As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.

Spent some time looking for metalworking machinery and services and
basically found that unless you are in the city, the metalworking they do is
limited to cutting brake rotors, banging out vehicle fenders, etc.

Quite a trip. Here are some photos... None of which are metalworking
related except for maybe the corrugated roofs.

http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

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Joe AutoDrill wrote:
As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.
....
http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Very moving, thanks for sharing. (To others - the thumbnails didn't
seem too interesting, but once I started with the full size, I didn't
stop. Give them a chance.)

As desperate as the situation is there, it's good to hear of an
undeveloped African state that is stable & not being torn apart by its
citizens being dedicated to killing each other, and/or the "leaders"
looting the country.

Bob

As desperate as the situation is there, it's good to hear of an
undeveloped African state that is stable & not being torn apart by its
citizens being dedicated to killing each other, and/or the "leaders"
looting the country.

If I didn't have kids and a wife, I would have come back, figured out how to
hire a business manager here, liquidated all my non-essentials and moved
there permanently. It's an amazingly peaceful and humble country with
opportunities similar to the 1800's USA.

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
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V8013-R

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:59:59 -0500, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.

Spent some time looking for metalworking machinery and services and
basically found that unless you are in the city, the metalworking they do is
limited to cutting brake rotors, banging out vehicle fenders, etc.

Quite a trip. Here are some photos... None of which are metalworking
related except for maybe the corrugated roofs.

http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Hey Joe, these folks might be able to help you:

www.secondtableministries.org

Snarl

Hey Joe, these folks might be able to help you:

www.secondtableministries.org

Snarl

I'll check them out.

If it matters, the organization I'm doing this with is www.tlcc.org

We work in Rwanda, Mexico and Trinidad now - as well as primarily in metro
NYC. I've been working with teens here for around 20 years. This is a new
area for me but seems to line up with a growing passion I have.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:17 -0500, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

Hey Joe, these folks might be able to help you:

www.secondtableministries.org

Snarl

I'll check them out.

If it matters, the organization I'm doing this with is www.tlcc.org

We work in Rwanda, Mexico and Trinidad now - as well as primarily in metro
NYC. I've been working with teens here for around 20 years. This is a new
area for me but seems to line up with a growing passion I have.

STM might be able to give you some insight into the teacher funding
aspect, among other things. Ask for Wendell.

Snarl

STM might be able to give you some insight into the teacher funding
aspect, among other things. Ask for Wendell.

Thank you. Archived and will be shared with the team here soon.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R

wondering if you'd say "people are the same everywhere".

In some ways, yes. In others, absolutely not. The people of Ghana
impressed the heck out of me. Their attitudes and willingness to help was
way beyond what we experience here in the US.

....I couldn't stop roadside to take a leak without people asking if I was
okay.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R

William Wixon wrote:

i'd be afraid to go to africa.

I know an Aussie doctor working in Ethiopia right now. I don't know the
name of the organization he signed up with, but they provide him with a
bodyguard and advised him to never leave his hotel at night, and never
without his bodyguard. He describes the situation as desperately poor.
He's treated people that walked several days to see him. But the locals
he's helping, treat him like a rock star. He's a hell of a guy, comes
from a well to do family. His father has a national reputation in Oz and
he could make big bucks as a specialist. But he prefers to work in rural
areas and help those in need. I admire him greatly for what he's doing,
but often worry for his safety. He is btw, the doctor that got my wife
through aplastic anemia.

Jon

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:38:55 -0500, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

STM might be able to give you some insight into the teacher funding
aspect, among other things. Ask for Wendell.

Thank you. Archived and will be shared with the team here soon.

You're very welcome. Might want to contact them sooner than later,
they're heading to back South Africa in Feb. for about a month.
Should be a tentative itinerary on that web site.

Snarl

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
...
As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.

Spent some time looking for metalworking machinery and services and
basically found that unless you are in the city, the metalworking they do
is limited to cutting brake rotors, banging out vehicle fenders, etc.

Quite a trip. Here are some photos... None of which are metalworking
related except for maybe the corrugated roofs.

http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Joe in Northern, NJ

pretty cool joe. impressive trip. i'd be afraid to go to africa. looking
at the photos i had tears in my eyes and felt an urge to hold my hand over
my heart and simultaneously give a salute gesture. congrats to you and good
luck.
(the one photo reminded me, (woman burning firewood) of the solar cookers.
i'm sure you must've seen the information on the internet about solar
cookers. there's various kinds, aluminum foil lined box up to a huge
handmade parabolic mirror. pretty impressive metalwork, i mean, with their
primitive tools.
for example, http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov02.htm there's tons
of info out there about them.
wondering if you'd say "people are the same everywhere".

b.w.

