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.

i actually think its much more likely that this money actually ends up helping than in "well organized fundraisers".

agreed, but good to talk about it in the open

On August 09 2010 07:57 Baal wrote: i actually think its much more likely that this money actually ends up helping than in "well organized fundraisers".

yeah that was my thoughts.

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.

seriously? that was a perfectly legitimate response

edit: i mean you're asking people to send you money for nothing based solely on what you're saying and when someone questions it (in a perfectly reasonable way) you're going to throw out some profanity laced tirade and tell him it isn't his place to ask for verification (he's a potential donator of course it's his fucking place to ask). that's pretty ridiculous and it's really a shame given that this is in all likelihood a very solid way to donate money to people that really need it.

ok shipped you 50$ via FTP, nick jkm18.
i hope it will be a decent well hehehe

I agree he should keep a cool head but im sure if anyone else had asked he would have responded reasonably.

I def dont agree about donating to a 'well run' charity though.I'm with Baal, this is much more likely to do some good.

Title is somewhat misleading assuming milkman didnt ask Meat or Naz.

On August 09 2010 08:50 KeanuReaver wrote: Show nested quote + 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. seriously? that was a perfectly legitimate response edit: i mean you're asking people to send you money for nothing based solely on what you're saying and when someone questions it (in a perfectly reasonable way) you're going to throw out some profanity laced tirade and tell him it isn't his place to ask for verification (he's a potential donator of course it's his fucking place to ask). that's pretty ridiculous and it's really a shame given that this is in all likelihood a very solid way to donate money to people that really need it.

I think that milkman went off like this mostly because it's wobbly.

why did you hide his name when i can go on fb and find him in ur friends? and why dont you want us to know his name in the 1st place?

this is very kind of you milkman, but if i may be honest i'm not sure making it look official was the best thing to do... with the banner and all. it's not like it needs hype, it's charity.

$50 sent on FTP - Q********* (Laval) ... don't disclose my FTP name in this thread please, thanks.

shipped $10, check your MSN milkman

On August 09 2010 07:20 TheHuHu3 wrote: Show nested quote + 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 do find it quite strange that you can simply put a $550 price tag on digging a well deeper.. that's a pretty big project afaik. is it for shovels? hiring heavy equipment/operators? i am curious to be honest, and your unprofessional attitude doesn't help things milkman...

regardless, gl! good cause to be sure

On August 09 2010 01:23 milkman wrote: ... he met up with them because he was wanting to get some good volunteer work on his resume before applying to med school...

this disturbs me a bit... not the best way to present his devotion to this volunteer work.

And about the fact that there will be a pic of it, I understand that it is important to know that your money has been spent efficiently, but you do realize that charity is not about "braggin". There are tons of goof volunteer projects that will not end in such a construction, such thing you can see, and still are super useful (some against illness spread for example). Maybe I'm going too far (really don't want to sound as Wobbly... ) but, as said above, it is not the best way to present this project imo.

that said, I will send you 10, can't do now, but feel free to pm if i forget.

On August 09 2010 10:46 Grindasaurus wrote: i do find it quite strange that you can simply put a $550 price tag on digging a well deeper.. that's a pretty big project afaik. is it for shovels? hiring heavy equipment/operators? i am curious to be honest, and your unprofessional attitude doesn't help things milkman... regardless, gl! good cause to be sure

I don't know exactly how it works but my sister was involved in something like this a few years ago and had friends in africa and once told me too that with $500 will do A LOT over there. Its stupid for us to believe that with that amount of money they can make stuff like that, but I guess thats the reality.

listen guys i understand that i looked harsh in my response to wobbly, the truth is, i hate that kid.. at first he did ask a few questions, and i responded nicely and fully.. then if you look 2 posts down its him saying that hes not going to donate and just shining a bad light on the whole deal..and thats where he pissed me off.. i wouldnt have responded the way i did if he had just said something like " i didnt like your response to my question so im not going to donate" or anything like that.. but thats not what he did.. he just shat on my stuff and made me feel like not even doing this anymore, and i got pissed.. anyways if anyone has any other questions please ask and ill answer them more fully...

basically its just all about raising money to dig a well deeper to bring water back to a village named Kaaliti in Uganda

And in response to using LPs name i edited out my first image and i will send naz and joy a message letting them know if they dont like the title to please edit it. cuz i cant.

