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MDGs JAMBOREE IN GHANA
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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS ( MDGs) PROGRESS IN AFRIKA.
MDGs JAMBOREES IN GHANA.
The quest for Afrika to achieve the Millennium Developmentt Goals (MDGs), I believe is the dream of every well meaning Afrikan, especially those of the South of the Sahara (Black Afrika), indeed an end to Genetically Induced Poverty, Chronic Corruption, an end to preventable Diseases, famine, Starvation, an end to Child and Maternal mortality, an end to gruesome domestic voilence against women, active participation of women in decision making , an end to deliberate environmental degradation, an end to a Senseless wars , conflicts, human slauthering and indeed continental and global harmony among nations, in Afrika and beyond is indeed a welcome development, which we all yean for .
At the Millennium Summit in September 2000, leaders of all United Nations member states (Heads of States) agreed on a set of eight (8) goals with a target year date of 2015 to guide global development in the 21st century.
What have become known as the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, include : halving extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education and gender equity, reducing under-five mortality and maternal mortality by two-thirds and three-quarters respectively, reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS, halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and ensuring environmental sustainability.
Unfortunately, after this humble declaration, Afrika has resort to achieve the MDGs, through series of Conferencing, Workshops, Talk-shop Chop-shops etc, indeed so far Afrika, has the best of Theoretical Action Plans on beautiful concra papers, geared towads achieving the MDGs, however lacks the Practical Actions Plan (Field World). In otherwards I believe that very few Afrikan countries are attempting to do better than majority of their peers, not even to talk of the Maghreb, in the North of Afrika, they are queit better off with their Oil wealth. It is indeed frustrating to the extent that in Addis Ababa, 3 April 2007: A Sudanese economist participating in the ECA's Conference of Ministers, Dr. Wani Tombe Lako , said in Addis Ababa on Friday that at the current pace, it was unrealistic for African countries to imagine that they could achieve the MDGs, “even in 100 years”. Initially I thought he was pessimistic but considering the current trend in
government, civil society and the so-called youth front, I am convince to agree charitably with him,
In an interview with the Information and Communication Service of ECA, Dr. Lako said that poverty and hunger in Africa might double by 2015 and that until “we change people's thinking; the thinking of ministers and decision makers, nothing will progress”.
He said most African countries had not made progress in gender equality and women's empowerment, and that Africans were still living “in an ocean of poverty”
“Social transformation and attitudinal change take a long time,” said Dr. Lako, adding that it took Europe over 1000 years to influence European thinking and to be where they are now”.
He called for a redefinition of Africa's indicators of growth. “We should be modest and define our growth based on what happens to human person in Africa and to human development index like primary education, child mortality. Conversion to money should be secondary,” he said.
He said while conferences were good for budgets, employing more staff and increasing income, they were not good for human development.
He called on African countries to put more premium on identifying the causes of rural poverty rather than talking about Growth Domestic Product (GDP).
‘We talk of water and sanitation problem in our continent while we only use four per cent of our water due to inappropriate allocation of contracts to dubious firms, corruption and selfishness,” he said
Our bane as Afrikans is from the top leadership and down to the citizenry, I have always insisted that is attitudinal, and not until we change our attitude we can never change what we are doing,
Ghanaians have talked so much on the MDGs, organising colourful meetings, seminars, and talk-shows, without placing much emphasis on the Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs) which is the practical framework geared towards achieving the so-called MDGs, I think that there must be political will from the political leaders of our land with practical and technical approach to development with greater attention to the grass-roots, and also a serious commitment from youth groups, NGOs, and the CSOs, the earlier we collectively start doing something in our humble corners the better, we are all guilty and to be blamed should we failed to achieve the MDGs which in all honesty without any prejudice whatsoever, am queit pessimistic of. One of the solutions is to do away with the series of unneccessary conferencing in the name of MDGs, fine I agree that we need brainstorm so as to arrive at a concensus, build a roadmap towards development, but then the
talking has been long overdue.
