Dear All,
I hope that you have all watched with sadness the current news in my beloved country, kenya. its with sadness and pity (i hope am not making a boring speech) to see all we have build with our hands and tax money go to waste. Someone told me this: "The african is like a sack of raiz (rice). He invites all people and in one night they eat all. So in the next day they are all hungry again". So my dearest forum mates. I need ideas and advise of what i can do. and before that, someone get me the hell out of here otherwise i will not have a chance to do anything if a machete strikes my head. in other words, they are hitting anything thats moving. Some one please.. help me......
Pauline
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Sweet old Kenya is gone
Feb 1, 2008 @ 13:19
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Dear All,
I hope that you have all watched with sadness the current news in my beloved country, kenya. its with sadness and pity (i hope am not making a boring speech) to see all we have build with our hands and tax money go to waste. Someone told me this: "The african is like a sack of raiz (rice). He invites all people and in one night they eat all. So in the next day they are all hungry again". So my dearest forum mates. I need ideas and advise of what i can do. and before that, someone get me the hell out of here otherwise i will not have a chance to do anything if a machete strikes my head. in other words, they are hitting anything thats moving. Some one please.. help me......
Pauline
dashgalFeb 1, 2008 @ 13:19
I hope that you have all watched with sadness the current news in my beloved country, kenya. its with sadness and pity (i hope am not making a boring speech) to see all we have build with our hands and tax money go to waste. Someone told me this: "The african is like a sack of raiz (rice). He invites all people and in one night they eat all. So in the next day they are all hungry again". So my dearest forum mates. I need ideas and advise of what i can do. and before that, someone get me the hell out of here otherwise i will not have a chance to do anything if a machete strikes my head. in other words, they are hitting anything thats moving. Some one please.. help me......
Pauline
dashgalFeb 1, 2008 @ 13:19
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Feb 4, 2008 @ 16:17
Kenya finds itself in a very decisive moment - the slide to a civil war along ethnic lines is in motion and the violence is getting a furious rhythm of revenge and counter revenge. A political crisis has engulfed the country following the announcement of presidential results on December 30, 2007. There are allegations of a flawed tallying process by the electoral commission, hence the dispute as to who the actual winner of the presidential vote was. As a consequence, violent conflict broke out in many parts of Kenya from December 30, 2008 and continues to this day.
It is clear that the interests of the Kenyan people, whatever their political or other affiliations, are far from the minds of the leadership. We shouldn't sit around waiting for common sense to dawn on our so-called leaders. It is time that our voices are heard. Are we going to sit watching while the carnage continues? As it is increasingly obvious our "leaders" are unable to point the way forward for a solution, then isn’t it time that we found a way to discuss, debate and achieve consensus on what future we want?
It is easy to condemn the violence, but what are we doing about it? To those of us in the diaspora - in Europe and elsewhere - we have a critical role to play: we have a duty of solidarity for all Kenyans, irrespective of their political beliefs, origins, cultural identity or creed. Specifically, the Kenyan Association in Geneva (a community based initiative), in partnership with the Geneva chapter of Net Impact (a global network of business schools that is dedicated to using the power of business to create a positive net social, environmental and economic impact), is seeking to mobilize people of goodwill to support the ongoing response to this humanitarian catastrophe. For more information on their response to the crisis in Kenya or to assist in any way, please visit the Kenyan Association in Geneva's website www.kege.ch.
Ideas and advise on what you can do, Pauline: Join one of the various local initiatives set up to assist the internally displaced. Volunteer at a local hospital. I am aware, from just surfing the web, of various fundraising activities scheduled in Nairobi (assuming that's where you are) that are working with the Kenya Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies including a few music concerts with local artists whose proceeds will go towards providing food, clothing, medicines and other essential items to the internally displaced people. You and your friends could also visit the temporary camps at your own initiative and see what you can do. Also, to quote someone famous (can't be sure who in order to attribute quote correctly- and no time to research - US Presidential hopeful Obama, maybe?) : 'Be the change you want' - mobilize other young people … your friends, neighbors, colleagues etc to preach peace, forgiveness and unity.
