Anyone else experience the McNulty iwe's?  No not the "balls", I mean
the crowd of iwes who would cry out "Happy Happy Joy Joy" and jump up
and down at the first sign of a PCV walking the back trails to Mzuzu
secondary.

And, as a point of clarification, it wasn't really a tree I fell out
of.  It was a large papaya sprout, not nearly as strong as a tree,
hence the branch breaking and my falling.  Further, I find it simply
impausible that I'm the only one to have puked on Deb's shoes.
Perhaps Stephanie as well?

Ken


>Drazeks:  Anyone remember "hot!-hot!-hot!" or "sharp!-sharp!-sharp!"?
>
>Ramona: reading the naughty bits from a Paul Theroux novel by torchlight to
>an audience of twenty PC trainees in the Zomba resthouse?
>
>Stephanie: remember her getting drunk and falling out of the tree?  Oh no
>wait, that was Shockley.  Or the time she puked in Deb's shoes?  No wait,
>that was Shockley too.  Northerners help us out here.
>
>Who is Rarry Readman?
>
>
>
>At 08:28 PM 01/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hey Deb and Paul, that was totally awesome.  You got someone who never says
>a word to post to ujeni.  Great to hear from you Steve, I had begun to doubt
>my memory of your existence.
>>
>>Quick, someone tell a story about the Drazeks or Ramona Roth or Stephanie
>Jayne or Larry Leadman or ...
>>
>>And Emma, congrats.  excellent news, all the best.
>>
>>M
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Arthur Berry [mailto:berrys@...]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:57 PM
>>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
>>
>>
>>Paul, i seem to remember the first thing you had to do when we got up on
>>those rocks was take a wizz.
>>
>>(ofcourse i remember that 'cause i did too...)
>>
>>
>>
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President Lashes Out At Donors

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 25, 2002
Posted to the web January 25, 2002
Frank Namangale
Blantyre
President Bakili Muluzi yesterday lashed out at donors who use aid to Malawi to
lecture him on democracy and re-colonise the nation.
Muluzi, speaking when he opened a Japanese-funded bridge worth K842 million on
the River Shire in Mangochi, thanked Japan for giving aid without strings
attached.
He accused some donors of using their aid to colonise the country.
"They should not lecture us on democracy as kindergarden children," he said,
reiterating his government respects the rule of law and believes in good
governance.
"This is an insult to influence change using donor money. I would rather say,
keep your money. Malawi is a sovereign state. We were colonised for a long time
and we cannot tolerate to go back to those days," said the President.
Muluzi confessed the country is poor but argued that Malawians would rather be
"poor but look forward".
He hailed the Japanese Government for funding the 220-metre, two-lane bridge,
saying it will open up business opportunities which will in turn benefit the
nation.
"The bridge is viable and a modern connection to Mangochi. This permanent bridge
also connects us to Mozambique," Muluzi said.
Japanese Ambassador to Malawi Nitsuhiro Saotome, who is based in Lusaka, Zambia,
said the building of the bridge, which started in 1999, was a reflection of the
good friendship between the two governments.
"Japan Government appreciates the Malawi Government for its effort on poverty
reduction. Japan will continue supporting Malawi on development work," Saotome
said.
Saotome asked the government to develop the skills needed to maintain the bridge
and urged business people to use it.
Minister of Public Works and Transport Kaliyoma Phumisa said the new bridge will
carry trucks no more than 50 tonnes, five tonnes more than the old bridge.
The bridge, built by Konoike Construction Company of Japan, connects Makanjira,
Malindi, Namwela, and other areas to Mangochi.


*****

Parliament Forces Commission to Pay Dead Employee

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 25, 2002
Posted to the web January 25, 2002
Frank Namangale
Blantyre
PARLIAMENT has forced the Civil Service Commission to pay a government employee
death gratuity and salary posthumously after defying the Ombudsman's ruling to
do so two years ago.
The Commission was forced to pay after the Ombudsman Enock Chibwana reported
them to parliament for refusing to pay an employee in the Ministry of
Agriculture fired postthumously.
Wife to the deceased, Mr J. Msochi, complained that the Agriculture ministry was
refusing to pay her death gratuity and withheld salary following the death of
her husband in 1994.
The ministry had argued during the inquiry that they refused to pay the gratuity
and withheld salary because the deceased was on August 26, 1992 convicted by a
court of law when he was charged with theft by trick.
The inquiry learnt there was no disciplinary action taken on him when he was
given a nine months suspended sentence until his death.
The wife testified that Msochi was due to retire normally, and she tendered a
letter from the Ministry addressed to her husband, approving the retirement, but
died in January 1994 before he retired.
It was learnt that because of the conviction, the Ministry delayed to pay the
beneficiaries. Efforts by the wife to get the withheld salary and gratuity
proved futile.
Chibwana found the Ministry of Agriculture guilty of maladiministration arguing
that the law does not allow backdating of a dismissal. He added that it was
wrong to dismiss a dead man.
He consequently directed the Ministry to reinstate the deceased posthumously and
pay the deceased's withheld salary in arrears, gratuity and all other benefits
by September 30, 2000.
The ministry accepted to do so, but the Civil Service Commission refused to pay.
The Ombudsman, According to Chief Investigations Officer Ronnie Phiri, wrote to
the National Assembly on April 12, 2001, for consideration of the Legal Affairs
Committee requesting them to take action.
"Following Parliament's intervention, The Civil Service Commission directed the
Agriculture Ministry to reinstate Msochi posthumously into the service and pay
the withheld salary and gratuity," Phiri said while warning institutions to heed
Ombudsman's directives.


*****

UK Helps Anti-Corruption Bureau On PCC Money

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 25, 2002
Posted to the web January 25, 2002
Mabvuto Banda
Blantyre
BRITISH authorities have provided vital information to help the Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) probe alleged secret accounts of former Petroleum Control
Commission (PCC) general manager Dennis Kambalame while the German government is
still undecided on whether to cooperate or not.
ACB director Gilton Chiwaula yesterday told Daily Times that the British have
provided valuable information which the Bureau required to facilitate the
investigations while the Germans have provided information not that useful.
Chiwaula disclosed that the Bureau had applied for information from the UK and
Germany after overseas investigations revealed that Kambalame was allegedly
keeping money in London, Germany, South Africa and Guernsey.
"There are some minor details that remain to be supplied from UK. This should
pose no problem at all. Specific contact points with the UK authorities exist
for the Bureau to use for that purpose," he said.
The investigations into the multi-million Kwacha malfeasance at PCC*which
started three years ago, according to the ACB boss*has culminated in a report
expected to take be taken to court in February, Chiwaula said.
He said the investigations overseas showed the need for countries that are
fighting corruption such as Malawi to be afforded international assistance,
legal and otherwise to make the necessary progress.
"Investigations of this nature are complex, especially when different legal
requirements for obtaining evidence exist in different countries," ACB boss
said.
According to Chiwaula they had applied two years ago to the Federal Republic of
Germany through diplomatic channels for information that would aid the
investigation.
"The Bureau received a reply in July 2001. Although the information received is
useful, it is not sufficient for us to take action and more information is
needed. Accordingly, the Bureau is seeking the additional information using the
same route. We are unable of course to dictate the speed that foreign
jurisdictions act on formal requests for information," he explained.
The PCC scam forced government to introduce a levy on fuel to repay over K500
million which was lost during Kambalame management.
Government made a commitment to the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank a couple of years ago to investigate the malfeasance and bring to book the
culprits.
Kambalame, on record having said that there was nothing wrong in keeping money
out of Malawi, has since been removed from Shire Buslines where he went as
General Manager after being dismissed from PCC.


*****

Vehicle Importers Face New Tax

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 25, 2002
Posted to the web January 25, 2002
Frank Phiri
Blantyre
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) has announced that it will start collecting
Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) tax from February 1 on all imported vehicles
lacking proof of pre-inspection by Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS) in
importing countries.
Under the new procedure, SGS and MRA will undertake pre-shipment exercise on all
imported vehicles irrespective of whether their declared value is US$2,000 or
below, according to the MRA.
Government, in 2000, renewed a pre-shipment contract with the Geneva-based
worldwide firm SGS to undertake all pre-shipment work on imports.
MRA Commissioner of Customs and Excise Ernest Mtingwi told a news conference
yesterday that the new procedure will in addition to generating the much-needed
revenue for the country, help reduce disputes arising from vehicle clearance
problems between importers and customs officials.
Mtingwi, who said the new procedure will apply to individuals and organisations,
shrugged aside fears that it intends to stifle influx of vehicles by both
individuals and private dealers into the country, saying it is a fair valuation
exercise which will greatly benefit the local motor industry.
"The new exercise will not stifle influx of vehicles into the country. It's a
fair exercise which is hoped to eliminate clearance problems and reduce
disputes," Mtingwi said.
To ensure adherence to the system, he said, MRA will be requesting Clean Report
Findings (CRF) from the importers, and where this is lacking, it will conduct
pre-shipment inspections immediately to determine the proper value.
"If the importer does'nt have a CRF, MRA will impound the vehicle to pave way
for thorough valuation exercises to be conducted swiftly with SGS," he said.
He explained that PSI tax will vary depending on the type of vehicle imported
and that this will be imposed in accordance with procedures of the country's
taxation structure system.
"The tax to be remitted will depend on the value of car upon declaration.
For instance, saloons like Mercedes Benz will be subject to pay tax brackets
ranging from 25 to 65 percent, medium-sized cars 10 to 20 percent while trucks
could pay from 5 percent," he said.
Mtingwi said MRA will give importers of detained vehicles at most 30 days to
source money, failing which, lawsuits will follow.


*****

Anglo cuts Zambian
               copper interests

               The mining giant Anglo American has said it is
               pulling back from its copper mining interests in
               Zambia because of low metal prices.

               Anglo said it was considering the sale, transfer
               of assets or closure of the copper mines it
               bought in Zambia nearly two years ago.

               But the Zambian government said the mines
               would not be shut down, and urged the
               workers not to panic.

               Anglo American said it would honour existing
               funding commitments of up to $310m to
               Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the Anglo
               subsidiary which bought mines in Zambia in
               2000.

               But the company said heavy losses at the
               mines, together with weak copper prices,
               meant further investment was "not justified."

               "The shareholders of KCM are currently
               considering all available options, including sale,
               transfer of assets on a going concern basis, or
               closure, " Anglo American said in a statement.

               But the Zambian government said the Konkola
               copper mines would not be closed.

               "The government fully understands that this is
               a business decision which has been dictated
               by economic considerations and would like to
               state that mines which are operated by KCM
               will not be closed and that the employees of
               KCM should not panic," the government said in
               a statement.

               Copper is Zambia's main hard currency earner,
               and KCM is one of the country's largest private
               employers with a workforce of 9,500.

The Happy Happy Joy Joy iwe at McNurty's were always a
sign of a great beginning to the end of a tiresome
trek.

I have my own Happy Happy Joy Joy to share...I am in
the thick of my first season as head basketball coach.
  We are having a fabulous season...The girls have
worked hard to accumulate an overall record of 20-5,
and an 8-2 district run.  We have 3 more regular
season games before going into playoffs as either the
second or third place team (to be decided Tues).  We
defeated a long-time rival for the first time in
years...literally - they had a 13 year district
winning streak, and we beat them - the only ones in
the district to do so this year.  We are currently
ranked 10th in Texas in class 2A.  It's been a
fantastic season so far...I hope we are as blessed in
play-offs.

It has been fun hearing from those of you responding
to Deb's scrapbook posting.  Brings back lots of fun
memories...

Stay well,
Kristi Henderson

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Have there been more?  Or are just referring to Whistle?

At 10:56 AM 01/25/2002, you wrote:
>That was the croc's fault...it was not our fault that we talked to the croc,
>told him to go bite someone from another village.....
>
>That was the frist time I talked to an animla and it listened...
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
>Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:57:47 -0800 (PST)
>
>Paul also almost got us killed due to another croc
>attack and a small matter of a flash bulb.
>
>--- Paul DEVER <pcpaul@...> wrote:
> > Yerah, but the next thing I did was amaze myself in
> > my ability to learn
> > Chichewa quickly....standing on those rocks yelling
> > "Ngoni Alipo!!!" to the
> > fishermen in canoes before they picked us up....
> >
> > Those were the days...just think of all the
> > paperwork if something had
> > happened to you!
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Stephen Arthur Berry
> > <berrys@...>
> > Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> > To: <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
> > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:56:54 -0500 (EST)
> >
> > Paul, i seem to remember the first thing you had to
> > do when we got up on
> > those rocks was take a wizz.
> >
> > (ofcourse i remember that 'cause i did too...)
> >
> > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Paul DEVER wrote:
> >
> >  >_Oh to have had a video camera to watch Steve beat
> > Mark Spitz' record...
> >  >_
> >  >_
> >  >_----Original Message Follows----
> >  >_From: "Raymond R. Wise" <wiserd@...>
> >  >_Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> >  >_To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> >  >_Subject: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
> >  >_Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:02:44 -0500
> >  >_
> >  >_hi everyone.  deb here.  i've just started a  pc
> > scrapbook, and it's so
> > much
> >  >_fun!  we (rand) saved all of our old letters for
> > you guys, so now i am
> >  >_matching letters to pictures and what-what.  i am
> > going to copy portions
> > of
> >  >_letters to put in the book.  we all remember that
> > paul saved steve from
> > the
> >  >_croc, but it's great to have a description of
> > that in steve's own
> >  >_handwriting!
> >  >_
> >  >_if i use something from YOUR letters, i will make
> > a copy for you.
> >  >_
> >  >_i am also seeking duplicates of pictures that
> > would add character to our
> >  >_family book- (rand in a dress or with fuzzy dice,
> > for example).  i know
> > it's
> >  >_a pain in the butt, but i would REALLY REALLY
> > REALLY appreciate it!  all
> >  >_pics can be sent to:
> >  >_
> >  >_2784 Mt. Olive Dr.
> >  >_Decatur, GA 30033
> >  >_
> >  >_(i am also seeking a picture of papa smurf in the
> > beer vat). feel like i
> >  >_should be on ebay.
> >  >_
> >  >_and i know i promised i wouldn't start this
> > again, but keep the 1st
> > weekend
> >  >_of August 2003 free and start saving your kwach.
> > vegas.  need i say
> > more?
> >  >_don't think so.
> >  >_
> >  >_just feeling a bit nostalgic- last weekend was
> > our 5 year anniversary of
> >  >_being stateside.  rachel and kym were here for
> > girls' weekend- had a
> > BALL!
> >  >_
> >  >_deb
> >
> >
> >___________________________________________________________________________
> >  >_Rand, Deb & Benjamin Wise
> >  >_2784 Mt. Olive Drive
> >  >_Decatur, GA  30033
> >  >_
> >  >_Email: rwise.psy88@...
> >  >_(404) 327-5765
> >  >_
> >
> >
> >________________________________________________________________________
> >  >_
> >  >_"There is no situation that is not
> > transfigurable."
> >  >_ 				 - Desmond Tutu
> >  >_
> >  >_
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Not counting the time I yelled at a german shephard while he was biting my
buttocks and thighs (I was only six years old), I have had luck only in
talking to a cat...some RPCVs from Mauritania would tell you there weas more
to it than that, but don't ever believe them.

