European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday decembers 1992 Aid for Africa the stars and stripes Page 3airmen to Aid Effort from Spain Cairo by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau . Air forces in Europe is sending at least 150 airmen to Moron a Spain in support of the Relief Mission to Somalia officials said monday. Firefighters weathermen and transportation communication and fuel specialists Are among the personnel on temporary assignment to the Spanish base said capt. Felecia Tavares a Safe spokeswoman. Some Safe personnel also Are heading for Cairo Egypt another staging Point for the Somalia Mission said staff sgt. Doyle Tillman a spokesman at Ramstein a Germany. He did not know How Many people or what specialists were going to Cairo. The exact number of Safe personnel who ultimately will take part in the Relief operation to fam Ine stricken Somalia is not yet known. A apparently they Are setting up some Typo of support operations at Moron Tavares said. The length of the assignment is open ended Tavares said. A a ,. Some of the airmen arc from Ramstein and Spang Dahlem air bases in Germany but it was not known at press time what other Safe bases Are contributing personnel to operation restore Hope. At Span Dahlem for example three firefighters a civil engineering liquid fuel specialist transportation vehicle operator and a weather specialist began leaving saturday for Moron said capt. Mike rein a base spokesman. A i would expect we would get some additional flow Quot of people to Spain rein said. Ramstein sent 25 aircraft cargo personnel three firefighters and two weathermen Tillman said. Personnel with expertise in transportation operation and engineering were also sent. The air base at Moron is in Southern Spain West of Granada and North of the Strait of Gibraltar. The air Force has a Small caretaker Foree of about 42 people assigned to Moron said master sgt. Reginald Dawkins a spokesman at Aviano a Italy. The Navy already has a detachment at Moron of about 45 people. Tavares described Moron As a Spanish air base that the United states uses to lend support for its forces deploying throughout the european  taps resources to Aid nation by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Rothenburg of Der Tauber Germany a water clean Safe and pure flows now from mount Kilimanjaro to the nearly 70,000 people who live in the Western Shadow of the eternally Snow capped Peak in Tanzania. The water which began flowing oct. 30 through a pipeline nearly 40 Miles Long is in Many ways a gift from Gloria Teichert an american who has lived for 30 years in Germany with her husband Hanns a retired designer. For seven years Teichert an Alabama native has worked to fulfil a pledge she made in 1985 to bring clean water to people she had never met and about which she knew very Little. Her involvement began when some churchmen from Tanzania visited a Church in Rothenburg one of Germany a most famous medieval cities. One told her of the problems they have getting clean water. Teichert a brother Lloyd James recalled that conversation. A she said a ill bring you  he said a of you will a a now with her pledge fulfilled Teichert 71, recalls her thoughts when she first saw in 1987 the Region of poverty and geographical isolation she had promised to help. A i thought i should go kill myself a she joked in the cluttered basement office of her Home. A but because id opened my big Mouth and promised these people and because they believed in me. A the words trailed off with a shrug of her shoulders the shoulders that bore the responsibility of accomplishing what so called experts a scientists engineers and Church leaders a had said  be done tapping the More than 19,000 feet of Mountain for a Supply of clean water. A i said a if we can put a Man on the Moon and my father can help build the Panama canal then we can get water from that Mountain a a she said. Teichert Sage has not robbed her Energy. She formed pure water foundation in 1985 As a fund raising entity dedicated to building a pipeline from Kilimanjaro a clean water. From her Home she and James a essentially the entire staff of pure water a wrote letters made Telephone Calls and welcomed visitors personally in an attempt to do what had seemed impossible. James said of his sister a she has a Way of making people like her. And somehow she gets them to do  there have been hundreds of donors big and Small who helped reach the project Cost of More than 15 million Marks $10 million. Big donors include the lutheran world Mission rotary International including a big help from the rotary of Evanston 111., and a German Bank. But there have been other donors who have touched Teichert called mama Gloria by her tanzanian friends. One German woman sends 70 Marks each month even though it causes her hardship. The German boy scouts of nearby bad Mergentheim have helped. A a it a these Little people that Send 10 Marks that mean More to me than the Guy who can write a Check for 10,000,�?� she said. Tanzania on the East coast of Africa is a third world nation in All respects. Masai tribe members still wander its Plains in traditional garb carrying Spears and following the game that is their sustenance. They will Benefit from the pipeline As will people somewhat More advanced in the Western sense. These Are tanzanians who live in villages beneath the Mountain. They Are Farmers and tradesmen and they helped build the pipeline. Teichert remembers the Day the first dirt was moved. A hundreds of people showed up with Sticks and shovels anything to Start the 8&s Ron Jensen Gloria Sci Chart and husband Hanns helped bring clean water to tanzanian villages. Pipeline a she said. A thousands. As far As you can  German engineers oversaw the project which was accomplished with local labor. The engineers Teichert said a Are  the pipeline ditch was dug through a rugged terrain of Jungle and car sized boulders that were moved by hand. Snakes and scorpions were common companions. Water has been a problem Here for centuries. Because of the contamination of surface water the people have been saddled constantly with water borne illnesses. Local women commonly walk Miles to reach a Supply of fresh water which they carry Home for cooking and drinking. Now a simple turn of a faucet achieves the same result. Teichert will go to Tanzania next month to attend an official opening of the pipeline. But she is already working on another water project that will Benefit people in malaria Ridden parts of Africa. A if we look after Africa now a water Africa a Africa can eventually feed Europe a she said. Tax deductible donations can be sent to pure water foundation Burg Gasse 18a, 8803 Rothenburg of Dor Tauber Germany deployed women want to make a difference by the associated press sgt. Mary Youngblood of the army a 10th Mountain div says she understands Why she a needed in Somalia a even though her husband and two preschool children will be left behind in Watertown . A a there a just no need for senseless starving of people. If i go i can make a difference a said the fort drum ., Soldier whose children Are Ages 2 and 5. Youngblood who said she a just wanted to cry when she saw starving somalis on television will join a still undetermined number of women soldiers As part of a Mission to protect food shipments in the african nation. Her husband care for the children. Across the country at Camp Pendleton calif., women of the 1st Marine expeditionary Force also Are packing their gear. Cpl. Jacki Cogan 23, part of a support battalion charged with loading everything from vehicles to tents said she dreads separation from her 3-month-old daughter. A my heart is breaking but its the Job a she said. A a it a a sad situation Over there and i just have to keep my mind set aside. But its hitting Home a Erin a going to be All grown up when i get  at fort drum women serve in medical personnel finance Supply maintenance and ordnance units. A in order to support the combat Force some of All of those will go a said maj. Julie Mantea. A they had women overseas in desert shield and desert storm a and that was War a she said. Manteau a husband also is in the division and expects to ship out to Somalia. Her brother in Law will feed her two cats and her Mother is coming to get her dog. I he couple has no children. Lance Cpl. Christy Trumble 19, assigned to the 24th area Chow Hall at the Marine corps air station at Camp Pendleton calif., was buying socks band aids and foot powder. A a in a very nervous. In a really worried about it. Its almost As dangerous or maybe More dangerous than the Gulf a she said. A a it Sall anarchy Over there. There a no government no control. A i think its great that there arc female marines going. It shows women marines can do something the same As men marines  Lisa Quintero a private first class at fort drum said she was warned she would see lots of bodies. A a in a ready to see what i have to see a she said. Another Soldier at fort drum it. Angie Masc said the soldiery have been told to a buy lots of wet  Lance Cpl. Margaret Altheimer of Camp Pendleton worried about a disease and the fact that we May get shot  but she added a when you sign the contract you realize its something that could