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BE HIV POSITIVE
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Everyone even a small child is familiar with word HIV, HIV positive & AIDS. Either the take it as normal or they even scared from words or they hate these stuffs even to chat. HIV & AIDS is not just a medical issue. It is an extraordinary issue with deep social & legal dynamics which can have devastating effects in our communities, in our country & in the entire globe.
Day by day population of people living with HIV so on investment is also scaling up. Huge amount of money is being invested since several years but we are in a same level of getting success either in reducing the infection or in supporting people living with HIV.
Antiretroviral drugs, care & support, awareness are still a major issues despite of huge investment. There is no data on number of organizations working for the same cause. But why we are in same platform, why we are not staring up?
Several organizations ratified several guidelines, several conventions, declarations were passed and come in existence. But still hopeful progress is not happening.
Involving young population in each & every step of responding these issues brings some hope since last few years. But still there is a lot to do more.After all, all these things is linked with our attitude and thinking.

We all have to BE HIV POSITIVE.

We have to be positive about HIV education that we have to deliver to our child from being of their education.

We have to be positive about awareness that we have to create to reverse the epidemic.

We have to be positive about care & support that people living with HIV have to get.

We have to be positive for reaching out to people living with HIV.

After all, we all have to BE HIV POSITIVE.

November 30, 2008 | 11:06 PM Comments  1 comments

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Practicing Politics in College
Related to country: Nepal

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Where do politics begin? From small place so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of world. But, this is the world of individual person as it guides each & every things & aspects of life. Segregation of politics at any dimension from any place is not good in this context. Now a day, practicing politics in educational institution is a topic of debate. We have been practicing student politics in college and university since the foundation of public politics started in our country. No one can deny the fact that death of Rana regime was due to aware students and youth of that age.

Similarly, we are entertaining multiparty system only due to students voices as active citizen. Political consciousness and involvement create active citizen, which is awaited all the time by nation for positive change. Opponent who believes practicing politics in education institution is bad usually state example of present situation. That is party politics, bad practice over student and other stuff like this. But, we do not have to forget about political consciousness and non aligned power of student. Practicing party politics in colleges is bad which was proved by our past activities but we do not have to forget about creating active citizen with political consciousness and contemporary interest.

So, practicing governing system in college as student council, union etc really help to promote democratic values. But, as student we have to be aware of party favored and power gifted politics.


July 19, 2008 | 4:59 AM Comments  1 comments

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Impacts of Climate Change
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Climate change is happening and people in the world have started to feel its impact on their lives. Impacts are already visible and being strong day to day. The change in existing climate are happening more quickly than expected by scientists which threatens the basic elements of life as food, water, health, use of land and natural environmental environment more seriously around the world. A global consensus is that climate change is a significant threat to world’s well being. Human activities are perturbing the climate system at the global scale.

CC & HEALTH

Climate change is likely to have wide-ranging and potentially serious health consequences. Some health impact may result from heat wave related deaths, weather disasters and other will result from disturbances to complex ecological process as change in pattern of infectious disease, lack of fresh water & malnutrition due to lack of food. In 2003, extreme heat waves caused more than 35,000 death in Europe & more than 1,500 deaths in India. An increase in malaria has been observed due to climate change. Water is the breeding ground for mosquitoes & warmer temperature help the pests to breed in previously cool areas. Flooding & water contamination may lead to high risk of water borne epidemic. Some health impact may be beneficial as milder winters may reduce the seasonal winter time peak in deaths in temperate countries, But, it is likely that the negative health impacts of climate change will far outweigh the positive effects.

OUR FOOD!

Climate change brings about extreme events like floods, droughts and hailstorms; affecting agriculture drastically. Agriculture providing livelihood to maximum population in the world. Climate change may increase yields of cereal grains at high & mild latitudes but may decrease yields at lower latitudes. This may alter food scenario of globe. Slight decline in annual food production is a matter of great concern. Loss of top fertile soil due to erosion, land slides & flood contribute largely to reduce food production which effect is directly seen in farmers’ families and agricultural countries as Nepal. Rising temperature & increased rain fall could lead to more pests & weeds that may also reduce productivity. Africa is especially vulnerable & studies warn that there may be a significant increase in hunger.

SNOW …….?

Glaciers form seventy percent of the world’s freshwater reservoir & respond to slight climate change. Global warming is now melting glaciers all over the world. A rise of 40C will dissolve every glacier. Melting glaciers will increase flood risk during the wet season and strongly reduce dry-season water supplies to one-sixth of the world’s population, predominantly in the Indian sub-continent, parts of China. Disappearance of glaciers on Mount Kilimanjaro of Africa is result of global warming. 82% of icecap that is on 1912 is now gone. It is predicted that by 2050, two hundred million people may become permanently displaced due to rising sea levels, heavier floods & intense droughts.

SOCIAL HAZARD

Most of us think that climate change is environmental problem and its affect us only from that dimension but it has serious social impact too which push us back from socialization. It may have major obstacles to continue poverty reduction across the world. Due to climate change poorer country is heavily dependent to others for agricultural production which prevent them to go up. Besides this, they can not get quality public services and there daily incomes will under the basic necessities.