What really hurt about being attacked by the shephard when I was six, was
not that i got bitten, but the girl whose house I was visiting walked up to
him, and pulled himn off me by the ear...and he did not even nip her...


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Raymond R. Wise" <wiserd@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:59:51 -0500

Have there been more?  Or are just referring to Whistle?

At 10:56 AM 01/25/2002, you wrote:
  >That was the croc's fault...it was not our fault that we talked to the
croc,
  >told him to go bite someone from another village.....
  >
  >That was the frist time I talked to an animla and it listened...
  >
  >
  >----Original Message Follows----
  >From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
  >Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  >To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  >Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
  >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:57:47 -0800 (PST)
  >
  >Paul also almost got us killed due to another croc
  >attack and a small matter of a flash bulb.
  >
  >--- Paul DEVER <pcpaul@...> wrote:
  > > Yerah, but the next thing I did was amaze myself in
  > > my ability to learn
  > > Chichewa quickly....standing on those rocks yelling
  > > "Ngoni Alipo!!!" to the
  > > fishermen in canoes before they picked us up....
  > >
  > > Those were the days...just think of all the
  > > paperwork if something had
  > > happened to you!
  > >
  > >
  > > ----Original Message Follows----
  > > From: Stephen Arthur Berry
  > > <berrys@...>
  > > Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  > > To: <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
  > > Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
  > > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 19:56:54 -0500 (EST)
  > >
  > > Paul, i seem to remember the first thing you had to
  > > do when we got up on
  > > those rocks was take a wizz.
  > >
  > > (ofcourse i remember that 'cause i did too...)
  > >
  > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Paul DEVER wrote:
  > >
  > >  >_Oh to have had a video camera to watch Steve beat
  > > Mark Spitz' record...
  > >  >_
  > >  >_
  > >  >_----Original Message Follows----
  > >  >_From: "Raymond R. Wise" <wiserd@...>
  > >  >_Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  > >  >_To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
  > >  >_Subject: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
  > >  >_Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 14:02:44 -0500
  > >  >_
  > >  >_hi everyone.  deb here.  i've just started a  pc
  > > scrapbook, and it's so
  > > much
  > >  >_fun!  we (rand) saved all of our old letters for
  > > you guys, so now i am
  > >  >_matching letters to pictures and what-what.  i am
  > > going to copy portions
  > > of
  > >  >_letters to put in the book.  we all remember that
  > > paul saved steve from
  > > the
  > >  >_croc, but it's great to have a description of
  > > that in steve's own
  > >  >_handwriting!
  > >  >_
  > >  >_if i use something from YOUR letters, i will make
  > > a copy for you.
  > >  >_
  > >  >_i am also seeking duplicates of pictures that
  > > would add character to our
  > >  >_family book- (rand in a dress or with fuzzy dice,
  > > for example).  i know
  > > it's
  > >  >_a pain in the butt, but i would REALLY REALLY
  > > REALLY appreciate it!  all
  > >  >_pics can be sent to:
  > >  >_
  > >  >_2784 Mt. Olive Dr.
  > >  >_Decatur, GA 30033
  > >  >_
  > >  >_(i am also seeking a picture of papa smurf in the
  > > beer vat). feel like i
  > >  >_should be on ebay.
  > >  >_
  > >  >_and i know i promised i wouldn't start this
  > > again, but keep the 1st
  > > weekend
  > >  >_of August 2003 free and start saving your kwach.
  > > vegas.  need i say
  > > more?
  > >  >_don't think so.
  > >  >_
  > >  >_just feeling a bit nostalgic- last weekend was
  > > our 5 year anniversary of
  > >  >_being stateside.  rachel and kym were here for
  > > girls' weekend- had a
  > > BALL!
  > >  >_
  > >  >_deb
  > >
  > >
  >
  >___________________________________________________________________________
  > >  >_Rand, Deb & Benjamin Wise
  > >  >_2784 Mt. Olive Drive
  > >  >_Decatur, GA  30033
  > >  >_
  > >  >_Email: rwise.psy88@...
  > >  >_(404) 327-5765
  > >  >_
  > >
  > >
  > >________________________________________________________________________
  > >  >_
  > >  >_"There is no situation that is not
  > > transfigurable."
  > >  >_ 				 - Desmond Tutu
  > >  >_
  > >  >_
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  > > your photos:
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Hey, hasn't anyone ever worked in a kitchen before?  I don't think we ever
played mah jong with Paul, although I do recall playing Yahtzee with Deb and
Rand.

Juliet
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond R. Wise <wiserd@...>
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com <ujeni@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:29 AM
Subject: RE: [ujeni] memories/scrapping


>Drazeks:  Anyone remember "hot!-hot!-hot!" or "sharp!-sharp!-sharp!"?
>
>Ramona: reading the naughty bits from a Paul Theroux novel by torchlight to
>an audience of twenty PC trainees in the Zomba resthouse?
>
>Stephanie: remember her getting drunk and falling out of the tree?  Oh no
>wait, that was Shockley.  Or the time she puked in Deb's shoes?  No wait,
>that was Shockley too.  Northerners help us out here.
>
>Who is Rarry Readman?
>
>
>
>At 08:28 PM 01/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hey Deb and Paul, that was totally awesome.  You got someone who never
says
>a word to post to ujeni.  Great to hear from you Steve, I had begun to
doubt
>my memory of your existence.
>>
>>Quick, someone tell a story about the Drazeks or Ramona Roth or Stephanie
>Jayne or Larry Leadman or ...
>>
>>And Emma, congrats.  excellent news, all the best.
>>
>>M
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Arthur Berry [mailto:berrys@...]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:57 PM
>>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
>>
>>
>>Paul, i seem to remember the first thing you had to do when we got up on
>>those rocks was take a wizz.
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>>(ofcourse i remember that 'cause i did too...)
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We played somethiing there I remember...maybe somewhere else...

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Thanks for the funny stories. Brings back a lot of
memories. I'm in Islamabad right now and am leaving on
the UN plane tomorrow morning for Northern
Afghanistan. It should be an adventure. I'll be off
the air for a period of months as we won't have access
to email. The way I understand it is that we will
mostly have access to mutton.

I have to clarify in Pauls mind the other croc story
though. Colors are a bit different in his world.
Steve, Bernie, Paul and I hiked back from the beach to
Steve's house so we could get the Ilala. It was pitch
dark when we got back and people were coming up the
hill very agitated as they were bringing a croc bite
victim to the hospital. Although unbeknownst to him as
he was a city slicker, Paul thought that as they
passed in front of us that was the opportune time to
test the flash on his camera, which looked like studio
54 in the dark. As the Mozambicans started to scream
at us, and we screamed over to Paul "NO!" in very slow
motion, the second test illustrated in freeze frame a
screaming mob that was now on the doorstep. That's
what we get for trying to steal people's souls.
Eventually, the woman got her soul back, Bernie said
"are we safe here?" and Paul said "What'd I do, what'd
I do?" We were happy when the Ilala came, but that
certainly would have been a good picture had we been
allowed to keep it. Good luck on the new job dude!
Take care everyone, JP

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don't know if you'll get this, but enjoy Afghanistan and be safe.
you have the details of the second story just as i remember them.

steve

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, John Patten wrote:

>_Thanks for the funny stories. Brings back a lot of
>_memories. I'm in Islamabad right now and am leaving on
>_the UN plane tomorrow morning for Northern
>_Afghanistan. It should be an adventure. I'll be off
>_the air for a period of months as we won't have access
>_to email. The way I understand it is that we will
>_mostly have access to mutton.
>_
>_I have to clarify in Pauls mind the other croc story
>_though. Colors are a bit different in his world.
>_Steve, Bernie, Paul and I hiked back from the beach to
>_Steve's house so we could get the Ilala. It was pitch
>_dark when we got back and people were coming up the
>_hill very agitated as they were bringing a croc bite
>_victim to the hospital. Although unbeknownst to him as
>_he was a city slicker, Paul thought that as they
>_passed in front of us that was the opportune time to
>_test the flash on his camera, which looked like studio
>_54 in the dark. As the Mozambicans started to scream
>_at us, and we screamed over to Paul "NO!" in very slow
>_motion, the second test illustrated in freeze frame a
>_screaming mob that was now on the doorstep. That's
>_what we get for trying to steal people's souls.
>_Eventually, the woman got her soul back, Bernie said
>_"are we safe here?" and Paul said "What'd I do, what'd
>_I do?" We were happy when the Ilala came, but that
>_certainly would have been a good picture had we been
>_allowed to keep it. Good luck on the new job dude!
>_Take care everyone, JP
>_
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That part is true...>It has taught me one lesson.  Always carry an extra
roll of film, that one can pull out in the event that you take a picture you
are not supposed to.


----Original Message Follows----
From: John Patten <jppatten98@...>
Reply-To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ujeni] Off the air
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 23:29:41 -0800 (PST)

Thanks for the funny stories. Brings back a lot of
memories. I'm in Islamabad right now and am leaving on
the UN plane tomorrow morning for Northern
Afghanistan. It should be an adventure. I'll be off
the air for a period of months as we won't have access
to email. The way I understand it is that we will
mostly have access to mutton.

I have to clarify in Pauls mind the other croc story
though. Colors are a bit different in his world.
Steve, Bernie, Paul and I hiked back from the beach to
Steve's house so we could get the Ilala. It was pitch
dark when we got back and people were coming up the
hill very agitated as they were bringing a croc bite
victim to the hospital. Although unbeknownst to him as
he was a city slicker, Paul thought that as they
passed in front of us that was the opportune time to
test the flash on his camera, which looked like studio
54 in the dark. As the Mozambicans started to scream
at us, and we screamed over to Paul "NO!" in very slow
motion, the second test illustrated in freeze frame a
screaming mob that was now on the doorstep. That's
what we get for trying to steal people's souls.
Eventually, the woman got her soul back, Bernie said
"are we safe here?" and Paul said "What'd I do, what'd
I do?" We were happy when the Ilala came, but that
certainly would have been a good picture had we been
allowed to keep it. Good luck on the new job dude!
Take care everyone, JP

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EU poised for action on
               Zimbabwe

               Mugabe: Invited observers but excluded Britain
               European Union foreign ministers meeting in
               Brussels are discussing new UK proposals on
               possible sanctions against Zimbabwe.

               Britain was expected to press its EU partners
               to impose limited sanctions if Harare does not
               meet demands for monitors for the 9-10 March
               presidential elections.

               Reports suggest several
               EU members are
               reluctant to impose
               sanctions, such as the
               freezing of assets
               abroad, arguing it would
               give Mr Mugabe's
               government an excuse
               to exclude international
               monitors.

               But state media in Zimbabwe said Mr Mugabe
               had invited foreign observers to the elections,
               including observers from the EU, but would not
               allow observers from Britain, whom he accused
               of backing the opposition.

               UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said ahead of
               Monday's meeting that it was time to put
               President Mugabe "on the spot" amid mounting
               violence ahead of the election.

               "The tragedy unfolding in Zimbabwe is driven
               by one man's ruthless campaign to hang on to
               power whatever the cost," Mr Straw told the
               Guardian newspaper.

               EU foreign ministers are
               considering four
               options, ranging from no
               change in policy at all
               to an immediate
               imposition of sanctions.

               Correspondents say the
               most likely outcome will
               be somewhere between
               these two extremes.

               In a letter sent to Brussels a week ago,
               Zimbabwe committed itself to inviting
               observers.

               And Mr Mugabe was quoted as saying in a
               meeting on Monday with state media reporters
               that Nigeria and the South African
               Development Community could send observers
               immediately.

               Observers from the Commonwealth, the EU -
               excluding Britain - and other regional and
               international organisations could go at a later,
               unspecified date, he said.

               'Disgrace'

               Over the past few days the British Government
               has backed away from the idea of trying to get
               EU sanctions imposed at once.

               But Mr Straw said on
               Sunday that Mr
               Mugabe's actions had
               sullied the reputation
               of the whole of
               southern Africa.

               "Clearly what has been
               happening in Zimbabwe
               is totally
               unacceptable," he said.

               "And I think the word
               the Prime Minister
               [Tony Blair] used last
               Wednesday was that
               Mugabe's actions were a disgrace to his own
               country."

