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POPSItipini Community Project & Mthatha Mission I've been following Jesse Zink's blog Mthatha Mission for many months. When I ran across the video today, which incorporates some of his photos, I put the the video and Jesse's excellent blog together to share both with others who may not know of the work being done to help the people who, by accident of birth, live in the Itipini community outside Mthatha, South Africa.
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POPSMissing kids found via Facebook Good news in the struggle to find missing children: Facebook. As of February 2008 Facebook had about 734,000 South African members. As the Missing Children SA group founder noted, the chance of finding more kids will grow as the group grows bigger. I don't know how many other countries are using social networking sites like Facebook to look for missing children, but since this is an effective means of finding them I hope that it is widely adopted.
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POPSAt Least 500 Dead in Kenya Election Riots The election was marred by allegations of vote rigging by both of the main parties. Police officers claim they have been ordered to shoot to kill to stop disorder. On 12/31/07 - My clip title was at least 124 dead, today 1/2/07, the death toll is now over 250. I don't see the violence stopping anytime soon. 1/3/07....now it is over 300...1/7/07....over 500. The violence is coming from the angry supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga: a politician who hails from the minority Luo tribe and has won support from the rural and urban after promising to share the wealth among all the people.
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POPSWhy Are Pygmies Short? Because of their short life expectancies, the researchers speculate that pygmies have had to shift their reproductive years forward. The average life expectancy at birth for different pygmy populations ranges from just 16 years to 24 years. Very few pygmy women reach the end of their reproductive period, as only a small percentage survive past age 40.
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POPSSudan: African Celebrities Appeal to Heads of State on Darfur "It would be a defining moment for the African Union to act first without waiting for the United Nations or Western governments." "The Darfur tragedy is the perfect opportunity for African leaders to show the kind of leadership they demonstrated when they stood firm and made huge sacrifices to fight the apartheid regime of South Africa. They have the backing of all individuals, institutions and governments that are committed to the sanctity of human rights and human life." signed by: Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, South Africa Baba Maal, Musician, Senegal Angelique Kidjo, Musician, Benin Emmanual Jal, Rap Artist, Sudan Chimande Adichie, Writer, Nigeria Tegla Loroupe, Athlete, Kenya Rachid Taha, Musician, Algeria Mohamed Mounir, Musician, Egypt
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POPSCall for G8 to help stem corruption in Africa: Zambia President Mwanawasa's administration is promoting private sector development for third world countries, but needs help to stop corrupt leaders from stealing the aid and other monies needed for development. This is something that has frustrated me for a long time. So much money has been given to aid African countries, with the goal of delivering food, water, healthcare and education to the people and hopefully help them become self-sufficient, yet time and again corrupt "leaders" steal the money. When I read this news article today I was relieved to learn that ethical leaders in Africa are also frustrated by the corruption, and that they are trying to find ways to thwart it. Hopefully the G8 have the ethics needed to heed the plea and do the right thing.
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POPSWeb shopping: lifeline from exiles to family in Zimbabwe
"Apart from food and petrol, these websites offer generators to survive Harare’s 20-hour power cuts, satellite TV subscriptions, mobile phone time and even the chance to pay for medical check-ups." "Zimbabwe, under the rule of Robert Mugabe, now has the world’s lowest life expectancy, and people say they are living “an 001 type of life”, explaining: “0 breakfast, 0 lunch, 1 dinner.” Mukuru.com allows petrol to be ordered by text message, enabling the recipient to collect vouchers. Websites also offer generators to survive power outages, satellite TV subscriptions, mobile phone time, payments for medical check-ups, supplies of insulin for diabetics, and other medicines and medical procedures. Dr. Chireka: “The situation in Zimbabwe is critical,” he said. “If you go into hospital in Zimbabwe, it’s like going to a bring-a-bottle party: you have to bring your own medicine, your own drip, everything. Doctors are on strike. I have no doubt thousands of people are dying unnecessarily"
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