Sex and Genderbased Violence Workshops, Uganda 2018-2020

Championing Gender Equality and Peace Earlier in Life

Introduction
Sex and Genderbased Violence Workshop 2017 is an activity of the Integrated Mental Health Initiative (IMI) under the theme "mental health and peace twins for sustainable livelihoods and wellness". It aims at making sense out of gender issues and easing as much as succeeding at efforts towards poverty eradication and conflict transformation for sustainable development, wellness and peace.

Expectations:
The workshop will present rightful tools for understanding gender and SGBV and transforming the lives of affected and at-risk groups for better health, livelihoods and peace.
The workshop will empower individuals and organizations working in gender and peace development sectors with best practices for creating behavior chance and transforming SGBV into peaceful co-existence and inclusive development.
The workshop will speed up efforts towards meeting sustainable development goals.

Context
There is a steady rise of women and gender movements advocating equal treatment for women as for men. They have helped to cause awakenment and mass consciousness. However, women and movement have not actualized yet the principle of equity as responses have proved to be a more a conflict between feminism and masculinism without common ground for approaching development challenges. This  conflict has ironically evolved masculine tendencies in women to compete and struggle against men rather than work together. Many such women have ended up straining marriage relationships and opting to live as either single women, lesbians or single mothers. As such women movements created a worse social structure and imbalances that deny families stability and happy development of children. Rather than stabilize society women and gender movements have destabilized them, with increasing number of women as much as men failing and support continuity of society. Empowering service providers and at-risk communities help gain access to greater protection for affected communities and allows survivors to fully recover and live their lives in dignity.
Unique aspects of the training 
The Gender Based Transformative Workshop provides rightful understanding gender, sexuality and gender equality to improve behavior of men and women towards equal access to development opportunities and roles in meeting community challenges, without breaking and undermining the existing social structure for social continuity, such that men remain men and women as such, and that efforts to emancipate women do not victimise men - so that both contribute and benefit to and/or from development opportunities available regardless of their respective nature and conceivable thoughts on potential differences.
Objectives:

• To reduce burden of women and in key production areas needed for stable families and society.
• To ensure transmission of rightful message and programmes on gender to beneficiaries of respective organizations
• To support gender mainstreaming in key sectors of development
• To encourage weaker genders attain their development goals, without bias 
• To prevent violence based on gender 
• To realise peace and security as a whole 

Key programme outcomes:

• Equal access to development opportunities.
• Active and mass participation in economic production 
• Rapid socioeconomic growth and development 
• Socioeconomic stability and peace
• General state of wellness.

Championing Gender Equality Yields a More Equal World, Sustainable Development and Peace

Target:

• Civil servants
• Corporate managers 
• Parents 
• School heads and class teachers
• Student heads

Dates: 25/09/17 - 29/09/17

Venue: 

Jinja Central Division
Plot 15, Narambhai Road
Jinja, Uganda

Fee: $50 per participant

Accommodation:
$20

Contact us to request registration form:
Phone: +256774336277/+256752542504
Email: dishma.imhs@gmail.com/waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk

Hunger and Food Security: Our View...

Mutebi Eddie
 Union of Community Development Volunteers
P.O. BOX 35792,
KAMPALA – UGANDA
+256 414 690 897/ +256 782 713 500
ucdvolunteers@yahoo.com

Hunger and malnutrition are said to be the number one health threat worldwide. Fatality-wise World Food Program (WFP) rates it higher than HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis –combined. There are numerous causes of hunger that can be told. WFP suggests the following key causes: conflict, poverty, poor agricultural infrastructure and overexploitation of the environment. 

Besides, there is silent hunger characterized by micronutrient deficiencies –which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce labor productivity, and increase the risk of premature deaths. Estimates from WFP show 925 million people under-malnourished. In Uganda WFP has done well to better the hunger situation in north eastern region (Karamoja) by extending assistance to families in form of nutritional supplements and education. 

Reports show 1 of every 6 children born with low birth rate due to under-malnutrition among pregnant women in developing countries. The trends threaten survival of the human race. The government of Uganda set up parallel programs for poverty alleviation, environment protection, and pacification of violent-prone regions. Among them are the Poverty eradication Action Plan (PEAP), Plan for Modernization of Agriculture (PMA), National Forestry Authority (NFA), National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) and the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) supported by a series of NGOs which monitor and partner with them. 

