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Thursday, May 14, 2015

POVERTY, DECEASE, MOST HUMAN ILLS CAN BE ERADICATED, IF WE LISTEN! SUMMER -2015- SPECIAL EDITION

POVERTY, DECEASE, MOST HUMAN ILLS CAN BE ERADICATED; PASS THE RIGHT LAWS AT THE RIGHT TIME, STOP TYING THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO KNOW BETTER THAN YOU!

By John R Hernandez@NDMH-2015

LEARN TO EMBRACE THE TRUTH! WHAT HAPPENED, WHEN DID IT HAPPEN, WHY DID IT HAPPEN, AND WHY DIDN'T WE STOP IT WHEN WE COULD?

"If I may, I will take one excerpt from the Bible where it says, build your house upon the rock where moth nor mice will ... Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. And we as Social Policy and Planing experts, developers, structural architects, builders, social activists, human rights supporters, investors in global development, medical practitioners, along with all those who want to eradicate poverty and decease and bring forth a new era of reform and development for all. Must understand and recognize our faults and failures. We must learn from the past in order to build the right foundations which will stand the test of human nature and time!" JRH-2015

"We have everything we need to eradicate poverty, hunger, human trafficking and other ill's. Why don't we listen to those with the most experience, the closest to the contamination, and who know better than those behind desks somewhere across the nation or continent?" JRH-2015 NDMH



Below is a comment I made to the World Bank Organization President Jim Kim regarding funding efforts by his group and others. To put together a consortium of individuals aspiring to help fund the lives of some over 100,000 persons living in poverty.
JR Hernandez via Jim Kim "Once again Mr. Kim, a just and compassionate effort on the part of the World Bank, as a result -I'm sure- of your invaluable leadership. When I look at the conditions and lives of those affected by this epidemic and other social ills. That are almost a way of life for those living in these economically disparate regions of the African Continent. One would think it's about time bystanders in the global community understood the gravity, of situations like these!" JRH-2015NDMH

Credits to World Bank Organization via LinkedIn.com

JIM KIM WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES MILLIONS TO AID POOR OF SIERRA LEONE 

"The World Bank Group is spearheading an anti-poverty campaign in Sierra Leone where over 100,000, recipients living in abject poverty will receive the necessary aid to help lift them up out of this generational decease. But, much still needs to be done and I am sure that the World Bank and its leader Mr. Kim will leave no stone unturned till Poverty and Development issues are clearly met. Not just only in the most needy and vulnerable villages, towns, cities, and remote outposts of the African Continent.

But, elsewhere in the world, where clean running water, paved streets and adequately updated homesites, medical assistance and facilities, as well as thriving economic enterprises -need- to be put into place. Due to the -dire necessity- that exists in some of these places, where people are trying to eek out an existence. And especially where the ravishes of Ebola are still present as in Sierra Leone and other nearby sectors. But, one must never let down his/her guard with respect to Poverty and its connection to the prevalence of deceases.

As well as known common and prevalent health issues like; Tuberculosis, HIV, Venereal deceases, liver deceases, Diabetes, blindness, heart decease, aging related issues, and pediatric abnormalities. As well as- other not so popular deceases that are slowly cropping up and threatening to turn into the next pandemic. Below is the World Bank page headline and related addresses where we all can go and see what is being done by this wonderful organization and its branches." JRH-2015 NDMH

Sierra Leone: 126,000 People to Benefit from Cash Grants through New Social Safety Net Program

May 4, 201http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/05/04/sierra-leone-people-benefit-cash-grants-new-social-safety-program?cid=EXT_LinkedinWorldBank_P_EXT

Media Contacts For World Bank
Kafu Kofi Tsikata Tel : (+233) 244 312 540, ktsikata@worldbank.org
For UNICEF Issa A. Davies Tel : (+232) 76601310
idavies@unicef.org

"Sierra Leone a country in west Africa with some 6 million people is well over 27,000 square miles while bordering Guinea, Liberia, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south west.
In order to understand why I take the time to do this. To help bring attention to the needs of those most vulnerable in our global community. Just let me assure you right -of the bat- I do not get any funds, for whatever it is I do, to bring to light these issues. Or to profile in my webpages the tireless work of the men and women in the trenches -day and night- all over the world. Fighting to end Poverty, pushing against the wall of ignorance; which thrives on the poor, the infirmed, the less fortunate of us. Many of us at one time or another have been faced with poverty. It is for some of us an indelible part of life. Which, some carry with them hoping to never have to relive and yet, others are still held in its grips.

