End of Poverty?

Millions are dying with hunger in our society today and this should not happen. I am sure we can do something about it. This video you are about to view is alarming and demonstrate how the west is failing its promises to the developing world. We need to act now!

Source from the zyOzy Blog: Courtesy of Steve Jennings

Renowned actor and activist, Martin Sheen, narrates The End of Poverty?, a feature-length documentary directed by award-winning director, Philippe Diaz, which explains how today’s financial crisis is a direct consequence of these unchallenged policies that have lasted centuries. Consider that 20% of the planet’s population uses 80% of its resources and consumes 30% more than the planet can regenerate. At this rate, to maintain our lifestyle means more and more people will sink below the poverty line.

Filmed in the slums of Africa and the barrios of Latin America, The End of Poverty? features expert insights from: Nobel prize winners in Economics, Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz; acclaimed authors Susan George, Eric Toussaint, John Perkins, Chalmers Johnson; university professors William Easterly and Michael Watts; government ministers such as Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and the leaders of social movements in Brazil, Venezuela, Kenya and Tanzania . It is produced by Cinema Libre Studio in collaboration with the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.

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Educating the World Children by 2015

75 millions children are not schooled in the world. Around 40 millions are girls.
9 years ago the World leaders promise to make education a reality for all. How are we going to achieve this? We are in 2009 and six years left.
Education is key to freedom! We need to prioritise this matter now if we want to achieve our goals.
The children that are left out really as Queen Rania mentioned on the Video is the one that are leaving in Rural Areas of Africa, China, and India for instance.
If we do not give them access to education we will have a lost generation of children. The 10.000girls initiative in Senegal Kaolack created by Viola Vaughn is an excellent initiative. A big percentage of this 75 millions uneducated children is in Africa alone. So we need to make a decision now and act quickly.
We need to develop urgent programs that put children into schools, we need to mobilise, educate, and inform parents in order for them to understand the needs to send their kids to school.
Africa relies on its future human capital, and the rise of it needs to get education now with out delay.

Children need to be educated now; we need to get more teachers in Africa, India, China. We need to have more empowerment program; we need to give tools to teachers so they can transfer their skills to children. Queen Rania is supporting #join1goal on twitter!

Join 1 Goal from Join1goal on Vimeo.

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Keeping African Girls In Africa

It breaks my heart when I see some girls from Africa hanging around and trying to get a better life in Europe. Some of them try so hard for themselves and their parents at home.
On my workshop session with some of the girls, I ask several questions about their immigration in Europe and what makes them came here. Most of them tell me “Sister it is tough out there”. I asked what is tough. They say: How can we get the life we want if I am not educated, and have the family pressure at home? How can we be free if at 12 they get you married to a 40 years old man? How can I get the life I want when I say that I want to divorce and they reject me or marginalise me? How can I be me, if my life and future are uncertain? How I can make it if my parents are poor and can’t pay for my education?

Europe is my own escape zone, when in Europe, I can do cleaning jobs, I can work at MacDonald, I can be a nurse, I can work in supermarket and I can earn money in many ways….I want…. and send it home. At least I get something …………….I just have to work harder! Some of the girls have been abused and never spoke about it, for them that’s life, the pain will pass with time..

Lots of women in different countries choose to immigrate in Europe. The home office has changed its law about immigration and it is even tougher for the African girls to come and live in the UK

2 weeks ago I was at the Home office to assist a friend of mine that wanted to bring his girlfriend from Sudan; they refused her entry to the UK. He was very angry to not have her. We have appealed and waiting for results.

What the girls will do if they can’t apply for Visas to come and live in Europe anymore? Life is tough for Europeans to, but the good news is the African landscape is not yet saturated, we can develop new market for girls, give them a better education system, teach them skills, help them become entrepreneurs, give them tools, help them learn about new technologies, etc… so many things.

Desperation is what is bringing them here sometimes, the ones that have made it have fought very hard, the new generation of African women can make it at home and succeed very well. If they are well educated, they are emancipated and travel across the Globe with no restriction.

That’s why the Mariéme Jamme Foundation is helping them become self sufficient, self reliable, self confident and sustainable trough project and charities like this Charity. Please see Video Viola Vaughn in Senegal.

We have 2500 girls in Kaolack- Senegal (West Africa), 6 centres, and by 2010, we are looking to have 3500 girls. 100 girls are on the social entrepreneurship program and we are looking to maximise this to 200 by 2010.

I sincerely believe that if we help develop more sustainable program that empower women, men and children through education, health, wealth and social entrepreneurship the African continent by 2020 will see a massive decrease in immigration.