10th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“A young woman, who
went into labour to have her baby in a remote village in Pakistan, suffered
excruciating pain for four days “
“The only help on hand
was the neighbourhood Dai or traditional birth attendant”
“The Dai did not have
the skills or training to deliver a complicated pregnancy”
“The pain of the
birthing mother, became so severe that she became unconscious”
“This ordeal lasting
four days after which time the Dai pulled out the remains of what would have
been a baby girl”
“As if this ordeal was
not enough, it left the woman with chronic incontinence by the damage inflicted
to her insides by the Dai”
“In spite of this the
Dai told the young woman, Razia, that in a few days she would be fine, but in
Razia’s case she just go worse”
“Razia’s condition is
known as Obstetric fistula, which is both preventable and treatable”
“That is unless you
live in a remote village with no hospital facilities”
“Obstetric fistula is
where faeces and urine leak out of the vagina”
“This had been damaged
by the mishandling by a Dai, while trying to remove the baby”
“Razia was always
filthy & smelt bad. She was despised for her condition by the people &
family of her village, who said it was her fault”
“Razia’s only problem
was that she was born to a poor family”
“She never had the
chance to go to school in spite of her being very bright and intelligent”
“As a teenager she was
married to a man she didn’t know”
“She became a young
widow when her husband was killed in a road accident when she was six months
pregnant”
“The condition
Obstetric fistula is little known in Europe & the US where it has been
virtually wiped out because of improved obstetric care”
“Around two million
women around the world suffer from this devastating condition”
“Many of these women
are from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia”
“Pakistan has one of
the worst maternal mortality rates in the region”
“Its public health
care suffers from deep-rooted corruption and institutional inefficiencies”
“Because these women
are without a voice, nobody cares about them”
“In recent years
Pakistan has reported 5,000 new Obstetric fistula patients annually”
“Pakistan’s Dr
Siddiqui and his team now serve free fistula treatment centres, which were set
up by the UN Population Fund”
“Many more women still
go on suffering in shame for years, even decades, not realising that their
condition is treatable through surgery”
“These women can
actually enjoy a normal healthy life instead of a damaged one!”
9th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“Tanzania’s new
president is John Magufuli”
“He came to power on
the promise to root out corruption and so far he has not disappointed”
“On his first day in
charge he did a surprise visit to the finance ministry, where he berated civil
servants who were not at their desks”
“He has cancelled a
lavish Independence Day to free up funds to fight a cholera outbreak”
“He has slashed the
budget for a State Dinner to celebrate the opening of Parliament using the
money to buy hospital beds”
“President Magufuli’s
surprise visits are his favourite modus operandi for his new administration”
“One such visit to a
main state hospital, Magufuli found patients sleeping on the floor”
“He promptly sacked
the hospital chief and dissolved its Governing Board”
“His Prime Minister
Kassim Majaliwa turned up unannounced at Dar es Salaam’s port”
“He discovered a major
tax discrepancy costing $40m in lost revenue”
“The head of the
Tanzania Revenue Authority is now under arrest along with five of his top
lieutenants pending a criminal investigation”
“President Magufuli’s
new broom has been welcomed by his citizens”
“They are tired of the
endemic corruption that has stunted the country’s progress for decades”
“With his dramatic
measures he has won over some of his opposition politicians”
“The opposition has
said that they had built a strong opposition based on a grand corruption agenda”
“Now they have a
President, who has decided to join them in this crusade”
“It has been the
social media in Tanzania and across Africa, which has been so effective in
singing his praises”
“Magafuli is a breath
of fresh air by his impressive measures, which he has already achieved to stamp
out corruption on all levels”
“No one is safe
anymore!”
