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Jeff, =20 Mona Yousry and I are both sending you seperate messages regarding Mr. Larr= y Robinson. I have known Larry for 30 years. I spent 3 years in Tanzania = with Larry and his father when I was 16 years old. My father was the only = M.D. at an 80 bed hospital 40 miles north of Kigoma, Tanzania. =20 Larry is assisting the Maasai tribes in Tanzania by installing solar powere= d water pumps. Larry is looking for creative ways to fund the solar projec= ts, which are obviously energy related. Larry has access to various tribal= art works that could be imported back to the states as well as offering un= ique safaris into areas of East Africa that are not on the map so to speak.= The trading of art or safaris for solar resources seems to some how fit a= model that you are an expert in. Namely trading. =20 Based on what I have read about you, your interest in dangerous and thrilli= ng adventures combined with your access to financial or energy related solu= tions and knowing Larry, a truly one of a kind human being, would you be wi= lling to start a dialog with him? =20 I asked Larry to write something about himself and life in Africa. I am at= taching it as is, for your review. =20 =20 Best Regards, Jonathan =20 Lawrence Robinson: Born in Congo, Central Africa, 1952. =20 My father was born in Zimbabwe, Africa. My parents and grandparents were Mi= ssionaries. My grandparents went to Africa from California in 1912 and are = both buried in Africa. I was raised in very remote areas of the Belgian Con= go and from an early age spent lots of time in the African Bush. This was a= time to learn many of the secrets necessary to survive the African bush an= d love it. I had the opportunity to study and learn animal behavior in ways= that most experts only dream about. Some of my greatest memories are from = times I would take a pocket full of salt with my rifle and go into the bush= for 10 days to 2 weeks at a time, sometimes totally alone. It was also a t= ime to learn about the African people and their languages and cultures. As = time passed and Independence swept the Continent, I saw Zaire, the great la= nd where I was born, turn into a blood bath. I learned more about the most = savage creature of! all. As I saw men slaughter men, women, and children, I= understood better how organized and balanced nature really is. I am a U.S.= Citizen and Resident in Tanzania, East Africa. I am tri-lingual and unders= tand three other African languages. I have an FAA Commercial Pilots license= . Educated in Cape Town, South Africa, Singapore, Beirut, Lebanon, Michigan= , and California. Have two B.S. degrees. One in Agriculture and one in Indu= strial Education. Have traveled around the world many times. My longest ove= rland trip was from Germany to Cape Town driving my own Toyota Land Cruiser= . This was a 10 month journey of over 30,000 miles. Crossing the Sahara Des= ert and the Kalahari Desert before a GPS was available was indeed a great a= dventure. From 1985 to 1992 I owned and operated my own Import Export Compa= ny in Central Africa called "Malaika Zaire". Presently I am Managing Direc= tor and Chairman of the Board of "Solar Universal Network" - a Californian = Non-profit Organization, 501! ©3. Solar Universal Network is also establi= shed in Tanzania as an International NGO since 1995. S.U.N.'s primary focus= is to establish safe, permanent, water supplies for communities in Tanzani= a using alternative energy. An example of our work is at Sukenya, Northern = Tanzania where we are pumping approximately 12,000 gallons of water per day= from 250 feet deep for the Maasai Community using only Solar Energy. This = system has been operating for a year now with outstanding success. When nec= essary, we also use UV Water Purification Units powered by Solar Energy to = purify any contamination which may exist in water supplies. One of the are= as we are now working in is located in Northern Tanzania just South of the = Kenya boarder and just East of the Serengeti National Park. This is conside= red Maasai Land and is fascinating country. Each year hundreds of thousands= Wilderbeasts migrate south through this area to give birth to their young = in the Southern plains of the Serengeti! . The great migration is considere= d one of natures last unmatched marvels on earth. This is the time when the= predators like lions, leopards, cheetah, and hyena are roaming the area. T= here are also heards of Cape Buffalo, Elephant, and many types of antelope = and zebra. Because of the Community Development that S.U.N. has done in thi= s area, we have an exceptional opportunity to hike, camp, and hunt with the= Maasai in this location. I have personally been within 10 yards of a lion = and his kill while on foot with a Maasai warrior and only a spear in hand. = Tanzania is also the land of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Serengeti National Park, Ngo= rongoro Crater, Lake Victoria, and Zanzibar Island. Jonathan Thomas PlugN2 Device Networks 619-917-1221 Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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