thrivent shares to Cheetah, multiplying their impact. And if you have other ideas to multiply your giving, let us know.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">So get in the holiday mood! 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I've been assured there are no crocs in this water but in Tanzania one can never be sure. We just left a very helpful meeting at Ilula Hospital discussing applications of the project within local culture and medical regulations. For the past couple days we were up in the mountains in tea country. We met with 4 farmers groups and two big tea companies, including Unilever. All are enthusiastically supporting and looking to engage. We expect to start development work in a month! <br />Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry</p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-88757074058775399812010-11-13T12:33:00.001-06:002010-11-13T12:33:59.413-06:00Went to a garden party. We had goat. Here she is.<div class='posterous_autopost'>Goat is delicious. I really like it. Especially grilled. Swriously. Here it is on the grill. As it was explained to me: the head is grilled. The heat makes it possible to rub away the hair. Then it is boiled and becomes soup. Also the intestines, organs and blood were saved and were already boiling for soup. Can't waste anything. <br />Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/tqpRbx8iNwMnADZhngn3Cvrvf5NzHyMX5kFLzcBGnMi1JV8t44n6OUVQga9j/IMG00127-20101113-1752.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/kdWnqmgSF4BQsinkymdMl69jOBYDkOnJvNOZBlq55m9uBqpxmfk5mGUBrADB/IMG00127-20101113-1752.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/wYifGd4MnQFbRzQwHpiTpPo51pwWrU8XxbbLKc30wO76JavMqbSKdLkoVTaM/IMG00128-20101113-1755.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/gnp3teEecTWT3HBpMhCj7rDYYW7by3wnqQtcIy5NFkCJnrK7PDW1TUyIT07H/IMG00128-20101113-1755.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <div><a href='http://cheetahdevelopment.posterous.com/went-to-a-garden-party-we-had-goat-here-she-i'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-53697009607302762402010-10-30T03:19:00.001-05:002010-10-30T03:19:20.107-05:00I have these gorgeous lizards around my house in Iringa. This guy (gal?) Is about a foot long.<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/nr0kkz7fXaqI2OhuVxCd3MX3enNACQ7i584kubOfbCPmOqPLQuN8mMWOxJ4l/IMG00118-20101030-1111.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/rKQgmICv86KlNumQQIOKrk1FJ4XYtSkI5AXEc99UI7Mx7l8fiZCqmO5Epi0W/IMG00118-20101030-1111.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <p>Anyone know their name? They are territorial or maybe eat the other smaller lizards. I've seen them chasing them. Saturday morning relaxing on my veranda. -Ray <p /> Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.</p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-48798618295685710722010-10-20T02:05:00.001-05:002010-10-20T02:05:23.700-05:00Lion at Breakfast<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/kuqN2rco3lGm8IAyYnahUHdoxlZC76BVAPflzeg7mWWQPXYilta1e54rYs6A/IMG00112-20101020-0959.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/x4PK1JF0mli7OOLwEWV9CR2qL4jYinBsRy3HjJrbKChbyMhLLvneYv67Y7a7/IMG00112-20101020-0959.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <p>Sitting having breakfast at Mikumi. Watched a young male lion kill a cape buffalo calf for its breakfast. (Sorry about the quality of the camera on my phone.) Ah, back to work now. Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.</p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-60842150251359939422010-10-01T11:12:00.001-05:002010-10-01T11:12:35.452-05:00I took apart my computer with this home made screwdriver.<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/2JF5vzq5B6M6nlF8yIrwxdHpZzs8TltgZZ5cNqupjH500gfaIVBm0q9ZLAaS/handmade_screwdriver.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/hhpIOXl62bpKlVxpcFyEQdS5IfBgzAP5gcvLc8qBLqEqaAUGgbvSyuaJvvk9/handmade_screwdriver.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>My computer has been running a fever lately - really hot. Maybe it was bit by a mosquito and has Dengue fever or malaria. Then it started fainting - total lockup and sometimes a little delerium like restoring fully deleted files to my desk top. <p /> Today won't run for more than a few minutes - the screen goes haywire. So I took it apart with the homemade screwdriver in the picture. About 30 itsty bitsy phillips screws. Very odd end on this driver but it works. But my computer doesn't. 3 years round the world with spiky power wore it out. Hey! Anyone want donate one? Peace! 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Then they were tied to a tree and whipped with metal tipped flogs at auction to test if they were strong. If they were strong and showed no tears or weakness then they would be sold; otherwise... <p /> The slave trade in East Africa lasted until 1911! <p /> Peace! 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Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/HAuwx1z1QamtYo7a3QTYYXxpTmVh4lABrrjkVbvhxjF1R9BSZIb7k070nGrR/IMG00079-20100925-1202.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/QpBYKY6rZQvHsDCmFsz1PBrEW87WhDUVoBue3bWNbnIdBViHefuvXPjGv4rn/IMG00079-20100925-1202.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/h3xQJFQDErqKL0y46qBsSQwnfBd8D8gvVmybZ6xPJifmI0xGiVy2BEfZTXlO/pricess_of_qatar_boat.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/aQ8uHDtygjtlY7LsyicFLhho1AKyxQMi1elivVj7HRzPFxdYGflFnunRWq5j/pricess_of_qatar_boat.