Members Salma Anwar

Nov 8 2010: That's true. I will never be able to actually put my self in their shoes.
I always assume that everyone has the freedom to make the right choice, the moral choice.
yet i've never been put in a situation where such freedom is a luxury, that the right choice is probably a death sentence on my family, and any hope for them to have a future.

I guess i'm guilty of false objectivity, probably even hypocracy on that matter :)) put that on a larger scale and you get a government that believes that poverty is the poor's fault. (sad but true)

Nov 5 2010: :))) Really beautiful
I don't think there's a single human being on this earth who isn't guilty of stereotyping. We all tend to judge each other based on our subjective views.
It all comes down to the common sense that holds you in check whenever you start stereotyping.

Coz in the end, the moral ethics, the good and the bad in humanity, are all well known and agreed upon throughout the whole world, and they don't define with boundaries or religions or politics.
A person's actions, behaviors, attitudes don't necessarily reflect his whole nation or his religion.

Nov 5 2010: ...And i live in a third world country where the situation in many places, perhaps not as bad as in other places in africa, yet i get to see the problem closely... The charity is there, the good intentions are there, yet nothing effective is taking place...
The satisfaction brought by the act of charity , is immediately followed by a deep frustration to realize that your help barely touches one generation in this family. it's very temporary! very limited!

The problem lies with governments, that are either corrupt or turn the blind eye to corruption...with the global institutions that fail to acknowledge their flaws, that fail to ensure that whatever aid is sent to these countries actually gets there. And of course with the individuals, the citizens, even the poor themselves. Coz in the end you can't change someone who isn't willing , no, striving to change.

Nov 5 2010: I've been following the discussion here, and to be honest it's been much more enlightening and interesting for me than the talk itself :))),
Don't get me wrong i liked the talk, and i do believe she's genuine, just as genuine as everyone who works with charity programs, and she's working first hand with these people and actually seeing lives change. And no matter how blackened my views of the world are getting these days, i still can't bring myself to believe that every charity project has an evil mastermind behind it.

yet the problem remains, despite these kinds of micro solutions that have been goin on for god knows how long now, the poor are still getting poorer, and the rich richer, we're not getting any where!

I liked Mr. Azzopardi's comment quoted
"Poor regions of the world require genuine aid as a temporary measure, followed by an industrial revolution, much in the same way we were lifted out of poverty. Power generation through the burning of hydrocarbons is an imperative"

May 4 2010: "Understand that you live in the subjective truth..and so does he"....Plain and simple