Prepping Items Collapse of Society SHTF What to Stockpile Hoard or Barter hi
it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper have you ever wondered what are the items that you would most
want if there was SHTF a collapse of society and you actually had to live off your wits and a few
items what would you really want what would be most useful to you well I've been fortunate in
my life that my passion is for travel and I've traveled to all seven continents I've been
all over the world and I love traveling and that's one of the biggest problems with this coronavirus
coveted pandemic is all the lockdowns and the cancellation of all the travel and I haven't been
able to go places like I enjoy one of my favorite places to go in the world is to Africa I've been
many times to Africa to many different countries I've been way out in the Bush and guess what
that is living off of the land that is living on your wits and a few simple tools it's a real
wake-up call when you look at how simple people in other cultures live the few things they have
and what they value the most over the years that I've been traveling there I've tried to bring
things that are useful to people to hand out into the communities that I visit that welcome me and
help me on my journeys so one of the first things that I found that is the most useful is a little
multi-tool many of the places I've gone once I've handed out a few other people have asked me
could they please have one of the special knives because they're so handy they're small and compact
but they can do a lot of things I go places like Cabela's and I buy several dozen of the little
multi-tools I take them out of the wrapper because the packaging just adds weight in your suitcase I
put them in the little cases then I can pass them out to people that I think would find them helpful
after having a nice knife what did I find that people wanted the most was a padlock they could
build little sheds and they wanted a way to lock the shed so that they could have their things be
safe whether it was their little home the place where they stored their belongings or sometimes
even their business they wanted a padlock most of the padlocks there were ones with a key
which can be problematic if you don't have a pocket and you lose your key
what can you do so I asked them why don't you have the padlocks with a combination lock and they said
oh my gosh those are so expensive that it was too valuable for most of them to have so now that's
the next thing I bring is a padlock that has a combination you can remember your combination
but you may not remember what happened to your key which could be a real problem in an emergency
next they ask for tooth brushes simple hygiene items that we take for granted
are something that other people who have little really want many of the people that I met had very
few articles of clothing their items are few they have to take care of them and so the next thing I
brought were little sewing kits it didn't matter whether they were men or women they were thrilled
to have a little sewing kit these are simple sewing kits that I picked up at the Dollar Tree
i always take several dozen sewing kits and pass those out as well sometimes they were unfamiliar
with how to work some of the things in the sewint kit such as the needle threader and
so I would take a few show them quickly how you open the little containers to get the needles out
how you thread the needles how to use the needle threader and they were thrilled then to know that
they had the ability to take care of the things that they have it's amazing how few simple little
items can really make a difference in someone's life the next category is school supplies
I've been to schools where they had nothing we met a man in a marketplace who saw someone in our
group had a pen in like their shirt pocket and he said could I have that for my daughter for school
you can choose anything from my shop if I could have that pen
how many of you are willing to trade nearly anything to help your child have a writing utensil
so I always try to take basic school supplies I try to pack them up with a few drawstring
backpacks because the kids are carrying their paper and their book back and forth to school
and I saw them out in the rain with just a torn up plastic bag trying to keep their paper dry
they just don't have the things we take for granted I try to stock up a little at
a time and buy a few things so that by the time I'm ready to go on my next adventure
I have a nice stash of supplies to take what do I want when I travel to a place like that I want
water filters because clean water just doesn't exist I've been to Mozambique where they told us
consider no water safe to drink in the entire country it's a way of life lots of places
so you need to learn to take care of yourself how can you provide the most basic
things which include clean drinking water make sure that you have a water filter maybe some
aqua tabs water purification tablets learn how to boil water stock up on water the best that you can
then get a few supplies so that you can purify water if you need to mosquitoes tsetse flies all
kinds of insects can be a real problem and so I always take a supply of mosquito coils I've made
a few videos on how you use a mosquito coil if you've never seen them before or never used them
it's something you need to use in a ventilated area light the mosquito coils around on the edge
of the patio and they can keep the bugs away from an open space then you also need a way to light
a mosquito coil it's also great to stock up on some mosquito repellent and sunscreen
if you're going to be out of doors trying to make your own way in the world make sure that
you're protecting yourself from the basics of too much sun and too many bugs clean socks make
anyone's day better and even out in the farthest most remote areas I've been in the world people
actually had cell phones they would stop by little markets and they would pay to have them charged
and they would pay to buy more minutes so make sure that you have a way to charge up your cell
phone they seem to work almost everywhere then there are the vices no matter where you
go in the world people enjoy their vices they like cigarettes they like alcohol if those are
items that you enjoy make sure that you have an extra supply so that you don't run out during a
crisis situation people without their vices in a crisis can really practically lose their mind
so what are some items that you can stockpile hoard even consider bartering should we have a
collapse in society SHTF the most basic items that people find to help their world be a little better
these are the items that I found were worth stocking up packing up and taking all the way
to Africa so you can bet that I like to have those supplies when I'm at home in Alaska just as much
think about the things that would be most useful to you if you had nothing and those are the items
that you want to make sure that you're stockpiling and that you'll have no matter what the future
holds hopefully this pandemic will straighten out the economy will revive the world will become a
better place and we can all start doing the things we enjoy most for me it would be traveling to
places that I have not yet been if you liked my video I hope you'll share it with someone you
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