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Our
discovery of a progressive peaceful civilization in South Africa,
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We
arrived on the tip of Africa, where the Indian and Atlantic oceans
meet, in a land of rooibos tea, wild aloe, diamonds, singing whales,
dinosaur fossils, and honeybush. The potential of South Africa, now
rising from the ashes, is huge. So are the challenges. On our first
mission, two Zulu tribes people near Johannesburg, a male king and
a female sangoma (traditional healer), showed us native healing herbs
and traditional healing methods still known to some native South Africans.
They presented photos of HIV/AIDS patients who claimed recovery, the
attempted exploitation of this knowledge, and the need to keep certain
indigenous knowledge out of wrong hands while also needing to substantiate
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First
mission to South Africa. ...Photo: Barbara
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piece of fertile land near one of the many South African rivers was
hoped to become an organic arts and healing center. The art and knowledge
of the Zulu king would draw eco-tourism to help fund the center. |
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Our
friends' vast, grounded knowledge of the healing potential of Mother
Africa was still somewhat stifled by an inner opponent, which some
may call learned helplessness, causing a "stuckness," an
inability to take more steps forward after a certain ceiling is hit,
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"…showed
us native healing herbs and traditional healing methods still
known to some native South Africans" |
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for the current predicament. Africa, like all continents, has participated
in its own share of passivity in the face of war, genocide, slavery,
spiritual persecution, and invasion of other nations and tribes. So
have Europeans, Native Americans, Asians and people of other continents.
These are human qualities, and human choices not owned by any one
race of people. Yet all races, nations and continents, including Africa,
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of living as well. Once we understand our own inner opponents, we
then identify our true outer opponents. Our higher potential becomes
clear and we make conscious choices to aim for the higher human qualities
available to all humans starting with ourselves. That's when we make
deep and permanent changes for the better, attract the right co-creators,
and avoid the older paradigm of remaining purely victims waiting for
the external rescue. |
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Rooibos
tea has been proven positive against cancer. It grows only in South
Africa. Photo courtesy Cape Natural
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The
African treasure we'd been seeking... |
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From
here, we moved onward to discover, in 2003, a jewel in Cape Town,
South Africa, where a growing group of peace-loving citizens are making
a deep difference in South Africa. This has become our current project
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includes two interlinked programs: the first, the non-profit Shaster
Foundation's eco-arts-healing center underway in a nature sanctuary
for orphans and local economy, based on advanced universal principals
of cooperation and love. It will be self-sustaining in part by eco-tourism.
A highly esteemed sangoma, and friend to the personal sangoma of Nelson
Mandela, is part of this program, as well as our close friend and
fourth generation African: Di Womersley, a PhD candidate studying
healing methods from all parts of the world, and a well-known South
African folk singer. They already use advanced natural methods to
reach autistic children, and treat HIV/AIDS patients with a combination
of native herbs. Much of |
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The
Atlantic touches the shores of South Africa in Cape Town Photo:
Barbara Adams
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is rediscovering cures to diseases that, long ago, were not terminal.
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already use advanced natural methods to reach autistic
children, and treat HIV/AIDS patients with a combination
of native herbs. Much of Africa is rediscovering cures
to diseases that, long ago, were not terminal." |
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The
second is a 7200-hectare organic village project proliferating open-pollinated
seed supplies and training organic farmers to transform the entire
African Karoo valley into organic production. Called the Klein Karoo
Initiative, it was created by the National Organic Seeds South Africa
(NOSSA) project, described by them as "aimed at mobilizing emerging
farmers and commercial farmers through the |
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production of organic agri-products in a holistic approach to 'PPP'
principles: Planet/ People/ Prosperity." |
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Klein Karoo is a semi desert region with many fertile valleys and
micro climates where specialized agriculture such as olives and dates
thrive. The Klein Karoo is already well known for its seed production,
building up supplies next to an employment center where new sustainable
farmers can learn organic farming. |
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The
World Grace Foundation was initially contacted by the Shaster
Foundation in 2003, seeing we had mutual goals, and we made it
our sister non-profit. Since then, we have sent books and information,
thousands of heirloom and open-pollinated seeds, and received healing
herbs, African art and African incense back from them. |
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With
higher universal laws in mind, South Africa can now draw from and
expand their own higher ways of being and leapfrog the corporate
agribusiness and GMO time segment into an advanced 21st century
era of local food production and fair trade traditional products.
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Youth group is
taught nearly forgotten traditional songs and dance, and receives
paying visitors from around the world to support them and the project.
Photo courtesy the Shaster Foundation.
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Second
Mission:
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for fall, 2009 ... funding and supply collection is underway
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seed donations have been received. All clothing and children's books
for orphans that can be taken in one trip have been obtained. Seeking
more open pollinated seeds, travel funds, and funds for creation and
maintenance of an African progress report web log. |
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this mission, we will deliver larger amounts of open-pollinated seeds
and other supplies, including organic farming information, children's
books and clothing for orphans. We'll teach and initiate natural healing
techniques discovered in America that can even be learned by the orphans.
We'll be taken directly to the current programs in progress and study
first-hand the updated needs of the arts/eco/healing village sanctuary
for orphans and families and update our partnership with them for
the mutual progress of both countries. We will also explore more ancient
healing methods and power centers of South Africa for greater understanding
on how Africa can continue towards becoming a self-sufficient asset
to the world, with the deeper byproduct of heightening the public
outlook and relations between Africans and Americans. |
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To
donate to this or any of the various projects of our non-profit,
please visit our DONATION PAGE
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