Study The CNS said:

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Is there someone else who is acting as the middleman, or am I still planning to be the middleman after I prove myself trustworthy by giving Asante my personal money first?

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For me personally --- (and this is NOT intended as an insult) --- I would be more comfortable working with either Ythan, geokills, or maybe a mod with the initials AR.

For those intending to work with you, metalfaith, I hope this does not discourage them.

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gopher said:

What happens if donations stall on well X? we spend the collected money on something cheaper? wasnt there fruit trees?

Anyways, I may be able to pitch something in June, Ive already spent almost all my May money and its not even May yet lol, phone, phone plan, Mothers Day gift, computer battery, money all gone.

Looking forward to the pictures of the first well from this thread.

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That would be amazing Gopher, but, fully at your discretion

If we arrive at a point where there is money left over that we cant round off to a full well, we can blow it all on first aid kits, fruit trees for orphans, malaria treatment packages that save dozens of litle kids lives each and other small potatoes stuff.

Somehow I think though that if we end up stuck at lets say $100 short of a well that we'll find a way to make it.

We're good people.

metalfaith said:

I think I figured it out guys. If I start the collection by just sending $1000 to Asante, that should be a show of good faith that can make everyone feel comfortable sending me their money, as i already donated more than I will receive. Then after I make another transfer to Asante with the money I collect from everyone.

Please everyone, if you plan to donate, please respond to this idea and let me know if this would make you feel secure enough to send me your money.

Thanks all, Stay Shroomy!

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Asante said:

If we have some spare change inbetween 2 wells, 2 particularly good investments are:

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MALARIA KIT €29 (= $35)
contains 60 treatments for malaria with 25 test kits. this is a very cheap way to fast save a whole bunch of children under the age of 5. Its not a vaccine but a combination treatment based on artemisinins. Toss €29 in and save over a dozen toddler lives, thats very straightforward and emotionally satisfying. When they get malaria again, chances are that this time they will survive it.

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4x JACKFRUIT TREE €25 (= $30)
these trees will each be planted by orphanages and community centers. jackfruit trees will start yielding fruit in 3 years and can live for 100 years. The fruits are ginormous (10-80lbs) but whats especially important is that each tree yields approximately 200kg (= 8x 50lbs bags) of seeds per year. The seeds can be roasted and snacked on, or ground to a flour, but they contain 38.3% carbohydrate, 17.7% crude protein, and 15.9% fat which basically means that the seed is as nutritious as fatty meat and thus, that one tree yields in seed alone the nutritional value of slaughteting about 6 goats per year, without having to keep, feed & heal goats, a tree is just a tree - a 100 ft high tree with roots right down to the aquifer. African Jackfruit trees are being praised as one of the best things against world hunger and also, are planted not just for food but because they are great trees against desertification, soil erosion etc. What you will see is that people will grow seeds and cutting of these trees so each tree will multiply itself and saturate the community with a rich source of fat, protein and carbs.
EXTREMELY cost effective and very Shroomery as we're a growing & propagating community.

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Just 2 picks.

If someone says, yoyoyo I'd like to spend a sum towards lets sat trees or medicine or whatnot, that should be possible too of course. We can make a shopping list.

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metalfaith said:

You do understand the plan, right?

I have not given anyone info and won't be, until I send my initial $700 to Asante and he confirms it is in his wallet. Obviously I fully understand all of the context and circumstanes surrounding sending money to anyone on a drug forum, but it seems foolproof, no?

I mean if I send Asante $700 of my own money, what am I going to keep your $50 or $100?

Again, absolutely no offense taken either way, just seems pretty airtight of an idea to me (okay let's agree that's enough disclaimers).

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Study The CNS said:

metalfaith said:

You do understand the plan, right?

I have not given anyone info and won't be, until I send my initial $700 to Asante and he confirms it is in his wallet. Obviously I fully understand all of the context and circumstanes surrounding sending money to anyone on a drug forum, but it seems foolproof, no?

I mean if I send Asante $700 of my own money, what am I going to keep your $50 or $100?

Again, absolutely no offense taken either way, just seems pretty airtight of an idea to me (okay let's agree that's enough disclaimers).

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I'll give it some more consideration. Are you a member of MushroomObserver, a charity, a non-profit, an NGO, or affiliated with an organization that helps people? That would help me a little bit more with the "faith" part of this.

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Doc9151 said:

Asante, I have a $100 U.S. I'll kick in, send me a 0m with details on how to get the money to you. I only made it through the first ten or so post,  so if the information is already posted,  I apologize,  but I really don't want to read this whole thread.

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Doc9151 said:

Asante, I have a $100 U.S. I'll kick in, send me a 0m with details on how to get the money to you. I only made it through the first ten or so post,  so if the information is already posted,  I apologize,  but I really don't want to read this whole thread.

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Ima Trooper said:

If you have cryptocurrency, you can send it that way. XLM is how I sent mine because the fees are super low. Or you can send it to metalfaith via other ways and he'll forward it to Asante.

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XLM Address (mention this in the transaction!)
GA5XIGA5C7QTPTWXQHY6MCJRMTRZDOSHR6EFIBNDQTCQHG262N4GGKTM
XLM Memo (mention this in the transaction!)
260116973

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QM33 said:

And now that I got some crypto I think I can send my 50 now..?

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