Life Challege

Terrorism: “Violence begins from the mind”. It must, therefore, be uprooted from the mind itself. This goes directly to the root cause of terrorism. Therefore, in order to eliminate this root cause we need to initiate our efforts by beginning from the right starting point. And this starting point is the re-engineering of minds of individuals by taking them away from the culture of violence and bringing them closer to the culture of peace.

Poverty: More than half the world lives on less than $2 a day. It’s a startling truth that can sometimes make us feel helpless. Yet poverty can and must be fought.

                          i.            The people directly affected by the problems or issues of poverty in the community have to be actively and authentically participating in the efforts to fight poverty. This means that the affected people, themselves will be the major participants of the intervention to fight poverty. Not only the formal leaders need to be consulted, but also the affected ones.

                        ii.            Their worldview and situation should be taken into consideration and through facilitation they become part of the process of addressing and resolving their problems.

                      iii.            Create an organized group within the community to help many people rather than working with a few individuals. Rather than working with individual persons, it is more effective to facilitate collective and organized actions to help strengthen and empower people in poverty through an organization. This means that it is not enough to provide assistance to individually affected persons alone but through a collective organization each individual is developed and Steps are taken to address their problems and other problems in the future.

1.      Corruption: There is no silver bullet for fighting corruption. Many countries have made significant progress in curbing corruption; however practitioners are always on the lookout for solutions and evidence of impact. Here are five ways that citizens and governments can make progress in the fight against corruption:

                          I.            End Impunity: Effective law enforcement is essential to ensure the corrupt are punished and break the cycle of impunity, or freedom from punishment or loss. Successful enforcement approaches are supported by a strong legal framework, law enforcement branches and an independent and effective court system. Civil society can support the process with initiatives such as Transparency International’s Unmask the Corrupt campaign.

                       II.            Reform Public Administration And Finance Management: Reforms focusing on improving financial management and strengthening the role of auditing agencies have in many countries achieved greater impact than public sector reforms on curbing corruption. One such reform is the disclosure of budget information, which prevents waste and misappropriation of resources. For example, Transparency International Sri Lanka promotes transparent and participatory budgeting by training local communities to comment on the proposed budgets of their local government.

Inequality: No one policy can single-handedly beat inequality: the roots of the problem extend into the very structure of our economy. The solution will instead require ambitious, concerted action on several fronts. Our proposals focus on five major policy areas that, targeted together, could help reverse the vicious cycle.

                       i.               Make high-quality childcare available to all

                     ii.               Tackle polarized pay

Tribalism: The concept of tribalism, i.e. loyalty and dedication to one's group or "tribe," is evident, to some degree, in every part of daily life.

                    i.            Who really matters? The answer is everyone, equally.

                  ii.            What really matters? The answer is happiness. According to Greene, groups must be willing to step back from fast thinking to better the potential cooperation between groups. While gut reactions work well in certain situations, they should be avoided when trying to compromise with another group or tribe. Trust among your organization's groups is the essential component to solve these problems. Trust has to be built incrementally, and through experience. Greene recommends a third party to guarantee an experience, to assure that terms of cooperation will be followed. This will help your silos to eventually trust one another to follow rules of cooperation without a third party present. For example, if there are two conflicting departments within an organization, it might be beneficial to bring in a neutral, third party to drive communication and build trust between those groups. An HR director or department head could lead the discussion and follow up to insure that the two departments are following the terms that were agreed upon. In order to pursue a common goal, groups in your organization have to trust one another and be willing to cooperate and compromise. Recognizing tribalism and working against unifies your people under around your mission.

Illiteracy: Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, compute, and communicate using visual, audible, and digital materials across disciplines and in any context. The ability to read, write, and communicate connects people to one another and empowers them to achieve things they never thought possible.

                    i.            Invest into basic training that is provided by employers. In 2003, 54% of adults in Quebec were considered to have a very low reading proficiency, but 7 out of 10 people in this category were employed. By investing into basic training that occurs within the workplace environment, employers are able to create competitive and productive employees. The workers are then able to receive the literacy skills that they will use all their lives.

                  ii.            Create supports within schools. Early recognition of learning difficulties or disabilities can help teachers and administrators assist children who may struggle with literacy. Children are often able to “fake it to make it” without becoming overly literate if these difficulties are not addressed. By creating school supports, we can help children who may be illiterate become literate adults one day.

Domestic violence: Anyone can help stop domestic violence by taking these steps:

                    i.            Call the police if you see or hear evidence of domestic violence.

                  ii.            Speak out publicly against domestic violence. For example, if you hear a joke about beating your spouse, let that person know you aren't ok with that kind of humor.

High mortality rate: The African Union conference in Kampala which started on July 19 and will end July 27, has been discussing strategies to reduce maternal mortality. As a mother who has experienced the consequences of poor maternal health systems in Uganda, I thought it was time to tackle this crucial yet often neglected area of maternal health.  Here are some of the best practices that I’ve gathered from the best-researched literature:

                    i.            Women must have access to skilled care before, during and after they give birth.

                  ii.            Health providers must be trained in emergency obstetric care. Health centers and clinics must have surgical supplies to handle complications.

                iii.            Maternal health-care systems must be strengthened, and communities mobilized and educated to improve deliveries in birth clinics.

                 iv.            Skilled community-based birth attendants should be trained and posted to increase maternal coverage in remote areas.

                   v.            Give incentives to health providers to motivate them to do their job effectively.

Unemployment: Unemployment is a situation where the active population of country willing to work could not lay hold of any satisfied job. Unemployment often leads to Underemployment – a situation where an individual engages in activities far below his productive capacity. Causes of Unemployment in Nigeria. Poor education, corruption, neglecting agricultural sector, poor power supply. Let look at the solution to unemployment in Nigeria.

                    i.            Reduction in tax rate will; The business sectors should be enabled through tax reduction and tax holidays to reduce operating costs. Increase aggregate spending, consumers will be able to buy more and that will encourage job growth. If you lower taxes for businesses, they will be able to produce more, innovate more, and hire more people. It’s that simple.

                  ii.            Reformation of the educational system will leads: Increase graduate skills and makes them more a problem solvers, creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators. Everybody must not go to the university or college, people should be encourage to pursue their passion. Vocational trainings should be encouraged. The business study students must show evidence of a working business they manage as criteria to graduate, same apply to agricultural students.

                iii.            Reformation of the agricultural sector will lead to: The increase in the sector turn over, increase its input-output coefficient. Modernization of the sector, to attract the young graduates to engage in the sector. Establish bumper stock to take care of surplus produce to encourage the farmers to remain in the agriculture.

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