Kaaliti Well Project (Charity)

Recent Photos Sept 17, 2010

A few days ago on monday i got a phone call saying the well project has been completed, the village now has a good source of water once again. So its been a total success, they also told me out of the 1.5 million shillings we raised, they only used 1.1million. They then told me that there was a well in an orphanage in another village called Hope Village and it would be 500K shillings to repair that well, so i told them to dig into their pockets and match our 400K with their 100K so we could fix that well too, and its now in the works, so our money actually helped fix 2 wells in 2 different villages and give water back to hundreds of lives. Congratulations guys, we did a really good thing here.






















Recent Photos Aug 22th, 2010






Recent Photos Aug 10th, 2010
Kaaliti Well Project
-Comments written by Connor


This is the primary school in Kaaliti. I took this picture a while ago, when we had a heath outreach, but it is a good photo of an important part of Kaaliti.



The kids here, as an visitor quickly learns, are a blast. They have such great energy and spirit. They exude enthusiasm. It's a beautiful thing.



A gutter catch that feeds into a big tank at the primary school. "Water is l...ife". Besides the obvious silliness. Why did they move to a new line after the L," the message says it all here. Water, something we take for granted in the west, is so essential for life! You can go weeks without food, but our bodies are little more than bags of water, AND WE NEED REFILLING!



The well project will directly impact the children of the village! Six of which followed me from the vehicle to the school. They are quite photogenic.



The well in question. It started with temporary closing, and eventually it had to be deserted. The well's piping is falling apart, and now the place is abandoned.



...It is abandoned...except when a crazy white guy walks over to it to take pictures, hahah!



Great kids here. I've played soccer with a bunch of 'em. They've got skills man, I tell ya...



Some miscellaneous photos from the village.



The center of town. Down the centered road is the school and then the well.



Another shot from the center of the village.


Link to the facebook album to keep checkin in.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28469&id=100000506804441






Yo guys Its that time of year again, you probably remember last year we raised up a bundle of money for people in africa to buy donkeys.. this time its a bit different, but we will get to actually see some results!!

My friend Connor is in Kampala, Uganda right now helping with medical aid in the villages. One village near by has run out of water, their well ran dry during the recent drought and it was their only well. It costs $550 to have the well dug deeper and bring water back to the village. This is something so simple that will change the lives of many for years to come.

This donation will have no religious bias or any of that other shit, and the village will know the money came from poker players to help them out.

Ill have pictures up of the village very soon, and when the well is finished we will have more pictures.. its nice to actually see what our money went into.

Minimum donation is $5 and the donations will stop when we reach $550

Stars sn - S1KLYF Location (Silverton)
FTP sn - S1KLYF First letter "S" with a ninja avatar

If you would like to donate any amount please post a reply and ship the money to either of the accounts above, then i will edit this OP with the list of received money. (if you wanna keep your poker sn secret just pm me or w/e and ill work it out..)



===DONATIONS RECEIVED====

Milkman - $10
player999 - $10
Ond keso - $10
Elite00 - $10
4kinggenius - $10
GGPLZ - $10
Loco - $50
def_jammer - $15
The72o - $50
fakeshaver - $10
si***o - $10
hyster***** - $10
Robinson - $50
Krazy - $10
Big_Rob - $20
Infinity - $10
Cariadon - $10
Funktion - $10
Parasang - $10
K2o4 - $15
Night2o1 - $10
MiPwnYa - $20
Rainkhan - $10
PoorUser - $10
schaap - $20
Venrae - $10
TenBagger $10
Donald - $130 !!
Doomer - $100 !!
panolko - $10
jamie217 - $30

running total = $700!!! WE MADE IT!! no more donations plz TYTY!!

(if you donated and dont see your name and the correct # please post something and we will work it out)

Few pics i snagged off his facebook, hoping this will inspire.

Shipped $10

Shipped $10

what is the name of this charity ??? Who is going to end up deciding where the money goes to (digging a well, buying food .etc)

edit: nevermind, one drop doesn't give grants, they do their own. that sucks

i guess you are going to post the receipt when you donate the money?

On August 08 2010 23:28 wobbly_au wrote: what is the name of this charity ??? Who is going to end up deciding where the money goes to (digging a well, buying food .etc)

My friend is working with a charity called "Show Mercy" and they are in a village called Kampala, Show Mercy runs out of Albany Oregon, we live in Silverton Oregon about 30 miles away, he met up with them because he was wanting to get some good volunteer work on his resume before applying to med school...

i started seeing his pics and videos and got really inspired about it and asked if there was anything i could do (kinda counting on being able to rally LP up this year for some donating)... anyways he said that the place he is working with has a very strong christian element that he isnt really fond of (hes not nuts, im assuming that means they are).. and that i shouldnt really be giving them money or w/e.. so i figured that was the end, but now Connor found out about this village and how they needed a well.. so im assuming this wont be associated with his group he is working with, i think this will be something where i will be sending him the money directly and he will be paying for the well to be dug deeper... ill just take a screen pic of the FB chat in hopes that will help..


fb cut off 2 comments for some reason but it was basically just me asking how i would send the money to him and telling him to get pictures... anyways there is alot of info on there hope this helps answer ur question a bit

On August 08 2010 23:55 sTrAtO wrote: i guess you are going to post the receipt when you donate the money?

yea i have no problem doing that.


and while were on the subject if anyone is uncomfortable sending your money its no big deal.. I will have pictures to show what the money got done, and of receipts..

