Derechos del animal

I have always been bordered about the number of lives that are lost in the Niger delta in a tug of war whose origin is traceable to the fact that their immediate environment (a place on the edge) is endangered, with consequent social and food insecurity in that area. Moreover i have a worry about the millions of US dollars spent annually by the Nigerian government just to make peace in the Niger delta. In addition, i am baffled with the way other nations will look at us knowing very well the high rate at which their citizens working in refineries in the Niger delta are been kidnapped.
The most important drive for this innovation is the global worming that is emanating from the depletion of the ozone layers owing to the release of green house gases from our refineries, as well as the high rate at which most rare and endangered species in the tropical rain forest of Nigeria are becoming extinct. The disruption of aquatic habitat is among the list too. The aforementioned is the ginger that call for intense reasoning and inception of the notion of converting places on the edge to forest reserv

I have always wanted to be a changemaker. I am a ceaseless entrepreneur, and often spend time thinking about innovative ways to solve intractable problems. However, my defining moment was when I was first informed about, and eventually came to befriend, Mahabir Pun, a social changemaker in Nepal and Ashoka Fellow. As a result of the many things that Mahabir has accomplished on the fuel of nothing but desire and will, I came to realize fully the power of one simple idea.

There are many, many issues of concern to me in this world. That people in this world are hurting hurts me personally. Yet I often feel powerless to contribute to the solutions. Child trafficking is just one of many examples. As in the case of many world problems, here's a situation where an infusion of money to the people who are trying to eradicate it is really crucial.

It's becoming more and more difficult for nonprofits to raise donations, but there is one way we can raise money that's staring us in the face: profits from products people must purchase of necessity, over and over again. Why can't the daily act of purchasing groceries be used as a bulwark for change? Well, as a changemaker, I believe it CAN and WILL be, if only we make it happen ourselves.

During the last three years of my doctoral work on inter-group hatred at Harvard I ended up working with several primatologists. At the beginning of this academic adventure, my time was spent simply trying to understand and master evolutionary biology and the theories that seemed so interesting to my own research. Over time, however, as I began to understand more about our primate ancestors, and more about the workings of the animal kingdom and the interrelatedness of beings and their ecosystems, I began to shift my entire set of thinking. The lens through which I made sense of the world underwent a fundamental change. This new understanding was so galvanizing, so fascinating, so filled with wonder, that I was amazed at my own prior ‘ignorance’ of it. How had I missed the excitement that was science?

At the same time, I slowly began to understand that much of what I was learning about i.e., the planet’s systems and beings was totally at risk. What one saw on television regarding wilds and their inhabitants were almost disingenuous. These places and animals were at risk throughout the planet. Hardest of all to believe was that the culprit was us -- humanity. This too was mystifying. How could so many well-intentioned people in our country – decent educated people just making their living and raising their children – not see the tragedy that was coming through human overpopulation and concomitant overuse of resources.

Finally, the nail in the coffin, as it were, was the understanding I was gaining that all the researchers I was getting to know and study with, all of them were now becoming, not the dispassionate/detached researchers of their many years of training, but, rather, wildlife and wild lands conservationists, No longer were their animals the subjects and the focus of a study. Instead, these animals were simply disappearing and the only ones who were in their world and could therefore make an accounting and a difference were these same researchers. Their lives were being turned upside down.

For me, I struggled with this knowledge. How could I play a part? Eventually, I came to see that my next task/role was to teach as many people as I could about what was going on, and what they needed to do to change this ‘severe decree.’ No small job indeed.

Mariam(Not her Actual Name) an old lady with Seven children with the Last Born,Nameless dying in early days of her life.Mariam suffered a severe hemmorrhage afterwards,the cause being retained placenta which was very very difficulty to remove.She was brought to the hospital,exahusted and tired,paper white appearance and it was a weekend and a Doctor on Duty was not available in the ward.Luckly enough i was there visiting my wife who has just delivered a baby girl Eileen.After observing that the Doctor on duty was not there then i thought i've to do something to save Mariam's life.I told the nurse,'i'm a Doctor and i think i can help'.At first she didn't agree with me ,she needed to see my ID Card.Unfortunately i didn't have one.I was just Completed internship in Dar Es Salaam and moved to Shinyanga to wait for posting.Unwelcomed by the nurses i just grabed the sterlile gloves and gown from the Nurses hands and rushed to the Bed where Mariam was gasping,after a series of emergency Procedures Mariam became stable,back to life again.....at that point the nurses realized that i was really a medical Doctor.Nearby Mariam there was a Woman Called Fatuma(Not her real name),she knew Mariam of course and they were neighbours to our suprise.She was just delivered a Seventh baby without any Maternal Complications.After talking to her for some time i discovered that she was poor even more than Mariam,then i kept asking myself 'Why people having the same resources,others make good use of them while others are not???.I asked the same question to Fatuma ....to my suprise the practises she explained are those what i currently call Positive Deviant Behaviors.After some time i attended a Positive Deviant/Hearth Training and started offering technical support to one of our Programme area which was implementing the Nutrition Project among Underfives using the PD/Hearth approaches...very successifully.Then i thought the very same idea can pbe used in Maternal health issues ...of course as ANGELS OF CHANGE PROJECT.