Poverty like any other man made decease such as; addictions of alcohol, drugs, slavery, sex addictions and prostitution, violence, unemployment, illiteracy, class struggles, race hating, antisemitism, ethnic unrest's, pollution of air, ground, and water. These are the walls of ignorance thrown down by some humans to help keep other men, women, and children in conditions of destitute and abject isolation. Isolated from the rest of society, from those who thrive -day by day- on the self inflicted weakness of others. Brought about by some, in humanity who prefer to make their riches and live their wealthy lives separate and apart. From those they label as the unwanted, the undesirable, those not befitting to walk on the same paved ground, gated community or plush neighborhood as they.

Let me just say, that I too was once one of the them! I too walked unpaved, muddy, slippery planks to get from one side of the street to the other. No -these were not- paved or well lighted neighborhoods; if they could be called that? I too saw the ravishes of development razing off the Earth entire swats of forests. From the front porch of my mom's small homesite which, she bought for two-thousand dollars and just happened to be her lifesaving's, at that time. I too remember walking along those muddy roads -in pitched darkness- with my family and friends. Often watching, catching, and peering out unto the darkness at the stars above like fireflies dancing across the sky in front of us. I too enjoyed running along side small streams after the monsoon-like rains to marvel at the little fish that swam, so freely in them.

I too got to see poverty and decease with my very own eyes when as a child I can remember the many injections I had to undergo. To help fight off the ravishes of the decease I lived with! I know what it's like to grow up coming out of a broken marriage relationship between Mom and Dad, and watching my mother struggle to make ends meet. I know what hunger is like and living out of meager rations from day to day. I know poverty my friends. That too is a decease just as Abortion, is a human decease. We've turned it into a decease because we've allowed jurors in black robes to tell us it's our right, our choice, to do with our lives as we see fit! I have seen close-hand what racism can do to you and what it does to others. What it means having to lack basic necessities. What it means to struggle to find work, to go astray, to make the same errors that are endemic to many of those borne out of poverty and disillusionment.

And then having to face corruption from the aspect of political and social programs and ask myself, Why? I guess what is important to take away here is that; unchecked development, unsupervised social programs -which are not properly managed- and funded, often from the management point can turn out to be like natural disasters. If I may, I will take one excerpt from the Bible where it says, build your house upon the rock where moth nor mice will ... Matthew 7:25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. And we as Social Policy and Planing expert, developers, structural architects, builders, social activists, human rights supporters, investors in global development, medical practitioners, along with all those who want to eradicate poverty and decease and bring forth a new era of reform and development for all.

We must all understand and recognize our faults and failures. We must learn from the past in order to build the right foundations which will stand the test of human nature and time! You see Sierra Leone is one of the countries in West Africa with a vast amount of natural resources; its mining base is prevalent in diamonds and gold, along with Titanium and Bauxite and other precious metals. It's Christian minority is a reflection of its religious tolerance alongside its majority Muslim populations and yet. The Civil War which ranged close to 10 years took a large toll on the country as whole. Where, Wikipedia reveals, 'over more than a decade [had] devastated the country. It left more than 50,000 people dead, much of the country's infrastructure destroyed, and over two million people displaced as refugees in neighboring countries." JRH-2015 NDMH

Despite exploitation of this natural wealth, 70% of its people live in poverty.[12] Sierra Leone became independent in 1961. Government corruption and mismanagement of the country's natural resources contributed to the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991 to 2002),
Sources on Sierra Leone taken from Wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone

One of my favorite sites for bible versus is, biblehub.com

 

JUST SO YOU KNOW!
By John R Hernandez@NDMH-2015

"Although I did some study on West Africa back at Rutgers University I did not remember much about it at the time I was piecing this paper. So it being over 10 years ago I couldn't recollect about the corruption and mismanagement of resources and people of Sierra Leone until hours later, as I was about to put the final touches on this paper.

If I had to put all the final touches, I would have to write it in several parts since most of my pieces are long and well cited. I'm sure Dr.Popper could attest to to that. So, by that I mean that I knew nothing of political unrest there and government corruption. Even while I was expressing my concerns about corruption and mismanagement.

So it came as a surprise to me to read later on in Wikipedia about the civil war and troubles. My points on corruption came from what I have seen here in the US and come to know throughout the world. But in hindsight if I do a further study of what I studied back at the Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, along side Dr. Burchelle and others, I might be surprised to find that It had been one of the topics I worked on back then." JRH-2015 NDMH

IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT SIERRA LEONE

1). Sierra Leone is a predominantly Muslim country,[9][10][11] though with an influential Christian minority. Sierra Leone is regarded as one of the most religiously tolerant nations in the world. Muslims and Christians collaborate and interact with each other peacefully. Religious violence is very rare in the country.

