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Where Has Woody Been?

Just where have I been since late May. The short answer is, I have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I was working on water projects.
#Congo #water

https://youtu.be/IpZB3ypfHZo 

Seth's Blog : Tools for modern citizens

Do you know Statistics, Germ Theory, Epidemiology, Decision Making, Propaganda and the Status Quo, Semiotics and Indoctrination, the Mechanics of Global Weather, Network Effects, and Artificial Intelligence? 

There's a few of those subjects I know a little about. It's time to hit the books again!

Tools for modern citizens

It has taken us by surprise, but in our current situation, when everyone has more of a voice and more impact on the public than ever before, it suddenly matters. You wouldn’t take your car to a mechanic who didn’t know how to fix a car, and citizens, each of us, should be held to at least as high a standard of knowledge.
Everyone around us needs to know about:
Statistics
Germ theory
Epidemiology
Decision making
Propaganda and the status quo
Semiotics and indoctrination
The mechanics of global weather
Network effects
and artificial intelligence
Either we are the makers of our future or we’re the victims. And if we don’t understand these fundamental components of how the world works, our actions may undermine our goals as well as the people around us.
The world is changing fast and we’re all more connected than ever before. The good news is that these are all skills, they can be learned and it’s imperative that we teach them to others.

   

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Congolese Students Taking Their Final Exams

In August 2021, I visited a classroom where Congolese students were talking their final examination for the year. I was shocked!

Fractions

One time that amazes me constantly on Facebook is that most people DON'T understand basic math like addition, substraction, multiplication, and division. Therefore, they really don't understand factions.

 I'm hooked on Fractions on Castbox. Check out this episode! https://castbox.fm/vb/385691983?_t=00%3A00

DRC top doc: 'The third wave is behind us', 'Must remain vigilant' - Outbreak News Today

I hope the COVID-19 pandemic stays under control in Congo. The "correct wearing of the masks" is required.

“The third wave is behind us. But we must always be vigilant because we do not want there to be a 4th wave. This is really why the correct wearing of the masks is obligatory and also soon it is the vaccination. We will therefore resume vaccination and I ask you to make efforts so that the hesitations and resistance to vaccination can cease, “ he said.

http://outbreaknewstoday.com/drc-top-doc-the-third-wave-is-behind-us-must-remain-vigilant-12109/

Pollution of the Kasai and Tshikapa rivers: an NGO pleads for international solidarity | Radio Okapi

It's reported that the pollution started in the diamond mines in Angola which is to south of Kasai Provinces. The pollution is spreading north toward the Congo River and capital city of Kinshasa.

EXCERPTS:
The DRC must urgently appeal for international solidarity for the “depollution” of the Kasai and Tshikapa rivers, declared Alain Botoko, the president of the executive committee of the NGO Healthy Environment Without Borders, on Monday 23 August. 

“When there are disasters, in the water, often there is international solidarity that intervenes,” he declared. 

For him, the more time passes, the more “damage” is likely to multiply in the ecosystem of the Kasai and Tshikapa rivers. We must therefore be able to determine the type of “pollution” as well as the “solutions” to be brought to it quickly, he adds. 

"I ask the Ministers of Fisheries and the Minister of the Environment to be able to contact experts around the world so that this pollution can be clearly determined. What are the chemical elements that are in these waters? Why are there deaths of aquatic animals and fish? Why do some people who drink this water suffer from diarrhea? If we find all these elements, we can now seek how to clean up these ecosystems which are very strategic for us, ”suggests Alain Botoko. 

https://www.radiookapi.net/2021/08/24/actualite/societe/pollution-des-rivieres-kasai-et-tshikapa-une-ong-plaide-pour-une

Let citizens with smartphones modernize water resources management

Enjoyed this "Citizen Scientist" project discussion! 
 

https://worldwaterweek.us2.pathable.com/meetings/virtual/WLczHFjne7i6SBTbq

It's Rainy Season in Congo

Three weeks ago, the grass was a dead brown when I arrived in Kananga. It's funny now but that partial brown green spot was caused by a vehicle parked on the grass during the first rain. It's rainy season!

DR Congo To Make Sign Language Official | General News | Peacefmonline.com

This is great news!

https://peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/202108/450383.php

EXCERPT:
The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo plans to make sign language as the fifth official language, adding to Swahili, Lingala, Kituba and Tshiluba.

It will be formally taught in schools to help people who rely on sign language to access government services more easily.

"It’s a community that for long has been marginalized because of the communication challenges," DR Congo's minister for people with disabilities, Irene Esambo, told the BBC.

Inside the mind of an anti-vaxxer - www.israelhayom.com

What, Drink your Urine?

https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/inside-the-mind-of-an-anti-vaxxer/

EXCERPTS:
In Congo, "experts" recommended those infected with COVID to drink their urine, while in Madagascar, they told them to drink certain plant extracts. There were also suggestions of boiling the bark of a mango tree, papaya leaves, ginger and other ingredients "guaranteed to cure the coronavirus." In Israel, the recommendation was to use frankincense.