               EU foreign ministers are expected to debate
               cutting aid to the troubled country and may
               ban Zimbabwean governmental figures from
               travelling.

               The EU has repeatedly urged Mr Mugabe to
               end political violence.

               It wants him to organise fair presidential
               elections, ensure freedom of the press and to
               end the continued illegal occupations of
               white-owned farms by so-called war veterans.

               It is also concerned about new proposed
               legislation that would severely censor the
               country's media and restrict foreign reporting
               in the country.

               The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group
               could decide to recommend Zimbabwe's
               suspension when it meets on Wednesday.

               But BBC diplomatic correspondent Barnaby
               Mason says a full decision cannot be made
               until the Commonwealth heads of state summit
               at the beginning of March.

*****

Mt Kilimanjaro Is Melting To Its Death

The East African Standard (Nairobi)
January 27, 2002
Posted to the web January 27, 2002
An astonishing development is changing one of Africa's most remarkable land
marks beyond recognition. The ice cap on Mt Kilimanjaro, one of the few places
in the world where ice and snow can be seen on the Equator, is expected to
disappear in the next 12 years. Staff writer Mildred Ngesa and photographer
Blasto Ogindo recently visited the mountain on a fact finding mission.
Guide: "Leo mlima umenuna (Today the mountain is annoyed)!"
Writer: "Mlima umenuna? (The mountain annoyed?)"
Guide: "Ndio, mlima umekasirika, kwa maana umejificha nyuma ya mawingu, hautaki
kuonekana! (Yes the mountain is annoyed and that is why it is hiding behind the
clouds, refusing to be seen)"
It was a warm and cloudy morning in the serenity of Moshi town. The beauty of
Moshi, accentuated by the domineering presence of Mt Kilimanjaro, is an enduring
joy to the visitor.
No matter which side of Moshi you may be, waking up to the view of the
magnificent mountain recalls a popular refrain in these parts: I woke up and
kissed the Kilimanjaro good morning.
Today, however, on the first morning of our assignment, there was no visible
Kilimanjaro to kiss. Thick clouds had assembled above and around the giant
mountain, forming a protective cover.
"As the day unfolds, the mountain may be kind enough to peek through the clouds,
a very beautiful sight," Nechi Limo, our guide, told us.
True to his word, the mountain broke into view as dawn gave way to a bright new
day. A few hours towards midday, Africa's highest mountain stood tall and proud
in all its glory, with the twin peaks of Kibo and Mawenzi filling up the view.
Sheets of snow from one of the peaks roll down the mountainside but soon
disappear into crevices before reaching the base of the mountain.
Unknown to many, the popular shiny ice cap on Kilimanjaro is actually on Kibo
peak. Mawenzi peak does not have any snow or ice left, although years back it
too wore a shiny ice cap.
"Believe it or not, Mawenzi is now bare without any snow or ice on it. About 15
years ago, the ice cap was there. The same case applies to Mount Meru in Arusha
which also had an ice cap once upon a time. Now, Mount Meru has no evidence of
ice on it," says Philemon Ndesamburo, Moshi's Member of Parliament.
Ndesamburo, who is also the shadow Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources in
the opposition CHADEMA party, is one of the few Tanzanian leaders who can
authoritatively talk about Mount Kilimanjaro's melting ice cap.
A native of the old Moshi District located directly at the foot of the mountain,
Ndesamburo says a lot of changes have taken place on the mountain since his
childhood.
"When I was a young boy in the village, we seldom saw the whole of Mt
Kilimanjaro throughout the year. Most of the time, the whole mountain was
covered in snow and the ice cap was so thick that the whole mountain would be
engulfed in dense clouds for months," he says.
Today, it is possible to view the whole mountain on a daily basis. Because of
the reduction of the ice and snow on the mountain, the cloud cover around it is
not as thick and persistent as before.
"Our government dismisses the melting of the ice cap as propaganda by the
western media. If this is so, why can't the government do its own research then
come up with a report on the exact situation at the mountain?" he challenges.
Last year, American Professor Lonnie Thompson from Ohio State University went
with a group of scientists to Moshi to find out more on the melting ice cap. The
group intended to fly a balloon atop the mountain so as to acquire a least 50
tonnes of ice from the mountain to facilitate their research.
"Surprisingly, the government stopped the researchers saying that the balloon
flights would scare away animals. That was a petty excuse," Ndesamburo says.
Thompson and his colleagues, however, carried on with their research and
established that the ice cap was melting fast. It is estimated that the whole
cap will be completely gone in 12 years.
"We have the results of Prof Thompson research. Eighty years ago, there was
about 12.2 square kilometres of ice cap. By the year 2,000, there was only 2.2
square kilometres of ice cap left," the legislator says.
These are the findings that prompted Prof Thompson to lead an international
campaign in an effort to make scientists as well as environmentalists aware of
this turn of events.
Thompson research also confirms that Peru's Quelccaya's ice cap in the Southern
Andes mountains has also shrunk by at least 20 per cent since 1963. More
troubling, however, is Thompson observation that the rate of retreat for one of
the main glaciers flowing out of the ice cap Qori Kalis has been 32 times
greater in the last three years than it was in the period between 1963 and 1978.
In his report, Thompson states: "Officials worry that the loss of the ice cap
atop Kilimanjaro will be devastating to the thriving trade that brings people to
the mountain each year and fuels the country's economy."
Ndesamburo concurs with these findings and adds that a number of seasonal rivers
that used to flow from atop the mountain to the surrounding areas have dried up.
"Moshi has a population of over 200,000 people most of whom are farmers. This is
the area where the bulk of Tanzania's coffee is produced. Banana farming is also
vibrant. However, with these rivers drying up, there is a big disaster waiting
to happen," he says.
A spot check around Marangu, Himo and various villages at the foot of the
Kilimanjaro reveals a number of rivers have dried up. From the Mawenzi peak,
rivers Una, Monjo and Ona are no longer reliable to the villages around it while
rivers Karanga, Weruweru and Kikafau, flowing from the Kibo peak, have also
dried up.
Going further east towards the Rombo side of the mountain, the ice cap is
completely gone. Gone too is the giant river Ungwasi, a main source of water for
the people of Rombo.
Even more disturbing is the gradual disappearance of rain forests that are
crucial to agriculture.
"We have a major problem of de-forestation here. All the saw mills operating in
this area should be closed down. The government knows about the destruction of
forests. Sadly, those doing this are destroying rain forests which are crucial
to our survival," Ndesamburo argues.
We established that tree felling around Mount Kilimanjaro is rife. Also
contributing to the degradation of the mountain are fires that ravage the place
during the dry season. Some of these fires are accidentally started while others
are arson attacks for various reasons. Global warming is also blamed for the
melting of the ice cap.
Ndesamburo says the warming is "due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions into
the atmosphere from factories that use gas, oil and coal."
The tragedy is that few Tanzanians truly understand what is happening to the ice
cap and how it could affect their lives.

Having lived in Namibia for a year, I highly recommend it....