The Hunger situation is however still huge, mostly affected by corruption, double standards showed by government on efforts to conserve the environment and limited budget allocation to agricultural sector (not more than 5%). As the population grows (now at 31 million) with increased unemployment and subsequent poverty levels and at 1.2 growth rate every year, social and life systems will continue to suffer. Already unemployment of the youth has been placed at 83% by the new African Development Indicator report. This creates a cycle of negligent, violence (or civil strife), disease, ignorance, poverty and back to hunger. Amidst such human evils Marxist tendencies could evolve as a means to fight hunger and search for human dignity (access to jobs, enabling fiscal policies, and accountability systems) –a situation similar to the 2011 revolutions outbreak in the Arab World. 

Yet by the time it reached national and global movement families and social ties had been broken through negligent and neglect of social obligations and encroaching on private or environmentally inhabitable areas. It is always likely that the starving people will indeed use violence and other unethical means to find food while in turn private owners turn to the same tool to defend their wealth (or land and plantations). 

The Union of Community Development Volunteers has been at the forefront of interventions aimed at transforming lives of most in-need and marginalized communities through agro-forestry with special emphasis of previous extinct locally shriving species, biodiversity development, ecosystems development and eco-tourism, environment and biodiversity conservation (all under the scope of environment protection), vulnerable children care and education with emphasis that they are nurtured in cultures and communities we find them among, safe-water access, partnerships, advocacy and volunteerism –using the youth as the agents of change. The youth actions do not only positively impact the communities they work among but themselves, as well. The millennium development goals stipulate the need to halve hunger by 2015 as most top agenda. 

Despite efforts to address rising hunger, it continues to paralyze human security. Malnutrition affects 32.5% of children in developing countries –negatively affecting both their physical and mental development. Them, pregnant women, disabled and elderly are most at risk. It can be noted from reports issued by international organizations that war, population growth (at 31 million) and poverty (with 37% below poverty line), poor development support infrastructure, climate change and poor agricultural attitudes are primary agents of hunger. As a result an estimated 600,000 Ugandans have already become food insecure. Vulnerability to illnesses and death turns out to be the most imminent situation as food and psychological insecurity breeds violence (including domestic and social strife) –a vehicle to the already menacing hunger. Hunger as a credible cause of social disruption and a product of decision-making ills and socio-economic mishaps needs redress. 

The diminishing cultural solidarity and leadership, the dying sense of community, de-culturalisation and language extinction due to socioeconomic and political dominance of other communities and cultures, who take central roles from, and interest from governments and have done so since the colonial era. As a consequence, they got compromised to abandon what is their own and disguise for something else in order to be considered for the share of national resources. 

The lack of political participation and economic share cause so many other miseries, including poverty, ignorance, and disease. While attempting to deal with the long-term structural problems, UCDV thus took the responsibility to itself to alleviate health concerns through safe-water access, ignorance through education access for vulnerable children, and food security through youth employment access and environment protection while dealing with the structural problems through advocacy, volunteerism and partnership development.

An Open Letter to a Ugandan Voter (FWD)...

January 2011

Dear Ugandan,

RE: ABUSE OF TAXPAYER MONEY AND WASTAGE OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA AND 6 ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

As you read this letter, just remember that your primary allegiance is to our country and our flag. Also remember that almost 10 million of our 33 million citizens live in abject poverty, can’t afford to have a decent meal, can’t afford basic healthcare or can’t afford to give their children a quality education. Think of a generation of children that can’t access quality education, an army of educated and uneducated youth that are losing confidence in themselves as a result of massive unemployment - all this because of bad leadership across the board!

Because of love for our country and the respect for our flag, you will think that our president as the custodian of our sovereignty and resources, our government as the ultimate planning authority for our country and our Members of Parliament as protector of our collective public trust should every single day and night be working on how to fix the above and many other problems that confront out country. Every single shilling that comes out of the sweat of toiling Ugandan farmers, teachers, doctors, artisans, fishermen, public servants, etc would be spent on fixing these problems.

It is only when you see what is happening around us that you begin to ask: where did our leaders put their conscience; when did we lose the decency that made each one of us brothers and sisters during our darkest times of the 1970s and 1980s? How did corruption become the virtue that defines our political and economic culture? As you are aware, within a space of a few years, our country has witnessed gross abuses and blatant theft of public funds from the Ushs 5 million that bought are democracy by removing presidential term limits to the Global and GAVI Funds, the Temangalo and CHOGM Scandal, the Ushs 20 Million questionably deposited on the Accounts of all Members of Parliament and many others.

