An accidental fire destroyed the interior of Garrys Burlington, VT home, including his small video-studio in the basement and the offices of the World Government House. Fortunately he was not hurt, but most of his belongings were destroyed. Data recovery experts are trying to revive the 25 years of documents from his desktop computer, but its very difficult work.
Fortunately he has insurance for the physical replacement, but the task of rebuilding is enormous and Garry needs our help.
As you may know, I'm producing a movie about Garry Davis and his amazing life living for over 60 years as a citizen of no nation, only the world. See our 5 minute short at www.onefilms.com. I was very concerned when I heard about the fire, but when I spoke to him by phone, I was floored by his undefeatable attitude toward life:
"How can I consider that anything material that is lost means anything? You know, it doesnt matter. I was on the dusty roads of the world for 25 years. The secret of success and well-being is to reduce your needs. The more needs you have, the more things you have, the less freedom you have. Thats my philosophy of life. So it doesnt matter when I lose a house. You've got to be philosophical about the world itself, the worldly things. The main thing is to think of the higher levels. That's where I live."
Wow! Here Garry is, 88 years old, he loses everything, and instead of being in tears, hes upbeat, vibrant and strong. And he found something great rising out of the ashes:
"It's amazing that I've been here for, I don't know, 13 years, alone in that house and the minute the house burned down, suddenly I'm in contact - I will be in contact with an enormous number of people here in Burlington, including students through a guy who was at my door canvassing one day. I gave him "My Country is the World". He took it out, he read it. Now he's working for me. To him this is the beginning of his life, to meet me and to know about World Citizenship. He looked at your One Films site and at all the films. He's totally turned on and wants to bring it to his world, which means the students. He says, You've got to be in Facebook now. Everybodys reading it. He's got a thousand ideas. We had to buy a big white sheet of paper to put down all his ideas. This is the first time I've got a young assistant who is gung-ho. Not only that, but he plays classical piano. He's kind of a chess master. He knows all about computers. Hes a godsend. You'll want to find some money for this guy, because were having trouble paying him $10 an hour. So you ought to find some money for this guy."
This is the time to give Garry our support. He needs money to have Andrew assist him not only rebuild his work, but also to carry it forward to a whole higher level.
Your help is needed like never before! Please join Garry now in making a difference for the world. To contribute, simply go to www.worldgovernment.org and click on the donate button.
If you want your contribution to be tax-deductible, send it to our non-profit, Future WAVE (Working for Alternatives to Violence through Entertainment) , and we'll engage Andrew to help Garry in setting up his new video studio and reaching out to Burlington film students in the area and engage videographers to help document Garry's amazing journey.
We'll also arrange to scan and capture on film several notebooks of historic clippings, letters from heads of state and one-of-a-kind documents of his dramatic adventures, which amazingly were in a place in the house that was protected from the flames. This material is crucial, since our documentary film is about to start pre-production with our new academy-award nominated director! E-mail me if you'd like a copy of our new documentary proposal.
To make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal or credit card, simply click here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=Z62K...
Please contact me if you need any further information.
Warmly,
Arthur Kanegis
info@onefilms.com
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My Country is the World (p.88) Garry tells of the fire that burned the the little hut the townsfolk built for him when he was stuck on the border between France and Germany: I was eating dinner in a little restaurant near the bridge when someone burst in shouting, The cabin is burning!
I hurried out, and saw the tiny cabin blazing away. I had left the children playing inside! Breaking into a cold sweat, I covered the ground in seconds.
Arthurkanegis 1 year ago
Garry really needs our help right now! It's amazing what this 88 year old has been doing from The World Government House to help promote world citizenship. Click on the full text of WorldPeace5000 above to read Garry's surprising reactions to the fire and how you can help.
Arthurkanegis 1 year ago