“With Magufuli’s
seriousness to tackle corruption, he has to make sure he appoints individuals
who have competence and credibility”
“This will help him achieve
his aims”
“He is a man on a
mission and he is determined to take his country out of the clutches of
corruption, which has strangled his people”
8th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“Courage on so many
levels is out there”
“The people of the
world, who seek vengeance in the name of God, are a disruptive force”
“The right questions
need to be answered”
““Can we afford to stifle diplomacy and to reject justice in so many
ways?””
“Inroads into vast
swathes of revenge killings are being addressed”
“Here the people’s
courage comes to the fore and a new settlement of peace negotiations becomes
possible”
“It is high time that
the people’s cries for peace and security in all aspects of life are recognised”
“It is here that a greater
deliverance to their requests must be heard”
“No longer can
Governments just blindly go in and destroy other countries before asking the
right questions”
““How much more harm will this produce?””
“It is the wise men of
this world, who hold back and consider all the consequences of their actions
before entering into the affray”
“It is the hot-headed
naïve politicians, who wish to go into battle without a plan of action that
allows success all around”
“We, as the people of
this world, must act responsibly and negotiate settlements of peace and
wellbeing”
“No longer can this
world sustain the kind of unrest it is daily facing”
“The repercussions of
war are long-lasting and the destruction to both lives and lands last for
decades”
“It is time for
Mankind to build bridges and not to destroy them”
“Nobody in war ever
learns or wins and the price is always too high”
“There needs to be a
strong delegation of wise men with the necessary knowhow and political skills”
“They need to exercise
solutions to problems not thought possible before”
“The people of this
world demand the wise people to come forward and to put right what hot-headed
warmongering people have so far destroyed”
“We all owe it to the
suffering souls of this world that justice and peace are given to all”
7th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“A young man, Hsar Lar
Doe, was born in the countryside of Myanmar (Burma) – his family were farmers”
“His father was killed
by soldiers when he was only four years old”
“In 1995, Hsar and his
younger brother Kree Kre were taken to a refugee camp by their grandparents”
“Everybody wanted to
go to this camp, because of the opportunities they thought would happen”
“Hsar lived at the
camp for nearly fifteen years and the camp was controlled by the Thai
authorities, who were very strict”
“There was little food
there and they were all told to stay in the camp. “It was like being in a cage,” Hsar said”
“There was a school in
the camp, but no opportunity for further education or even to work there”
“The United Nations
was trying to get the refugees out of the camps by finding countries who would
accept them”
“Sometimes the
refugees would find that there would be two or three countries who would accept
them, so they would also apply to them”
“Hsar applied to the
US, as that was the only country which would be willing to take him and his
brother at the time”
“He was interviewed by
the local government and when asked why he wanted to come to the US, he
replied, “Because it is a free country””
“It was democratic and
it would give him opportunities that he could not get in Myanmar”
“In the US everybody
has the opportunity to study and to work”
“It was also very
important that he felt safe, something he could never feel in that refugee camp”
“Hsar found work in a
US meat packing plant. He had never seen people kill animals that much before”
“In 2011, a friend of
his also from Myanmar was working as a coordinator at The Refugee Response in
Cleveland, Ohio”
“The Refugee Response
helps refugees by providing them with jobs & assistance. It helps them to adjust to the new life &
the new community”
“It gave Hsar the
opportunity to work on a new farm, where vegetables were going to be grown”
“Hsar has now become
their site manager and simply loves the work”
“Because Hsar comes
from a farming family in Myanmar, so this work is familiar to him”
“Hsar plants the seeds
and prepares the beds and harvests the crops. Then he delivers the produce to
the local restaurants”
“He also manages a
crew of nine people from five different countries and he is happy!”
“Hsar meets the local
people in his community and The Refugee Response is helping him to apply for
citizenship”
“He never thought he
would become a US citizen”
“He always felt that this
was a different world and nobody imagined that one day he could be there!”
