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Pete O'Neal
founded the United African American Community
Center UAACC, a non-profit community based NGO, in 1991 for
the purpose of providing programs and projects for the
enrichment of the Arusha community, both urban and
rural and also to promote closer cultural ties to communities
in America and around the world
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A Glimpse into UAACC!
Living a Life of
Promise and Community in Imbaseni Village
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Pete O'Neal founded the United African
American Community
Center UAACC, a non-profit community based NGO, in 1991
for
the purpose of providing programs and projects for the
enrichment of the Arusha community, both urban and
rural and also to promote closer cultural ties to
communities
in America and around the world.
The name was later
amended to
United African
Alliance Community Center
to better reflect the more global
focus of the center's
concentration and outreach. |
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Beginnings
of the Tanzania Experience...1972 onwards! |
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Pete and Charlotte with their children Malcolm
and Stormy Ann during the early days in Arusha, Tanzania |
In
1972 Pete and Charlotte came to Tanzania. They became African
American pioneers in their ancestral homeland, and built their
homestead on the slopes of Mt. Meru in Imbaseni, a rural village in the heart of the
traditional homeland of the Wameru tribe.- |
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Charlotte learned how to
milk cows and make cheese, yogurt and butter!
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Pete learned how to plant and harvest in the early days!
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First days in Imbaseni Village when buffalo would sometimes bang on
the sisal pole fence! |
From the very beginning...It
was always a family
effort!
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Pete and Malcolm learned how
to make stabilized soil bricks using a Cinvaram machine when
building our first house in Imbaseni.. |
Stormy did
chores like carrying the milk. |
Pete and Malcolm added to
the family coffers by hunting. |
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UAACC is based in Imbaseni Village in
the heart of Wameru homeland outside of Arusha, Tanzania. We are
situated between two majestic mountains...Mt. Kilimanjaro , the
tallest mountain in Africa and Mt. Meru, the third tallest!
It’s a place of serenity, beauty and joy!
Click
here to see more scenes at UAACC
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And
yes...it's a long way from Kansas City!!
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The late 60’s saw a tremendous upsurge of self determination and
community control in inner cities throughout America. The Black
Panther Party was a prime example of unity and shared purpose as
evidenced in the many community programs initiated by the BPP such
as the Free Breakfast for Children and Free Health Clinics.
Pete and Charlotte are proud to have been a part of that historic
chapter of American history, Pete as founder and Chairman of the
Kansas City Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Charlotte also
as a member.
“Our present day community outreach service continues
to be informed by our time as Black Panthers,’” Bro Pete
acknowledges. “Our work is truly a continuation of the work
we did as members of the Black Panther Party!”
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