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« on: March 19, 2005, 01:47:58 PM »

Hei alle sammen, jeg har gjennom mitt arbeid med cubarentas.com og cuban-models.com fått en forespørsel om å hjelpe våre venner på Cuba.
Som alle vet mangler de det aller meste der.
Vil ha hjelp til et container prosjekt som støttes av Cuba's myndigheter og av den amerikanske organisasjonen CMT (Caribbean Medical Transport).
De som måtte føle seg brydd med å sjekke ut mer om dette kan sende meg en "pm", så skal jeg forsøke å legge frem prosjektet for dere.
CMT har så langt sendt 7 fulle containere fra florida og Canada til Cuba.
Nå har vi sjansen til å hjelpe så det monner!!

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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2005, 04:14:59 PM »

Jeg skulle gjrne like høre hva Norad sier eventuelt bidrar med?
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2005, 07:45:00 PM »

Er det dette du snakker om meidell.
Alle på GS fikk denne mailen:

Hi, this is Marisha Kazeniac, Treasurer and Travel Coordinator of Caribbean Medical Transport. (CMT)
You're getting this email, either because you have written to us in the past, or because somebody who knows you thinks you are interested in Cuba. Our mailing list is growing every day, but we don't want to bother people who don't want to be bothered. So if you are not interested in hearing about the shipment of humanitarian assistance to Cuba every few months, please scroll down and ask to be deleted from our list!

    In this newsletter:

    1) RECENT CONTAINER ACTIVITY

    2) GENERAL NEWS

    3) TRAVEL UPDATES

    4) HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED IN CMT


    RECENT CONTAINER ACTIVITY

    In 2004 Caribbean Medical Transport was able to send a total of 7 containers to Cuba - each container held up to 20, 000 pounds of needed medical equipment. The reason we are growing so fast is that there are so many organizations and individuals who want to help.

    Since our last newsletter in January, we sent one container from Toronto to Mella, Santiago de Cuba, in cooperation with the Canadian non profit Dubois Family Foundation. The Foundation collected the supplies and did all the work, and CMT supplied the transport funds.  A second container was sent from Saint Augustine, Florida to Baracoa and Santiago, with the inspiring cooperation of the Saint Augustine Baracoa Friendship Association. . We'll have the full inventory of items shipped available on our website within a few weeks.

    We're just now packing our next container, which is leaving this week from Chicago.   This is a shipment of about 300 donated bicycles and 100 wheelchairs, destined for Santiago, Baracoa, and Guantanamo.  The wheelchairs will mostly be delivered to the people of Cuban Association for Individuals with Physical and Motor Limitations.(ACLIFIM). and the bicycles are either for ACLIFIM, or for people who work in Cuban hospitals.

    We are working with Fundacion Amistad to send a full container of surgical equipment (255 boxes) and medical text books to Havana, scheduled to arrive within the next few weeks.

And we plan to send a total  of 6 more containers within the next 6 months.

    HERE'S A CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD.  If you can get valuable supplies to Jacksonville, or Toronto, or Gulfport, Mississippi- CMT will pay all or most of the shipping to get it to Cuba!

    GENERAL NEWS

    CMT is honored  to announce that two individuals affiliated with Rotary of Chicago, Don Fink and Patrick O'Day have donated $2,500 towards sending an entire container to Cuba. Another generous man, Carl Hagerstrom from Orlando, Florida, also donated $2,500 to fund an entire container.  A third donor, Richard Stoudt, has pledged an additional $2,500.

      I can not adequately express how grateful I am for these very large donations. Only the recipients of our medicine or our wheelchairs, or the parents of infants who now have access to a baby incubator that we were able to send- I think that only these people could explain how much these donations have meant, to CMT, and more importantly, to the people of Cuba

  OTHER NEWS  New Cuban regulations will make it more difficult to send samples and smaller quantities of medicine by container. So for the immediate future CMT will be sending most of our donated medicines by courier. If you are planing to travel to Cuba, and are willing to bring 10kgs of medicine to the location we assign- please contact us!  If these new regulations go into effect, we will reserve the containers for medical equipment,  basic supplies, clothing, vitamins, wheelchairs, bicycles, tires for ambulances, and large quantities of specific types of medicine; not for samples or smaller quantities of medicines.

    Speaking of tires- there are over 100 ambulances that are stranded in Cuba for no other reason than lack of tires. We promised earlier that we would remedy that problem to the extent that we are able- but the tires are coming from Canada, and the warehouse is closed until the snow melts. We should be able to give everyone a tire report soon. We'll send a photo of every ambulance that we put back on the road to every $100 donor who participates in this project. Thus far 8 people have donated. We hope to send out these photos before our next newsletter!  

