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West! Value your Values!
Grey-headed globetrotters on the road
A Note to the One After
The Mask
'The Face of Corona' My painting depicts the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, each brushstroke has a meaning, portraying how each life has a meaning. The Skin - The different colours of paint used to make up the skin portray the many different races that this pandemic is affecting. The Eyes - The eyes portray the world and it's current state of suffering. The Facemask- To depict that we are in a time of social distancing, a time where we a required to wear masks to keep ourselves safe . This artwork is a plea against all the injustices of the world, for them to all stop, to open the eyes of...
Yemen: The World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis
War is more than the upfront violence seen. War is deeper than a simple disagreement. War is brutal. For years now, Yemen has suffered from an extremely violent civil war with significant foreign involvement. While this conflict is essentially one regarding the government within Yemen, it has had tremendous effects on all aspects of life. Fighting has denied Yemenis some of their most basic rights as humans. Some of which includes and has resulted in: children being denied a proper education due to school closers, families being internally displaced, and malnutrition plaguing a significant...
Mental Health - End The Stigma
Why do we treat mental health as if its not a big deal? Why do we say to a person in grief that ‘you are just overthinking’ ? Why do we stereotype people having mental illness being crazy? Why do we think that people who seek a psychologist/psychiatrist/therapist are lunatics? It is time that we set aside these stereotypes and accept that mental health is as important as our physical health, except there are no biological cause to the pain, no physical wounds, and not a physical entity that can be measured. Just think about this...whenever your stomach aches, you go to a physician or there’s...
Pain and sorrow
Oh dear, I am a homeless I am a victim of authority who is reckless The war had me hopeless It made my life a full darkness How dare humans who dont feel on us Instead they raise weapons on us My dear, my eyes are full with tears I need a one with whom I can share my worries Mom died and Dad with my hand was buried Still I am a child and I need them But who could explain this to those people with fierceness Is our life to that extent cheap Or are their hearts with violence fed Griefness, Sorrowness and oppressiveness In these three word my life is expressed
The Refugee crisis: why should you care?
Throughout history, the word refugee has been associated with the term refuge, which is a safe shelter that a person resides in search of protection. Today, a refugee is defined as a person who has been forced to leave his home country due to war, violence, or fear of prosecution as a result of certain ideas and beliefs, race, religion, sectarianism, nationality, or political opinion. The above definition was what I found on the internet. But, what the internet does not mention is that a refugee is someone who struggles every day to find something to eat, to find somewhere safe to stay, to...
To the, Tunisian dreams, scraper… (part 3)
*** Far from remorses, from crime, from pain, Take me away, wagon, take me away, frigate, this sentence was familiar to me, a quote among the thorny flowers hurt me, but I didn't care anymore, and life didn't bother me. If before I stood in front of a window, now I was in total darkness. I was as white as Candide and my misdeeds were less, but yet I felt myself near the Styx marshland. When life no longer smiles, joy becomes unimaginable, the outcome was clear. If the shadow over the city was only a shadowy image, then my soul was no longer alive and so for the last time I gave my last breath...
COVID-19: None of us are safe until we are all safe
COVID-19 is a global crisis that has seen countries coming together to find a solution to this crisis that has claimed so many lives, young and old, poor or rich. This pandemic is threatening every aspect of people's lives, amplifying inequalities and destabilizing communities. It is necessary to increase life-saving services and support to address the immediate impacts of the pandemic and its long-lasting social and economic repercussions. To this effect young people are at the forefront offering mental health support to their peers, assisting their siblings with home learning and here in...
Corona Virus: the Invisible Assassin
Children are the first victims of diseases because they are the most vulnerable. Every day, over five percent of children in Djibouti die from malnutrition, cholera, measles, malaria and other diseases (UNICEF Djibouti Annual Report 2018). One wonders if the authorities notice this? Today, the coronavirus has been added to the long list of diseases that threaten children. The Corona pandemic has destroyed citizens of richer countries, and the virus has invaded all of humanity. It started in China and has evolved in other countries of the planet. In Djibouti, the corona-virus has already passed...
Global Children and Youth Appeal on Climate Change and Health
Reimagining the future of healthcare
Before writing this article, I did not want to start with bad news or with figures that show how big of a problem the lack of access to healthcare is right now. I told myself that I wanted to start with a positive note, with what it could be and how bright the future can be if we work for it... But how can I share how important it is ensuring the protection of the right to health without pointing out the dire situation we are in? 400 million people don’t have access to basic healthcare in the world and 100 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2017 due to health expenses. The...
To The Health-Care Workers
As we all know, since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic, health care workers have been risking their lives every day to help treat and care for the sick. Hundreds of health-care workers lost their lives battling the coronavirus. They have been standing on the frontline for all of us. Basically, in this blog, I just wanted to tell something to the health-care workers. And, here's what I want to tell : 1. Thank you so much for everything that you do, everything that you sacrificed, and for your love. 2. Thank you so much for your resilience during this time. You never have a doubt to treat us...
Dear 2021, the day COVID-19 hit the world
Dear 2021, A promise, once spread out the hope of an uncertain rebirth of life. A light reflected the forgotten words of a mocking society through the shattered glass. We wanted the upcoming year to be full of joy, happiness and as what used to be always, full of social interactions. Upon 2020, nonplussed, we decided to step ahead, having no expectations on how threatening this step would be. At the beginning it seemed like a single country situation, we didn’t care much. Friends still hug each others, terrorism and riots kept on going and so did pollution. A day followed the other, and...
International Indigenous People Day: Empowering Indigenous People
Today is a day entirely for celebrating indigenous people and their unique cultures. Indigenous people lead very amusing lives, something I'm quite keen about as personally, I find learning about cultures quite fascinating, especially under-represented and unheard ones. Indigenous people have quite a history too, dating back thousands of years. They are found in over 90 countries, speak 4000 of the world's languages and there are 476 million of them in this world! In my country, Bangladesh, the main ethnic groups are Garo, Marma, Shawtal, Monipuri and Tripura. Bangladeshi tribes either have...
How to support a friend if you think they could be at risk of violence
Understanding the Problems America Faces is the Key to Solving Them
Once a year we get a physical with our local doctor to check up on our overall well being. Every four years we elect a leader to head our nation. When we run out of toilet paper we go to the local store and pick up some more. All of these things share a common denominator, that paired with collaborative fostering will be the key to attempting to solve the current societal issues. That common key factor is trust. We trust that our doctors will adequately give us care to the best of their abilities. We trust our officials to represent our various interests. We trust our stores to have toilet...
My dear grandfather
I had a kind grandfather with whom I have many sweet memories. He always took care of me. He always encouraged me to study and made me proud. My grandfather was a capable, healthy and strong person. One day he developed a fever and was hospitalized. The doctor said he had coronary heart disease, but would soon recover. I prayed for him every day and waited for he return home, but coronavirus got him from us, and my grandfather went to God😭. I am very sad, but I know that one day there will be a cure for the coronavirus, and nobody will die with it. I know good days will comes and my...