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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:28 AM
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> religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political
>                         affiliation, age, disability, status as a parent
> or any other nonmerit factor.
>
>
>                       Vacancy Announcement
>
>   POSITION:
>                Epidemiologist     GS-0601 -13/14
>                                                           OPENING DATE:
>
> 1/25/02
>                CLOSING DATE:
>                                                           2/14/02
>                (Applications must be received or postmarked by the closing
>                date; however, postmarked applications must be received in
>                Human Resources Management Office within 5 days of the
>                closing date.)
>                If filled at the GS-13 level, position has promotion
> potential to
>                GS-14. Please indicate the grade(s) for which you wish to
> be
>                considered. You will only be considered for the grade(s)
> for
>                which you indicate an interest.
>   SALARY:
>                GS-13 $59,409 - $77,229 per annum GS-14 $70,205 - $91,265
> per
>                annum
>                                                           TYPE OF
> APPOINTMENT:
>
> Permanent / Full-time
>   LOCATION:
>                National Immunization Program (NIP), Global Immunization
>                Division, DHAKA, BANGLADESH
>
>
>  WHO MAY APPLY: ***
>   U.S. Citizens; no previous Federal experience or tenure required.
>
> Apply for:   DE1-02-201
>
>   Current or former competitive service Federal employees with permanent
> tenure. Current
>   Commissioned Corps; candidates for employment programs such as 30%
> disabled veterans, Persons
>   with Disabilities, and ICTAP eligibles. Preference eligibles or veterans
> who have been separated from
>   the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of
> continuous active service may
>   apply.
>
> Apply for:   MP1-02-201
>
>
>
> SPECIAL NOTES:
> MOVING EXPENSES ARE AUTHORIZED.
> THIS IS NOT A BARGAINING UNIT POSITION.
>
> If selected for this position, a financial disclosure form MAY be
> required.    However, it is NOT required as part of your application.
> Click here
> for information regarding conflict of interests/standards of conduct for
> prospective employees.
>
> This position is a CDC\ATSDR Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
> target occupation.
>
>
> DUTIES:
> Serves as an epidemiologist for the National Immunization Program (NIP),
> Global Immunization Division (GID). The incumbent works directly
> with the World Health Organization (WHO), with duty stations in various
> overseas locations. Assists WHO and country Ministry of Health
> officials to plan, implement, and evaluate activities for Expanded
> Programme on Immunizations (EPI) disease surveillance and disease control
> and eradication initiatives, with an emphasis on activities to eradicate
> poliomyelitis and measles. Provides technical advice and consultation as
> an internationally recognized consultant and expert on critical problems
> in the field of epidemiology. Provides expert advice and consultation on
> issues related to polio vaccine use, vaccine-associated paralytic polio,
> measles control and tetanus prevention, as well as other
> vaccine-preventable disease related issues. Participates with scientists
> and program consultants in various aspects of the study or survey
> design process. Leads the design, implementation and analysis of a
> significant collaborative study with international policy or program
> implications. Develops and manages research projects on polio, including
> vaccine-associate paralytic, polio, measles and other vaccine
> preventable diseases. Serves as technical consultant on contracts for
> scientific services. Perform duties such as writing statements of work,
> serving on technical review panels for contract proposals, and monitoring
> contracts for quality assurance and quality control.
>
> QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
> Applicants must meet the basic qualification requirements outlined in OPM
> Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicants must have
> successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited
> college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree with major
> study in an academic field relating to the health sciences appropriate to
> the work of the position. Since this position has a specific education
> requirement, all applicants must verify completion of this basic education
> requirement by submitting a copy of an official college transcript with
> the application. In addition, applicants must have one year of specialized
> experience at a level equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal
> service.
>
> Specialized experience   is that which is directly related to the position
> and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge,
> skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the
> position, such as participating with staff of WHO and with leaders from
> international programs on policy formulation and application, stimulating
> and providing program leadership in the administration, etc.
>
> KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):   KSAs are the specific
> characteristics that applicants should possess in order to perform
> the major duties of the position.   Applications should address the
> specific KSAs on a separate sheet of paper as an attachment to your
> application.   KSAs identified as (M) are considered critical to the
> position and are considered to be mandatory for qualifications.   KSAs
> identified as (D) are considered to be desirable.
>    FAILURE TO ADDRESS KSAs MAY RESULT IN A LOWER RATING.
>
> 1. Knowledge of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccines.     (M)
> 2. Skill in designing and conducting epidemiologic studies and
> interpreting surveillance data.     (M)
> 3. Knowledge and experience in applying the practices and methods of
> Disease Control and Prevention programs in a developing country
> setting.     (M)
> 4. Ability to communicate orally.     (D)
> 5. Ability to communicate in writing.     (D)
>
>
> For each of the above, give examples of how you gained the knowledge,
> skill, or ability and the dates of such experience and education.
> Applicants who apply for DE announcements must address (M) Mandatory and
> (D) Desirable KSAs.
>
>
>  BASIS OF RATING:     Applicants will be rated on the basis of education,
> experience and KSA responses appropriate to this position.
>  Applications for MP1-02-201 will be evaluated and ranked as indicated in
> the CDC\ATSDR Merit Promotion Plan and must meet appropriate
>  time-in-grade requirements for promotion. Unpaid or voluntary experience
> related to the position will be considered in determining
>  qualifications.
>
>
>
>  FORMS REQUIRED TO APPLY:     Applicants may submit one of the following
> forms: SF-171, OF-612, Curriculum Vitae, a Resume, CDC
>  0.996 or any other application form.     All current or former Federal
> employees must submit a current SF50 that shows tenure group 1 or 2
>  or any other proof of status verifying career or career-conditional
> tenure.     All applicants who wish to be considered under both
>  MP1-02-201 and DE1-02-201 must submit two (2) applications.     When only
> one (1) application is received for this announcement,
>  and two announcement numbers are shown, it will be considered under
> DE1-02-201 only.     Here's what your resume must
>  contain (in addition to specific information requested in the position
> announcement.)
>
>
>
>  APPLICATION INFORMATION: - ** Correct announcement number(s), title and
> grade(s) of the job you are applying for.
>  PERSONAL INFORMATION: - Full name, mailing address (with zip code) and
> day and evening phone number (with area code) - Social
>  Security Number ** - Country of citizenship (Most Federal jobs require
> United States citizenship.) Reinstatement eligibility (if applicable,
>  attach SF 50 proof of your career or career-conditional status.) -
> Highest Federal civilian grade held (also give job series and dates held).
> If
>  you are applying under the Program for Persons with Disabilities, send a
> letter from a State vocational rehabilitation agency or the Veterans
>  Administration stating that you are eligible for a Schedule A
> appointment.
>  EDUCATION: ** High School Name, City, and State (zip code if known), Date
> of diploma or GED - Colleges, or universities; Name, City, and
>  State (zip code if known), Majors, type and year of any degrees received
> (if no degrees, show total credits earned and indicate whether
>  semester or quarter hours); Send a copy of your college transcript only
> if the job vacancy announcement requests it.
>  MILITARY SERVICE: All military service must be documented with a DD214, a
> Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other
>  proof of eligibility.     An SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans
> Preference) and written verification must accompany application in order
> to
>  receive 10-point preference.
>  WORK EXPERIENCE: - Give the following information for your paid and
> nonpaid work experience related to the job you are applying for. (Do
>  not send job descriptions.)
>  Job titles ** Duties and accomplishments -
>  Employer's name and address, Supervisor's name and phone number, starting
> and ending dates (month and year) - ** Hours per week (**
>  Month and Years), salary; - Indicate if we may contact your current
> supervisor.
>  ** FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE STARRED ITEMS MAY RESULT IN YOUR BEING
> DETERMINED INELIGIBLE OR NOT QUALIFIED.
>
>  MAIL FORMS TO:
>
> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HRMO
> Announcement No. MP1-02-201 and/or DE1-02-201
> 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop K-76
> Atlanta, Ga 30341-3724
> Fax: (770) 488-1979 TDD: (770) 488-1821
> For additonal information contact (770) 488-1750
>
>
> *** Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for
> any part of the application or hiring process, please
> notify the Disabilities Program Manager at (770) 488-1725.   The decision
> on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on
> a case-by-case basis.
>
> Applicants are requested to complete an Applicant Background Survey (OMB
> 0990-0208) and send it with the application. Visit the website
> http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/OMB_Form.htm   for the survey. A written Receipt
> of Application will be sent to the address on the application. For
> forms, Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) criteria
> and additional information, contact CDC\ATSDR Jobline on
> 1-888-232-4473 or visit the website http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/ictap~2.htm
>
> A SEPARATE APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH ANNOUNCED POSITION AND
> NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE
> GRANTED.
> Please allow five (5) workdays for an acknowledgement of receipt of your
> application
>
>                             U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
>               - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ATSDR
> maintains a smoke-free work environment -
>    All applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race,
> religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political
>                         affiliation, age, disability, status as a parent
> or any other nonmerit factor.
>
>
>
>
>                       Vacancy Announcement
>
>   POSITION:
>                Epidemiologist     GS-0601 -13/14
>                                                           OPENING DATE:
>
> 1/25/02
>                CLOSING DATE:
>                                                           2/14/02
>                (Applications must be received or postmarked by the closing
>                date; however, postmarked applications must be received in
>                Human Resources Management Office within 5 days of the
>                closing date.)
>                If filled at the GS-13 level, position has promotion
> potential to
>                GS-14. Please indicate the grade(s) for which you wish to
> be
>                considered. You will only be considered for the grade(s)
> for
>                which you indicate an interest.
>   SALARY:
>                GS-13 $59,409 - $77,229 per annum GS-14 $70,205 - $91,265
> per
>                annum
>                                                           TYPE OF
> APPOINTMENT:
>
> Permanent / Full-time
>   LOCATION:
>                National Immunization Program (NIP), Global Immunization
>                Division, KATMANDU, NEPAL
>
>
>  WHO MAY APPLY: ***
>   U.S. Citizens; no previous Federal experience or tenure required.
>
> Apply for:   DE1-02-202
>
>   Current or former competitive service Federal employees with permanent
> tenure. Current
>   Commissioned Corps; candidates for employment programs such as 30%
> disabled veterans, Persons
>   with Disabilities, and ICTAP eligibles. Preference eligibles or veterans
> who have been separated from
>   the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of
> continuous active service may
>   apply.
>
> Apply for:   MP1-02-202
>
>
>
> SPECIAL NOTES:
> MOVING EXPENSES ARE AUTHORIZED.
> THIS IS NOT A BARGAINING UNIT POSITION.
>
> If selected for this position, a financial disclosure form MAY be
> required.    However, it is NOT required as part of your application.
> Click here
> for information regarding conflict of interests/standards of conduct for
> prospective employees.
>
> This position is a CDC\ATSDR Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
> target occupation.
>
>
> DUTIES:
> Serves as an epidemiologist for the National Immunization Program (NIP),
> Global Immunization Division (GID). The incumbent works directly
> with the World Health Organization (WHO), with duty stations in various
> overseas locations. Assists WHO and country Ministry of Health
> officials to plan, implement, and evaluate activities for Expanded
> Programme on Immunizations (EPI) disease surveillance and disease control
> and eradication initiatives, with an emphasis on activities to eradicate
> poliomyelitis and measles. Provides technical advice and consultation as
> an internationally recognized consultant and expert on critical problems
> in the field of epidemiology. Provides expert advice and consultation on
> issues related to polio vaccine use, vaccine-associated paralytic polio,
> measles control and tetanus prevention, as well as other
> vaccine-preventable disease related issues. Participates with scientists
> and program consultants in various aspects of the study or survey
> design process. Leads the design, implementation and analysis of a
> significant collaborative study with international policy or program
> implications. Develops and manages research projects on polio, including
> vaccine-associate paralytic, polio, measles and other vaccine
> preventable diseases. Serves as technical consultant on contracts for
> scientific services. Perform duties such as writing statements of work,
> serving on technical review panels for contract proposals, and monitoring
> contracts for quality assurance and quality control.
>
> QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
> Applicants must meet the basic qualification requirements outlined in OPM
> Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicants must have
> successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited
> college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree with major
> study in an academic field relating to the health sciences appropriate to
> the work of the position. Since this position has a specific education
> requirement, all applicants must verify completion of this basic education
> requirement by submitting a copy of an official college transcript with
> the application. In addition, applicants must have one year of specialized
> experience at a level equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal
> service.
>
> Specialized experience   is that which is directly related to the position
> and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge,
> skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the
> position, such as participating with staff of WHO and with leaders from
> international programs on policy formulation and application, stimulating
> and providing program leadership in the administration, etc.
>
> KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):   KSAs are the specific
> characteristics that applicants should possess in order to perform
> the major duties of the position.   Applications should address the
> specific KSAs on a separate sheet of paper as an attachment to your
> application.   KSAs identified as (M) are considered critical to the
> position and are considered to be mandatory for qualifications.   KSAs
> identified as (D) are considered to be desirable.
>    FAILURE TO ADDRESS KSAs MAY RESULT IN A LOWER RATING.
>
> 1. Knowledge of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccines.     (M)
> 2. Skill in designing and conducting epidemiologic studies and
> interpreting surveillance data.     (M)
> 3. Knowledge and experience in applying the practices and methods of
> Disease Control and Prevention programs in a developing country
> setting.     (M)
> 4. Ability to communicate orally.     (D)
> 5. Ability to communicate in writing.     (D)
>
>
> For each of the above, give examples of how you gained the knowledge,
> skill, or ability and the dates of such experience and education.
> Applicants who apply for DE announcements must address (M) Mandatory and
> (D) Desirable KSAs.
>
>
>  BASIS OF RATING:     Applicants will be rated on the basis of education,
> experience and KSA responses appropriate to this position.
>  Applications for MP1-02-202 will be evaluated and ranked as indicated in
> the CDC\ATSDR Merit Promotion Plan and must meet appropriate
>  time-in-grade requirements for promotion. Unpaid or voluntary experience
> related to the position will be considered in determining
>  qualifications.
>
>
>
>  FORMS REQUIRED TO APPLY:     Applicants may submit one of the following
> forms: SF-171, OF-612, Curriculum Vitae, a Resume, CDC
>  0.996 or any other application form.     All current or former Federal
> employees must submit a current SF50 that shows tenure group 1 or 2
>  or any other proof of status verifying career or career-conditional
> tenure.     All applicants who wish to be considered under both
>  MP1-02-202 and DE1-02-202 must submit two (2) applications.     When only
> one (1) application is received for this announcement,
>  and two announcement numbers are shown, it will be considered under
> DE1-02-202 only.     Here's what your resume must
>  contain (in addition to specific information requested in the position
> announcement.)
>
>
>
>  APPLICATION INFORMATION: - ** Correct announcement number(s), title and
> grade(s) of the job you are applying for.
>  PERSONAL INFORMATION: - Full name, mailing address (with zip code) and
> day and evening phone number (with area code) - Social
>  Security Number ** - Country of citizenship (Most Federal jobs require
> United States citizenship.) Reinstatement eligibility (if applicable,
>  attach SF 50 proof of your career or career-conditional status.) -
> Highest Federal civilian grade held (also give job series and dates held).
> If
>  you are applying under the Program for Persons with Disabilities, send a
> letter from a State vocational rehabilitation agency or the Veterans
>  Administration stating that you are eligible for a Schedule A
> appointment.
>  EDUCATION: ** High School Name, City, and State (zip code if known), Date
> of diploma or GED - Colleges, or universities; Name, City, and
>  State (zip code if known), Majors, type and year of any degrees received
> (if no degrees, show total credits earned and indicate whether
>  semester or quarter hours); Send a copy of your college transcript only
> if the job vacancy announcement requests it.
>  MILITARY SERVICE: All military service must be documented with a DD214, a
> Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other
>  proof of eligibility.     An SF-15 (Application for 10-point Veterans
> Preference) and written verification must accompany application in order
> to
>  receive 10-point preference.
>  WORK EXPERIENCE: - Give the following information for your paid and
> nonpaid work experience related to the job you are applying for. (Do
>  not send job descriptions.)
>  Job titles ** Duties and accomplishments -
>  Employer's name and address, Supervisor's name and phone number, starting
> and ending dates (month and year) - ** Hours per week (**
>  Month and Years), salary; - Indicate if we may contact your current
> supervisor.
>  ** FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE STARRED ITEMS MAY RESULT IN YOUR BEING
> DETERMINED INELIGIBLE OR NOT QUALIFIED.
>
>  MAIL FORMS TO:
>
> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HRMO
> Announcement No. MP1-02-202 and/or DE1-02-202
> 4770 Buford Highway, N.E., Mailstop K-76
> Atlanta, Ga 30341-3724
> Fax: (770) 488-1979 TDD: (770) 488-1821
> For additonal information contact (770) 488-1750
>
>
> *** Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for
> any part of the application or hiring process, please
> notify the Disabilities Program Manager at (770) 488-1725.   The decision
> on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on
> a case-by-case basis.
>
> Applicants are requested to complete an Applicant Background Survey (OMB
> 0990-0208) and send it with the application. Visit the website
> http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/OMB_Form.htm   for the survey. A written Receipt
> of Application will be sent to the address on the application. For
> forms, Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) criteria
> and additional information, contact CDC\ATSDR Jobline on
> 1-888-232-4473 or visit the website http://www.cdc.gov/hrmo/ictap~2.htm
>
> A SEPARATE APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED FOR EACH ANNOUNCED POSITION AND
> NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE
> GRANTED.
> Please allow five (5) workdays for an acknowledgement of receipt of your
> application
>
>                             U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
>               - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ATSDR
> maintains a smoke-free work environment -
>    All applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race,
> religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, political
>                         affiliation, age, disability, status as a parent
> or any other nonmerit factor.
>
>
>
>                       Vacancy Announcement
>
>   POSITION:
>                Epidemiologist     GS-0601 -13/14
>                                                           OPENING DATE:
>
> 1/25/02
>                CLOSING DATE:
>                                                           2/14/02
>                (Applications must be received or postmarked by the closing
>                date; however, postmarked applications must be received in
>                Human Resources Management Office within 5 days of the
>                closing date.)
>                If filled at the GS-13 level, position has promotion
> potential to
>                GS-14. Please indicate the grade(s) for which you wish to
> be
>                considered. You will only be considered for the grade(s)
> for
>                which you indicate an interest.
>   SALARY:
>                GS-13 $59,409 - $77,229 per annum GS-14 $70,205 - $91,265
> per
>                annum
>                                                           TYPE OF
> APPOINTMENT:
>
> Permanent / Full-time
>   LOCATION:
>                National Immunization Program (NIP), Global Immunization
>                Division, CAIRO, EGYPT
>
>
>  WHO MAY APPLY: ***
>   U.S. Citizens; no previous Federal experience or tenure required.
>
> Apply for:   DE1-02-203
>
>   Current or former competitive service Federal employees with permanent
> tenure. Current
>   Commissioned Corps; candidates for employment programs such as 30%
> disabled veterans, Persons
>   with Disabilities, and ICTAP eligibles. Preference eligibles or veterans
> who have been separated from
>   the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of
> continuous active service may
>   apply.
>
> Apply for:   MP1-02-203
>
>
>
> SPECIAL NOTES:
> MOVING EXPENSES ARE AUTHORIZED.
> THIS IS NOT A BARGAINING UNIT POSITION.
>
> If selected for this position, a financial disclosure form MAY be
> required.    However, it is NOT required as part of your application.
> Click here
> for information regarding conflict of interests/standards of conduct for
> prospective employees.
>
> This position is a CDC\ATSDR Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program
> target occupation.
>
>
> DUTIES:
> Serves as an epidemiologist for the National Immunization Program (NIP),
> Global Immunization Division (GID). The incumbent works directly
> with the World Health Organization (WHO), with duty stations in various
> overseas locations. Assists WHO and country Ministry of Health
> officials to plan, implement, and evaluate activities for Expanded
> Programme on Immunizations (EPI) disease surveillance and disease control
> and eradication initiatives, with an emphasis on activities to eradicate
> poliomyelitis and measles. Provides technical advice and consultation as
> an internationally recognized consultant and expert on critical problems
> in the field of epidemiology. Provides expert advice and consultation on
> issues related to polio vaccine use, vaccine-associated paralytic polio,
> measles control and tetanus prevention, as well as other
> vaccine-preventable disease related issues. Participates with scientists
> and program consultants in various aspects of the study or survey
> design process. Leads the design, implementation and analysis of a
> significant collaborative study with international policy or program
> implications. Develops and manages research projects on polio, including
> vaccine-associate paralytic, polio, measles and other vaccine
> preventable diseases. Serves as technical consultant on contracts for
> scientific services. Perform duties such as writing statements of work,
> serving on technical review panels for contract proposals, and monitoring
> contracts for quality assurance and quality control.
>
> QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
> Applicants must meet the basic qualification requirements outlined in OPM
> Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicants must have
> successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited
> college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree with major
> study in an academic field relating to the health sciences appropriate to
> the work of the position. Since this position has a specific education
> requirement, all applicants must verify completion of this basic education
> requirement by submitting a copy of an official college transcript with
> the application. In addition, applicants must have one year of specialized
> experience at a level equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal
> service.
>
> Specialized experience   is that which is directly related to the position
> and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge,
> skills, and abilities (KSAs) to successfully perform the duties of the
> position, such as participating with staff of WHO and with leaders from
> international programs on policy formulation and application, stimulating
> and providing program leadership in the administration, etc.
>
> KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):   KSAs are the specific
> characteristics that applicants should possess in order to perform
> the major duties of the position.   Applications should address the
> specific KSAs on a separate sheet of paper as an attachment to your
> application.   KSAs identified as (M) are considered critical to the
> position and are considered to be mandatory for qualifications.   KSAs
> identified as (D) are considered to be desirable.
>    FAILURE TO ADDRESS KSAs MAY RESULT IN A LOWER RATING.
>
> 1. Knowledge of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Vaccines.     (M)
> 2. Skill in designing and conducting epidemiologic studies and
> interpreting surveillance data.     (M)
> 3. Knowledge and experience in applying the practices and methods of
> Disease Control and Prevention programs in a developing country
> setting.     (M)
> 4. Ability to communicate orally.     (D)
> 5. Ability to communicate in writing.     (D)
>
>
> For each of the above, give examples of how you gained the knowledge,
> skill, or ability and the dates of such experience and education.
> Applicants who apply for DE announcements must address (M) Mandatory and
> (D) Desirable KSAs.
>
>
>  BASIS OF RATING:     Applicants will be rated on the basis of education,
> experience and KSA responses appropriate to this position.
>  Applications for MP1-02-203 will be evaluated and ranked as indicated in
> the CDC\ATSDR Merit Promotion Plan and must meet appropriate
>  time-in-grade requirements for promotion. Unpaid or voluntary experience
> related to the position will be considered in determining
>  qualifications.
>
>
>
>  FORMS REQUIRED TO APPLY:     Applicants may submit one of the following
> forms: SF-171, OF-612, Curriculum Vitae, a Resume, CDC
>  0.996 or any other application form.     All current or former Federal
> employees must submit a current SF50 that shows tenure group 1 or 2
>  or any other proof of status verifying career or career-conditional
> tenure.     All applicants who wish to be considered under both
>  MP1-02-203 and DE1-02-203 must submit two (2) applications.     When only
> one (1) application is received for this announcement,
>  and two announcement numbers are shown, it will be considered under
> DE1-02-203 only.     Here's what your resume must
>  contain (in addition to specific information requested in the position
> announcement.)
>
>
>
>  APPLICATION INFORMATION: - ** Correct announcement number(s), title and
> grade(s) of the job you are applying for.
>  PERSONAL INFORMATION: - Full name, mailing address (with zip code) and
> day and evening phone number (with area code) - Social
>  Security Number ** - Country of citizenship (Most Federal jobs require
> United States citizenship.) Reinstatement eligibility (if applicable,
>  attach SF 50 proof of your career or career-conditional status.) -
> Highest Federal civilian grade held (also give job series and dates held).
> If
>  you are applying under the Program for Persons with Disabilities, send a
> letter from a State vocational rehabilitation agency or the Veterans
>  Administration stating that you are eligible for a Schedule A
> appointment.
>  EDUCATION: ** High School Name, City, and State (zip code if known), Date
> of diploma or GED - Colleges, or universities; Name, City, and
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Any sign of Mike Nolan out there?  Am heading to Miami for Thursday or a long weekend of doing nothing.....