In many ways, financial tyranny and daylight robbery is being passed on Ugandan Tax Payers who struggle day and night for only modest returns. And it is these moneys that are stolen by political leaders and public officials who are in constant collusion to defraud Ugandans through open theft or misallocation of tax payer’s money to support a growing and increasingly burdensome political bureaucracy that includes over 330 MPs, over 70 Ministers, 112 RDCs and over 100 Presidential Advisors, among others.

In the latest rip off, without shame Parliament unreasonably approved a Supplementary Budget of over 602.648 Billion. Following this infamous act, 6.5 Billion widely believed to be a bribe was deposited on the accounts of all MPs, with each getting about 20 million each, officially meant to facilitate them to “monitor” government programmes. Already MPs get all manner of allowances to do the same and the 20
million this time like never before is a big amount and with no guidelines on how the money is to be spent. Without a shame, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) jumped into the fray to collected tax on the taxpayers’ money that was being siphoned from the consolidated fund.

Fellow Ugandans, the time has come for all of us to condemn and reject official and unofficial corruption. This is the time to say ENOUGH and to reclaim our country from greed and political patronage that have become the hallmark of our governance. If there was any decency left in Government, in political leaders, they would know that the 6.5 Billion fraudulently paid to MPs would:
Increase access to safe water especially in the rural areas by constructing over 2,500 boreholes;
It would promote science education in secondary school by constructing and equipping at least 350 secondary schools with science laboratories;
Improve sanitation in schools and communities by constructing at least 50,000 latrines across the country;
Provide lunch meals for at least 200,000 pupils who go hungry for a complete academic year!
Improve farmers’ access to improved varieties of crops by giving 10,0000 coffee seedlings;
Promote agriculture by providing 3.600,000 hand hoes to small scale farmers;
Reduce youth unemployment and promote the growth of small scale businesses by providing micro credit to at least 300,000 entrepreneurs;
Provide 6 years of funding at the current funding levels to Gulu University, which is on the verge of closure.
And, many more worthy undertakings for our people in urban and rural areas.

As Ugandans, we MUST reject the cosmetic anti-corruption reforms that have only produced anti-corruption institutions, policies and action plans that only postpone action, hoodwink Ugandans and create comfort zones for political leaders, while shameless corruption continues. We implore you to play your part and take the following 6 actions:
1. Applaud and associate with those Members of Parliament who have done the honorable act by refusing to steal from the Ugandan tax payer and returned the money to parliament. So far twelve (12) MPs have done so, and several shown willingness to return it.
2. Demand, at any forum and through whatever medium is available to you that our President immediately takes action against corrupt ministers and restores his personal credibility as a crusader against corruption and also restores honor to the Office of the President.
3. Demand that all MPs, including the Speaker of Parliament return the 20 million fraudulently deposited on their accounts. As long as they don’t do this, they don’t deserve the tag honorable and must be treated as such in public places.
4. Reject any form of bribes during this election as this is part of the ‘blood money’ that our leaders are dishing to the electorate and most importantly DON’T VOTE FOR ANY MP OR LEADER INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION.
5. AND before you cast your vote on February 18, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THAT IF THAT CANDIDATE IS AN INCUMBENT MP, HE/SHE HAS FULLY PAID BACK OUR MONEY.
6. Finally, pass on this letter to 10 other Ugandans you interact with in your neighborhood, at the work place, in your church, hospital and restaurant, and tell them to do the same.

Fellow Ugandan, it is in our power to change the fortunes of OUR country. No where in the world has collective and sustained citizen action for good failed - play your part and do what you can, however modest it seems. Collectively, we will save our country from anarchy in the short and long term.


IT IS OUR COUNTRY. IT IS OUR MONEY. LET US BE PROUD TO BE UGANDANS. FIGHTING AGAINST CORRUPT LEADERS IS AN HONOR WE GIVE TO OUR COUNTRY.


BE PART OF THE ACTION IN THE “RETURN OUR MONEY CAMPAIGN”

Microfinance and Project Developments in Uganda

By

Jacob Waiswa
Dishma Inc.
P.O. Box 8885, Kampala-Uganda
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com
dishma.imhs@gmail.com
waiswajacobo@yahoo.co.uk


St. Balikudembe Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (Owino Saaco) is one of the very many cooperative companies spread around the country –and masterminded by government in 2006 –to empower economically marginalized Ugandans. And it is one of the most promising government-founded savings and credit cooperative societies in Kampala Sub-region.

