River Blindness - Tanzania

[SerJahPhoto]

@tacticaloperator12 and you are one of those that believe that billions years ago there was nothing, and then it (nothing) blowed up. Then dust were formed (out of nothing), then rocks, then bacteria... And after billions years, it evolved to humans.

How it's not superstition?

[SerJahPhoto]

Start from the root of the problem - occultism. Bring some missionaries, kill all the witches and shamans and you'll see the difference.

[tacticaloperator12]

@SerJahPhoto You are lost. Did you watch the video? It's caused by a parasitic disease. Religion has nothing to do with it.

[SerJahPhoto]

@tacticaloperator12 do you know what spell or curse is, Dr. Smart?

[tacticaloperator12]

@SerJahPhoto Oh you're superstitious... you probably believe the earth was created 6000 years ago and diseases like this are adam and eve's fault.

[lightonphiri]

2 years later, one can only hope that the situation has since improved.

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxy1]

This shit is bad for the reputation of witch doctors.

[OrganicMK]

Reputation? This is about human lives which is the most important.

[fatboyrally02]

Why won't the WHO get their doctors working with the local shamans or "witch doctors" to help spread positive information about the medication? This has been done in Swaziland with infant diarrheal diseases producing positive results. Better to work with the local healers, than force an alien culture onto people who already are wary of past westerners that have come with agenda's other than health. Recognize the benefits of working together, even if who your working with may seem primitive to us

[florinu123]

all i can say: THANK GOD I LIVE IN EUROPE.

[OOHZnaP]

@florinu123 Even better.. I live in USA!

[johneenash]

reason what this video is all about, if u keep up tartring like kids over over some sugar flakes maybe you see what this world is gon be in another generation.the solution is withing me and you.Go on jmp show them its not all roses. If you are that side that side of the turf, you are only going to be better when these people are ok.

[kweencessX]

Breaks my heart...

[managementanger]

Thanks for opening my eyes. May we work together to bring clearn water to these people. Your work is very important. We are our brothers keepers.

[sufy1000]

Feel so sorry for them! the worst thing that can happen to a Human Being is their eyesight going.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Relaistically what are we helping? A nation that reproduces at an INSANE rate in an environment that inst suitable for them, where all there is to do is mass breed.

Microbes have the same type of life too, but are far more intelligent,.. I personally dont approve of 'funding' mass population especially for a nation who believes in witch docters, I have little or no respect for the third world and YES it was their own fault, read some history on their nation before flaming me :P

[kattaplay]

people like u need to be destoyed one of the most vile comment i've ever read.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

So I guess you are one of those uneducated people who are clueless about the world, considering we all started in Africa theres SEVERAL reasons why the birth places of humans failed.

As I said go read up on history before calling me vile, it is only realistic to think like this, did you know the EU alone can EASILY within a year make the whole of Africa a healthier / safer place but choose not to for alot of reasons,..

[eeekkklll]

i'll flame you without any hesitation u piece of junk

can't u see people are dying u asshole

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

For what it's worth, they had this coming, why must you humans persistently comment without understanding the danger over population is doing, if the world reaches 7 billion population nature will be forced to decay in the end your 'helping' will destroy the world,..

I am being realistic, sure people will die but mass global genocide is a small price to pay to save the world,..

[TOWLIBAN32123]

this is no joke, it is true, humans are depleting resources at a rate that is no sustainable. tooooo many ppl.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Microbes spread soo much it could kill or do some major permanent damage, humans no different to viruses will have the same effect on Earth, about 0.03% of people who get pregnant actually raise their kids right the rest do it because they can or other useless reasons (to save marriages or religious bullshit).

Helping humans = Encouraging mass population = Using more resources = Decay of Earth

People really need to THINK before they help :P

PS. Weed ftw!

[jimmyshitbags]

this could have been me or you man, it was pure luck that you weren't born into a shit existence like this... its easy to say stuff like that when you haven't been in their shoes.

[TOWLIBAN32123]

that is true, but the fact of the matter is that too many humans using the resources of the planet at an unsustainable rate and its not just in africa its all over the world. they should give tax deductions if you have 1 child.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

I agree 100%, statistically once the world gets to 7 billion (200 million left) it will cause a decay, which is where the cycle of renewing nature and resources wont meet human needs most likely causing wide spread famine all because people didnt understand reproduction,..

