[Imc-africa] reaching john

[Danielle Chynoweth]

I got a call from Oscar from Kanegmi today.  He was upset because he had
spent 3 hours on a story in an expensive cyber cafe, but his story did not
seem to upload.  Could an admin check with the site to see if anything with
Oscar as the author showed up?  Is was a story about the police (sorry I
could not understand any more than that).
After it would not upload, he printed it out to edit and rewrite, showed it
to some folks in a nearby bar, and they tore it up and threatened him
because they saw him as "stirring up trouble."  So he says it is gone.  We
had a very short time on the phone, but I promised to look into whether the
site is publishing.
Oscar says Christopher is okay - I was worried because I had not heard from
him.  Kangemi has been calm.
I gmail chatted with John last weekend - not since.

UC IMC sent ~$800 in donations to Kenya IMC through John's bank account, as
per the consensus by IMC Kenya.  We are about to sent another ~$600 once we
confirm the first was received and distributed.

cheers,
Danielle


On Jan 21, 2008 6:49 PM, 99 <beleza at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> The last email I have from John is 20/1, which included file uploads
> from Douglas and an assurance that Nairobi was "calm" (his quotes) so it
> sounds like people are at least ok and safe.  In the past few days I've
> gotten messages from this list that were dated many days ago, so the
> listserv might be a bit clogged.  I'm not sure how internet access is in
> Nairobi at the moment, or how reliable their email delivery.  If the
> communication holdup continues and you need to get in touch, I can pass
> along cell phone numbers for sending text messages, with their
> permission.  Anna, the email address you list below is the one that I
> have used, and which John has used to reply.  The error message looks
> like the server on his side was having a problem that may or may not be
> solved.  I would try again.
>
> best!
> steph
>
> tatarana wrote:
> > Hello Anna,
> >
> > have you got any answer from John or anybody else?
> > I also sent messagens (17/01) to john and douglas but never got
> > an answer.
> >
> > Has anyone on this list hear from kenya-people after the 16/01 ?
> >
> > Hugs,
> > tatarana
> >
> >
> > Anna escreveu:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> for some strange reason I don't succeed in sending direct emails to
> >> John. I tried several times using the address jonbwak[at]yahoo.com
> >> starting the same day you sent the first message about the current
> >> situation in Kenya. These messages disappear in cyberspace for days,
> and
> >> then come back saying
> >>
> >> -----
> >> This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> >>
> >> <jonbwak at yahoo.com>:
> >> Connected to 209.191.88.239 but greeting failed.
> >> Remote host said: 421 Message from (217.114.68.227) temporarily
> deferred
> >> - 4.16.50. Please refer to
> >> http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-06.html
> >> I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too
> long.
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Can someone explain why this is? Is there a way other than using this
> >> address to reach you directly, John?
> >>
> >> Either way - I did want to offer support, also for the website.
> >>
> >> I hope all media activists in Kenya are fine, as well as everybody's
> >> friends and family.
> >>
> >> All the best from Berlin
> >> Anna
> >>
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