Day Three, Four & Five
Well, what a weekend - We saw the band Massukos I was talking about, they were fantastic - a bit like The Bhundu Boys, we figured we'd have them on at the festival next year, that's a sure thing.
They're really pleased to come, of course, but we're gonna sort out a few more gigs for them to make it worthwhile, because it will gonna cost a fortune to get them over.
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[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
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[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
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[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
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[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
On Saturday, we went to another village called Issa, getting their water pumps going. They don't need high technology - it's so simple and so cheap, really.
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[caption]WaterAod Suzanne Porter[/caption]
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[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
We stayed in a hotel called Duracell, funnily enough, because I needed to get an extra 20 per cent! And my hotel room number was 007, which was quite nice.
This chap came in off the street and proposed to one of our ladies, Suzanne (Porter), who's taking the pictures out here. So I nearly lost her, I was going to be best man at the wedding and all sorts!
The guy saw her through the window of the hotel, saw how beautiful and attractive she was, so he asked if she was married. Turns out he was - he was showing us pictures of his wife and kids but it turns out he was entitled to four wives! He was a doctor from Nigeria on loan to Mozambique. I had to march him out of the hotel in the end, but he came back! He was quite serious about his intentions.
So we have a bit more to do tomorrow, then we have to fly off tomorrow afternoon. We're meeting up with all the officials. They've got 75 wells in Mozambique now that they wouldn't have had otherwise. It's great value - they were only about £2,000 each. The money goes much further out here - 75 holes, that's £150,000. In the UK it would cost a lot, lot more.
It's one of the poorest regions I've seen in my life, and water's the main thing they need. It's great to know the festival makes a hell of a lot of difference to these people.
But it's a beginning. There's a lot more needed. we're going to another 75 next year. The officials don't seem to have the money to do it, the economy's in pretty bad shape I think. The money really does make one hell of a difference.
Anyway, bye for now!
Michael
They're really pleased to come, of course, but we're gonna sort out a few more gigs for them to make it worthwhile, because it will gonna cost a fortune to get them over.
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0778_03.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0855_04.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0669_02.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0938_05.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
On Saturday, we went to another village called Issa, getting their water pumps going. They don't need high technology - it's so simple and so cheap, really.
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0530_06.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAod Suzanne Porter[/caption]
[image]http://www.nme.com/images/84_WA_Mozambique0626_01.jpg[/image]
[caption]WaterAid Suzanne Porter[/caption]
We stayed in a hotel called Duracell, funnily enough, because I needed to get an extra 20 per cent! And my hotel room number was 007, which was quite nice.
This chap came in off the street and proposed to one of our ladies, Suzanne (Porter), who's taking the pictures out here. So I nearly lost her, I was going to be best man at the wedding and all sorts!
The guy saw her through the window of the hotel, saw how beautiful and attractive she was, so he asked if she was married. Turns out he was - he was showing us pictures of his wife and kids but it turns out he was entitled to four wives! He was a doctor from Nigeria on loan to Mozambique. I had to march him out of the hotel in the end, but he came back! He was quite serious about his intentions.
So we have a bit more to do tomorrow, then we have to fly off tomorrow afternoon. We're meeting up with all the officials. They've got 75 wells in Mozambique now that they wouldn't have had otherwise. It's great value - they were only about £2,000 each. The money goes much further out here - 75 holes, that's £150,000. In the UK it would cost a lot, lot more.
It's one of the poorest regions I've seen in my life, and water's the main thing they need. It's great to know the festival makes a hell of a lot of difference to these people.
But it's a beginning. There's a lot more needed. we're going to another 75 next year. The officials don't seem to have the money to do it, the economy's in pretty bad shape I think. The money really does make one hell of a difference.
Anyway, bye for now!
Michael
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