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Shockley [mailto:keshockl@...]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:53 AM
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [ujeni] memories/scrapping


Anyone else experience the McNulty iwe's?  No not the "balls", I mean
the crowd of iwes who would cry out "Happy Happy Joy Joy" and jump up
and down at the first sign of a PCV walking the back trails to Mzuzu
secondary.

And, as a point of clarification, it wasn't really a tree I fell out
of.  It was a large papaya sprout, not nearly as strong as a tree,
hence the branch breaking and my falling.  Further, I find it simply
impausible that I'm the only one to have puked on Deb's shoes.
Perhaps Stephanie as well?

Ken


>Drazeks:  Anyone remember "hot!-hot!-hot!" or "sharp!-sharp!-sharp!"?
>
>Ramona: reading the naughty bits from a Paul Theroux novel by torchlight to
>an audience of twenty PC trainees in the Zomba resthouse?
>
>Stephanie: remember her getting drunk and falling out of the tree?  Oh no
>wait, that was Shockley.  Or the time she puked in Deb's shoes?  No wait,
>that was Shockley too.  Northerners help us out here.
>
>Who is Rarry Readman?
>
>
>
>At 08:28 PM 01/24/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hey Deb and Paul, that was totally awesome.  You got someone who never says
>a word to post to ujeni.  Great to hear from you Steve, I had begun to doubt
>my memory of your existence.
>>
>>Quick, someone tell a story about the Drazeks or Ramona Roth or Stephanie
>Jayne or Larry Leadman or ...
>>
>>And Emma, congrats.  excellent news, all the best.
>>
>>M
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Stephen Arthur Berry [mailto:berrys@...]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:57 PM
>>To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>>Subject: Re: [ujeni] memories/scrapping
>>
>>
>>Paul, i seem to remember the first thing you had to do when we got up on
>>those rocks was take a wizz.
>>
>>(ofcourse i remember that 'cause i did too...)
>>
>>
>>
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WFP Acts to Reduce Child Hunger

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi has pre-positioned rations at all 84
nutrition rehabilitation units (NRU) it supports at hospitals and clinics across
the country to minimise the effect of this year's severe food shortages on
children under five years old.
The UN food agency's Ayoub al-Jaloudi told IRIN that WFP usually expected an
increase in admissions at the NRUs during the "lean season", which runs from
December up until around harvest time in March. "Every year the number of
admissions increases by about 20 percent during this time. This year the
situation has been exacerbated by the food shortage," he said.
Malawi is in the grip of a serious food shortage, with the government diverting
average daily imports of about 1,200 mt of maize to the most affected southern
regions of the country. Recent news reports have indicated that the number of
malnourished children being treated at hospitals and clinics are on the
increase.
Al-Jaloudi said that while he could not provide exact figures, about 2,000
children under five years old were treated at these centres at any given time,
needing food and care. He said the rations provided to the children - and
sometimes to their mothers - included milk powder, maize meal and oil.
"All the hospitals (which run WFP-supported NRUs) have food up to the end of
March," al-Jaloudi said.


*****

President Muluzi Off to USA

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
Times Reporter
Blantyre
President Bakili Muluzi yesterday flew off to the US where he is expected to
hold talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
MBC announced yesterday that the President will stop over in Britain for a day
before proceeding to the US where he will meet World Bank President James
Wolffeson and IMF officials.
Sanjika press office could not disclose details of the president's schedule when
asked yesterday.
IMF resident rep Thom Gibson said last week when he bade farewell to Muluzi that
microeconomic fundamentals indicated that Malawi was doing fine.
Muluzi's trip comes after he lashed out at donor nations accusing them of using
aid to influence political change.
Faced by a serious budget deficit because of donors are withholding funds,
Muluzi might take the opportunity when he meets the Brettonwoods institutions to
convince them about the economic status Malawi is currently in.


*****

Jumbe Starts Economic Talking

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
Moses Phalula
Blantyre
The new Finance and Economic Planning Minister Friday Jumbe has said contact and
dialogue will be his motto as he peddles the country's economic canoe.
Jumbe, making his first public outing since his appointment as Minister of
Finance told Economics Association of Malawi annual general meeting in Lilongwe
Saturday that he appreciates the critical need for dialogue when tackling
complex challenges that the economy is confronted with.
"Most of us here understand that no single person can provide all the answers
and solutions our economic ills. For instance, an expert on fiscal policy may
not necessarily appreciate the implications for some policy measures on the
exchange rate, just as a monetarist may not fully grasp the impact of monetary
policy on the socioeconomic welfare of a particular type of household in the
rural areas,"said Jumbe flanked by central bank Governor Elias Ngalande Banda
and other officials.
He said it is unfortunate to note that there may be circles within the
government who believe that professional bodies cannot propose anything
worthwhile. The same goes for professional bodies. Some circles in these bodies
believe that whatever government does is wrong or needs to be criticised. Such
notions do not augur well with the spirit of national development.
Jumbe, former Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation said the
country is faced with a number of challenges which the government and
professional bodies such as Ecama have to address together.
Business commentators say Malawi continues to face deep rooted poverty with its
related problems such as disease, hunger and illiteracy and an environment that
is not conducive to private investment and creation of wealth.
Recent studies for instance, indicate that more than 65 percent of the
population of Malawi live below the poverty line and income distributions is
highly inequitable.
Studies have also indicated that in order to have an impact on poverty, gross
domestic product (GDP) needs to grow by at least 6 percent.
However, recent economic growth performance has been dismal. For instance,
growth in GDP increased marginally from 2.3 percent in 2000 to 2.7 in 2002.
Figures also indicate the manufacturing sector which in 1991 and 1992 was
contributing more than 20 percent of GDP has since been contributing only around
16 percent of GDP.
This, coupled with prohibitive interest and inflation rates hovering at above 20
and 40 percent respectively, business analysts say doing business in Malawi is
like cycling to the top of Mulanje Mountain.


*****

Press Bakeries Winds Up

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
Tamanda Matebule
Blantyre
Press Bakeries Limited, one of conglomerate Press Corporation Limited (PCL)
subsidiaries has been closed down.
Impeccable sources told Daily Times that a decision to close the subsidiary was
made early this month at a meeting convened by the board in Blantyre.
The directors resolved to shut down the company and retrench its entire
workforce citing inability to return profitability, say the sources.
A letter dated January 11, 2002 and signed by Acting General Manager Kezzie
Mkandawire leaked to Daily Times states that the closure will be with effect
from January, 31, 2002.
"The Board of Directors of Press Corporation Limited at a special meeting
resolved that Press Bakery be closed," reads the letter in part adding, "the
Board of Directors felt the company cannot return to profitability."
Sources yesterday said some personnel have been assigned to deliver the letters
of termination of services across the country.
In November last year the bread and confectionery company, one of the oldest in
the country closed its Kandodo,Thyolo,Kristwick and Thondwe branches.
Press Bakeries has been threatened by closure on several occasions owing to
losses the company has been making due to stiff competition brought by the
proliferation of bakeries in the country.
According to a 2000 Group and Financial report of the Press Corporations, the
Company rising cost of raw materials, coupled with the currency devaluation
orchestrated poor performance of the company.
"Press Bakery performed poorly against budget owing to dwindling sales volumes
and rising costs of production. The devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha and the
introduction of the 10 percent duty on imported wheat flower, added to the
deteriorating performance of the Company," reads part of the report.
Press Corporation Limited one of the listed companies on the local bourse has in
the recent past closed several subsidiaries in restructuring process.


*****

Blantyre, Harare Trade Imbalance Still Growing

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
Thomas Chafunya
Blantyre
TRADE imbalance between Malawi and Zimbabwe estimated at K2.5 billion last year
is shooting up and has reached a critical stage for both governments, trade
officials have said.
Zimbabwe which remains the second biggest regional economy after South Africa
despite of the land-triggered economic curfew in that country is Malawi's long
trading partner.
According to official figures, Zimbabwe towers over Malawian trade by over
ZIM$3.08 billion (K3.5bn) as opposed to Malawi's ZIM$292.34 million
(K300million).
Government trade officials said despite growth in business transactions between
the two in the wake of a renewed bilateral trade agreement two years ago, the
increase has been skewed in favour of Zimbabwe.
Geoff Mkandawire, Director of Commerce in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
said joint efforts were on course to upset the current trade transaction trend.
"One of the best measures is to enable our private sector to increase their
exports to Zimbabwe mainly in the items that the Zimbabweans do not produce," he
said.
Dr. Hubert Murerwa, Zimbabwe's Minister of Industry and International Trade told
Daily Times in Blantyre recently, the Zimbabwe government was equally concerned
with the increasing trade imbalance and through the existing joint bilateral
trade commission, the problem is bound to be checked.
"Clearly what we need to put in place measures that would iron out constraints
that Malawi traders are facing," he said.
Murerwa also said Zimbabwe government was putting in place a trade policy that
will enable to stimulate Malawi's manufacturing and export sectors growth.
"At the end of it all we will need to have a win-win situation. No any country
among us should be indebted to the other," he said.
Figures by Zimbabwe government indicate that the volume of trade between
Zimbabwe and Malawi had climbed up 170 percent between 1997 and 1999 and exports
to Malawi floating around 192 percent during the same period.
Malawi on other hand, her exports to Zimbabwe have only grown by 56 percent
hence still nursing a increasing trade imbalance.


*****

Zimbabwe faces
               sanctions threat

               Mugabe: Invited observers but excluded Britain
               The European Union has said it will impose
               targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe if its
               government fails to ensure the deployment of
               an EU team of observers for presidential
               elections within a week.

               The decision came as President Robert Mugabe
               invited international observers, which include
               the EU - to the 9-10 March elections in March.

               But he specifically ruled
               out any observers from
               Britain - the former
               colonial power.

