chudoba
Väčšina svetovej populácie a národov žije v chudobe. Prečo je tomu tak? Stačí viniť chudobných ľudí, že sú nezodpovední, leniví, a že robia zlé rozhodnutia? Sú za to zodpovedné ich vlády? Tieto a iné príčiny chudoby a nerovnosti sú bezpochyby skutočné. Ale hlbšie a globálne príčiny chudoby sú často menej diskutované.
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photo essay: Poverty
Je to o chudobe, ktorá sa dotýka väčšiny ľudí v Bulharsku. Krajina je jednou z najchudobnejších v európskom spoločenstve. Po páde komunizmu a zmene k demokracii, ľudia opustili svoje dediny, aby prišli do hlavného mesta, Sofie, v snahe nájsť si prácu. Tento sen sa pre väčšinu z nich nikdy nestal skuočnosťou. Niektorí z nich sa uchytili ako pouliční predavači kvetov, alebo hocičoho iného, čo im môže priniesť nejaké peniaze na každodenný život. Ale väčšina z nich blúdi mestom, hľadá jedlo v smetných košoch, alebo žobre na frekventovaných ulíciach mesta. Smutnou realitou tu v Bulharsku, je obrovský rozdiel medzi chudobnými ľuďmi, ktorí žijú z menej ako 5 € na deň a najbohatšími ľuďmi, ktorí nemajú limit pri nakupovaní a doprajú si kedykoľvek všetko, čo chcú. A ešte tu je len 8 miliónov ľudí, ktorí žijú na vidieku a 90% z nich žije na tej dedine dlhodobo bez práce, peňazí a pomoci.
DROP OF HOPE
« Hope » is exactly what the homeless and impoverished say L’itinéraire provides. The street journal was established in 1990 by Daniel Héneault, a social worker. The newspaper gives tools to the homeless and people in deep poverty to abate the cycle of hopelessness. « L'itinéraire » is funded mainly by private donations financial and/or material. The newspaper is part of "Groupe L'itinéraire", an NGO who's mission is: «Social reinsertion, financial support, psychological support and to fight poverty. »
Articles of L'itinéraire, cover local social issues to international news and it is distributed two times every month. Most of the articles, are written by the news vendor themselves. Two teachers volunteer one day a week each, giving writing workshops to news vendor who are interested in becoming journalists. Sometimes, because of deep lack of writing skills, the volunteer teachers have to go back to basic language skills. Geneviève, one of the teachers said that seeing the smile and pride on their faces was salary enough.
News vendors are given a sense of responsability because they buy the news paper for a dollar and sell it for two. Robert Larouche who's the news vendor's coordinator, told me that they must be strict about this: The paper only helps them pay for the copies on the first day, but after that, they must learn not to spend all their money in order to keep enough to buy new copies.
Robert added: "Most of the time, when they knock on our door, they have had enough of life and feel hopeless. If they agree with the house rules, we accompany them until they have regained their confidence and their pride and they are enjoying a new life style." The result is pretty encouraging : Less then 15% go back to the street, according to Robert Larouche.
by: Yves Choquette, Montreal, Canada
Articles of L'itinéraire, cover local social issues to international news and it is distributed two times every month. Most of the articles, are written by the news vendor themselves. Two teachers volunteer one day a week each, giving writing workshops to news vendor who are interested in becoming journalists. Sometimes, because of deep lack of writing skills, the volunteer teachers have to go back to basic language skills. Geneviève, one of the teachers said that seeing the smile and pride on their faces was salary enough.
News vendors are given a sense of responsability because they buy the news paper for a dollar and sell it for two. Robert Larouche who's the news vendor's coordinator, told me that they must be strict about this: The paper only helps them pay for the copies on the first day, but after that, they must learn not to spend all their money in order to keep enough to buy new copies.
Robert added: "Most of the time, when they knock on our door, they have had enough of life and feel hopeless. If they agree with the house rules, we accompany them until they have regained their confidence and their pride and they are enjoying a new life style." The result is pretty encouraging : Less then 15% go back to the street, according to Robert Larouche.
by: Yves Choquette, Montreal, Canada
1/2010
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