“Where one has dreams,
good things do manifest into amazing feats of achievements”
“We wish Hsar and many
other refugees, success in their new lives”
6th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“Oscar Pistorius legal
team are seeing whether they’re able to lodge an appeal after a court ruling
found the South African guilty of murder”
“The Supreme Court
upgraded the 29 year old’s sentence to murder from culpable homicide”
“This is South
Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter for which he received a five year sentence”
“No dates have been
set for the verdict, if sentenced the Paralympian could be sent back to prison
for at least 15 years”
“Pistorius was released
from prison and placed under house arrest in October having spent one day less
than a year behind bars”
“This was for the
shooting his girlfriend Reeve Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013”
“Pistorius had hoped
to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest on his uncle’s property in
the wealthy suburb of Pretoria”
“Prosecutors agree
that Pistorius should have been convicted of murder for firing four shots
through a locked toilet door”
“It was stated he
intended to kill Steenkamp and that she fled to the toilet during a row”
“Pistorius armed
himself with a high calibre weapon and shot though a small toilet cubicle”
“It shows that he must
have foreseen that the person might die”
“When a person puts
four shots through a door, then the intention is to shoot someone”
“Especially as that
person is not attacking Pistorius, this means it is murder”
“The Detective Hilton
Botha is a 24 year old veteran police officer”
“He said it did not
matter where Reeve was, she would not have stood a chance crouching behind the
door”
“Women are killed by
their husbands, their boyfriends or their same sex partners every eight hours
in South Africa”
“Here “intimate
femicide” is the country’s leading cause of violent deaths for women”
“This incident was
intentional murder, as no burglar would have locked themselves in a bathroom
cubicle”
“It really is time for
justice to be seen to be served”
“Pistorius’s unlawful
killing of Reeve Steenkamp must be given the full weight of the law”
“For the women of South
Africa and around the world whose lives are taken and the perpetrator is given
less than a year in prison”
“It makes a mockery of
justice for all females caught up in violence against their will!”
5th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“The world is not
ready for change even though change is happening”
“All peoples of this
world must look to their needs and aspirations”
“They need to involve
themselves in taking responsibility for bringing good deeds to all those who
need them”
“We have to change the
mind-sets of so many and bring about transformation to this world”
“So that law and order
can be maintained to secure long term security”
“We are all in a state
of chaos and uncertainty”
“All now is being
pushed back, so that a more secure direct purpose is established to bring back
security and wellbeing to this world”
“The earth groans
under the force of destruction laid upon it”
“The earth is a living
being globe of energy and this is being systematically eroded”
“This is because of
Mankind’s insensitivity to its delicate balance of nature”
“Until Mankind
recognises his own hand in its destruction, he does not deserve to live anymore
on the fruits of its produce”
“We, as the Spiritual
Intelligence, are putting matters right by curbing Man’s power and greed for
destructive methods”
“All is a battle of
which Mankind will be forced to live in perpetual darkness if change is not
accepted by him”
“It is now that global
changes & large institutions will continue to fall & be dissipated
until the new format of correctness comes about”
“No longer will
Mankind have the upper hand, as its destruction has already seen much famine
and global consequences”
“It is the Higher
Intelligences, which are intervening to put matters right, where Mankind has so
ignorantly ignored them”
“The world powers are
coming under scrutiny and will be judged one by one until their circumstances
change”
“These changes will be
so dramatic that they will be brought to heel”
“No power can sustain
this Intelligence and so they will be all brought to their knees in time”
“This will create a
new world order, the likes of which has never been seen before”
“Keep faith all those
who love God and know all will be saved in his love and decency of the Spirit!”
4th December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“The USA does not need
to go to war with the rest of the world as they have their own home grown war
at home”
“Another massacre,
this one was at San Bernardino in California, where 14 people were killed &
17 people injured, a normal day in America!”