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <div><a href='http://cheetahdevelopment.posterous.com/watched-a-man-spear-fishing-in-nungwi-zanziba'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-41101642296974650822010-09-24T11:13:00.001-05:002010-09-24T11:13:56.895-05:00Jamned in a RAV4 tooling north on the coast of Zanzibar.<div class='posterous_autopost'>The last hints of sunset. Warm Indian Ocean breezes. 50s and 60s love songs playing loud in the car - songs my dad crooned. Bikes. Buses made from flatbed trucks. Women carrying bundles on their heads. Palm trees rising out of the headlights. Playing chicken on bridges for one. Men wearing the Baragashia caps and some in white robes like spirits. Somehow surreal and supra-real. The spice islands. Wish you were here. Peace! 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They come together and produce a virtuous cycle. Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.</p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-71451692054537230652010-09-18T10:00:00.001-05:002010-09-18T10:00:02.945-05:00No it's not a birdnest, it's a head cushion.<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/LtBw8SQ4eod9PBCv9GVhFgsMMHiFTxUFUk0Rp8ZymQQA9jvsNzG3H7n0AIXj/birdnest.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/ditV2HxT3wiDz1u8nzioKEk2AefceuUCczBtSkyjHGAOfKfCBKrgE0mvjif2/birdnest.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>We came to a place this afternoon where there were many of these discarded. Workers had been carrying supplies through the mountains to a building project - of course, on their heads. Here's Tom wearing a leftover head cushion. Peace! 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Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/f6LbBoJQiMggLmjxbkRVfp6XiFhQ4ZenskAelO4UBHY4bZTY73HZn7HV5nVh/baboon.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/TPT6ALMv915s1RZ59eOtJkDvwUR4lhzkIT3FnptGPV7xYKmCO0QxgOcv9bvg/baboon.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/XoGeqoQXm0JbPfbuYjGBKKsTX6DRbtFnTqEJEGP51U8cWUqtVDwxGBiCx5bs/elephants.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/VN5J10VnQ8KbxA0VRFvGCRI6lvUmfejNUGDwQ0Ls7aHiluaFCw0MuXDIdBJA/elephants.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/7ZdEECmqjvjOhKsp6FDXTv3tLVi9WA4m90Zq98yIbggJlYxjqv5vQZLzY1nP/giraffe.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/gEvEfrinTkwAI0XyV2wAAS4Z3oXlwBr1NOyoE2ze4xOizUx0ogwaKf9aSkSI/giraffe.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/LYVX5upMtt5YOal2nYH0pCgS2Ow7C8m0uvhbpNS9U5AOUXj4xq2KZ2CAsM41/warthog.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/cR3d6LfINYxyGsVZKjEHA29mO2FgA0z4boZBlNsG7VK8U4OkTFd73QfxSped/warthog.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/MAGZ4nPwDT0o7BAepllMkPyZBi7wa2oj0Xxo8VfhNP0ZKPql6LbpIrBW1TDj/impala.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/EGZdvDefj2I3f1RszKZnIectCWSMnNMSQ0Mdd0kcEZpK66lKxijG2yjolhPY/impala.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/PsFU0P9OwwZQMA03W9UQy7vNW8clBz6YSi1OTZ9tf2wQ2JEMgIKreszcmGg8/zebras.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/6huq57jH1UlcoCLK5MhRrSkjIUTjbCCwIP6jDAJHXxzcDze4VI5HVWZRuybH/zebras.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="379"/></a> <img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/2xx7uAxLGA4cMsn18f75v1ctk4F58bRczOhCXT52dKgEWoPWkp24kFINGmOq/capo.jpg" width="427" height="320"/> <div><a href='http://cheetahdevelopment.posterous.com/just-driving-through-saw-zebras-giraffes-babo'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-13490358129591494762010-09-15T00:09:00.001-05:002010-09-15T00:09:40.569-05:00Passing Chalinze, Tanzania, on road from Dar es Salaam. Dar's 5 million connected to country only by this small road.<div class='posterous_autopost'>Also only road to countries of Zambia, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, and Malawi where Dar is a key port. <br />Peace! Sent from my BlackBerry® phone.<p><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/FFur7Bxxbcf6e9EwFxpRVCToNhk13FvieovRiWuzHUB57FtkiLpPXCL8vdQS/chalinze1.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/vK5FLCqppsWp0Ap9dN6K1w0R3Jp2OdDfdUcMoy8BiYlwBOZrtpRAqMW3DUhF/chalinze1.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/E5HZt4jMAzDVblAbosn6BhHYE6cFDfEIYkfUayRydH8awAhoI2fSatFWEieh/chalinze2.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/vGnHNFCULyv0EdSv7p1NuPSU84QH6RNxtc73DD24BxX5dbQojaVfxUme7pkY/chalinze2.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <div><a href='http://cheetahdevelopment.posterous.com/passing-chalinze-tanzania-on-road-from-dar-es'>See and download the full gallery on posterous</a></div></p></div>Cheetah Developmenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961304966651075786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-502494314725837551.post-45872540676343207972010-09-14T04:17:00.001-05:002010-09-14T04:17:59.989-05:00Check out this picture for a new definition of a bus stop<div class='posterous_autopost'><a href='http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/0mIHP4GElwwKkoPCotjSIVBnammAYBBrIQDg7TJdriaFSehnvj4TB6VbN6g0/bus_stop.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg'><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/cheetahdevelopment/2WX05T1oGRv7UhnPN6kumJovQMToygT3pAUbn6rW70WBVAwJfrSCYCEfoTeC/bus_stop.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/></a> <p>Peace! 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