               And he did not say
               when the observers
               would be allowed in or
               what access they
               would be granted.

               Several EU members were said to be reluctant
               to impose immediate sanctions, such as the
               freezing of assets abroad, arguing that it
               would give Mr Mugabe's government an excuse
               to exclude monitors.

               Instead the EU has given Zimbabwe until 3
               February.

               UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who has
               been pressing his EU colleagues for sanctions,
               said before Monday's meeting that it was time
               to put President Mugabe "on the spot" amid
               mounting violence ahead of the election.

               "The tragedy unfolding in Zimbabwe is driven
               by one man's ruthless campaign to hang on to
               power whatever the cost," Mr Straw told the
               Guardian newspaper.

               In a letter sent to
               Brussels a week ago,
               Zimbabwe committed
               itself to inviting
               observers.

               And Mr Mugabe was
               quoted as saying at a
               meeting on Monday
               with state media
               reporters that Nigeria
               and the South African Development Community
               could send observers immediately.

               Observers from the Commonwealth, the EU -
               excluding Britain - and other regional and
               international organisations could go at a later,
               unspecified date, he said.

               'Disgrace'

               Over the past few days the British Government
               has backed away from the idea of trying to get
               EU sanctions imposed at once.

               But Mr Straw said on
               Sunday that Mr
               Mugabe's actions had
               sullied the reputation
               of the whole of
               southern Africa.

               "Clearly what has been
               happening in Zimbabwe
               is totally
               unacceptable," he said.

               "And I think the word
               the Prime Minister
               [Tony Blair] used last
               Wednesday was that
               Mugabe's actions were a disgrace to his own
               country."

               EU foreign ministers debated cutting aid to the
               troubled country and a travel ban Zimbabwean
               governmental figures.

               The EU has repeatedly urged Mr Mugabe to
               end political violence.

               It wants him to organise fair presidential
               elections, ensure freedom of the press and to
               end the continued illegal occupations of
               white-owned farms by so-called war veterans.

               It is also concerned about new proposed
               legislation that would severely censor the
               country's media and restrict foreign reporting
               in the country.

               The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group
               could decide to recommend Zimbabwe's
               suspension when it meets on Wednesday.

               But BBC diplomatic correspondent Barnaby
               Mason says a full decision cannot be made
               until the Commonwealth heads of state summit
               at the beginning of March.

*****

Analysis: Crunch time
               for Mugabe

               Zimbabwe's neighbours remain opposed to sanctions
               By BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget
               Kendall

               The message from Monday's meeting of EU
               foreign ministers in Brussels was that their
               patience is finally running out with Zimbabwe's
               President, Robert Mugabe.

               Up till now they have brandished the threat of
               targeted sanctions to freeze the bank
               accounts of Mr Mugabe and his colleagues and
               ban them from coming to Europe, but held
               back from implementing them.

               But Monday's gathering decided to take action.
               President Mugabe has been given a week, no
               more, to let in international election observers
               and give foreign journalists proper access to
               free and fair elections, or he will face the
               consequences.

               Targeted sanctions against him and the rest of
               his government will begin to bite.

               'Vague promises'

               Typically, as the ministers in Brussels mulled
               over the options, word came from Harare of
               new assurances: that Mr Mugabe would
               accept foreign journalists and international
               election observers, though not, apparently
               from Britain or the Netherlands.

               But diplomats did not
               seem impressed. They
               pointed out that
               President Mugabe had
               made vague promises
               like that before. What
               they want now is
               concrete action to
               approve monitors who
               are already being lined
               up to start going in this
               Sunday.

               It was left to Jack
               Straw, Britain's foreign secretary, to announce
               what the EU intended.

               "My message is that the European Union means
               business, " he said. "We want to see Zimbabwe
               operate free and fair elections, or the
               leadership - not the people - will pay the
               penalty."

               He added that expectations were not high, so
               that is why it had been made clear that
               sanctions would follow.

               Opposition hopes

               There is a particular reason to give Mr Mugabe
               this one more chance, to calibrate the EU
               response so carefully: what is happening on
               the ground in Zimbabwe.

               In the past few weeks
               there have been
               reports of increasing
               violence from Mr
               Mugabe's militias
               against suspected
               supporters of the main
               opposition party, the
               Movement for
               Democratic Change
               (MDC).

               No longer is the
               violence and
               intimidation just about
               the appropriation of formerly white farmland.
               Opposition headquarters have been
               firebombed, some candidates attacked, some
               even killed, and in some areas systematic
               campaigns have been reported to confiscate
               voting cards from some people.

               But western diplomats have noted that the
               opposition now seems more optimistic.

               Activists say they are becoming more hopeful
               that all this intimidation might in fact backfire.
               They now think there is a real chance that it
               might encourage many ordinary people to vote
               against the president.

               The opposition has not forgotten that it did
               better than expected in the earlier
               parliamentary elections. Opposition leaders
               think they can still win these elections - but
               only if the outside world is there to keep an
               eye on things.

               Rigging fears

               But in Brussels those lobbying for Zimbabwe's
               opposition are wary.

               Grace Kwinjeh is the
               MDC's representative
               In Brussels. She agrees
               there is a chance
               people will use the
               upcoming election to
               register discontent
               with the president, but
               only if they are
               confident it will not be
               rigged.

               And that means not
               just getting proper
               election monitors in -
               they must have a clear mandate, with access
               to polling stations, to opposition as well as
               government campaigners and a real ability to
               monitor the situation.

               Otherwise the international presence will simply
               lend credence to a process that does not
               deserve it.

               But what if Mr Mugabe refuses to comply?

               In one way what the EU decision boils down to
               is that the threat of sanctions often proves
               more effective than sanctions themselves.

               Feeble response?

               What British and other European diplomats fear
               is that once sanctions are imposed and Mr
               Mugabe decides the international door has
               been shut in his face, he will have no incentive
               to co-operate.

               Then how will the
               outside world persuade
               him to allow
               international observers
               in to monitor the
               election?

               One organisation based
               in Brussels thinks all this
               new pressure now may
               be coming too late.

               The International Crisis
               Group (ICG) in one of
               its latest reports
               dismissed the international response to
               Zimbabwe so far as all bark and no bite.

               Its conclusion is that sanctions should be
               imposed without delay, and in fact should have
               been imposed months ago if they were to have
               any real impact on March's elections.

               "We don't think he'll let international observers
               in and let the elections be free and fair," says
               the ICG's Africa programme co-director
               Fabienne Hara. "Time is running out, and quiet
               diplomacy has been tried, and basically it has
               not worked."

               US and Commonwealth roles

               There are still other international pressure
               points to bring to bear.

               The US Congress has already approved a bill
               that would allow the US president to impose
               targeted sanctions, echoing those being
               threatened by Europe.

               But perhaps most important are the symbolic
               steps the Commonwealth could take. The eight
               foreign ministers of their Ministerial Action
               Group meet in London on Wednesday.

               Britain is also part of that grouping and has
               already said it will recommend calling for
               Zimbabwe's suspension from the
               Commonwealth for what UK Prime Minister
               Tony Blair last week in the British parliament
               called President Mugabe's "disgraceful" actions.

               Whether the African foreign ministers at the
               meeting will agree is still uncertain. Until now,
               many of them have argued quiet diplomacy
               would be more effective.

               But concern about the violence that might
               overshadow these elections is considerable.
               Many will be watching Wednesday's meeting
               closely.

*****

Zimbabwe Requires Youth Training

By Angus Shaw
Associated Press Writer
Monday, January 28, 2002; 7:23 PM

HARARE, Zimbabwe ** Zimbabwe's government announced plans Monday to make
national youth service
training compulsory, a move the opposition says is an effort to create a private
army.

State radio said high school graduates would be required to undergo the training
to instill them with "patriotism"
and what it calls an unbiased understanding of the country's history.

But the opposition claims that the youth groups are basically unarmed militia
that have been used to assault and
intimidate critics of President Robert Mugabe.

Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, is fighting for
political survival ahead of upcoming
presidential elections scheduled for March.

But his brutal crackdown on the opposition * tacit government approval of
violence against opposition activists
and legislation aimed at silencing any dissent in the southern African country *
has been criticized by the
international community.

On Monday the European Union threatened the government with economic and
diplomatic sanctions if Mugabe
failed to improve Zimbabwe's human rights record.

The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change called on the government to
disband youth groups who
have already graduated from a state training camp in northeastern Zimbabwe.

The opposition blames the groups, many dressed in green military-style uniforms,
of disrupting its meetings and
rallies ahead of upcoming elections.

Officials said ruling party militants including youth militias disrupted two of
its weekend campaign rallies in Harare.

"It is meant to stop our campaign. Canceling rallies is an option we could have
to consider," Opposition
spokesman Learnmore Jongwe said, citing the safety of opposition supporters.

At least 18 people were injured in clashes between rival supporters. The
opposition said one of its followers died
Saturday from injuries suffered at the rally the week before.

The death brought to eight the official tally by police of political related
killings this month. Independent human
rights groups have blamed most of the violence on militants from the ruling
ZANU-PF party.

At least 100 people died in political violence last year and thousands have been
left homeless from the unrest.

Wow...I didn't think that was you in the pictures....


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WFP Acts to Reduce Child Hunger

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
January 28, 2002
Posted to the web January 28, 2002
The World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi has pre-positioned rations at all 84 nutrition rehabilitation units (NRU) it supports at hospitals and clinics across the country to minimise the effect of this year's severe food shortages on children under five years old.
The UN food agency's Ayoub al-Jaloudi told IRIN that WFP usually expected an increase in admissions at the NRUs during the "lean season", which runs from December up until around harvest time in March. "Every year the number of admissions increases by about 20 percent during this time. This year the situation has been exacerbated by the food shortage," he said.
Malawi is in the grip of a serious food shortage, with the government diverting average daily imports of about 1,200 mt of maize to the most affected southern regions of the country. Recent news reports have indicated that the number of malnourished children being treated at hospitals and clinics are on the increase.
Al-Jaloudi said that while he could not provide exact figures, about 2,000 children under five years old were treated at these centres at any given time, needing food and care. He said the rations provided to the children - and sometimes to their mothers - included milk powder, maize meal and oil.
"All the hospitals (which run WFP-supported NRUs) have food up to the end of March," al-Jaloudi said.

Makande's Bail Application Set for Friday

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 30, 2002
Posted to the web January 30, 2002
Daily Times Reporter
Blantre
THE state yesterday said they were not ready to argue on bail applicatoin for
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Committee chair Hophmally Makande, arrested
early January allegedly for murdering Charles Waya in 1997.
Appearing before Justice Atanazio Tembo in his chambers at Blantyre High Court,
State Advocate Gaston Mwanelupembe said defence counsels for Makande served them
with bail applications affidavits on Thursday.
"We are still waiting for more witnesses from Police," Mwenelupembe pleaded
while asking for more time.
Justice Tembo adjourned the bail application to Friday.
Makande was arrested together with UDF Young Democrat Yasin Nganga Aziz after
they were named in connection to the disappearance and alleged death of Waya.


*****

Inquiry On Artist's Death Over

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 30, 2002
Posted to the web January 30, 2002
Anthony Kasunda
Blantyre
4The commission of inquiry appointed by President Bakili Muluzi to investigate
the death of reggae artist Evison Matafale under police custody has concluded
its inquiries.
The secretary to the commission, Glyn Chimbamba said yesterday that 47 people
have testified before the commission of inquiry sat in Blantyre and Lilongwe.

Chimbamba, however, said those who had no chance to testify but think could
provide the commission with important information could still come forward.
"The idea is not to leave out anybody who feel has some information. The
commission is living the door open for more witnesses," he said adding that even
if nobody comes forward, the commissioners so far have enough information to
compile a report.
He said members of the commission will be meeting soon to come up with a final
report which will be presented to the president by the end of next month.
Among those, who have testified are family members, Rastafarians, police
officers, prison officers, prison warders and medical personnel, according to
Chimbamba.
The secretary could not commit himself to disclose the findings of the inquiry
but said the witnesses were cooperative throughout and gave "vital information."
He said people should hold their patience until the commissioners have released
a detailed report on the findings sourced since January 3.
The commission of inquiry comprises lawyer Kalekeni Kaphale, medical doctor
Randy Gombwa, musician Lucius Banda, Catholic priest Fr George Buleya and Malawi
Distilleries Limited Managing Director Gwen Sauti-Phiri.
The President instituted the six-member commission to investigate the death of
Matafale who died under police custody on charges of authoring a seditious
letter.


*****

Danish Government Stop Aid

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 30, 2002
Posted to the web January 30, 2002
Mabvuto Banda
Blantyre
THE Danish government yesterday announced the decision that they have stopped
their financial assistance to Malawi and decided to close the Danish Centre for
Human Rights, a body which has been supporting many human rights institutions in
the country.
Diplomatic sources in Lilongwe told Daily Times that the Danish government
announced the decision during the presentation of their 2002/03 budget in
parliament yesterday.