Fortunately most parts of Europe and certain parts of North America have reduced on the rate of increase, however Asia and Africa (exception is Japan) is increasing insanely, especially India, Pakistan and STILL China,..

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Not that you know anything about my life but lets say I was in their shoes I would encourage them NOT to have kids, seeing how bad the area is the last thing I would do is get everyone pregnant,..

Fact is people are careless and bring up kids in bad areas if I was born there I would pretty pissed at my parents for creating me in an area that clearly is unsafe for humans,..

Now instead we will help them live and all they do is get pregnant faster now, and not die,..

See what I am getting at?!

[jimmyshitbags]

so thats the best solution you can think of to this problem then, ignore them to die in squalor?

and exactly what resources are people like these taking up? they look to be the sort of people who live off the land, hunt or grow their food etc.

i bet their use of "resources" is the tiniest fraction of what people in countries like the US or the UK use.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Refugees COME from those countries adding to the resource consumption,..

My comments about over population doesnt just apply to Africans it applies to the world HOWEVER Africans reproduce knowing fully well that their environment is bad and in the end either get 'help', die or get shipped off to a different country, sadly death is the only one that will stop 'mass production' of these baby machines!

Oh and for the record theres a limit to how much land can be used for food,..

[Nogert]

We should spend more money on space travel lol, maybe it's about time we start opening are minds to other possible planets to live on.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Careless of what our agendas are, it is a slow process, technology seems to only increase when there is a profit involved and people seem to only be involved in stuff where they get paid,..

Or maybe I am one of these people who dont care about money and I just realistically see things rather than getting manipulated,..

Imo until humans should focus more on learning (currently on 3.6% do, most for profit) and less focus on kids,..

This applies to everyone not just the people in this vid,..

[eeekkklll]

i don't wanna know what will happen in future but i do know that if we allow robot minded freak like you to live freely then humanity will lose its most powerful weapon EMOTION

By the way do u even know what emotion means u retard who pretend to know everything

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Yes the same way you are getting emotional now is the same way I get emotional when resources for the future generation will be depleted,..

As you say "i don't wanna know what will happen in future", you like many are completely selfish, popping out kids, messing up this planet,..

Feel free to call me cold, if thats the title I get for wanting to protect this planet from evolved parasites (humans) then so be it,..

[eeekkklll]

if you think all the things u just said has anything to do with this vedio than u are a sad prick

and how dare u call me selfish without looking at urself.

everyone wants to protect the environment but the way u choose to is wrong.

Now Feel free to prove me wrong u COLD HEARTED FREAK

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

I wont need to, actions speak more than words, we are close to 7 billion population but once the world starts to die and decay morons like you will say the same bullshit where you blame religion or say it is an act of God when in fact it is stupidity that caused it!

[eeekkklll]

damn ur starting to sound like a robot again u are too concerned about future

if u love this world that much than u must start to think positively and how the hell religion came to this conversation i am not even religious.

who knows one of the people from this vedio may be the answer to this solution of unlikely problem u are thinking of, im not saying they are but u can't rule out the chances. wrong actions are what u are showing Action Speaks but only right one

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Not really sure what you mean by 'robot' but my priority is to learn from the past and help the future in the present,.. Which doesnt involve helping people (from ANYWHERE) whos idea of contribution to society is by having kids they cant raise,..

Religion sucks and is the cause for this stupidity HOWEVER everytime something bad happens religious people never blame themselves instead say it is an act of God so when we mass populate and destroy the world only a few will understand why,..

[eeekkklll]

so why don't u go blame the religoius people instead of blaming these poor ones

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

I do and judging by your comment you never read my earlier comments,.. I have no respect for people who believe a witch doctor can help them, these people in the vid are no better than any religious (bi-polar) person,..

However if WE were to support them we would be encouraging over population, and since their population live a lifestyle that hurts themselves and others why should we help in the first place?

I think your emotions are clouding your judgement,..

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Any leader or person that has to manage a population small or large knows that sometimes we have to allow suffering so majority will benefit,..

Sorry but this is politics and everyday decision need to me made that will ultimately affect everyone, why do you think Europe / North America dont help Africa, we could in a heartbeat but that would ultimately end us,..

This isnt just about allowing a small village to survive it is about allowing the next generation to live,..