On August 09 2010 07:57 Baal wrote: i actually think its much more likely that this money actually ends up helping than in "well organized fundraisers".

this

thanks guys for the big donations last night.. i think were half way there.. the only problem im running into is some people donated and didnt say anything on the thread or PM me..and i dont like posting peoples poker screen names on here.. but i want everyone to know whos money went where so it doesnt look like i collect 1K for a 550$ project. So please post something or pm me.

GGPLZ $10
Loco $50
def_jammer $15
The72o $50
fakeshaver $10
si***o $10
hyster***** $10
Robinson $50
Krazy $10
Taff $15

alright here's a question

how devoted is your friend to being a volunteer? i understand the majority of volunteers don't intend to remain volunteers for good, they do it for the experience and the help with college/grad school. with that said, is he there just relaxing and enjoying the place and helping people or is he genuinely devoted to sacrificing all the time and energy he has to help these people? reason why im asking is that if he really is devoted to the cause then i don't see why we would want to stop at $550 since im sure he could put the extra money to very good use.

$20 sent on stars via big_rob_48

On August 09 2010 12:20 KeanuReaver wrote: alright here's a question how devoted is your friend to being a volunteer? i understand the majority of volunteers don't intend to remain volunteers for good, they do it for the experience and the help with college/grad school. with that said, is he there just relaxing and enjoying the place and helping people or is he genuinely devoted to sacrificing all the time and energy he has to help these people? reason why im asking is that if he really is devoted to the cause then i don't see why we would want to stop at $550 since im sure he could put the extra money to very good use.

my friend is in no way a like full time life volunteer, hes going to school to be a doctor.. he has been doing things around our city to volunteer like working with mentally disabled adults and some out of control kids to keep um off the streets and stuff like that.. but its mainly volunteer work to help out people in general and look good on his med school applications.. so thats why he went to africa, it was to help out, but also look good on his medschool app.. While he is in africa he is devoted to sacrificing all his time and energy (except for soccer sundays) on helping the people out. The reasons i dont want to try and raise more than $550 are that he approached me with this idea and project only, and that was the price tag.. i also think trying to raise too much money for something like this would look sketchy.. also he is with a group called "show mercy" and im pretty sure they have plenty of money to take care of the kids around the orphanage for the day to day stuff.

On August 09 2010 09:36 dogmeat wrote: why did you hide his name when i can go on fb and find him in ur friends? and why dont you want us to know his name in the 1st place?

i just did it for a bit of privacy for his sake.. but i have nothing to hide, if you wanna go for it then be my guest... mezmerizeplz, doomer, yomer, and rush have all met him and hung out with him before.. its no big deal.

On August 09 2010 02:44 wobbly_au wrote: 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.

Have a $105k month and then stress over sending $10. You're all class.

fuck it, can't even transfer funds on pokerstars... fuck pokerstars.fr (still haven't done the transfer from ps.com to ps.fr as I was waiting euro to go to 1€=1,15$)
sorry, feel dumb and raped.

I only have $35 in my bankroll but I sent $10. Screenname Parasang.

Back to grinding^^

sending 15 on FTP - great work chris, this is awesome stuff.

Wobbly you seriously seem like the least fun person ever. At least you have money though.

just updated the charts, thanks guys

YO BRO DONT REVEAL MY FTP NAEM

On August 09 2010 14:51 Fudyann wrote: I only have $35 in my bankroll but I sent $10. Screenname Parasang. Back to grinding^^

this is cute

On August 09 2010 16:08 concrescence wrote: Show nested quote + On August 09 2010 14:51 Fudyann wrote: I only have $35 in my bankroll but I sent $10. Screenname Parasang. Back to grinding^^ this is retarded

fyp

heh

SHIPPED.

gl with this chris

btw i have indeed met connor and heard a lot about him. so yea hes legit

i thought you were going to live in a closet again and we'd donate to your cause

but yea ill send $10 ;D

On August 09 2010 12:52 Funktion wrote: Show nested quote + On August 09 2010 02:44 wobbly_au wrote: 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. Have a $105k month and then stress over sending $10. You're all class.

your a joke seriously. I've donated over 5k to the sichuan quake relief. I was just asking questions for everyone else's behalf.
LOL@ you thinking i stress over 10$.

gl with this thing. Btw can anyone link to the old Milkman donation pages??