For me and a lot of my Kenyan friends here in Geneva, seeing our country in this state is painful. Never in a million years did we see this coming. Let us put an end to this atrocious behavior, an end to the violence and bloodshed we have seen the last weeks. Let us go back to being what we were. We all hope that the situation can be resolved and we can go back to being a peaceful, united Kenya. I want to continue to recommend Kenya to everyone I meet and I want to be able to return.
It is clear that the interests of the Kenyan people, whatever their political or other affiliations, are far from the minds of the leadership. We shouldn't sit around waiting for common sense to dawn on our so-called leaders. It is time that our voices are heard. Are we going to sit watching while the carnage continues? As it is increasingly obvious our "leaders" are unable to point the way forward for a solution, then isn’t it time that we found a way to discuss, debate and achieve consensus on what future we want?
It is easy to condemn the violence, but what are we doing about it? To those of us in the diaspora - in Europe and elsewhere - we have a critical role to play: we have a duty of solidarity for all Kenyans, irrespective of their political beliefs, origins, cultural identity or creed. Specifically, the Kenyan Association in Geneva (a community based initiative), in partnership with the Geneva chapter of Net Impact (a global network of business schools that is dedicated to using the power of business to create a positive net social, environmental and economic impact), is seeking to mobilize people of goodwill to support the ongoing response to this humanitarian catastrophe. For more information on their response to the crisis in Kenya or to assist in any way, please visit the Kenyan Association in Geneva's website www.kege.ch.
Ideas and advise on what you can do, Pauline: Join one of the various local initiatives set up to assist the internally displaced. Volunteer at a local hospital. I am aware, from just surfing the web, of various fundraising activities scheduled in Nairobi (assuming that's where you are) that are working with the Kenya Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies including a few music concerts with local artists whose proceeds will go towards providing food, clothing, medicines and other essential items to the internally displaced people. You and your friends could also visit the temporary camps at your own initiative and see what you can do. Also, to quote someone famous (can't be sure who in order to attribute quote correctly- and no time to research - US Presidential hopeful Obama, maybe?) : 'Be the change you want' - mobilize other young people … your friends, neighbors, colleagues etc to preach peace, forgiveness and unity.
For me and a lot of my Kenyan friends here in Geneva, seeing our country in this state is painful. Never in a million years did we see this coming. Let us put an end to this atrocious behavior, an end to the violence and bloodshed we have seen the last weeks. Let us go back to being what we were. We all hope that the situation can be resolved and we can go back to being a peaceful, united Kenya. I want to continue to recommend Kenya to everyone I meet and I want to be able to return.
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Kenya finds itself in a very decisive moment - the slide to a civil war along ethnic lines is in motion and the violence is getting a furious rhythm of revenge and counter revenge. A political crisis has engulfed the country following the announcement of presidential results on December 30, 2007. There are allegations of a flawed tallying process by the electoral commission, hence the dispute as to who the actual winner of the presidential vote was. As a consequence, violent conflict broke out in many parts of Kenya from December 30, 2008 and continues to this day.
It is clear that the interests of the Kenyan people, whatever their political or other affiliations, are far from the minds of the leadership. We shouldn't sit around waiting for common sense to dawn on our so-called leaders. It is time that our voices are heard. Are we going to sit watching while the carnage continues? As it is increasingly obvious our "leaders" are unable to point the way forward for a solution, then isn’t it time that we found a way to discuss, debate and achieve consensus on what future we want?