St. Balikudembe branch started operating in 2007 from its first home in Nakivubo trading area to offer market vender-tailored services, like sending out field officers to collect savings from client stalls rather than them (clients) walking to company offices, its strategic location within market premises –and the practice of giving business-friendly loans.

It set out to strengthen existing businesses and support enterprise initiatives by opening up to the business community in its area of operation. They did so through purchase of shares. It was stipulated that minimum amount of shares a member bought were five (5) costing five thousand shillings only (5,000/-) while no limit was put on maximum amount one wished to take.

It was at the time clients needed to borrow that members were required to hike shares held from 5,000/= to 30,000/= Uganda Shillings. This helped to increase loan repayment security. In that respect, low income earners were encouraged to save or raise membership fees in bits or small amounts they could afford such that, at end of the day, they took full rights and benefits of their membership while clients with shares expected dividends at the end of the year.

To completely secure membership to sacco, basically, clients had to pay 16,000/- where 10,000/- was charged to open an account, 5,000/- in payment for the minimum shares a client ought to have –and 1,000/- as charge for passbook or account book. From there, one began the run to self-driven economic liberation –as at that time they qualified to receive loans depending on the amount saved while amount of shares remained constant at 30,000/-. If for example a member had 75,000/- in savings, he or she was eligible to access a loan of 300,000/=; 125,000/- = 500,000/-; 250,000/- =1,000,000/-; and the limit amount of money they could borrow was 2,000,000/-. Before 2006, there was very little knowledge about saccos: their intentions, operations, management (efficiency and effectiveness, financial trust, safety and insurance).

Going into it them opened doors for one to learn about management issues of saccos, role descriptions and executions, working in a busy market environment, general organization structure, general history of saccos in Uganda, customer-relations, client training and recruitment of new ones. That, of course, had its challenges, like the taunting history of saccos –involving a series of them in the same area (Owino). In fact, stories of that nature were widespread; not only in Owino but all over Uganda.

Interestingly, however, government-founded saccos (GFSs) had financial and social security safeguards better than small privately individual own saccos. Not all did represent the truthfulness of a sacco. While saccos stood for ownership by members, in their operations, it was something different –personal business.

Unlike privately-owned saccos, GFSs enabled access to loans in the friendliest manner, flexible pay back, based its decisions to lend money on membership fees and amount of money accumulated and by sought signatures of at least three (3) people; one of them, a fellow member to the sacco and others; a market zone leader, and a local government leader in the area of residency. That facilitated a healthy and trustworthy relationship between sacco management and clients. But in both, the client had to have some kind of security –in possession of a business stall, immediate asset (as collateral security) or belonging to a responsible group of five (5) people.

In attempting to build confidence in would-be clients during sensitization, it was critical to clearly state such advantages as the possibility to save or repay loans in amounts they could afford and to expect a monthly bank charge of 1,000/= cheaper than the system of instituting percentage charges basing amount saved and withdrawn (e.g. 20,000/= charge on 40,000/=, 40,000 charge on 80,000/=). This would indeed promote poverty rather than fight it.

But, also, the advantage that GFSs were not individual properties that single owners will one day walk-away with –along with client money compared to private ones –simply because they were entities owned by members with shares and savings in it. Hopefully with constant yet close supervisions of sacco affairs, St. Balikudembe Sacco will turn out to be the safe-haven of everyone wishing to improve his or her economic life.

However, there was need to build effort and expertise needed to increase client-base for or membership of St. Balikudembe Savings and Credit Cooperative Society. On top of that; understand business environment, study company history and operation system, identify key staff support units (or officers) –and gain experience at working in as busy areas as Owino or St. Balikudembe market.

Approaches adopted were; client-based services that involved engaging clients –right from their work area –a kind of mobile office, exploit areas with already existing members as these acted as role-models, role clarity and avoid unnecessary mix with work unpaid for or meant for other staff, plan for my field work everyday –to include right content and presentation style done in after a small meeting before setting off, evaluate day's work and record planned actions for the next day's field mission, daily short message service, time table for work changed from 9 am to 10am of the less busy days to 11am and above for busier ones and enough time was given for rain to down-pour and flood entire work area until it stopped and drained out –and pass on information to the understanding of would be clients and questions were well answered and, where more information was needed, consultation was always the last nail in the coffin of the matter.

To understand the business environment, a lot of questions were raised for the old staff who readily answered all to the best of their knowledge. They covered the geography of Owino sacco, existing branches elsewhere, timing to return after several financial scandals, management composition, busiest days of the week, legal requirements, weather concern when working in the open, working days of the week, and tactics best known to them applicable to winning clients.

