The
economical, political and social ideologies have a direct and indirect impact
on the fate of a certain population. For countries like Ethiopia, being a follower capitalism
ideology; few people are standing at the sky while others stay in the bare of
under poverty line. This is the final penalty of implementing capitalism
without considering the access of basic human needs.
As
Herbert Spencer said, in this system “the
fittest will survive while the unfit will unable to strive”. The few will laugh
nervously and the majority will cry heartily. The
destiny of the unfit group may be Emigration/Immigration, starvation, social
unrest and finally socio economic crisis and death.
Today
I want to say something about the Ethiopian school age children since the
upcoming month is the beginning of school activities. Whether we believe or not,
the future of Ethiopia is on the hands of the new generation. Unfortunately, most
of school age children are unable to access their food, cloth and learning aid
materials.
One study by local NGO indicated that almost half of school age children
did not eat there breakfast and only 1% of children know the test of milk. I
know there is school feeding program in few schools. However, the problem needs
great attention and integrated system.
This
catastrophic issue is a strong indicator for evaluating the ideology, the
system as well as for doing something right now. Who will do that? What is our
responsibility???
“Inaccessibility
of food” Vs “the right to life”??????
(NB;
The 3rd image shows students dance at one private school in Addis)
No comments:
Post a Comment