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63		Andrew_MacGregor Andrew_MacGr...	Dec 9, 2001 11:40 pm
	Bob - I was wondering if through any of your connections you knew of a way to contribute to efforts to help with the outbreak?<br> - Andrew....
64		bobutne	Dec 12, 2001 9:45 pm
	Figure out how to stop the eating of bushmeat (monkeys and chimps) and Ebola will not re-occur. Fat chance, however, since bushmeat is a current fad throughout...
65		goingenboite	Dec 13, 2001 4:39 am
	C'mon Bob....<br><br>You know as well as I that it is no fad. People who are hungry are eating. I agree that the commerce of these animals should stop, but...
66		bobutne	Dec 13, 2001 9:03 am
	I disagree. Gabon has the highest per capita income in Sub-Sahara Africa and, thus, certainly has the ability to provide adequate education and food supplies ...
67		bobutne	Dec 14, 2001 4:22 pm
	Glad to see the Gabonese governement is attempting to dissuade its people from eating bushmeat.<br><br><a href=http://allafrica.com/stories/200112130493.html...
68		bobutne	Dec 15, 2001 8:53 pm
	allAfrica.com December 14, 2001 Libreville, Gabon <br><br>....an outbreak of Ebola in northeastern Gabon has killed twelve people after they ate meat from a...
69		goingenboite	Dec 16, 2001 6:44 am
	Our per capita income is many times greater than that of Gabon, yet we still have people who eat sewer rats. <br><br>Those who pay for monkeys buy freshly ...
70		goingenboite	Dec 16, 2001 6:50 am
	I agree with you there!<br><br>No surprise at all.<br><br>This is where the second richest country in Africa spends its money. Buying elections....
72		tamarawithers	Dec 16, 2001 12:23 pm
	Mbolo,<br>I am currently a, EE/FARM PCV posted in the Haute Ogooue Province in Gabon. <br>The current election disgusted me. The Gabonese were bought off for...
74		goingenboite	Dec 17, 2001 3:50 pm
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75		tamarawithers	Dec 19, 2001 12:49 am
	I am posted in Bongoville. Have you been back to visit since you left? When were you a PCV? There are currently 2 volunteers in Leconi..2 in Bongoville and a...
76		goingenboite	Dec 19, 2001 5:08 am
	I was an education volunteer from 94 to 96 at C.E.S. Leconi? I was in Koula-Moutou for 4 more years afterwards. DO you know the prefet of Bongoville? Okoumba ...
77		bobutne	Dec 21, 2001 9:53 pm
	See bottom of: <a href=http://ewatravel.com/gabon1963_64.htm target=new>http://ewatravel.com/gabon1963_64.htm</a> for E-mail received today from the last PCV...
79		tamarawithers	Dec 25, 2001 12:16 am
	Cool.. we have a pcv working on and off at the ces leconi again...I do know the prefet. In fact, he has mentioned your wife to me several times. Do you live on...
80		goingenboite	Dec 25, 2001 3:57 am
	I am james and my wife is florence. We live in Oregon. Please say hi to the Prefet.<br><br>I used to walk to the canyons often just to get away. Bring ...
81		tamarawithers	Dec 26, 2001 9:44 pm
	At the moment I am in Toronto - for the holidays with my family. I will be sure to pass on your message to the Prefet. <br><br>Tamara...
82		goingenboite	Dec 28, 2001 2:28 am
	My e-mail is homerhull_2000@....<br><br>Will you please mail me ASAP?...
83		bobutne	Dec 28, 2001 2:24 pm
	Tamara, How many Peace Corps Volunteers are currently serving in Gabon and what are their projects? Were most evacuated before the elections and recent ebola...
84		bobutne	Dec 30, 2001 11:47 pm
	See WHO article with map: <a href=http://www.who.int/disease-outbreak-news/n2001/december/28december2001.html...
85		tamarawithers	Dec 31, 2001 8:27 pm
	I believe there are about 60+ PCV's currently in Gabon. There are 34 in just my training group. The FARM program has dwindled..and it is mostly EE and Health. ...
86		tamarawithers	Dec 31, 2001 8:27 pm
	I believe there are about 60+ PCV's currently in Gabon. There are 34 in just my training group. The FARM program has dwindled..and it is mostly EE and Health. ...
87		bobutne	Jan 3, 2002 1:30 am
	<a href=http://208.234.30.110/messages/messages/2629/6147.html?1010021208...
88		bobutne	Jan 5, 2002 6:34 pm
	This RPCV (Peru 1970-73) has developed an excellent RPCV web site: <a href=http://peacecorpsonline.org/ target=new>http://peacecorpsonline.org/</a>...
89		bobutne	Jan 12, 2002 7:00 am
	Villagers do not want to stop their tribal custom of washing the dead. Ebola fighters retreat. Gabon, c'est un paradox. <br><br><a...
90		bobutne	Jan 30, 2002 3:10 am
	Bush announced, tonight, that he wanted the Peace Corps to double within five years. That's an increase of less than 9,000 to around 20,000 serving the world...
91		tamarawithers	Feb 17, 2002 8:15 am
	Just to let you all know...ogooue ivindo was closed to pcvs..and now they have also shut down the haut ogooue due to possible cases in fcv. Needless to say -...
92		bobutne	Feb 17, 2002 6:07 pm
	Latest Ebola news: "The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that as of 5 February, a total of 69 cases of the Ebola virus were confirmed in the Republic ...
93		carstagabon	Feb 19, 2002 2:19 pm
	I talked to someone in Bongoville today and he sid that the new volunteers in the Haut Ogooue have been offered reassignment in Cameroon or interrupted service...
94		bobutne	Feb 19, 2002 3:08 pm
	Thanks for the update, Carol. Shocking news about the case in Franceville, a very populated area. One wonders about the efficacy of the quarantine and just ...
95		tchibanga2000	Feb 27, 2002 6:53 am
	Just to mention...<br>I had read a wire report (posted on several news sites) of an Ebola case in Oyem. It later turned out to be untrue (a misinterpretatation...

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