"The Danish government have finally announced that there are getting out of
Malawi following differences that occurred last year over the audit report and
other related issues. They have also decided to close the Danish Centre for
Human Rights," a source said yesterday.
The Danish decision comes after President Bakili Muluzi made scathing remarks on
donor nations accusing them of using aid to influence political change.
Finance Minister Friday Jumbe said yesterday he was not aware of the development
and hoped that he would be briefed in due course.
"Since you are saying that it has been announced today [yesterday] then I am yet
to be told," Jumbe said.
The Danes threatened to pull out of Malawi late last year after Ambassador Olral
Bakdal differed with government over their funds. In the process Bakdal was
accused of insulting President Bakili Muluzi and was immediately expelled from
Malawi.
The Danes in Lilongwe claimed that Ambassador Bakdal was despised because his
blunt accusation on the way the Inter Party Committee chaired by UDF secretary
general Katenga Kaunda spent the K10 million given to it citing possible misuse.
The committee was formed to help ease the growing acrimony between parties in
the country.
The closure of the centre for human rights will affect the Ombudsman's office,
and other human rights organisations in the country.
Other projects, which employ a lot Malawians likely to be affected are the Lake
Chilwa Wetland Project, the decentralisation programme for local government.
They have also been behind the Tevet (Technical, Enterpreneur, Vocational and
Educational Training) project among many others.
The decision will also likely worsen the already bad state of foreign reserves
donor caused by the European Union (EU) and U.S. decision to withhold funds
amounting to K1.5 billion earmarked in the 2001/02 budget.
But Jumbe dismissed suggestions that the EU and U.S. position on Malawi has led
to the slow inflow of funds.
"The only reason for that is that there has been some delays in finishing the
negotiations with IMF. We have then decided to meet the IMF mission in February
and then everything will be okay," Jumbe said.
A latest report by the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee reflect the
depleting foreign reserves in the country which have reduced the import cover
from the targeted 4.5 months to 3.7 months.
The committee also reported a massive increase in government borrowing through
newly-introduced RMB bills and Treasury Bills which have gone up.
President Bakili Muluzi was yesterday trying to lobby the British Minister for
Overseas Development Claire Short to speed up the disbursement of funds.
Britain supports almost 80 percent of the recurrent budget for Malawi.


*****

Doctors Still Monitoring Siamese Twins

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 30, 2002
Posted to the web January 30, 2002
Frank Namangale
Blantyre
Doctors at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) are still monitoring the
siamese twins born on Christmas Day at Mwanza District Hospital and undecided on
the operation to separate them.
The twins, who turned 31 days yesterday, according to Hospital Director Ibrahim
Idana, were in good health and that doctors were monitoring them to see what to
do next.
Asked about the possibilities of the operation by the local hospital, Idana said
they are still undecided.
Hospital Administrator Daisy Mbalame also said the siamese twins were fine and
are growing healthy.
But a nurse working in the nursery disclosed that the twins developed sores
because they can only sleep by one side. She, however, said medication was
applied to cure the sores.
Three weeks ago a surgeon, Erick Borgstein, told Daily Times that doctors were
set to operate on the twins in two or three months' time.
The female siamese twins who are joined at the belly below the sternum, have two
hands each, three legs and are using the same excretion organ.
Their mother Esnart Dickson, 42, gave birth through Ceasarian operation.
The family had earlier in January called for support from the general public
financially should the doctors recommend that the twins be operated out of the
country.


*****

Southern Africa 'backs
               Mugabe'

               Zimbabwe is playing down a meeting of
               Commonwealth foreign ministers in London on
               Wednesday, which is set to consider a call by
               Britain for its suspension from the organisation.

               UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has accused
               President Robert Mugabe's government of
               repeatedly abusing human rights in the run-up
               to the presidential election in March.

               But Zimbabwe's
               state-run newspaper
               The Herald says most
               southern African
               states, including South
               Africa, are opposed to
               the meeting.

               As the meeting gets
               underway, the
               Zimbabwean parliament
               is again due to debate
               a controversial bill on
               controlling the media.

               The Herald said most of the ambassadors to
               Harare of the 14 states in the Southern African
               Development Community (SADC) had written to
               the Commonwealth's Secretary General, Don
               McKinnon, to say that the London meeting had
               no basis or merit.

               Botswana, the current
               chair of the
               Commonwealth
               Ministerial Action Group,
               was the only state not
               to sign the letter.

               Correspondents say
               that African and Asian countries are less keen
               on suspending Zimbabwe than Australia and
               Canada.

               Even if the London meeting does support
               suspending Zimbabwe, the measure can only
               be implemented at a meeting of heads of
               government in Australia in early March - a
               week before the election.

               Threat

               European Union foreign ministers have already
               agreed to impose sanctions on the
               Zimbabwean leadership within a week if
               President Mugabe fails to meet certain
               conditions.

               BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins
               says a Commonwealth decision in favour of
               suspension would be ground-breaking, because
               in the past states have only been suspended
               where power was seized illegally - generally in
               a coup.

               The last country that
               was suspended,
               Pakistan, was
               disciplined because
               General Pervez
               Musharraf had seized
               power.

               Mr Straw is expected to
               tell his colleagues from
               the eight-member
               Commonwealth
               Ministerial Action Group
               that the government-backed campaign of
               intimidation and violence against the opposition
               violates principles agreed by Commonwealth
               members more than a decade ago.

               Political violence in Zimbabwe has increased in
               recent weeks, ahead of the election, which are
               scheduled for 9-10 March.

               Crackdown continues

               Mr Mugabe has called a meeting of his MPs to
               hammer out a common front before parliament
               meets again on Wednesday to debate the
               media bill.

               The media bill would give the government tight
               control on all journalists operating in the
               country and foreign correspondents would only
               be allowed in to cover specific events.

               Journalists would have
               to apply to a
               government-appointed
               commission for a licence
               every year and risk two
               years in prison for
               breaking a long list of
               regulations.

               The government had
               originally wanted to
               pass the bill last year
               and debate has been
               delayed on several occasions following criticism
               from journalists, the international community
               and southern African leaders.

               A split loomed in the ruling Zanu-PF party on
               Tuesday when MP Eddison Zvobgo, who chairs
               the parliamentary legal committee which vets
               all legislation, condemned the bill.

               "I can say without
               equivocation that this
               bill in the original form
               was the most
               calculated and
               determined assault on
               our liberties guaranteed
               by the constitution,"
               he said.

               Mr Zvobgo is a
               long-standing rival of
               Mr Mugabe and was
               sacked from cabinet in
               2000.

               He still has some following among other
               Zanu-PF MPs.

               Observers

               Mr Mugabe has said he will allow international
               observers to attend the forthcoming polls, but
               will bar any from Britain, the former colonial
               power.

               The European Union will
               send about six election
               observers to Harare on
               2-3 February as an
               advance party to test
               the water.

               At least 39 southern
               African
               parliamentarians are
               said to be preparing to
               observe the polls in
               Zimbabwe.

               The Associated Press
               news agency reported that SADC lawmakers
               would arrive in Zimbabwe at least a month
               ahead of the election.

*****

New Zimbabwe radio station
       rocks the airwaves

       GRIFFIN SHEA | Wednesday

       AS Zimbabwe's government tries to block out independent media
       ahead of the March presidential election, a new shortwave radio
       station has managed to bypass the regime and take to the
       airwaves.
       Barred by restrictive legislation from broadcasting within
       Zimbabwe, SW Radio Africa has set up in Britain, but is run by
       Zimbabwean expatriates and people who moved from here to work
       on the station.
       Since mid-December the station has aired three hours a day of
       music, news and a phone-in program * where listeners dial a
       local number in Zimbabwe and receive a call back to talk on the
       show.
       Callers have flooded the line, talking about food shortages in
       Zimbabwe, the widespread political violence, and the trouble
       finding jobs during the nation's worst-ever economic crisis.
       One other station, Voice of the People, had already turned to the
       shortwave solution before the June 2000 parliamentary elections.
       Its programs are pre-recorded in Zimbabwe, and then transmitted
       from outside the country.
       There's no effective way of measuring the number of listeners in
       Zimbabwe, but 300 000 people have visited SW Radio Africa's
       website, which offers a simulcast and archives of the broadcasts,
       said the station's representative Gerry Jackson by telephone.
       The last time Jackson helped start a radio station, in October
       2000, Zimbabwe's government sent armed police to shut it down
       and seize its equipment in Harare after less than one week on the
       air.
       The police action, which sealed off half a floor in Harare's Crowne
       Plaza hotel, came despite a landmark Supreme Court case that
       briefly ended the government monopoly on the airwaves and
       allowed Capital Radio to broadcast.
       Government's response to her latest venture has not been kind.
       "They want to willy-nilly continue to beam their illegal broadcasts
       in the vain hope of rendering Zimbabwe ungovernable by
       promoting political violence, tribal division and ethnic hatred,"
       information minister Jonathan Moyo said in the state-run Herald
       newspaper.
       "They have all the trappings of the genocide broadcasts in
       Rwanda, and we don't want to have to act after the fact," he said.
       President Robert Mugabe even succeeded in convincing
       neighbouring leaders to criticise the broadcasts.
       He left a summit of the Southern African Development Community
       (SADC) this month with a communiqué that expressed "concern"
       that broadcasters overseas were airing "hostile and inciting
       propaganda against the government".
       The state press has also raised a storm claiming that the station
       is a tool of the British government, and over the fact that it
       receives funding from a branch of the US Agency for International
       Development (USAid).
       "How did it get to this? This is supposed to be about rock and
       roll," Jackson said of the controversy.
       "The focus of the story is the situation in Zimbabwe," she said.
       "Our concern is the increase in violence in the country, and the
       fact that there is no freedom of speech and no freedom on
       assembly."
       "If you were trying to keep Mugabe happy all the time, you'd be
       very limited in what you can do," she said.
       Mugabe passed a new broadcasting law in 2000 that effectively
       barred Capital Radio from transmitting and placed enormous
       obstacles to other would-be broadcasters.
       Two weeks ago, his government forced through a new security
       law that criminalises criticism of the president and effectively bars
       political assemblies.
       This week, Mugabe's government will again try to pass a new
       press law that will ban foreigners from working permanently in
       Zimbabwe and make all journalists answerable to a commission
       hand-picked by Moyo. - AFP

What do people think of the binding together of Peace Corps with Americorps
and a new "Citizens Corps" (for emergency response and security efforts, I
understand) under a new superstructure: the USA Freedom Corps?  Will this
help, hurt, or make no difference to Peace Corps?  It is not obvious to me
that there is a need for such a structure, except that it creates another
patrotic-sounding title for politicians to say.  However, my lack of
understanding of its benefits does not imply I am condemning the idea.  I
would like to hear some other people's thoughts.

Note to Paul:  thoughts should be expressed concisely and in less than half
a dozen emails.

-Eric

My humble opinions.  I realize I sound rather conspiracy-theorist here.

If Bush really wanted to promote and expand the Peace Corps (double it, he
says), if he really wanted it to become some significant part of his overall
foreign policy, he would not have appointed Gaddi Vasquez as director.

If the goals of the organization were not going to change with this
consolidation, it is unlikely that the name would be changed in the way, and it
is unlikely that he would be proposing such a politically charged word as
"Freedom".  Anyone remember Reagan's use of "freedom fighters"?  Anyone remember
the name "Operation Enduring Freedom"?  Are these names associated in American
minds with peaceful and nation-building activities?  The name Peace Corps
represents exactly the organization I wished to serve.  The name "Freedom Corps"
does not.  After 40 years, why change the name if he weren't trying to change
the focus?

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Bone [mailto:bone@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ujeni] USA Freedom Corps: curse or blessing?
>
>
> What do people think of the binding together of Peace Corps
> with Americorps
> and a new "Citizens Corps" (for emergency response and
> security efforts, I
> understand) under a new superstructure: the USA Freedom
> Corps?  Will this
> help, hurt, or make no difference to Peace Corps?  It is not
> obvious to me
> that there is a need for such a structure, except that it
> creates another
> patrotic-sounding title for politicians to say.  However, my lack of
> understanding of its benefits does not imply I am condemning
> the idea.  I
> would like to hear some other people's thoughts.
>
> Note to Paul:  thoughts should be expressed concisely and in
> less than half
> a dozen emails.
>
> -Eric
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>

Hear, hear, Mark.

I also have concerns about expanding PC.  It seems to me that volunteer safety
might get a short shrift if the goal is to double the number of PCVs in the
field.  PC hasn't yet reached Clinton's goal of 10,000 PCVs, which was set out
how long ago?, and now there's supposed to be even more?  Unless PC goes back
into countries we "graduated,"  I'm not sure there's that many safe places to
go.  Maybe I'm being alarmist about that.  But the other point is that PC has a
hard time finding qualified applicants for the available space now.  Granted,
the job market has slowed down so maybe that has improved, but they'll probably
need to come up with more competitive incentives if they really want to get that
many more PCVs.

Anyway, take a look at the press release from PC today.  It talks about some of
the places they are looking at expanding into.

http://www.peacecorps.gov/news/news/view.cfm?news_id=606

>>> <holland@...> 1/30/02 2:42 PM >>>
My humble opinions.  I realize I sound rather conspiracy-theorist here.

If Bush really wanted to promote and expand the Peace Corps (double it, he
says), if he really wanted it to become some significant part of his overall
foreign policy, he would not have appointed Gaddi Vasquez as director.

If the goals of the organization were not going to change with this
consolidation, it is unlikely that the name would be changed in the way, and it
is unlikely that he would be proposing such a politically charged word as
"Freedom".  Anyone remember Reagan's use of "freedom fighters"?  Anyone remember
the name "Operation Enduring Freedom"?  Are these names associated in American
minds with peaceful and nation-building activities?  The name Peace Corps
represents exactly the organization I wished to serve.  The name "Freedom Corps"
does not.  After 40 years, why change the name if he weren't trying to change
the focus?

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Bone [mailto:bone@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ujeni] USA Freedom Corps: curse or blessing?
>
>
> What do people think of the binding together of Peace Corps
> with Americorps
> and a new "Citizens Corps" (for emergency response and
> security efforts, I
> understand) under a new superstructure: the USA Freedom
> Corps?  Will this
> help, hurt, or make no difference to Peace Corps?  It is not
> obvious to me
> that there is a need for such a structure, except that it
> creates another
> patrotic-sounding title for politicians to say.  However, my lack of
> understanding of its benefits does not imply I am condemning
> the idea.  I
> would like to hear some other people's thoughts.
>
> Note to Paul:  thoughts should be expressed concisely and in
> less than half
> a dozen emails.
>
> -Eric

Christine, I agree with you, particularly regarding recruitment and
retention.  We can make PC more attractive and increase the applicant pool,
but will they stay?