[eeekkklll]

what u saying is let them die

that's ur point

i really hope u will learn to think my way someday

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Well I was once a fool where I helped anyone in need that wasnt fortunate like me and then after a while I noticed I was using resources to help,..

I am against unnecessary population, I am against pollution, I am against stupidity, my aim is to promote people to learn about this planet endlessly, build skills and get to an age where humans arent just cave men with the internet,..

You would think humans would have learned but history repeats itself now the next generation will suffer!

[eeekkklll]

so u want them to die

well u are one heck of a asshole who knows nothing about this world

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

I guess it will shock you to know that most elite people compliment me on my realistic and strategic methods in saving the planet :P

Guess you are just a sheep who believes by helping people mass populate you are doing something right,..

Earth > Humans NOT the other way,..

[eeekkklll]

im helping them to live

u want them to die

this is as simple as it gets

stop throwing facts cause no one knows for sure how its going to be

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Who makes up these rules where you HAVE to help them, why should a person be classed as evil when he doesnt wish to help?

It is a known thing the when population increases, resources decrease,.. People are selfishly wanting fame, fortune and family, the 3 F that will fuck the world up,..

Stats also show that most people have children for the wrong reasons, why do you think Europe / US are trying to slow the pop growth, sadly Asia / Africa / South America dont, THIS is what you are helping,..

[eeekkklll]

u are not the one to decide other people faith

and yes a person is classed evil when he wish other to die

so fuck off

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

I dont wish others to die, I just dont wish to help them, theres a difference, why should I help people when I am against population increase and hate religion,..

I am not deciding peoples fate but I will try my best in everyway to make sure this planet is purged of this perversion that religion introduced,..

As I said, sometimes people have to do / say shocking stuff for people to understand and be aware of things before it is too late,..

You will hate me now, but you will love me later,..

[maxpuffy]

wow u have no idea how fucked up ur logic is...why do u think these guys 'mass populate'? well theres hardly any job oppurtunities in these poor areas, farming is the primary source of income for them..now how the fuck do u increase yield? u employ MORE ppl to work on the farm, n how do u employ people wen u cant fuckin pay them? you MASS CREATE! it might seem stupid and backward but these guys have no other choice....for sum1 as 'educated' as u r ur sociology fucking sucks, fuckin disgrace u r

[maxpuffy]

dont get me wrong that is not the only reason they 'mass create'...consider the unreal quality of health in these areas, where ppl hardly live older than 60, when there is no health care system u have to rely on ur children wen u get ill to take care of you... because of the poor health care chances r u loose some of ur kids, so u only prolly have 2-3kids later on in life, and these kids take care of you..u may call it 'mass creating', for them its protecting themselves

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Half of that never made sense so I will comment on what did,..

These people are bored so they mass populate so whats the excuse for the rest of the world?

The age we are at can no longer afford to risk new areas / colonies therefore ignoring them and leaving them be is our best bet, this ofc applies to everyone who is 'bored',..

Btw your defence on this issue is amusing, being bored doesnt justify stupidity,..

[maxpuffy]

having live close to similar areas and met such ppl my defence is quite solid as i have experienced it first hand... its a vicious cycle of of poor living, u havnt even considered the death rate in these places, goin on about 'mass population' like they all grow old enough to use up ur precious resources.... break the cycke and the problem is solved..END OF!

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Once again I will only reply to the half that made sense,..

Death rate NEEDS to match Birth rate and sadly it doesnt anywhere, not even these African countries, but then why exactly are the people here having kids in the first place if the area is so bad, words cannot describe how stupid that is,..

Besides when Europe / North America helped Africa, other than Eqypt every other African country betrayed the rest of the world, go read up on African history as they got what they deserve!

[BrianB401]

Hes just jealous because Africans get laid.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Hi Brian, my number one e-stalker, please dont comment on this vid and return to my channel where you comment every 5 seconds because ofc you want to be me,..

[BrianB401]

Address what I said not you're ego. You don't get laid.

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Damn so me having my dick up your arse isnt classed as sex, :(

[BrianB401]

Incredible, you're so fucking dense light bends around you. Any more comedy gems?

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Is it really that hard to come up with a decent comeback? Then again it would explain why you are obsessed with me, sadly im afraid you have now used up all your attempts to be witty / funny and failed in so many shocking ways,..

Same time tomorrow I guess,.. Hopefully you will be original, but I think we both can agree that will never happen,..