It is easy to condemn the violence, but what are we doing about it? To those of us in the diaspora - in Europe and elsewhere - we have a critical role to play: we have a duty of solidarity for all Kenyans, irrespective of their political beliefs, origins, cultural identity or creed. Specifically, the Kenyan Association in Geneva (a community based initiative), in partnership with the Geneva chapter of Net Impact (a global network of business schools that is dedicated to using the power of business to create a positive net social, environmental and economic impact), is seeking to mobilize people of goodwill to support the ongoing response to this humanitarian catastrophe. For more information on their response to the crisis in Kenya or to assist in any way, please visit the Kenyan Association in Geneva's website www.kege.ch.
Ideas and advise on what you can do, Pauline: Join one of the various local initiatives set up to assist the internally displaced. Volunteer at a local hospital. I am aware, from just surfing the web, of various fundraising activities scheduled in Nairobi (assuming that's where you are) that are working with the Kenya Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies including a few music concerts with local artists whose proceeds will go towards providing food, clothing, medicines and other essential items to the internally displaced people. You and your friends could also visit the temporary camps at your own initiative and see what you can do. Also, to quote someone famous (can't be sure who in order to attribute quote correctly- and no time to research - US Presidential hopeful Obama, maybe?) : 'Be the change you want' - mobilize other young people … your friends, neighbors, colleagues etc to preach peace, forgiveness and unity.
For me and a lot of my Kenyan friends here in Geneva, seeing our country in this state is painful. Never in a million years did we see this coming. Let us put an end to this atrocious behavior, an end to the violence and bloodshed we have seen the last weeks. Let us go back to being what we were. We all hope that the situation can be resolved and we can go back to being a peaceful, united Kenya. I want to continue to recommend Kenya to everyone I meet and I want to be able to return.
brownshugah, Feb 4, 2008 @ 16:17
It is clear that the interests of the Kenyan people, whatever their political or other affiliations, are far from the minds of the leadership. We shouldn't sit around waiting for common sense to dawn on our so-called leaders. It is time that our voices are heard. Are we going to sit watching while the carnage continues? As it is increasingly obvious our "leaders" are unable to point the way forward for a solution, then isn’t it time that we found a way to discuss, debate and achieve consensus on what future we want?
It is easy to condemn the violence, but what are we doing about it? To those of us in the diaspora - in Europe and elsewhere - we have a critical role to play: we have a duty of solidarity for all Kenyans, irrespective of their political beliefs, origins, cultural identity or creed. Specifically, the Kenyan Association in Geneva (a community based initiative), in partnership with the Geneva chapter of Net Impact (a global network of business schools that is dedicated to using the power of business to create a positive net social, environmental and economic impact), is seeking to mobilize people of goodwill to support the ongoing response to this humanitarian catastrophe. For more information on their response to the crisis in Kenya or to assist in any way, please visit the Kenyan Association in Geneva's website www.kege.ch.
Ideas and advise on what you can do, Pauline: Join one of the various local initiatives set up to assist the internally displaced. Volunteer at a local hospital. I am aware, from just surfing the web, of various fundraising activities scheduled in Nairobi (assuming that's where you are) that are working with the Kenya Red Cross and other humanitarian agencies including a few music concerts with local artists whose proceeds will go towards providing food, clothing, medicines and other essential items to the internally displaced people. You and your friends could also visit the temporary camps at your own initiative and see what you can do. Also, to quote someone famous (can't be sure who in order to attribute quote correctly- and no time to research - US Presidential hopeful Obama, maybe?) : 'Be the change you want' - mobilize other young people … your friends, neighbors, colleagues etc to preach peace, forgiveness and unity.
For me and a lot of my Kenyan friends here in Geneva, seeing our country in this state is painful. Never in a million years did we see this coming. Let us put an end to this atrocious behavior, an end to the violence and bloodshed we have seen the last weeks. Let us go back to being what we were. We all hope that the situation can be resolved and we can go back to being a peaceful, united Kenya. I want to continue to recommend Kenya to everyone I meet and I want to be able to return.
brownshugah, Feb 4, 2008 @ 16:17
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