I dont know about everyone else, but I'd rather send my money to a charity fund (a well run one) rather than a single person. I simply don't know and can't verify if any or all of this is true thus sending off a check to a guy named Connor XXX just isn't gonna sit well with me. Im sure there are relief groups that aren't christian that you could look into if you really wanted to do good.

Also i think if people are looking to be generous, please look into the Sichuan Quake relief, or Gansu flood.

EDIT: Also title is misleading, it sounds like Liquidpoker is endorsing this.

wobbly just go fuck ur self dude, stop bringing my shit down.. im just trying to help out some people and donate some money i know will actually end up somewhere, not 20% into some dudes pocket to run some shit... if u dont wanna donate thats fine, but just shut the fuck up already u prick.

On August 09 2010 03:03 milkman wrote: wobbly just go fuck ur self dude, stop bringing my shit down.. im just trying to help out some people and donate some money i know will actually end up somewhere, not 20% into some dudes pocket to run some shit... if u dont wanna donate thats fine, but just shut the fuck up already u prick.

instead of getting so personal and flaming me, maybe you should think about what i've said. There are alot of people with deep pockets on LP and if your really looking to help its much better if you approached this problem professionally.

ok lets think about what you said... you said youd rather send your money to a charity fund ( a well run one) .. implying that i dont know what im doing and were going to fuck shit up....
Then you said you dont know and cant verify if any of this is true.. well no one asked you to verify shit.. i said id post receipts and i have more than enough people on LP that can vouch for me and trust me with 500 fuckin bucks.. then you said that you dont know this "connor xxx guy" well thats not shocking, but hes my best friend ive known him for the last 10 years.. and once again no one asked you..
then you said it just isnt gonna sit well with you.. well it doesnt matter cuz u started with saying youd rather send your money somewhere else..
then you said theres relief groups i could look into that arent christian .. thanks for the tip man, i had no fucking clue...

im tired of people every year doinating money to this and that and us not seeing ANYTHING orhter than an email... i have an unique chance here to actually see what we paid for and what we got for a village.. not just a copy of some cheesy mass sent email in response to w/e we donated..

and finally you named other groups... cuz that will piss me off more and derail shit, and then edited to say that its misleading cuz it says LP.... well i duno if u remember cuz u were banned last time we did this but thats what it was called last year and the year before...


so yea i read ur shit, thats what i thought about all of it...

So why did wobbly come back?

He was basically banned for being a huge douche and he hasn't changed one bit. If you don't want to donate, don't donate. Stop making every topic about you.

yeah wooby. this seems like a good cause and ive seen milkman posting for years. he isnt going to come here and scam for 500 dollars. if you dont want to donate then dont. sent 10 dollars. gl man

sent 15$ gl with this looks awesome

I think wobbly as a point to some extent, and it is good to be suspicious when it comes to private fundrasing over the internet. But I think this is legit.

I like this idea, will help by shipping 10$ to the FT account. Not much, but its something. My name on FT starts with an H, and I'm a female zombie. PM me if you feel like you really need to know my screen name.

Gl finding enough money to be able to send it over!

plz dont derail the topic

milkman i think it would be nice if you asked naz or meat if its okay to use LP's name in your thread

-edit i like wobbly's idea about a charity fund, and I dont think his post was personal.

On August 09 2010 03:03 milkman wrote: wobbly just go fuck ur self dude, stop bringing my shit down.. im just trying to help out some people and donate some money i know will actually end up somewhere, not 20% into some dudes pocket to run some shit... if u dont wanna donate thats fine, but just shut the fuck up already u prick.

Why are you getting mad? A lot of people share the same feelings as Wobbly here. Why is it anger-inducing if we want to know exactly where our money is going?

I'm sort of with Wobbly (and Raidern) on this one.

On August 09 2010 05:43 fakeshaver wrote: yeah wooby. this seems like a good cause and ive seen milkman posting for years. he isnt going to come here and scam for 500 dollars. if you dont want to donate then dont. sent 10 dollars. gl man

Alot of scammers were here for years too, and had a shit load of posts. (not saying Milkman will scam)

On August 09 2010 03:58 Twisted wrote: So why did wobbly come back? He was basically banned for being a huge douche and he hasn't changed one bit. If you don't want to donate, don't donate. Stop making every topic about you.