FOREST N BIODIVERSITY

The affects of climate change aren’t going to be restricted to humans. Ecosystems (plants and animals) will be particularly vulnerable to climate change. Birds, fish, and land-based animals are all going to be under threat as their habitats and climate alter against them. Plants, trees and shrubs are also going to have to adapt. One of the main concerns with species shifting from where they are now is that if climate change occurs very quickly, some wildlife may not be able to adapt so may not survive. Less snow in winter, warmer temperatures in summer and more winter rain will affect wildlife across the world. Sea level rises will reduce land area in some countries, which will instantly affect vegetation which is currently used for homes and food by animals. It is estimated that 15 to 40% species face extinction with 20C warming. Decrease in moisture levels due to climate change, forest fires are more likely. In 2002, Colorado, Arizona and Oregon of United States endured their worst wildfire seasons.

THIRST …. THIRST ……..

Due to climate change snow accumulation will decrease. With a decrease in anow accumulation and glacial retreat, our taps will run dry. United Nation Environment Program predicts that by 2050, 30% of the world will face serious water shortages. High temperature i.e. warmer condition will lead to greater stress on freshwater supplies and also favorable to plant growth in water cause lowering of water quality.

WHAT ABOUT OCEAN….. ?

Climate change also threatens marine habitats and lives of people who totally depend on ocean. The ocean have absorbed half the Carbondioxide (CO2) produce in past cause ocean acidification. It effects on marine ecosystems, with possible adverse consequences on fish stocks.

ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change has direct relation with economy. Overall impact in agriculture, health, freshwater and so many other bring about economic burden to each and every nations. Number of global weather related disaster have increased many fold causing serious economic loss especially in developing countries. It also increase climate refugees which add extra economic loss, either in labor market or in production.

Though there are so many uncountable impacts of climate change, they are not evenly distribute. The poorest countries and people will suffer earliest and most. When the damage appear it will be too late to reverse the process. Thus we have to look a long way ahead.

April 11, 2008 | 9:21 PM Comments  0 comments

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HOPE OF MDG
Related to country: Nepal


Millennium Development Goals are just a combined hope of 191 nations to see the world without a person under the line of poverty. During the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, eight MDGs were set to be achieved by 2015. The goals comprises an ambitious agendas that significantly improve global human life by 2015 from halving global poverty & hunger to protecting environment, improving health to promoting gender equality. Along with eight goals, there are 18 targets with time frame which make it easy to measure. The goals of United Nations reflect the present situation along with the future hope.
The ratified goals are:
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Children especially in African countries are starving day to day. MDG aim to halve the proportion of people whose income is less than 1$ per day & people suffer from hunger.
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Education is backbone of development, so it envisions a situation where children without discrimination of age, sex, religion & region will be able to complete a full course of primary education.
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Development cannot sustain without ending discrimination by sex either in education, politics or governmental services. MDG tries to ensure the elimination of gender disparity in primary & secondary education by 2005 and all types of disparity no latter than 2015. We have crossed 2005 two years before but we cannot feel like that.
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
High rate of mortality in developing countries is a great headache to all developmental process. MDGs targets to reduce children under five mortality, infant mortality by two third with in time frame.
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Child mortality is also interlinked with maternal health. Lack of trained birth attendant and good facilities is must to improve maternal health. MDG aimed to reduce maternal mortality by three quarters.
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
HIV & AIDS in developing countries pull behind us from socializing. Lack of education, misconceptions and stigmas are intended to end to halt the spread of HIV & AIDS by 2015 and targeted to reverse the spread. Combating with other diseases as malaria and tuberculosis can also be halted by the dateline.
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Global carbon dioxide emission and consumption of environment polluted factors should be reducing to achieve sustainable environment. These factors are related with global warming, which also have serious effect to achieve MDG. MDG also assure to halve the people using poor drinking water.
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
All the seven goals are related with different aspects of improving individual lives but this goal is related to cooperation to achieve the stated seven goals. It is dealt with debt problems of developing countries, need of landlocked countries and cooperation of private sectors. It aimed to improve internet, computer, and other technological users.

MDG acknowledge that development rests on the foundations of democratic governance, the rule of law, respect for human rights and peace & security. With out these we cannot envision a country without poverty.
The first basis of development is practical commitment without political commitment, the development cannot be sustainable. One of the major obstacles to achieve MDG by 2015 is lack of political commitment & political stability in developing countries. During insurgency in Nepal, the developmental work and process was totally halted.
Leadership without knowledge of MDG & pool of corruption badly hampered the running. It does not leave a place to be optimist that we can achieve the targets. The developmental process cannot proceed if the people do not trust their beurocracy, which is seen in Nepal.

It is a great fear that the corruption especially in developing countries brings barriers in our way to reach the MDGs of halving number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Corruption result in great loss of public funds needed foe education, healthcare improvement, & poverty alleviation.
One group blamed that MDG is small investment of developed countries to take away resources of poor countries. They usually told that this type of charity investment should better opposed by trade investment. We cannot cut down poverty until we do not focus on productivity of our own resources. Only the charity money donated by foreign countries cannot lift us drastically. Increasing aid always not does better to promote the livelihood of citizen. Current mechanism to donate aid must be checked if it is effective for poverty reduction of any country.
Civil society organizations, government, multilateral institutions point to issues of global equity – debt cancellation, trade justice, equitable governance in global institutions, and political, social & economic rights for the poor – as an basic foundation for a politics that will enable sustained progress to end poverty in developing world.

Involving youth in each level of developmental work, policy making & monitoring is a strong support to our commitment. Only eight years is left, but we are almost in same strand where we are in 2000 in our developmental practice. This cannot convince us that we can achieve MDG by 2015. Our hope that we can one day be free from injustice, poverty, & diseases. It is not wise to let foreigners think positively for us. We have to awake to step up the ladder. As youth, we are the first generation that can end poverty.

August 20, 2007 | 4:36 AM Comments  1 comments

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