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PO Box 3697
Los Angeles, CA 90078
©2011 DROP IN THE BUCKET
PO Box 3697
Los Angeles, CA 90078
©2011 DROP IN THE BUCKET
The Namakwa Primary School is located in the Mukono District of Uganda, in the Kyabalogo village which is in the Nakisunga sub-County. The well serves the [...]
The Namakwa Primary School is located in the Mukono District of Uganda, in the Kyabalogo village which is in the Nakisunga sub-County. The well serves the school and two nearby villages.
The school has 439 pupils; 207 boys and 232 girls. There are 13 full-time teachers.
Before the well the nearest source of water was a spring 2 km away. Too far for the school to use without disrupting the students school day.
The Kamda Secondary School is located in the Mpata sub-county of the Mukono District of Uganda. The school has 300 pupils 160 boys and 140 [...]
The Kamda Secondary School is located in the Mpata sub-county of the Mukono District of Uganda. The school has 300 pupils 160 boys and 140 girls.
February 4th was the date of this year’s first A Moveable Feast dinner. This time the location was a beautiful house in Sherman Oaks CA, [...]
February 4th was the date of this year’s first A Moveable Feast dinner. This time the location was a beautiful house in Sherman Oaks CA, which was coincidentally on the exact same street that Drop in the Bucket held its first ever fundraiser. The event sold out in just a few days and just one look at the menu was enough to tell you why. The amazing chef Joe Wetherbee turned out a long succession of tasty treats all perfectly cooked and eagerly devoured by revelers looking down on a picturesque view. The location was spectacular, the music perfect provided by the feast’s resident DJ Chris K. The drinks were strong and the night ended up more than covering the cost of a well for the Gukic Primary School
in Northern Bahr el Ghazal in South Sudan.
For more details about A Moveable Feast, or to sign up for the next one, which should be in the spring, please check out their website at
http://amoveablefeastla.com/
Your taste buds will thank you!
To quote their website “Good friends, good food, clean water…it doesn’t get much better than that!”
The Mengo Rainbow Primary School is in the Mokono District of Uganda. The well has actually been completed, but we are now just doing follow-up [...]
The Mengo Rainbow Primary School is in the Mokono District of Uganda. The well has actually been completed, but we are now just doing follow-up work and continuing with the community mobilization. Also the site has not been personally inspected by our country director so it can not be considered fully completed until then.
The Ocanoyere Primary School is located in Kaberamaido District in Northeast Uganda, Africa. The school has 280 pupils that will directly benefit from this well, [...]
The Ocanoyere Primary School is located in Kaberamaido District in Northeast Uganda, Africa. The school has 280 pupils that will directly benefit from this well, including the Community of Ocanoyere, which has 650 households. This means that according to the local authorities and community this well will service over 5000 people. The nearest water source that the community had was a lake that was about 1 mile away.
Jimmy Apunyu is 15 years old and is in 7th grade at Ating Tuo Primary School, in Alebtong, Uganda. He lives in Oyon Alwevi Village, [...]
Jimmy Apunyu is 15 years old and is in 7th grade at Ating Tuo Primary School, in Alebtong, Uganda. He lives in Oyon Alwevi Village, which is 1km from the school and has 15 siblings.
While we were there drilling the wel, Jimmy approached one of our workers and told him he had recently taken some water home from the hand dug, unprotected well near the school, which was the school’s only water source. After drinking some of the water, he began experiencing severe stomach pains, “It was like my intestines wanted to get out.” Jimmy says the same thing happened to his sister. He thinks it was probably from the water because it happened shortly after drinking some. According to Jimmy, “I fear I may have too many worms in my stomach. I am appealing for someone to come to our school and de-worm us.”
After the wells completion, Drop in the Bucket arranged for the sub-county officials to come and de-worm the children at this school. Jimmy says he is very happy. He now feels that his family will be safe and the whole community will be healthier.
The Kiganda High School is in the Kiganda sub-county of the Mubende district. There are 880 students being taught by 14 teachers. Before the well [...]
The Kiganda High School is in the Kiganda sub-county of the Mubende district. There are 880 students being taught by 14 teachers. Before the well the nearest water source was 3 k.m.
The Gukic Primary School is located in the village Gukic which is in the Ringmamer Boma of the Mangok Payam in Aweil East in South [...]
The Gukic Primary School is located in the village Gukic which is in the Ringmamer Boma of the Mangok Payam in Aweil East in South Sudan. The school has 450 pupils; 305 boys and 145 girls. The borehole well we are building will provide water to the school and 15 neighboring villages, providing water to 2900 people. These statistics have been verified by cross-checking them with the figures taken during the recent elections.
The school has only 5 teachers, and it was established by the government in 1996. The school has 12 orphans and 5 special needs children. The current closest source of safe drinking water is a local river and the school has no toilets at all so the entire school is defecating in the open near to the school. They urgently need fresh water and real toilets.
Corey Taylor, John 5, Scott Ian, Henry Rollins, and others Drop in the Bucket benefit Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro [...]
Corey Taylor, John 5, Scott Ian, Henry Rollins, and others
Drop in the Bucket benefit Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro and others Avalon 11/30/11
Last night handfuls of heavy musicians took the stage for a worthy cause, Drop In The Bucket, which funds water wells, sanitation systems and other programs in the ravaged regions of South Sudan.
Punk god and Weekly columnist Henry Rollins was the ringleader for the affair, which provided a non-stop assortment of music and words. It was all punctuated by a mostly metal mashup at the end of the night that left everyone exalted and exhausted.
Mike Watt and Kira Roessler from Dos
Unlike some shows for a cause, Drop In The Bucket struck the right balance between educating and electrifying. This was mostly thanks to Rollins, who came out in between each act to talk about the situation in Sudan and reminisce about his experiences with individual performers.
He spoke about his conversation with Iggy Pop about the reformation of the Stooges. Rollins warned Pop to think long and hard about the bassist, an essential component of the band’s sound. Mike Watt, he said, was one of the few that everyone could agree on. Then Dos, featuring Watt and Kira Roessler (former Black Flag) came out. The short and sweetly disonant duet set was a vociferous highlight of the show. (You can see Watt again tonight at The Stooges’ rescheduled show at the Palladium, along with Le Butcherettes.)
Jesse Hughes’ Boots Electric came on early, and the group had grooves to spare. The Eagles of Death Metal singer’s new band has an almost soulful quality that’s utterly charming. Hughes, known for his wacky, flirty charisma on stage, shook his ass non-stop while his very solid band provided a rhythmic base. Later, backstage, he told us, “It’s all for the ladies.”
These boots are made for lovin.- Boots Electric live at the Avalon Drop in the Bucket benefit
The same could not exactly be said for Corey Taylor’s ferocious free-for-all — for the most part a testosterama of metal classics from Van Halen, KISS, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Alice in Chains, and Foo Fighters.
Axe attack: John 5 and Dave Navarro
Some renditions were ear-blistering perfection, some were sort of a hot mess, but most every cut was highly entertaining.
And why not? The players who traded off guitars and drum sticks are some of the most compelling musicians to take rock stages: Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro, Weezer’s Scott Shriner, former Marilyn Manson/current Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, and members of (disbanded) punks Black President.
Then there was Taylor himself, who is definitely transcending his best known role as Slipknot’s masked shrieker. He’s currently in the middle of a spoken word/solo acoustic tour.
The crowd: Mostly Ozzfest types.
Personal bias: We’ve seen way too many Camp Freddy jams.
Random Notebook Dump: The scene backstage was almost as fun as the show.