“At this rate as the
violence increases, so wars between states will be the next thing on the agenda”
“America has a pattern
of violence in the way of shooting that has not been seen anywhere else in the
world”
“So far this year
2015, a total of 462 people have been killed and 1,314 others wounded”
“The US has less than
5% of the world’s population; about 31% of mass shootings worldwide take place
in this country”
“In a 2007 study of
178 countries, the USA ranked first in the number of civilians who owned guns
at a rate of 88.8 firearms per 100 people”
“Mental illness plays
a strong part in creating these atrocities, where the person feels rejected by
society”
“Something with which
millions of American young people suffer”
“It must be made clear
that even though shooters are generally mentally ill”
“The mentally ill do
not develop into shooters at a disproportionate level”
“The US has very lax
gun laws”
“The National Rifle
Association’s lobbies have very powerful ties with the Republican officials and
Democrats from the country’s south”
“What is such a
disgrace for the American people is that the NRA spends copious amounts of
money to keep their politicians in line”
“It has to be public
opinion alone, which will allow for things to change”
“The public must press
for no guns in their towns and states”
“Then the public
momentum will gather strength and politicians will have to come around”
“It is only the people
who must speak, so that change becomes possible”
“Mental illness needs
to be addressed and America’s young people should be listened to more, so that
they can be supported in a better way”
“The American people
owe it to the young to safeguard their futures”
“No politician will do
that, as they are only interested in their own agendas”
“How many more deaths
must occur before mass demonstrations against guns starts to take hold and the
people are finally listened to?”
“Politicians won’t do
it, as the gun lobby holds a gun to their heads”
“It is for the people
themselves to demand change, if they wish safety in their country!”
3rd December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“An Indian man
invented a simple machine for the poor rural women to make simple sanitary pads”
“His idea was to
provide jobs for some and hygiene for millions, often for the first time”
“This event motivated
a British woman called Amy Peake”
“She made it her
mission in life to help those refugee women in camps to be able to deal with
their monthly periods”
“Amy Peake had gone
out to India on a fact finding mission to find out how these pads were made”
“This mission of hers
came about while she was waiting in her doctor’s waiting room”
“She saw an image in a
magazine that showed thousands of refugees queuing up for food in a bombed
street in Damascus”
“In the foreground
stood a woman and for a brief moment Amy associated herself with that woman”
“She asked, “What would happen if while queuing she got
her period?””
“A remarkable
coincidence happened when she got home. Her husband showed her a story”
“It was about
Arunachalam Murugananthan, the India man who invented the machine to produce
cheap and hygienic sanitary pads”
“Murugananthan
realised that his wife and other Indian women used rags”
“Murugananthan didn’t
want to sell the pads, he wanted women to make and sell their own”
“His aim was to create
a million jobs for the poor rural women in India”
“Then he would expand
to others countries in the world, where sanitary pads are unavailable”
“Amy Peake said this
machine should be in every refugee camp and she calls her project ‘Loving
Humanity’”
“Amy approached many
of the big humanitarian agencies, who did not return her calls, so after six
months she decided to take up the cause”
“With some backing she
got on a plane to Jordan, which is home to a million Syrian refugees”
“She met up with the
volunteers at the largest camp Zaatari”
“Peake found that the
organisers had no time for her plan, so she had to do it all herself”
“Amy Peake learnt how
to use the machine, which takes fifteen minutes to process the sanitary pad”
“Amy compresses the
wood pulp in the grinder; the fluffy material is shaped in a mould and wrapped
in antibacterial fabric”
“It is placed under a
UV light for thirty seconds to disinfect it and then it is ready for use”
“It really is that
simple and Amy Peake could picture her own factory in the Zaatari camp”
“It is the simple
things in life that women need as a necessity”
“It makes such an
outstanding difference to their wellbeing as citizens in this world”
“It is the male
ignorance that creates so much hardship towards women and this vital service
should be their automatic human right!”