Marketing documents (catalogs and brochures) were read for the right information to present to prospecting clients –giving name and location of the company, its legal status, composition of management, clientele base, requirements to join, safety issues -and streamlined share-holder benefits. Armed with such information, it was helpful to build confidence in self before prospecting clients during one on one or one on five presentations or training.

A system of operation was developed –where in case of any gap during presentation time, right people to consult were available. These included the project manager, vice-chairperson of the board –and enthusiastic staff members with experience at working in the same environment for over a year. The same units acted as reinforcements to concretize information already passed-on to the satisfaction of the prospecting or harder-to-persuade prospecting members. And once recruited, they were referred to right people –with whom to keep in reach or expect to see collecting their savings right in places where they worked, or at their stalls.

It had been understood during staff orientations that the purpose of any dynamic youthful staff working, having got the opportunity to prove one's role-skills, knowledge and abilities was to excel and register tangible results. And at the end of the work tenure one could transfer experience to a higher position or another job for individual and social progress.

It was evident that as time went on, confidence rose so high that work became fun. Communicating company position and making every effort to persuade prospecting clients more over in a vast, very busy and noisy market area was more clear and comprehensible well enough to prompt a yes response. Some of the achievements were: reached 200 people where in three zones; 150 showed commitment and willingness to join, only 25 showed up but only 5 were confirmed to be active members; pledges to join remained a dream of the staff (field officers); and sacco management reported increment in membership to a tune of seven million per week in collections from those who saved with it (from Monday to Sunday).

Like in any undertaking St. Balikudembe did not go without challenges –moreover hard-biting ones:

To Clients
• Too poor to save and to affords collateral security –which turned sacco into a club of the haves rather than the don’t haves –escalating the rich-poor divide.
• Lost confidence in saccos and preferred bigger banks. Clients had negative experience with other microfinance institutions that operated in the area. It was reported that client money ranging from 20,000/- to 10,000,000/- was swindled so victims opted for other banks and decided never to join area cooperative society.
• Sacco demanded a lot to qualify clients to receive loans. Dividends were not given either.
• Hated mixing market politics with sacco management affairs –to which market executives were part –moreover most of them had been cited in scandals. In addition, was understood as a project of the ruling party –which prospecting members of other political parties would not join.
• They did not have sufficient training, or information about the sacco. Publicity was inadequate as at no time did venders' voice advertise sacco services.
• They were insecure about future changes in management and safety of their money as well as possible change of government –since government had a stake in sacco.

To Management
• Increased competition from private saccos and big banks.
• Failed to organize annual general meeting since 2007.
• Limited number of staff and inability to meet staffing costs.
• Role ambiguity to fill staffing gaps.
• Repayment follow-up was difficult to sustain to dictate staff payment.
• No living wage for staff who were required to meet the requirements of client full membership and saving strength to 50% level of confidence before 2000/= pay per convincing client entered.
• Long distances to the place of work
• Unreliable commission pays to field officers
• Lack support services like breakfast chefs as this wasted staff time when they took time to prepare own breakfast.
• Inactive members of the board.

Opportunities:
St. Balikudembe Sacco can be leading GFS in Uganda –emplyment between 15 to 30 employees in the next 10 years. But that could be possible only if the management ensured a child- loving mother relationship with it.

Way forward:
• Introduce living wage for staff alongside commission received.
• Reduce interest rates from 20% to 16% to increase comparative advantages over other microfinance companies.
• Employ cook or introduce breakfast at the kitchen place so that staff do not add that to already busy days.
• Make possible for people who want on-spot loans to get them.
• Emphasize role clarity so that each staff (or member of the management team) knows and understands his or her work.
• Provide field gadgets as umbrellas.

In conclusion:
The future is bright for St. Balikudembe Sacco if only can trigger some changes in the management and operations. Otherwise, it was interesting experience to discover and develop this report.

WARS, TERROR CAMPAIGNS, CORRUPTION, POVERTY, GLOBAL WARMING AND OTHERS: SHOULD IT BE ABOUT BREAKING NEWS?

This is a summary of problems associated to man and his environment -where man's responsibility is key to save himself. To do so values humanist and ecologically-minded nature must be generated.

Human plans must not cheat on nature but get balanced with or to consider ecological needs and those for future generation. Our own actions must neither make us slaves nor other members of the eco-system.

The headlines news papers put to us can be sickening. Sometimes one could be forced to bury his or her head in the sand to avoid watching or looking at them and/or miseries surrounding the globe.

