Clean water, energy and internet access come to rural Zimalia easier and faster than ever before
A Zimalian child and the Watly EM machine provided by Manist Association of Zimalia(MAZ) MAZ(Manist Association of Zimalia) has announced that they have provided five Manist villages here, in Zimalia, with the latest Watly machines from Watly EM. The machines will be providing water and electricity for all villagers while internet access will be restricted for education at school, with limited access being provided to Manists in good standing with the Church. The Walty machines will be placed on the grounds of the Manist temple villages. The leading Imam of MAZ has said that the first 5 machines, priced at 800 thousands dinars (USD) each are the first phase of the project and that a reservation has been made for a further five machines. According to the Imam, MAZ has limited resources available but has been in contact with the Tamoran mining companies that are setting up their operations here and it seems they are very willing to provide a contribution from their profits to MAZ. "Once the Tamoran mining companies will be fully operational, we expect they will help the local community just as they do back home. That will allow us to help more people here in Zimalia."
The machines are manufactured in East Moreland by one of their local companies named Watly. Sources from MAZ say they approached the Morelander company because they couldn't find anything even remotely similar anywhere in Mundus, let alone in Tamora. Though initial negations were difficult because of cultural differences and a troubled political context, the Morelander company and MAZ managed to reach an agreement and, should MAZ get the funding it needs, they will be able to buy many more such machines.
MAZ has stated they are extremely excited by the capabilities of Watly machines and as they would greatly help in transforming the economies of the villages.
The first six families from Tamora came to visit rural Zimalia through the sponsorship program
The recently started program where local Imams are trying to link the small but growing Manist community from rural Zimalia to Tamora is moving forward. This week the first six families, together with their children, spent a couple of days in one of the Manist villages of Zimalia. The six Manist families from Zimalia that were their hosts were all upstanding members of the community and highly recommend by the local imam. The visit proved successful as the visitors spent time together , explored the country side, the children went to school together and, of course, they all prayed together.
The leading Imam of Manist Association of Zimalia (MAZ) was kind enough to talk to us about how the program is going and what are its goals:
-Iman, please tell us a bit about what you are hoping to archive with this program:
-To bond our community together. The small Manist community here follows the word of the Prophet but is surrounded by people who do not share or understand our faith. If that wasn't enough, tribal and clan allegiance runs deep with the people here. People back home have no idea just how strong the tribal allegiance is for people living here and how hard it is to break those allegiances and have them follow the Prophet. So it's very important for them to see that they aren't just joining a new religion but also a new "tribe", the only "tribe" we, who follow the Prophet, have: Tamoran.
-How did the Tamoran families reacted when they got to the rural village?
-Not very well, I can tell you that. They wanted to go back and said it was a bad idea.
-Really?
-Yeah, they were displeased about the poor conditions, worried their kids might get a disease etc.
- And what did you do?
- I said :"look, let me ask you this. If these people were not Manist but rich Zimalians that just happened to invite you for a couple of days to this rural area, in these same conditions, for a genuine Zimalian rural experience, would you have stayed if it meant you could potentially benefit from doing business with them?"
And they of course said that it is a different matter, that it could cause offense to the hypothetic rich ZImalians and ruin their potential business deal. So I pressed them and asked if they read the Book of Mani and of course they boasted how they read from it every day and pray daily. It was then that I told them to stop reading the book and stop praying because they must be reading it backwards or something since it's seemed to have the opposite effect than intended. Otherwise I couldn't explain how you'd honor the invitation of a rich heathen just because he might be offended and yet they'd refuse the hospitality of a fellow brother of faith and not even consider they could be offending him.
- I take it you were a bit angry then...
-Oh yes. I mean I always say in my sermons how if Zimalians leave their tribal affiliations behind their get to join the biggest "tribe" of all, the Tamoran "tribe". And when Zimalians finally get to see their fellow "tribesmen" coming here, Tamorans consider turning away. The hosts we selected were pillars their communities, they left their tribal affiliations behind, their children performed very well at school and followed the word of the Prophet and still it was not enough for some our people.
- But in the end they stayed. How did they find the "Zimalian" experince?
- After their initial ... "shock" let's call it, they discovered things are not that bad. That once you look beyond the veil of poverty, you see people who want to learn as much as possible about the Prophet and have the same aspirations as us. They also saw that Zimalia and Zimalians had a lot to offer, too.
At the end of their stay, the Tamorans were asking me what they could do to help and I said to them that I don't know. I know how to teach faith and the word of the Prophet. That's their job to figure out solutions. We are doing the best we can here but only if we work together, all of us, can we find ways to help. That's why it's important to have these meetings, only when you meet people in person you understand what the stake is. Once the Tamorans saw for themselves rural Zimalia they can now get a feeling about what they need to doand how they can help. It also helps to spread the word in our communities about our work that is still needed here.
-So what's next?
-The Tamorans are anxious to return the favor and host the Zimalian families in return. We hope we can make the necessary arrangements for the Zimalians to get to Djerb (capital of Tamora) by the time the Mother of the Nation will give her first sermon at the Great Temple of Djerb.
-Thank you so much.
-Thank you.
Spoiler: Tamorans vising rural Zimalia show Nothing brings Tamorans together like praying in public, under the clear sky for all and God to see. MAZ and Zimalian Union of Labour (ZUL) continue to enhance their partnership to help combat homelessness in urban Zimalia
MAZ has said they will continue to work with ZUL to identify people in urban areas that have lost their homes and have no place to go. MAZ will offer these people the opportunity to move to rural areas where MAZ has plenty of land. Priority will be given to homeless Zimalians that are single mothers and parents with young children. The "newcomer" families in the villages will be provided a house owned by MAZ that they will be able to use for free and be helped to integrate in the local community.
"Thanks to machines like Walty EM but also the collaborated efforts of our aid works, the parts of rural Zimalia where MAZ owns land have seen a significant increase in quality of life. We believe that it's slowly becoming an alternative for those Zimalians in urban areas that are now homeless."
MAZ continues its acquisition of arable land in rural
MAZ have said they will continue to buy all available land in rural areas. They have also said that complaints regarding Afolayans who have been forced into bankruptcy through unethical contracts is not something that is directly connected to them and it is a matter between Tamoran agricultural companies and villagers.
"We are buying as much arable substance farming land and developing the villages where we have acquired a significant portion of the land. The legal matters between Tamoran agricultural companies and villagers is something that can best be addressed by the Zimalian courts. We would also like to remind people that, to the best our knowledge, Tamoran companies are fully compliant with Zimalian law."
Spoiler: drip irrigation in rural Zimalia show Drip irrigation explained.Drip irrigation in practice. MAZ is working with Tamoran agricultural companies to find ways to increase agricultural output in the areas where it owns land. One such way is using dripping irrigation which, although has its shortcomings, increases output production.
"Water is short supply in many parts of Zimalia. Dipping irrigation allows us to make better use of the precious few water we have and also see better harvests. Although there is a cost associated with the initial investment but we expect the costs to be recouped after a couple of harvests. "
Tamoran embassy organizes a screening of the latest Silence movie
The Tamoran embassy organized a screening of the
Silence movie, which presents the ethnic cleansing of Tamorans living in Slava Lavosk. Those in attendance were deeply touched by what they saw and at the end of the movies, when DIlara's mother uttered the ancient Tamoran prayer, people in attendance stood up, held each other's hands and said the prayer in unison.
Our thoughts and prayers go to Dilara, her family and every Tamoran held in detention by the Slavan regime. Until next time: God bless the Eternal President! God bless Tamora!