    TRAVEL UPDATES

   The really good news is that CMT has received a renewal of its travel license for another year!
We have until March 15, 2006, to send qualified people to Cuba. Mostly we send health care professionals, but we can also authorize 'professional and technical specialists' who want to help us send substantial quantities of medical supplies. And if our license isn't appropriate, we work with other groups who also have specific licenses, either for humanitarian work, or to help the Jewish community in Cuba, or to work with people who are HIV+,  so maybe we can refer you to somebody who can authorize you.  Last month, 113 people paid a fine to OFAC, averaging about a thousand dollars, to avoid prosecution and higher fines. US Citizens or residents traveling to Cuba without a license are increasingly likely to be caught.

   Our next scheduled trips are May 13- 20, and June 3-10  These delegations are space limited, so if you are interested, please contact me at cuba@together.net  For more details about  our travel program,  please take a look at our website, www.cubacaribe.com.  In particular cases, we can authorize individuals who want to travel independently,  not part of any group, as long as these individuals comply with a full time schedule of activities that is approved by CMT.  If you have any questions, just ask!

     I just came back from leading a group of 12 health care professionals and several participants told us that this was one of the best weeks of their entire lives! That's because there is no pleasure in the world like helping people who need and deserve help- and doing this work in Cuba is really something special!

    DO YOU LIKE OUR WORK AND WANT TO HELP?

    Here are a few ideas:

    1.) Good used clothing is free and very much needed. We are distributing clothing to specific populations so we can monitor and make sure that the clothing arrives where it is needed.  Our target recipients include people who are HIV positive, people who live in homes for the elderly, and people who work in the hospitals and the policlinics.  It costs about $3,000 to send about 20,000 pounds of clothing to Cuba; enough for 2,000 people. Everybody who works in the Cuban health care system is working for humanity, not for money, and every one of these workers, including the people who clean the floors, deserve a little recognition. With a $50 donation CMT can send clothing to nurses, hospital staff, elderly, or to people who are HIV+.  Let us know the preferred recipient of your clothing donation!

    2.) We're still collecting money for ambulances- $100 to send a set of tires, and a battery to revive a working ambulance. As promised, we'll send photos of every ambulance we repair!

    3.) If you can afford to think big- $500 is enough to transport approximately $20,000 worth of medical supplies. $500 donors can select the location in Cuba where they would like to send the supplies.  

    4.) Almost every container CMT sends has a value of more than $100,000 in medical supplies- but the value in lives saved, or lives improved, is much higher. There are not many people who can afford to be $100,000 philanthropists, but if you happen to know somebody who has an extra $2,500, we can use that money to send $100,000 of donated medical supplies to Cuba. So if you or someone you know is blessed enough to be able to afford to donate an entire container, please contact Caribbean Medical Transport. We can talk about what type of supplies you would like to send, and where you would like it delivered.

    As always, ALL money donated towards supplies goes to pay shipping costs. Any money for phone bills, travel to Cuba, salary (so far, never happened!))- we either get that from donors who give us specific permission to use some of their money for administration, or we pay our expenses out of pocket.

    5.) Special request: Do you know of a supply of older laptops that we can deliver to polyclinics?  Many polyclinics in Cuba - have no record keeping equipment other than pen and paper. Even an ancient computer is a BIG step forward.  

    6.)  Do you have access to anything that is needed in Cuba? Let's work together! We can send up to seven pounds for a dollar- a lot more efficient than paying air overweight charges as individual travelers.

    7.) Interested in Cuban Art? CMT is organizing a working committee that will use donated Cuban art to help fundraise the money to send more medical supplies. Contact us if you are interested.

    8.) Currently CMT mailings reach 1,800 people. Do you know anybody who might be interested in hearing from us? Please encourage them to join us. Visit our website, www.cubacaribe.com to add them to our mailing list!  Many of you might have your own mailing list! Let's work together!

    It is a tremendous pleasure for me to work on this project, and I'd like to share this pleasure with anyone who wants to help!

    Sincerely, Marisha Kazeniac, Treasurer and Travel Coordinator,  Caribbean Medical Transport  


 
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2005, 02:13:38 PM »

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Er det dette du snakker om m
Det er nok det.
Informasjonen du la ved er relevant, men ikke helt oppdatert.
Denne gangen er det snakk om å sende fra Norge.
Organisasjonen er beredt til å betale for transporten (container fra Oslo).
Som sagt gi meg en pm hvis noen virkelig ønsker å hjelpe de fattige i gaten som Chrismic nevner i en annen tråd.....
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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2005, 08:50:44 PM »

Hei M

Ta kontakt med Jan Olsen som driver Sykler til Cuba, de har sendt to containere hvert år i 5 år nå fra Norge. NORAD støttet prosjekt.
Kan få litt hjelp der og tips, kanskje evt samarbeid??