Misery continues to chock as more problems create more problems. Indeed, very few to note could choose healthy behaviors or come out with a proactive plans that step-by-step might solve personal and/or community problems.

Many would resort to drinking alcohol and illegal drug use, abusing their spouses and children or even killing, or make killing a hobby, and form survival cults or sects yet extreme in their values -most of which being psychopathological -showing signs of a long history of misery and/or violence to self and others.

However, a section that would choose to spend time watching premier-league, champions' league or other soccer leagues should not be left out as one way of burying heads in the sand people sometime opt for -much as it is non-violent.

Definitely, it would not be surprising if a formally abused or traumatized by others injurious actions too became abusive to others. There would be a compensatory element -to feel some form justice granted or “life balance” -through injury and then recovery. One thus, could choose to recover through harming others or vengeance.

Plans must be created upon sensing humanly threatening problems, and actions immediately taken -first; by the action initiator through group formations to later form community perception and engagement. Gladly, many humanitarian initiatives have emerged from spirited and courageous global citizens -as observable on facebook and other sites or blogs. These must be strengthened.

Besides, mere writing down the genesis of one's troubles could help create very big difference in an individual or whoever does so. The differences could be in form of resuscitated energy, self-discovery, gained self esteem and confidence.

With the energy got, individuals would be encouraged to form or share and action-plan to pursue. Any thought or plan to create positive change can therefore, not be under-estimated since that alone provides the beginning -which of course; is most important.

Sustaining action, however, is another. This would be characterized by off and on the “track.” But undying vision could, nevertheless bring hope and later re-ignition of actions for positive global change.

Resilience studies have showed that such (resilience) is well; born, sustained by community but also a process started, and a struggle -whose positive results tend to be gradual, in bits or once in a long time.

The focus could then be; belief or faith that sustains actions. That (belief or faith), simply must be kept burning. Without pushing much far, why shouldn't we pick Barrack Obama as a model here? He used faith to steer his vision to success.

Actions must start now rather than later to help ourselves and environment in totality since the more we continue to watch, the more bad fate watches us instead.

All we have to do is begin with the nearest resources at our disposal -which is ourselves -may be our hobbies and interests as medium for channeling important messages, creating positive social causes and pursuing them as long as life allows.

The implication might be that all institutions would be penetrated and injected with awareness of human challenges and positive actions to work on. From one individual showing concern in a locality, we could create a new peaceful, environmentally-mindful and cooperative community in search of goodness and natural rights.

For impact realization or just an action, we must seek support, cry out if need arises, seek partners, create new positive and supportive relationships, break into closed -yet helpful social systems -as decisions we should never tire acting on.

Individual values must be carefully considered and projected to help save lives, protect nature from degradation and cause a smile to the lives of many, or helping to share individual successes with those in the process of self-liberation as well as the physically and mentally handicapped.

As a community with a common destiny and related struggles as being channeled to goodness of living, we ought to do and show love, care and support for one another. This would be the single way to defeat terror, nazi-like tendencies in families and communities as well as the could be “normal” challenges of life.

They ought to be guided with such values as long as they live. In case of death, let it me for goodness of self and others, rather than seeking to suffocate others out of life for some form of gratification.

And of course, too, where there is goodness of thinking, intention and practice, evil ones or nazi tendencies panic, get humiliated and weak. It is such a line that we could only nurture in ourselves. Believable peace and harmony belongs to such persons.

The beginning of trouble would always come from the kind of thoughts we invest in ourselves through actions or relationships interactions -as with the intellect we use to apply them. In that regard, we must cease the chance now and as others continue to manifest, or hope that they would later.

Global citizens could perhaps consider about two to half day meditating over goodness that the World peoples should nourish themselves with. Such could help sustain energies for positive change activism.

But considering a community (ies) approach in all interventions, indeed, it would not only help heal wounds of individuals or reduce their vulnerability, but also make situations easier for them (vulnerable groups to adjust through. In fact, the same approach would be key in matters of urgency in as far as interventions are concerned.

Agreeably, with the rising and taking of individual and community responsibility, respectively -and cooperation in strategic planning and actions, or interventions -towards such human afflictions as wars, diseases, poverty, greed or corruption, famine -sometimes as a combination, we can help reduce damage whilst in a solid block working for positive global change.


Waiswa Jacob
Situation Health Analyst
+256774336277 or 0754890614
DECISION MAKING AND SITUATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT -DISHMA
www.situationhealthanalysis.blogspot.com