I'll send 20, the last I have in my Stars account. schaap83 it's coming from. Very nice thing your doing - wished it was always so easy to help people out.

I sent $10 on stars from Venrae

Sick final donation from donald for the final $130 and were done.. thanks everyone for helping out, and i will be updating with pictures and just status updates of how everything is going.. be sure guys that if for any reason this doesnt work out i will refund everyones money fully and on the correct sites.

thanks again!

doomer just sent me a 100$ and i had to send it back lol.. no more donations plz tytyty

since this tthread is over.

i thought i'd derail by pointing out that Connor's first pic looks exactly like a white version of JonnyCosmo

great!

guess some of us should've sent less to give others the opportunity to contribute...

On August 09 2010 15:11 BigRed0000 wrote: Wobbly you seriously seem like the least fun person ever. At least you have money though.

On August 09 2010 21:25 wobbly_au wrote: since this tthread is over. i thought i'd derail by pointing out that Connor's first pic looks exactly like a white version of JonnyCosmo

he is trying bigred :D

I spend too much time on the net... my initial reaction was to post an extremely bad, stereotypically racist and inappropriate joke. On my more humanitarian side though it was rlly nice to read this thread, great to see the request to help others was filled up so quickly

Hey guys recent change, the number Connor was originally told was $550 but unfortunately this was incorrect.. once he started realizing i was serious about doing this we got all the stuff figured out and the full amount is $700.. there must have been a miscommunication somewhere along the line .. doomer has kicked in $100 and i got a pm about 1 more 10$ donation so we are only $40 away.. i found out i will be giving the money to the non profit that connor is staying with in africa that is called Show Mercy International ( http://www.showmercy.org/ ) and the second the money reaches their hands locally here in Oregon, they will be able to break ground in Africa, and it will also help with everyones legitimacy questions and stuff because i will have a receipt or something from them very soon.

So $40 bucks away GOGOGO!!

On August 09 2010 18:56 wobbly_au wrote: Show nested quote + On August 09 2010 12:52 Funktion wrote:   On August 09 2010 02:44 wobbly_au wrote: 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. Have a $105k month and then stress over sending $10. You're all class. your a joke seriously. I've donated over 5k to the sichuan quake relief. I was just asking questions for everyone else's behalf. LOL@ you thinking i stress over 10$. gl with this thing. Btw can anyone link to the old Milkman donation pages??

Seriously are your being serious now, seriously. Thanks for dropping a number of how much you've donated, I'm sure you've said it a lot.

Yo guys were only $30 away, im just gonna bump this one time with hopes we can get all the money raised today and be able to have them get to work next week.

$30 sent on stars

fuckin badass i just got 30$ from jamie so we hit the $700 mark.. awesome, ill get this money offline and into the hands of the charity asap

Nice to see u doing this milk, it's a good change for u going from them blackouts to good Samaritan. Keep it up!
I'm only sad I got here too late to contribute, let me know if more is needed as I'll gladly put some up.

Yo we got pics in from africa a few hours ago, this is a link to the facebook album, let me know if anyone cant see um

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=28469&id=100000506804441

Edit: also threw um up on the front page

wobby started posting again cuz he saw my post count go down drastically after running pretty much every person i dont like off of this site over the last 5 yrs

he wants to feeeeeeeeeeeeeed me

If I was a richass poker player, I'd choose a village in Africa, buy them a few cheap computers, take 10 intelligent kids, teach them poker and have them grind low stakes and feed the entire village.

It's ridiculous how much cheaper stuff is in the poor countries. I bet you could live good of of microstakes.

Bump cuz i added a few more pics, our money was exchanged at a good rate and its worth 1.5 MILLION shillings.. contractors r being contacted and ground should brake soon

Bumped and updated on front page and this one.


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.

awesome!!

thats great =]

great stuff, glad it was a (double!) success. thanks for setting this up milkman.

awesome pictures

great work chris