2). Sierra Leone has relied on mining, especially diamonds, for its economic base. It is also among the largest producers of titanium and bauxite, a major producer of gold, and has one of the world's largest deposits of rutile. Sierra Leone is home to the third-largest natural [harbor] in the world.
3).  Despite exploitation of this natural wealth, 70% of its people live in poverty.       [12]

Sierra Leone became independent in 1961. Government corruption and mismanagement of the country's natural resources contributed to the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991 to 2002), which over more than a decade devastated the country. It left more than 50,000 people dead, much of the country's infrastructure destroyed, and over two million people displaced as refugees in [neighboring] countries. Sources on Sierra Leone taken from Wikipedia.com

  

WHY THE TITLE?  STIFLING, OUTDATED LAWS, AND JURISDICTIONAL INCONSISTENCIES!
By John R Hernandez@NDMH-2015

 It came to my attention that some were concerned with the title of this piece so I thought I'd break it down. The' barefoot jungle of truth' is what we see every day when we walk out the door or peer out into the ocean of human mass; moving about their everyday routine. They represent the truth about everything that makes up each interconnected level of society. Or what we perceive as the truth? Without that interconnectedness, that stands between us as an individual part of that process and the process or the society as whole?

We are forced to live in conditions determined by laws, pending legislation without adequate approvals, and enforcement authorities. Whom as a whole, while looking stoically capable and ready to fend off threats from decease, poverty, human trafficking, approaching armies, and a host of other societal conditions. Typically fail! In the most futile of situations -since these are megalithic bureaucracies- which often lack the coordinated arms of law enforcement-empowerment, they were established to posses.

For example, when the Salmonella outbreak of 2004 was at its peak after sickening over 600 people in some 255 states the top official at the USDA while in a face to face hearing before Congress was asked why he did not go any further? Knowing the level of the treat and evidence showing that a national recall and enforcement was needed in this crisis. He ignorantly replied he lacked the law to act. Congress replied, 'ask'?

Can you imagine the number of people that died and the countless number who barely made it through this who did not have to go through what they did if only Congress and the USDA were on the same page? 1). Can you imagine one other excuse was that the USDA only had one standard of testing procedure (used for well over 100 years)?
2). Which applied -only to testing of the whole product- and not the separate portions of the product during processing.

3). Can you imagine that Salmonella though a virulently deadly pathogen was never given the same official title of a known 'Adulterant' as Ecoli and other strains? Not to mention that the food processing facilities as an industry have one of the most powerful lobby, bar none.  And that the plant responsible for the more than 600 illnesses of Salmonella at its peak did nothing about it. Because, they believed the USDA had tested their product and found no conclusive evidence. It's clear the laws needed to be updated to include Salmonella as an 'Adulteran't. And that the -standards needed- to be improved in order to include the testing of -product parts- in  the process of inspections by the USDA.

This is one of the most technologically advanced nation on Earth. Ye,t it happened here, just as 9/11 happened, but for the ignorance and the greedy interests of some who feel; why change things if they have been well for over a century? Meanwhile, much of the public have been consuming products that our own government -and many out there know are infected- with these pathogens. Because there is a strain limit which is allowed  to exist within these products.

Fast forward to another part of my discussion , Ebola. The African continent has known famine, wars, ethnic unrest, and other ills. But the one thing that stands out with regard to Ebola is somewhat similar to what stood out to me and others. Which is why did the government of Guinea and others not take under consideration the cry's of those on the ground closest to the outbreak?. Who repeatedly made it clear to everyone that the testing procedures and containment apparatus brought into place would not be able to control the aftermath of this outbreak.

Doctors Without Borders was on the ground working with the affected, they were overwhelmed, they contacted higher ups in governments, all over the world. But, they were practically shut down. Told that it would be handled and that they need to stop using wording in their alerts which did not coincide with Guinea's minister of health and others reports of the situation on the ground. Sadly, though, even the head of the United Nations in  charge of dealing with this outbreak reacted almost with apparent ease as she spoke before the cameras in complete surety that there was no reason at that time to declare an international crisis.

One governmental group at the very top of the food chain of decision making declares calm in the face of all the evidence to the contrary. This is what we are faced with today and even with 9/11 when the facts were starring many in the face prior to the attacks on the World Trade Centers and other sites. We were later told that what was need was to combine all  intelligence agencies in order to get a handle on the same information they all were gathering on Bin Laden and all other members of the same terrorist cell. Which, eventually were practically allowed to come into the US and deliver one of the most horrific of human atrocities against the American people ever. 

And it always boils down to that, doesn't it? Us and them! The decision makers versus the affected, versus those who know better or should know best. Who either have their hands tied or are too ignorant to do anything about it -because- they are simply just following the same ages old mindset of information, procedures, and laws. Which should and could of been updated, upgraded, and or changed prior to the onset of a disaster. We have everything we need to eradicate poverty, hunger, human trafficking and other ill's. Why don't we listen to those with the most experience, the closest to the contamination, and know better than those behind desks somewhere across the nation or continent?

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