2nd December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“A Catholic nun called
Neyda Rojas has been serving God in a place many describe as hell on earth – a
Venezuelan prison”
“In the prison, the
human rights of the penitentiaries have been criticised”
“They have allowed
serious human rights violations to take place behind their walls”
“The Government has
tried to introduce reforms to improve the living conditions”
“Some of their prisons
are the most violent and overcrowded in Latin America”
“Venezuela’s General
Penitentiary (PGV) in the State of Guárico should hold no more than 750
prisoners”
“But at the time of
this report there were 3,000 inmates”
“Neyda Rojas belongs
to the Mercedarian Order of Nuns”
“She helps to teach
the inmates some of the basics of life, like literacy”
“She says, “I’m very happy when they learn to read and
write. I can see their excitement””
““It also means they can understand what official documents say about
them and their trials””
“The 52 year old nun
said, “I have always seen the face of God
in their faces””
“The Venezuelan
National Guard patrols the exterior of the prison, while the inmates are in
charge on the inside”
“The prisoners have
weapons and there is a clear leadership structure with a strict set of rules”
“Those that do not
follow these rules often pay with their lives”
“Sister Neyda has won
the trust of these inmates. Although there is danger all around her, she walks
around unafraid”
“She seems
untouchable. She says, “I am sure they
will never shoot me. God is with me””
““They will never do anything against me, in fact they protect me””
“Sister Neyda serves
these inmates every day with love, for many of them have been abandoned, but
they have her!”
“Sister Neyda is the
voice of men, who have no voice”
“She is the lone
crusader, who works tirelessly to get results for them and nobody is left out”
“Her unstinting care
and devotion towards these inmates has awarded her much respect and a certain
love towards another human being”
“All recognise her
unique qualities and her life changing ways”
“May she long continue,
as she has The Almighty on her side and her dedication is second to none!”
1st December 2015 (jandmayers and ladylydialondon twitter)
“The disgrace of the
Lawn Tennis Association is not doing our young tennis players any favours”
“Andy Murray has
accused the Lawn Tennis Association of failing to build on his success”
“This he did on the
day after Great Britain won their first Davis Cup for 79 years”
“The Lawn Tennis
Association (LTA) is a waste time, as they never get anything done!”
“Andy Murray states
that he doesn’t know where the next generation of young tennis players are
coming from after him”
“The LTA need to act
now and positive changes need to be made to create the British tennis players
for the future”
“The LTA don’t coach
any players now! The sum of £25m has gone into junior programmes, which have
not worked because there are no juniors”
“There are now no
junior number ones or juniors competing for Grand Slams. It is just not
happening”
“Team GB have handed
over the Davis Cup trophy”
“They have also handed
them the truth that the LTA are nothing but a waste of time, because nothing
gets done!”
“The British Davis Cup
team turned the spotlight from themselves onto the highly paid suits and
strategists that do nothing”
“They just bask in
their own glow of achievement earned by Smith and the intrepid team”
“It is these LTA
strategists and highly paid suits, who do not deserve their positions as they
waste the annual Wimbledon windfall”
“Andy Murray and Leon
Smith both state that the status quo in British tennis is not good enough”
“The scarcity of
British youngsters at the junior levels in major tournaments is an
embarrassment to British tennis”
“Kyle Edmunds is 20
years old and he is based at Roehampton”
“He is the last player
to come through the Lawn Tennis Association coaching system that has now been
dismantled”
“He is critical that
he does not have anyone to hit with at the lavish National Tennis Centre, which
was opened in 2007 for £40m”
“Andy Murray went
himself to Roehampton to knock up after the Chinese tournament only to find it
was completely empty, not a soul in sight”
“All of Murray’s
Olympic, US Open and Wimbledon titles have been achieved despite British tennis”
“He has done all this
on his own back without any help from the British Tennis system”
“The LTA continue to
fail its youngsters and is a sham operation and should be disbanded”
“It is Murray’s
brilliance that strips the LTA of its familiar excuses”
“It compels them to
come up with a system instead of tearing up previous plans to justify their
huge salaries”
“It is time that new
enforcement issues were issued to give young British tennis players a future in
this magnificent sport”
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