Joe,
Thanks for posting. Brought back wonderful memories. I spent almost a half
a year in Ghana (Accra & Tema) back in 1976. Most peace loving people I
have ever met. At the time the murder rate was 3 people per year out of a
population of 10± million. Oakland, CA had 3 people per night!!

The old gal that was a 100 yrs. plus. This is a country that loves and
reveres their old people. They don't warehouse them like we do in the USA.
Families take care of each other. Note that many people don't know their
exact age and don't seem to care. If you ask an 'old-man' (BTW, a title
with great respect) how old he is, he will tell you that he was born under
their ruler ship of .......? What a wonderful concept, it doesn't matter
how old you are.

Joe, God bless you for the work you and your congregation are doing.

Ivan Vegvary
"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
...
As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.

Spent some time looking for metalworking machinery and services and
basically found that unless you are in the city, the metalworking they do
is limited to cutting brake rotors, banging out vehicle fenders, etc.

Quite a trip. Here are some photos... None of which are metalworking
related except for maybe the corrugated roofs.

http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Joe in Northern, NJ - V#8013-R

Currently Riding The "Mother Ship"
http://yunx.com/valk.htm

Sometimes riding the "Escape Pod" Super Sherpa

Ride a motorcycle in or near NJ?
http://tinyurl.com/5apkg

i'd be afraid to go to africa.

I know an Aussie doctor working in Ethiopia right now. I don't know the
name of the organization he signed up with, but they provide him with a
bodyguard and advised him to never leave his hotel at night, and never
without his bodyguard. He describes the situation as desperately poor.
He's treated people that walked several days to see him. But the locals
he's helping, treat him like a rock star. He's a hell of a guy, comes from
a well to do family. His father has a national reputation in Oz and he
could make big bucks as a specialist. But he prefers to work in rural
areas and help those in need. I admire him greatly for what he's doing,
but often worry for his safety. He is btw, the doctor that got my wife
through aplastic anemia.

There are many places where your safety is a serious concern all over the
world. Africa has some serious hot spots for sure... However Ghana, being
a mostly Christian and English speaking nation was unique for us. Except
for the children and poor constantly asking for assistance to better their
lives and the occasional drunk, there were no dangers to us from the people
directly. In fact, it is said that if a person starts giving another a
problem, the crowd will come to the aid of the harassed.

We went out into the poorest sections of the capital city of Accra in the
nighttime hours and found the people to be a bit more westernized at that
hour, but seriously humble and friendly.
--


Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022
01.908.542.0244
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://Production-Tapping-Equipment.com/
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-N-Tap.com
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill

V8013-R

Joe AutoDrill wrote:

We went out into the poorest sections of the capital city of Accra in the
nighttime hours and found the people to be a bit more westernized at that
hour, but seriously humble and friendly.

I know a gal here that used to import woven baskets and goods from
Ghana. Actually that was a few decades ago, don't know if she's still
doing it. Only talked to her a couple times about it, but she had
nothing but great things to say about the people and her experiences there.

Jon

William Wixon wrote:

"Joe AutoDrill" wrote in message
...
As some of you might know, I just took a trip to Ghana, Africa.

Spent some time looking for metalworking machinery and services and
basically found that unless you are in the city, the metalworking they do
is limited to cutting brake rotors, banging out vehicle fenders, etc.

Quite a trip. Here are some photos... None of which are metalworking
related except for maybe the corrugated roofs.

http://tinyurl.com/Ghana2010

Joe in Northern, NJ

pretty cool joe. impressive trip. i'd be afraid to go to africa. looking
at the photos i had tears in my eyes and felt an urge to hold my hand over
my heart and simultaneously give a salute gesture. congrats to you and good
luck.
(the one photo reminded me, (woman burning firewood) of the solar cookers.
i'm sure you must've seen the information on the internet about solar
cookers. there's various kinds, aluminum foil lined box up to a huge
handmade parabolic mirror. pretty impressive metalwork, i mean, with their
primitive tools.
for example, http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scrnov02.htm there's tons
of info out there about them.
wondering if you'd say "people are the same everywhere".

b.w.

I've been to Africa once - Egypt, which most folks forget is N. Africa,
not M.E. A lot of interesting contrasts there.