PC already has a 30% ET rate.  I wonder not only about quantity, but also
about quality of candidates for a Peace Corps that size.

Liz

-----Original Message-----
From: Christine Chumbler [mailto:cchumble@...]
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:12 PM
To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: [ujeni] USA Freedom Corps: curse or blessing?


Hear, hear, Mark.

I also have concerns about expanding PC.  It seems to me that volunteer
safety might get a short shrift if the goal is to double the number of PCVs
in the field.  PC hasn't yet reached Clinton's goal of 10,000 PCVs, which
was set out how long ago?, and now there's supposed to be even more?  Unless
PC goes back into countries we "graduated,"  I'm not sure there's that many
safe places to go.  Maybe I'm being alarmist about that.  But the other
point is that PC has a hard time finding qualified applicants for the
available space now.  Granted, the job market has slowed down so maybe that
has improved, but they'll probably need to come up with more competitive
incentives if they really want to get that many more PCVs.

Anyway, take a look at the press release from PC today.  It talks about some
of the places they are looking at expanding into.

http://www.peacecorps.gov/news/news/view.cfm?news_id=606

>>> <holland@...> 1/30/02 2:42 PM >>>
My humble opinions.  I realize I sound rather conspiracy-theorist here.

If Bush really wanted to promote and expand the Peace Corps (double it, he
says), if he really wanted it to become some significant part of his overall
foreign policy, he would not have appointed Gaddi Vasquez as director.

If the goals of the organization were not going to change with this
consolidation, it is unlikely that the name would be changed in the way, and
it is unlikely that he would be proposing such a politically charged word as
"Freedom".  Anyone remember Reagan's use of "freedom fighters"?  Anyone
remember the name "Operation Enduring Freedom"?  Are these names associated
in American minds with peaceful and nation-building activities?  The name
Peace Corps represents exactly the organization I wished to serve.  The name
"Freedom Corps" does not.  After 40 years, why change the name if he weren't
trying to change the focus?

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Bone [mailto:bone@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ujeni] USA Freedom Corps: curse or blessing?
>
>
> What do people think of the binding together of Peace Corps
> with Americorps
> and a new "Citizens Corps" (for emergency response and
> security efforts, I
> understand) under a new superstructure: the USA Freedom
> Corps?  Will this
> help, hurt, or make no difference to Peace Corps?  It is not
> obvious to me
> that there is a need for such a structure, except that it
> creates another
> patrotic-sounding title for politicians to say.  However, my lack of
> understanding of its benefits does not imply I am condemning
> the idea.  I
> would like to hear some other people's thoughts.
>
> Note to Paul:  thoughts should be expressed concisely and in
> less than half
> a dozen emails.
>
> -Eric





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Britain Cautions Muluzi Over Governance

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 31, 2002
Posted to the web January 31, 2002
Blantyre
BRITAIN has challenged President Bakili Muluzi to improve on governance as well
as financial and economic management if Malawi is to resume getting British
funds which were stopped in December last year.
British High Commission Political and Press Officer Michael Nevin said yesterday
the British Overseas Development Minister Calire Short had raised her
government's concerns with Muluzi on Tuesday.

"The meeting was useful and frank. We were supposed to give a tranche of
budgetary support but because of some concerns on governance, financial and
economic management we decided to delay the support in December and that's what
the meeting between the President and Claire Short discussed," he said.
Nevin disclosed that the meeting discussed the issue of Malawi High Court judges
who face parliament-sanctioned impeachment and said Britain will base its
decision to speed up disbursement of the funds after the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) mission completes negotiations with Malawi in February.
Finance Minister Friday Jumbe announced on Tuesday that an IMF mission will be
coming to Malawi next month to finalise negotiations delayed for reason he did
not give.
Nevin said Britain assured the President of its continued support and that
Britain will not pull out.
Denmark on Tuesday announced its decision to pull out of Malawi and close the
Danish Centre for Human Rights because of alleged misuse of funds.
Muluzi, who is on his way to the US, stopped over in London to lobby the British
government to speed up the disbursement of funds in the wake of dwindling
foreing reserves. The country's reserves have gone down from 4.5 months of
import cover to 3.7 months after the European Union and the US withheld K1.5
billion.
On Monday, Muluzi met Sir David Steel.
The President last week attacked Malawi's Western donors and accused them of
using aid to influence political change.
Muluzi will be away for three weeks in the US where he is expected to meet
American Secretary of State Collin Powell in his capacity as Southern Africa
Development Community (Sadc) chair to discuss Zimbabwe.
He will also meet World Bank President James Wolfesohn and officials from the
IMF.


*****

The math in this story doesn't seem quite right but...

7,500 Teachers Dying of Aids Yearly

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 31, 2002
Posted to the web January 31, 2002
Tamanda Matebule
Blantyre
ABOUT 7,500 teachers in Malawi die of HIV/Aids-related diseases every year
because they resist behavioural change, an official disclosed yesterday.
"Six to eight percent of the 60,000 teachers in the Ministry of Education across
the country, die of HIV-related diseases each year, according to latest
estimates," said the ministry's Controller of Human Resources Management and
Development Aubrey Mvula.
Mvula said this in Blantyre during a press briefing.
He bemoaned the alarming statistics, saying government is spending a lot of
money training teachers who end up dying from the epidemic.
"This is the case because most teachers are resistant to change their moral
behaviour. I think it's time to change and talk about it now," Mvula said.
The Ministry of Education Science and Technology is the largest employer in the
Civil Service with over 60,000 on its payroll.
The ministry has come under increasing pressure from civil society to
incorporate HIV/Aids into school curricula.
The ministry's Director of Secondary Education Charles Gunsaru observed that
since 1989 the curriculum has never been revised.
"That revision will help us incorporate the social, political and economic
changes that have taken place," Gunsaru said.

*****

Aids Drugs Run Short in Hospitals

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 31, 2002
Posted to the web January 31, 2002
Penelope Paliani-Kamanga
Blantyre
The country's two public referral hospitals have run out of anti-retroviral
drugs which keep the Aids virus at bay following government delay to buy the
drug, leaving sufferers on the drug complaning of a probable immunity
deterioration.
Health Secretary Richard Pendame confirmed in an interview yesterday that Queen
Elizabeth and Lilongwe central hospitals had run out of the drug because
Treasury has not deposited on time money at the accountant general who pass on
to the Ministry's revolving fund.
However, Pendame said the ministry has been advised to separate the account used
to deposit money for buying the drug to avoid delays.
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital Director Ibrahim Idala also confirmed that the
hospital had run out of the drug following the hiccup but was optimistic that
the drugs would be available by Friday.
He said roughly the hospital handles 400 cases receiving the monthly concoction
ats K2,000.
The shortage has put sufferers on the drug in a predicament.
One sufferer, who has since complained to the hospital officials, feared the
scarcity would jeopardise his immunity.
He, speaking on behalf of a group of clients, said counsellors advised them to
take the drugs monthly or the virus would multiply.
Publicity Officer for Aids Counselling and Training Society John Chisi said it
is dangerous for the sufffers who have been on the drug to stop taking the drug
as this could lead to multiplication of the virus.
"We just hope the delay want take more that a month because the sufferers may
end with a bad combination. Actually we encourage the sufferers to take the
anti-retroviral drugs non-stop for the rest of their life," he said.
Chisi warned that if the drugs are in short supply, the virus might develop
resistant to the drugs.
"The virus multiplication is suppressed by the drug and stopping the drug might
lead to failure of viral control and the virus might develop viral resistance to
the drugs," he said.


*****

WFP Increase Food Rations

Daily Times (Blantyre)
January 31, 2002
Posted to the web January 31, 2002
Mabvuto Banda
Blantyre
WORLD Food Programme (WFP) has increased food rations for children in national
rehabilitation units (NRU) across the country to minimise the effects of this
year's severe food shortages.
Alyoub al-Jaloudi, an official with the food agency, confirmed the WFP has
already prepared itself on rations at all 84 NRUs it supports at hospitals and
clinics in the country to reduce the effect of hunger on children under 5 years
old.
"Every year the number of admissions increases by about 20 percent during this
time. This year the situation has been exacerbated by the food shortages,"
al-Jaloudi told a UN news network.
The food situation is worsening across the country with the Southern Region
worst hit.
The situation has forced government to start diverting average daily imports of
about 1,200 metric tonnes of maize to the most affected parts of the country.
Moyo House, a special ward for undernourished children at Queen Elizabeth
Central Hospital (QECH) in Blantyre, reported 10 children a day being admitted
on hunger related illnesses.
QECH director Ibrahim Idaana told Malawi News this week that malnutrition is a
big problem at this time of the year.


*****

Mugabe is practicing 'state
       terrorism'

       Copenhagen, Harare | Thursday

       AS Denmark signalled it's intention to cut aid to Zimbabwe, and
       other nations maintained by 'dictators', Zimbabwe's Foreign
       Minister Stan Mudenge slammed the European Union and the
       Commonwealth for threatening sanctions, accusing the bodies of
       perpetuating "an archaic colonial relationship".
       Mudenge's comments were the first official government reaction to
       an EU demand on Monday for Zimbabwe to agree by February 3
       to allow a European observer team to monitor polls on March
       9-10.
       If Harare refuses to accept the observers, EU foreign ministers
       said they would apply "targetted sanctions" against Mugabe's
       regime.
       Other than Zimbabwe, Denmark moved on Thursday to end aid to
       Malawi and Eritrea, and to reduce aid to Uganda, because it
       "does not want to maintain dictators in power," the foreign
       ministry said.
       The decision was included in the draft budget for 2002 presented
       by Finance Minister Thor Pedersen on Tuesday, which slashed
       the aid Denmark will pay to developing countries by 201-million
       euros ($173 million dollars).
       "We have to use our money in an appropriate and efficient
       manner, and that holds true in the domain of international
       cooperation, too," Pedersen told the public television channel
       DR1, on Tuesday night.
       "We have always said that we do not want to support countries
       which are ruled by dictators," he added.
       Pedersen singled out Mugabe's government for criticism.
       "The reason we are totally stopping aid to Zimbabwe at the
       moment is because President Robert Mugabe practices state
       terrorism. I think it would be shameful for Denmark to sustain a
       cooperation partnership with such a nation," the minister said.
       "Denmark's international cooperation partners must respect
       human rights, fight corruption and follow sound business
       practises," Pedersen said, adding that any countries that slipped
       from those principles risked "no longer benefiting from our aid."
       Meanwhile, Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Stan Mudenge on
       Thursday slammed the European Union and the Commonwealth
       for threatening sanctions, accusing the bodies of perpetuating "an
       archaic colonial relationship".
       The statement came a day after the Commonwealth Ministerial
       Action Group (CMAG) voiced concern over President Robert
       Mugabe's crackdown on political opponents ahead of March
       presidential elections.
       "It is clear to us that the manner in which the situation in this
       country is being treated by the CMAG and the EU is an attempt
       to perpetuate an archaic colonial relationship between Europe and
       Africa," Mudenge told the official Ziana news agency.
       "We have no dialogue, but a monologue, for although we have
       raised our own concerns about external interference, we have
       received neither a response nor an acknowledgement," he said.
       On Monday, Mugabe invited several organisations, mostly of
       African states, to send observers to the election.
       The EU and the Commonwealth were invited, but he specifically
       excluded Britain from joining their teams.
       Mugabe also said the EU could only come as part of a joint
       delegation with the ACP grouping of African, Caribbean and
       Pacific nations, which the ACP would lead.
       The EU and the ACP nations, including Zimbabwe, offer each
       other trade privileges through an agreement signed in Cotonou in
       June 2000. - AFP

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hey all,

i'd hate to see the name of Peace Corps changed or the qualifications for
entrance significantly changed.

-sb

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 holland@... wrote:

>_My humble opinions.  I realize I sound rather conspiracy-theorist here.
>_
>_If Bush really wanted to promote and expand the Peace Corps (double it, he
says), if he really wanted it to become some significant part of his overall
foreign policy, he would not have appointed Gaddi Vasquez as director.
>_
>_If the goals of the organization were not going to change with this
consolidation, it is unlikely that the name would be changed in the way, and it
is unlikely that he would be proposing such a politically charged word as
"Freedom".  Anyone remember Reagan's use of "freedom fighters"?  Anyone remember
the name "Operation Enduring Freedom"?  Are these names associated in American
minds with peaceful and nation-building activities?  The name Peace Corps
represents exactly the organization I wished to serve.  The name "Freedom Corps"
does not.  After 40 years, why change the name if he weren't trying to change
the focus?
>_
>_Mark
>_
>_> -----Original Message-----
>_> From: Eric Bone [mailto:bone@...]
>_> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:35 PM
>_> To: ujeni@yahoogroups.com
>_> Subject: [ujeni] USA Freedom Corps: curse or blessing?
>_>
>_>
>_> What do people think of the binding together of Peace Corps
>_> with Americorps
>_> and a new "Citizens Corps" (for emergency response and
>_> security efforts, I
>_> understand) under a new superstructure: the USA Freedom
>_> Corps?  Will this
>_> help, hurt, or make no difference to Peace Corps?  It is not
>_> obvious to me
>_> that there is a need for such a structure, except that it
>_> creates another
>_> patrotic-sounding title for politicians to say.  However, my lack of
>_> understanding of its benefits does not imply I am condemning
>_> the idea.  I
>_> would like to hear some other people's thoughts.
>_>
>_> Note to Paul:  thoughts should be expressed concisely and in
>_> less than half
>_> a dozen emails.
>_>
>_> -Eric
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