[maxpuffy]

2 questions

whats ur nationality?

how old are you?

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Nationality is used primarily for stats and age is a mere number, I dont see how they have anything to do with my comments or this vid,..

Research racism yourself, everything I say applies to everyone, not just the people in this vid, however because my initial comment was about this vid it maybe be perceived as hate, when in fact it is practiced as realistic, but I wouldnt expect a person who uses the race card freely to understand that,..

[eeekkklll]

im gonna have to kill u first to love u

[maxpuffy]

also alot of these 'resources' uv been spouting about r where?? AFRICA

there is a relatively huge amount of untapped resources, theres soo much land n trees n OIL, obvi theres shit loads in the middle east but 9% is a pretty heavy number to dismiss (checked wiki to be sure)

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Well considering I am in favour of the Earth, why on earth would I approve of pollution? I have stated that while we have resources now the 7 billion mark will cause us to use more (food / trees etc) than we can handle and we will eventually go in permanent decay,..

Maybe you should check that on wikipedia :P

This isnt just my thought many people agree, it is a sad way to deal with things BUT it has to be done, take any microbe and let it grow 'out of control', see what happens in the end :P

[maxpuffy]

if i understand right ur sayin we need to cut down on consumption of resources so we can save for the future generations....

so the way to do this is to effectively kill off the people who are leeching and driving us to our doom

because we are so much BETTER THAN THEM they deserve to die and we dont

research racism i am pretty sure thats the fuckin root of it there

[maxpuffy]

u fail to get my point, again.. IT HAS BECOME A VICIOUS CYCLE THAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED...

if u r born into a family of thieves, chances r u grow up to be one because u are effectly groomed this way..thats not really ur fault is it??

these guys r born into a society that promotes high child birth rates, inevitably they will tend to have lots of kids themselves n the same for their kids and on and on and on....

we need to break the cycle, not completely abandon them like u suggested

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

"if u r born into a family of thieves, chances r u grow up to be one because u are effectly groomed this way..thats not really ur fault is it??"

No it is the parents fault but when the kid grows up he should know better, this is why when a retard does some bad shit he gets arrested NOT his parents, do you really think "we will let you go cause you raised this way" will work,..

Same with people wanting kids, they SHOULD know better,.. "just because my family did it" isnt a good reason

[maxpuffy]

"he shud no better"

the only way he wud know better is if he is influenced by an outside stimulus, right and wrong ARENT programmed into our brains from birth, you r nortured by the society u live in... mate ur sociology is very outdated

[VoluptuousAlchemy]

Actually if you read about it in sociology OR psychology, the nature / nurture rule agrees completely with what I have said,..

This is why MOST nations have a get out of free jail card for people under 18, I have no idea what you have been reading / studying,..

Also the fact that you used right / wrong DEFINITELY means you are talking shit since sociology was the one who started the "good / evil is subjective" rule, when people abused the words like you are,..

[OnTheReBound]

@VoluptuousAlchemy

its not stupid, its the only way of survival for all species. the worse the "area", the more kids you need to have in order to increase the probability that at least SOME of them will make it to adults.

no need to say that in a country where there is no social care whatsoever (pension? yeah right), having grown up kids = survival at old age, when u cant work but still need to EAT.

no need to go far: what will happen to the blind father of 5 if it wasnt for his wife/kids?

[maxpuffy]

hopefully i struck a chord or two in that thick head of urs... how do u think we as 'educated ppl' can break this cycle for them?? we help them develop and educate them, n u do this thru donations...now i am not saying that this has been approached in the right way, frankly its been handled quite poorly so far with donations disappearing in corruption(another problem common in poverty)...however fact is u were born priviledged, they werent, so have some fuckin compassion and sought ur life out

[221133rd]

Same thing as usual. Instead of FIXING THE PROBLEM by improving on the water issue, people are given drugs when it's already too late. Brilliant thinking.

[AprilVine]

maybe back when it wasn't a big a problem, people didn't know the source of the illness. or they didn't notice the effects. and the african government is very poor, the people of tanzania are already lucky enough to have a water source. i doubt even now when they know about the problem, that they could afford a way to kill the flies without causing more harm.

[Dariovich]

the water is ok, the problem, are the flies inoculatin ppl with the larvaes. When they do that, they create that nodule under the skin, that later, will continue to release worms into blood stream. The idea is that, when a new black fly bites that person, it will take blood + larvaes so it can bites someone else. The symptoms are created for the erosion that the worm causes while movin across tissue.

