THIRST: How to Dig a Well

Google Tech Talks
October, 22 2007

ABSTRACT

Antonio Gutierrez presents an opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of the progress and hope in the lives of the native people in Benin and Togo, Western Africa. Antonio has spent 20 years bringing hope to this region through extensive human development projects that have had far-reaching benefits. He speaks Bariba and Mokolle, languages spoken in Benin, as well as French, Spanish, and English. He will
recount his experiences in Africa and explain the low-tech ways he and his community work to solve challenging socio-economical and infrastructural problems. His ability to overcome cultural and political obstacles has made his endeavors in improving living conditions there successful. He is a model worker whose efforts have caught the attention of people, here in California, who are establishing a partnership with Antonio in order to bolster the impact of his work.

More information about the projects Antonio is undertaking can be found at http://baobabhi.org. Baobab Humanity Initiative is a grassroots

California-based nonprofit organization, which supports the work of Antonio Gutierrez.

Speaker: Antonio Gutierrez

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[angelgril1984]

uuh really bored and cute ^^.. Anyone want to chat or swap pIcs

[comedianhakim]

Instead of making fun of those poor falks; I wish Mr. Guiterrez should spend time on explaining how to dig a well, as it says in the title, like I happen to be so interested what he is holding in his hand; he say helps him find water, he did not even mention how it works, name, etc. If any one knows what it is, could you comment. Thanks!

[pgrunin8]

Amazing! What wonderful work Fr. Guiterrez has done!! He really made a difference in many peoples lives!!

[gfc56]

In 50 yrs the population in Africa will swell to 8 Billion. Guess where many of those starving blacks will emigrate to. You guessed it Europe, America, Australia, New Zealand, anywhere else whitey lives.

[maxinpains]

she kinda sexy to me....

[MrZackiller]

only 8 people

[comedianhakim]

allymetoo: Would happen to name names of those NGO's, or at least some info I can start a search? Thanks!

[giant648]

google sucks scroogle scraper is better

[allymetoo]

I totally agree. There's a couple of other Videos out there from small scale NGO's without diplomatic connections to the UN bureaucracy and they have pretty much documented everything from assembling the drilling Core to driving the Pipe with local Scrap Steel and manual Labor in Detail.

This Dumb Talk is just Nuts.

[siasabora]

great experiences...he is definitely enjoying working out there.Participatory dev. work.