November 12th, 2010
KeMoAforika
Seems that gender equality is a rights issue in it’s self. Why is there so much attention on girl children and almost nothing said about young boys. In fact the only mention boys get are around crime and rape. It would seem to me that if we placed the spotlight on the boys we may be able to turn this around. When we speak of children there should be no difference in the attention they get – Adults are a different story – Gender issues need to be sorted out and adult woman, in my opinion, need the centre stage.
Take a boy child to work? – heard of that – me neither. We have all heard of take a girl child to work though. Pretty strange considering that children are all in trouble in this country – they all need focus, help and guidance. In fact I would go as far as to say that boys need more attention – especially in Africa, as they are placed in a position of superiority in cultural terms. If we can get them thinking in democratic, fair ways we will, by default, sort out the problem woman face. It will take a generation – but it will be done.
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November 5th, 2010
Children on our Roads
Children present truckers and drivers with a real challenge. If you are driving around the time schools start or finish it is likely you will see scenes like this.
Schools out
These kids are happy to be out of school but are paying no attention to what is around them – the speed limit on this road is 120km/hour. At this speed there is no chance if a kid steps out.
Speed limit 120 - kids on road.
In some cases the verge is non existent – the children are literally in the road.
These kids are walking up to 15km’s to get to school and back – that means that the are in the road for several hours every day. There is no way that they are aware of the risks around them for this time. (more…)