Message I received from Swaziland in response.

Moderator.

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Dear Mr Oudhia,

My name is Natacha and I work for an environmental NGO in
Swaziland. We are very concerned about the jatropha plantations
being developed in Swaziland.

Firstly I would be grateful if you could point me in the direction
of the aforementioned film.

In addition we would like to arrange a community exchange. We can
possibly arrange funding for several of our community elders to
visit several affected communities in India. We would usually
arrange this through another NGO and I would appreciate it if you
could recommend any formal group/s that is working with affected
communities.

Many thanks,

Natacha



--- In jatropha@..., "Pankaj Oudhia" <pankajoudhia@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Group Members,
>
> In last few months thousands of children around the world have
> been hospitalized due to Jatropha poisoning. After initial treatment
> authorities have discharged them. As mentioned in previous mail,
> Jatropha poisoning affects victim's mental status. In Chhattisgarh I
> am interacting with victims. My friends are also engaged in these
> interactions. Very recently during such interactions parents
> complained that after poisoning children have became *dull* in daily
> activity. In many places parents uprooted/cut Jatropha plants in
> anger. Children who consumed 15-20 seeds are in poor mental status.
> These are serious observations. As such poisoning happended throughout
> India I request you to interact with victims and record their bad
> experiences and effect on mental status. I feel that we must keep all
> information on this aspect at one place for future reference.
>
> If anyone wants to see this shocking interview with victims and their
> parents, please write back to me for short film. We are in process of
> adding it in youtube.
>
> regards
> Pankaj Oudhia
>
> http://www.pankajoudhia.com
>