I find that many of the big issues facing our society start getting popularized in Africa. AIDS is one major point in that argument. But I think the next great problem is the issue of water. The next great conservation conversation might be about two things:
1. How we conserve water.
2. How do we make water readily accessible to those who need it?
We do a great job of wasting water in the U.S. How many of us leave the water running when we brush our teeth? How many of us don't use "gray water" to water plants? Small steps can help us save a significant amount of water. This water saving will help us funnel the resources to Africa where some people have to walk hours upon hours to find water to drink.
One solution is digging wells in African countries where needed. Check out the website below to learn more about 1,000 Wells project championed by Jars of Clay.
http://www.bloodwatermission.com/
It's about Africa....
Monday, June 16, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Mugabe Tries To Handle His Competition
Ah, yes Mugabe from Zimbabwe is performing the oldest trick in politics: if you are worried about your opponents taking power from you, just put them in jail!
The police in Zimbabwe are now holding 200 members of Mugabe's opposition party in jail and the UN Security Council is holding a closed session about the declining situation in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe's opposition party now has political control after the most recent election threatening Mugabe's power.
It is time to look at the real losers in this situation: those who still don't have access to food and medicine because of Mugabe's political aspirations.
Mugabe needs to allow change to take place rather than hold onto power.
The police in Zimbabwe are now holding 200 members of Mugabe's opposition party in jail and the UN Security Council is holding a closed session about the declining situation in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe's opposition party now has political control after the most recent election threatening Mugabe's power.
It is time to look at the real losers in this situation: those who still don't have access to food and medicine because of Mugabe's political aspirations.
Mugabe needs to allow change to take place rather than hold onto power.
Friday, June 6, 2008
And we think George Bush is bad
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has announced that humanitarian groups are not longer able to function in his country because one supposed group is campaigning for the opposition in the June 27 presidential runoff between Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
What does this mean? Lots on two fronts:
1. AIDS medication will no longer be given to many.
2. Food, which is in short supply to say the least, will not be handed out.
Death and starvation in the name of politics.
Impeach Mugabe?
What does this mean? Lots on two fronts:
1. AIDS medication will no longer be given to many.
2. Food, which is in short supply to say the least, will not be handed out.
Death and starvation in the name of politics.
Impeach Mugabe?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Border War
Burkina Faso is not the typical place one decides to visit. It is land-locked nation in West Africa. But some people have been visiting from neighbor countries for a different reason: to escape the fighting between Malian forces and the Tuareg rebels. (A similar year-old Tuareg-led revolt has hit neighboring Niger).
The Tuareg are a nomadic group. Their latest attack has been motivated by what they feel is unwarranted interferences in their traditional territories.
This brings up an interesting question that I don't have a really good answer to: who owns what land?
We have traditional borders but what do they mean? Looking back at the history of the U.S., Native American ideology states that no one owns the land which explains why Manhattan was sold for a few dollars....why would you be paid for something that doesn't belong to you?!
We are seeing that groups are proclaiming rights to their territorial home. How do we draw the borders and who has rights to them?
The Tuareg are a nomadic group. Their latest attack has been motivated by what they feel is unwarranted interferences in their traditional territories.
This brings up an interesting question that I don't have a really good answer to: who owns what land?
We have traditional borders but what do they mean? Looking back at the history of the U.S., Native American ideology states that no one owns the land which explains why Manhattan was sold for a few dollars....why would you be paid for something that doesn't belong to you?!
We are seeing that groups are proclaiming rights to their territorial home. How do we draw the borders and who has rights to them?
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