Killin all the flies is impossible, so they are tryin to stop the life cycle of the worm.

[paratrooper6]

such handsome and beautiful people

[AnorexicPossumfarmer]

You got that right

[VegetaSmoke]

lol

[juanmartin1988]

To fix river blindness a facility to clean the water should be built.

[dhalaman]

good

[kza7]

boil the drinking water..

[swinewarrior]

even famine does not stop them fucking

[boratmania]

how the fuck is this documentary related to famine stupid ass idiot

[dominiquewilliamshoe]

journeyman vids always full of raw and uncut world issues that need to be handled.... the true news!

[DivineMoleculeDMT]

no kidding

[popinjay3000]

typical theres only ever one perogative in thet place...is it going to stop me fucking!

[NaturalBornRights01]

Great video, please keep up the good work.

[lvlaverick84]

Great video, please keep up the good work.

[InfoWarriorMaverick]

Great video, please keep up the good work.

[HabeshBeauti]

.wow its so sad

.bless em

[imigrantpunk]

The disease could be prevented by eradicating parasite carrying black flies, The rivers can be treated by a certain particle/chemical suspension that kill black fly larvae and do not seem to cause damage to the environment. you can find research papers on this.

[bcosten2007]

There is a factual error in the video or the sidebox. Is it 3 million or 4 million affected by the disease?

[creten69]

i cant even imagine ever having a problem at all, we hate just because of road rage, we're pathetic. Its such a sick world, ty jp for helping me to be the fukd up being that i am. Ty so much.amen

[MysteryManoLove]

2:58 I'm glad I watch this video, even if it was just for that old lady

[MariluLane]

how can u make me laugh on this video....????? (HAHAHA!) (even beta, the little kid in top rite corner at 4.58 (the cuteness???!))

tanzania has very precious gem stones, the same issue is that the money from sales is being lost and therefore there is nothing to buy the drugs or research with.

keep the community solutions, just get the money for the medications as well, that means exposing those who are taking all the trade cash....

[MysteryManoLove]

I don't take these issues lightly and I wasn't trying to demean the nessesity of medicine or their need of aid in anyway. I am well aware of what they go through on a daily basis and they do need help. I actually do stuff for them instead of sitting and laughing at videos or complaining that someone else was mean on a video or not.

[MariluLane]

no silly billy i was also laughing - not in a horrible way, just that i agreed she was a very cute old lady :) i know u weren't undermining the seriousness of this vid, i didn't mean to suggest u were. theres no way anyone could laugh at this information.

[MysteryManoLove]

Sorry for the misunderstanding. I love journyman videos.

[rosey10880]

When I see stories like these it does make me even more thankful than i already was that I am america.

[mrcritic1]

Woow.

After watching this, you have to be grateful for the life you live.

The moment you cough, having hundreds of different medicines to stop that cough before it even has time to become a flu.

When to turn your tap, clean water flows & you drink to your stomachs full without thought of any parasites.

Im i have to say, i'm blessed.

[Iamgandhiful]

you arent grateful until you watch someone's misery? pansy!

I aint grateful at the moment. the bank declined my mastercard. how am I supposed to donate for the malnourished people? its a new month, new limit to spend, ethiopia asked for food aid for 6 million and the damn bank declines my credit card! I would shoot myself if I had a gun. I only wonder how many starve to death for each day the bank decides to be a douchebag.

[creten69]

but really your debt causes all the worlds sufferring. It is the root cause of we the 3rd world slave owners, not rich bankers wives.

[mehdan2]

Yep, man is NOT born equal.

[ChvKiller]

they are afraid of getting sterile? lol

[Kgarcia607]

18 million people worldwide have this mostly in Africa how aweful.

[lejink]

4 million people need to take this drug for 15 years!!! holy crap.. im shocked the drug company isnt charging crazy amounts for it.

[cannoir]

do you hear this, epilepsy, fever , seizures years at a time. Holy crap and I think my little flu is the end of the world.

[fatpius]

surely you don't think the drug is given for free, unless they get something for it...like the natural resources from this country. and, it probably does cause sterilization.......duh

[omcasey1]

Sort of gives credence to the idea an entire populous is attempting to be sterilized -yeah?