Personally, I have vow to attend any so-called workshop or conference on MDGs, because my conscience does not allow me to engage in this unrealistic developments, we seems to be deceiving ourselves here, and we are also contributing in looting the limited state resources by attending this charade. At these meeting we talk big, eat and drink big, receive big applauses for making sugered inputs. I believe that the funds wasted on Accomodation, Feeding, TNT for both Resource persons and Participants during these meetings can be used to buy School uniforms, Bags, Pair of shoes, for thousand of destitute children in the deprived rural communities around Afrika, this when done I believe would partly go along way to achieve Goal 2 of the MDGs, this is practical and workable, and is quiet easy to be done, also why cant we buy farming tools and equipments for our poor farmers in the villages, to boost their harvest, to partly achieve goal 1,
this action when continued would make a headway in our efforts to achieve the MDGs, which I can consider to be a dream. Am not being simplistic on this assumptions in anyway, but then I see reality in doing so.
After all these meetings, it ends there, the only thing they develop is Memorandum, and Communiques, 100s of which is lying on the shelves, of the Ministries ,Agencies and Department (MDAs), the Brethen Woods Institutions (The Principal Looters of Afrikas Human and Capital Reources), I often ask what their real agenda is, in Afrikan countries, why do they take delight in funding this meaningless activities, God save us. This is really a test of time, no whiteman would come and do it for us, for once we should also do our own thing and be proud of it, like our fore bearers did liberate us from the shackles of Colonialism, we are all involved, President, Emperor, Carpenter ,Mason, Architect, Farmer, House wife, Youth, Women ,Children, Physcally challenged , all and sundry must contribute in their small good way for the betterment of Afrika. We have exhausted the paper work a lot, lets start the practical action now. Our Ancestors are watching
keenly. History would never pardon us shoul we fail, and we would be highly indepted to coming generations.
Comrade kingsley Basuglo Shabbazz (MAS).
Member Int,l Union of Socialist Youth
Professional N.G.O. Activist
Youth, Community, Social & Tourism Dev,t Practitioner
Published Freelance Journalist
An Ardent Pan-Afrikan & Public Adm. Student
Social Critic.
Founder and Gorverner ;
Basuglo Foundation for Afrika (BAFA –International, Project Bureau)
Basuglo International Group (BIG – Invesstment Bureau)
+233. 27. 53. 27. 495
kingsleyx2005 (at) yahoo.co.uk
--- On Thu, 20/11/08, YEI wrote:
From: YEI
Subject: [gyanghana] Invitaion to a VEDIO CONFRENCE ON YOUTH ENTREPRENEUSHIP
To: "kingsleyx razak"
Date: Thursday, 20 November, 2008, 1:10 PM
Dear all
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week /Ghana Youth Enhancement Int .
invite you all to vedio confrence with California Ploytechnic State University
Busy internet on 21st Nov. 08 (at) 6 :30 pm - 8pm
Topics
- the role of videoconferencing in development and social entrepreneurship
- how Youth Entrepreneurship can contribute to achieving the Millennium
Development Goals
- the role of microcredit in supporting Youth Entrepreneurship
Our special Guest will be Jonathan Ortman he is the President of Global
Entrepreneurship week .
Fee : free with drinks
call 0244-468680 to book you space now .
We very much look forward to seeing you!
--- On Tue, 11/18/08, YEI wrote:
From: YEI
Subject: [gyanghana] Invitaion to Race To Be Challenge and Future Mobile 2.0
Trends workshop
To: "Ivan Ra Aaron D. Buena"
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 3:40 PM
Dear all
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week /Ghana Youth Enhancement Int .
invite you all to vedio confrence with
Description: This workshop is an
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we have limited space available , please call 0244 -468680 to book your
space .Fee : free come and meet some amazing entrepreneurs .
Regards,Stephen Gyasi-kwawYouth Enhancement Int.
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