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Ottawa and Toronto the continent. 3, He hopes these moving pictures The Waterloo colligate institute - will inspire people in his home- grad figured he could put the sys- v ' town and across Canada to think of terns engineering degree he earned ‘. " , African aid in a diflerent way. at the University of Waterloo to E r; He hopes that if more Canadi- good use. ans commit to helping the type of ‘Having seen some of the need .‘ . _ g \ sustainable projects being done by out there, and also realizing that ' -‘ ‘ » . {V j? f*“v"‘"‘°“'__, lmani, they will help rural Africans some of my engineering back~ ' f, H nix N withahand up and notjustahand ground could be very useful, i â€"":'9""2»1*" ‘ out. applied to the ClDA internship,“ ;,;1 ; 3:55?" ' “it will expose Canadians to said John. “i ended up spending , age , these sorts of ideas," said lohn. two years in Tanzania and was ' " = I?" “Canadians, i find, are very moti- hired to build an HIV centre at a t - ' a; " ‘ vated to help out and have positive hospitals” Q «A, . -;’ attitudes to helping. but do it in a What he wasn't prepared for i 5 a, “a, " ~ 1 "P way that doesn't end up in long- was the inventive and innovative :: J. «a. fit ‘ :; ,-.- term suspendibility of those peo- things that Africans were doing to “A t“ as ”she‘s?” ’ .- 4 pic.” help themselves. including a proj- is i 7 , 52; While food and clothing will ect near the northern Tanzanian . as a; . ' . 1 , ' ‘ ' help with the short-term needs. town of Moshi called the lmani ' 3 u/ __;1 > ' 1 I" "~' ' the long-term problems remain. Vocational Training Centre. ' . _ ' . M g t -» ..,‘ . .’~‘ , Those needs have to be filled He'll be showing some of what's ‘ ' g ' .. g “ through sustainable projects. . inspired him to return practically _ . . . ‘ 3 .. ..-, ’ A. f; r ,-"T . if you teach a man to fish. he'll every summer since in a new doc- ‘ "4” g - » 1. . eat for a lifetime. the saying goes umentary he's produced called g ' ’ But, John's vision goes one step Operation lmani: ideas for Sustain- .. ' further. able African Development. The * “it's not a matter of giving them film will be showing at the Princess «5mm ‘ fish or teaching them how to fish. Exam Cinema tonight starting - Waterloo native Greg John holds some bricks that ieremiah Lyimo, the contractor, was using to build the lmani It sabout mfing "3: mm"??? p.m. - - Centre John directed a documentary about the construction of the centre so 1-3 can p uce err own 3 ' "in some ways it’s not unique ' ' “m“‘mmm hesatd. because there are vocational pro- also tries to be self-sustaining with “This organization has grown able solutions like the lmani proj- “l'm trying to give people a grams all over Tanzania, sub-Saha- fish ponds and a drip irrigation tired of constantly asking other ect. But it was one thing to talk channel to support this project. ran Africa and beyond,” said john. system to help feed students and people for money so. in addition to about the experience “A lot of people when they “But it's really the work that they teach them how to grow and col- teaching students. their other goal it was another thing to tell the donate to a charity don't know are doing to support themselves lect their own food. is to support themselves story in pictures where it is going that reallygot me interested.” "There are a lot of programs “That's what really makes it “During my next trip to Tanza- “I'm still in touch with the peo- The centre offers programs in that are good at the vocational unique for me." nia i brought a video camera pie there and i can mane them of carpentry. tailoring knitting. weld- training but not so good at sup- The 30-year»old high school along, not sure exactly what is was the good workthat it's doing” ing. bricklaying and catering to porting themselves.” said John. teacher put a presentation togeth- going to turn into.” said lohn. “But For more information about the give youth the skills they would “Some constantly require er two years ago called Africa Not having told people about the lmani Vocational Training Centre need to find jobs. money from the government or As Seen On TV, in an attempt to project. visit www.operationimani.com or But the pmgxa‘m. run by the Sis- international donors and some- raise awareness about the lack of “i wanted to show them what e~mail operationi~ ters of Our Lady of Kilimanjaro. times fall short. investment in long-term, sustain- was going on because a picture mani@gmail.com ‘ - "' We» MWMMWMWWM x. “I?! q f“ 1122; ‘ Q; at Laurel Creek Nature Centre's 3a? 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