Blir endel hjelpesendinger som dessverre blir stående på lagre på Cuba pga byråkratiet.
Jan har vel vært borte i de fleste problemene som kan oppstå der og kan det meste.
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2005, 04:29:29 AM »

For å virkelig skryte av meg selv og bevise at jeg gir mere til Cuba, enn Michel Tongue
Så har jeg støttet Cuba aids prosjektet i Cuba (applause)

Tar denne organisasjonen i mot alt ?
Har noen litt brukte og gamle pc.

I forbindelse med salg av leilighet, så vil jeg sikkert finne en del ting som.feks en symaskin,klær,
Alt mulig rart, vet ikke ennå, hva jeg egentlig har :lol:
Har noe ski og kjelker , kanskje ikke så aktuelt for Cuba Tongue

Kommer de å henter oss meg eller...?
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2005, 05:19:34 AM »

Lurer på om jeg skal skaffe meg et nick til.
Som jeg kan bruke på litt negative og kritiske innlegg som nå.


I forbindelse med min store flytte og opprydning så har en sykkel jeg kunne tenke å ta med over til Cuba.
Men, hvis noen vil reparere den og sende den over for meg, så er jeg glad for det.
For jeg kan vel dra til Guanabo og bytte den tilbake mot en Cubansk sykkel eller kjøpe den av en Cubaner igjen :unsure: .

Jeg vet hvor sleipe og umoralske Cubanere kan være.
Nabo jenta i Havanna var sammen med en Canadier, som tok med seg en flott sykkel fra Canada etter hennes ønske
To uker etter han dro tilbake tl Canada, var den "stjålet", og hun ringte til sin kjæreste og gråt fordi hun hadde mistet sin sykkel.
Men, den Canadieren hadde nok vært innom noen Cubaforum og lært..
Så da gikk både forholdet og ny sykkel til helvete.
Det må sies at han hadde også kjøpt en veldig solid lås og sagt at hun aldri måtte la sykkelen stå ute alene.
Selvfølgelig , så hadde hun solgt den sykkelen til en som bodde litt borti gata, som regnet med å selge den videre med litt profitt igjen i en annen del av Havanna.

Husker også, den brukte sykkelen vi kjøpte i Cuba, hvor eieren og en som hadde fått frastjålet en del fra sin egen sykkel, som nå var montert på vår sykkel.
Kom og ville ha delen sin tilbake.
Det ble et helvetes spetakkel, med mange besøk og diskusjoner.
Prøvde tusen ganger å fortelle han at det ikke var vårt problem, men forrige eiers problem og at vi hadde kjøpt sykkelen i god tro og med papiret.

Jeg sa og mente det.
At jeg ville la min kones fetter, som var togfører for sukkertoget, hvor linje lå rett ved vårt hus.
Kjøre over sykkelen , før noen deler ble plukket av den.
Vi antok at dette var et slags komplott mellom "tyven og eieren"


Vi vet at klær som blir gitt frivillig til Cuba og som kommer i containere,  ofte ender opp i butikker, hvor de selges billig.
Jaja, penger til staten og flere politifolk B) .

Jeg sendte for et par år siden en mail til Jan Olsen og hans organisasjon, hvor jeg lurte på om vi kunne hjelpe til og bruke Absolute Cuba til å innformere om denne organisasjonen.
Har ennå ikke fått noen svar :unsure:

Jeg regner vel med at denne organisasjonen nå vet hva de driver med og har kontroll.
Som jeg har sagt før, så er det faktisk bare moren til min kone, som ikke har spurt om å få noe fra meg eller lure meg.
Glemmer aldri etter å ha spandert reise rundt på hele Cuba med min gode Cubanske venn og oversetter.
En reise som ble 5 ganger dyrere og vanskligere enn det han hadde fortalt på forhånd.
Som fortalte at han trengte 30 dollar til å betale skatt  :blink:
Og min sjåfør som tjente et hus og farvetv på å kjøre meg, prøvde å lure meg på antall kilometere og lengre omveier.

Derfor så må du være veldig forsiktig med Cuabnere, så du ikke blir lurt.
Først så er jeg redd for at det kan være Cubanske" hjelpere" som skal formidle syklene videre, som kan trikse og mikse litt for å få en fortjeneste.
Og er sikker på at gitte sykler har blitt solgt videre.
Derfor trodde jeg at det kunne være mulig å få kjøpt min gamle sykkel tilbake.
Og jeg reagerer litt på at disse syklene har blitt gitt bort på Guanabo, et sted som har brukbare transportmidder.

For på landet der jeg bodde.
Så var det få transportsmidler og ofte måtte du gå langt til nærmeste hestevogn.
Flere i min familie jobbet til ulike tider, og om kvelden gikk det ingen hestevogner, så måtte du gå 40 - 50 minutter for å komme til jobb.
Og jeg vet om unger, som bodde veldig øde til, som måtte gå over 1 time hver vei til skolen i elendige sko.
De kunne virkelig trengt sykler,mye mere enn de som bor på Guanabo.
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