More Photos & Further Updates on Barrick Gold's Toxic Sludge into River Tigite

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FYI: There has been a lot of talks in this forum about taking action as in 'walking the talk' - Now here is a practical example of taking action:   ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Foundation HELP <in...@foundationhelp.org> To: Chambi Chachage cham...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 5:34:46 PM Subject: Re: Photos & Updates: Toxic Sludge into River Tigite - North Mara (Barrick's doing) Chambi, Greetings from Musoma. The photos can now be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/found2 Please  circulate widely. Kind regards, Chacha ===================== Chacha Benedict Wambura Executive Director Foundation HELP P.O. Box 854 Musoma Tanzania Tel/Fax: +255 28 2620 575 Cell: +255 787 945 414, +255 713 235 146 Email: in...@foundationhelp.org Website: http//:www.foundationhelp.org ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: john magafu <zema...@yahoo.com> To: [...] Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:06:14 PM Subject: Fw: Re: UPDATES FROM TARIME Hello Friends!!! I would like to thank you for your concern on this matter in Nyamongo Tarime.  The sampling exercise was done extremely well without any problem.  We managed to do some interview with a reasonable number of the community members in various areas and both political leaders, and it was good that we never involved the local media crew who are in Tarime otherwise they could notify the Company about our presence something which could frasturate our mission. On the preliminary indications the samples gives us very shocking impressions.  We managed to witness three dead cows, and the meat had abnomal colour, and we have taken some pieces of internal organs for laboratory check up. We are set to meet the Tarime District commissioner on Monday morning for the interview and to hear about the government's action on this matter.  At the same time we would like to report in his office because of geeting his position and view on this matter. I do believe that my collegues will be in a position to share their views on what exactly occured on the field.  My general observation is that Barrick Gold mine is very rude and does not care about the wellbeing of the people.  What matters to Barrick Goldmine Company is only gold. My suggestion to this situation is to mobilise all stakeholder to meet as quick as possible and put down neccessary strategies to force the Company to cease production for a while so as to allow thorough investigations and solutions towards the problems that are facing the communities surrounding this area. We need to do it very quickly to rescue the lives and the future of the generations to come.  The situation is very tense between the villagers and the company, I was surprised to see a big number of field force Police men guarding the piles of stones in this area while the people and the environment are perishing. We need to invite all well wishers to join our efforts, other wise tanzania and the people in Tarime and tanzania will be left in ana extreme poverty and death cases are obvious in a very few years to come. Continue to pray for God's intervention in this matter those who are responsible have decided to side with the company and not the poor communities.  It is very unfortunate that this inhuman behaviours  and injustices are done by rich companies. May God be seen in this situation. Kind Regards, Rev. John Magafu CCT Communications and Media Advocacy Department ----------------------------------------------------------   On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Chambi Chachage <cham...@yahoo.com> wrote:   FYI: Note the updates below, the critique of Barrick's statement further below, and the photos of the affected area-more evidence to follow!   "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing" - Edmund Burke   "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends" - Martin Luther King Jr.