सब कहते है की हिंदी मत बोलो ये एक गुनाह है यदि बोलोगे तो अपने ही देश मैं पिटोगे , बोलोगे तो अपने ही तुम्हें अजीब नज़र से देखेगे ,कोई तुम से बात नहीं करेगा, अपने देश मैं रह कर यदि ये दिन देखना पड़ रहा है तो फिर दुसरे देश मैं क्या होगा जरा सोचो. हम अपने से ही अपने देश हो बाट रहे है अब दुसरे से क्या लड़ना अब तो अपनों ने ही लडाई शुरु कर रखी है. जहा तक हिंदी की बात है ये हमारी अपनी भाषा है और शायद ही कोई अपनी भाषा बोलने से संकोच करगा अब तो कुछ लोग ये आवाज़ उठा रहे है की हिंदी राष्ट्रीय भाषा नहीं है शर्म की बात है .

तो आप है ,जो की पुरी दुनिया को तबहा करने पर तुले हुए है ..

“अरे ये आप क्या कह रहे है .मैं ने ऐसा क्या किया  है ..”

आप जो अभी कर रहे है क्या  ये कम है .

अरे मैं क्या कर रहा हूँ … मैं ..मैं  तो …बस सिगरेट पी रहा हूँ ..

अच्छा तो आप सिर्फ सिगरेट पी रही और कुछ  नहीं कर रहे है ..

नहीं तो ..वो भी मैं पब्लिक प्लेस मैं नहीं पी रहा हूँ आप देख ही रहे है .. तो फिर मैं ऐसा क्या कर रहा हूँ जो आप ने…

“ये है आज के मेरे दोस्त जो की सिगरेट को एक जरूरत एक आदत की तरह पीते है .. और  फिर ऐसी दलील देते है की …. बस करो

Put yourself in a fictional universe where everything’s gone a bit nutty. Now picture Matthew Broderick’s head on a pike.  Does that do it for you? It’s there as a result of his dangerous driving conviction, if that helps? How about Winona Ryder getting her sticky fingered hands cut off for shop-lifitng, streamed live and gruesome online? Or Lily Allen being beaten to death with her own iPhone for crimes against twittering?

Ok, the last one may be a bit of a stretch, but if this kind of celebrity capital punishment does it for you, maybe you should check out “The Execution of Gary Glitter“, a docu-drama broadcast this week on Channel 4 and still available online. It’s set in an imaginary Britain, where public pressure has led to the reinstatement of the death penalty for crimes of murder and child abuse, as well as widening the powers of the police in detaining suspects and pursuing their conviction. When Gary Glitter is extradited from Vietnam to face fresh charges in London, he becomes the first person to face hanging in over forty years.

As far as celebrity snuff goes, it’s top notch, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to have been the intention. Written, produced and directed by Rob Coldstream, it claims rather to engage the audience on topics of capital punishment and how modern society deals with its most reviled offenders. Worthy subject matter, no doubt, and the real world celebrity court cases of R. Kelly and Roman Polanski could just be enough to back up the premise, but it fails miserably in the realization. 

The whole set-up is completely outlandish, relying on a set of conditions so tight and specific they fail to ring true. What’s hardest to swallow are the massive changes to British law, in particular the Metropolitan police’s new ability to prosecute seemingly anyone for crimes committed in foreign territories, disregarding like a playground bully any authority or interest of foreign governments.

Coldstream has tried to cover this up with the standard docu-drama methods, talking heads and archive footage to blur the lines between fiction and reality. It works well in places, especially when authentic Glitter, fresh out of prison from his 1999 conviction, breaks down in front of a media sharktank. His blubbering makes for uncomfortable, conflicted viewing, as does the heavy reliance on footage from the 2002 Soham murders. In the latter case especially though, you can’t help feeling a tinge of exploitation, as Coldstream constructs his entire narrative from a sparse and selective retelling of the horrific events.

Through scripted interviews, Coldstream uses talking heads to drag up every possible facet of the problem, as actors bleat and attack each other over everything from human rights to class divide. The passion is clearly evident, but at the unfortunate cost of clarity. The celebrity variants do equally little to add to proceedings, as Anne Widdecombe preaches charmlessly on the existence of evil, an excitable Gary Bushnell shouts from the cheap seats and Mirada Sawyer offers the perspective of a music journalist inexplicably assigned to the highest profile court case of the young century. Each is under the yoke of Coldstream’s formulaic courtroom script, trotted out in turn to patronize the audience. No, no, Glitter taking the witness stand while everyone gasps isn’t an enormous cliche, it’s actually really clever and quite a big deal. Etc. Etc. Throughout, you’re left to wonder what exactly has motivated these people to get involved, but under no illusions that it had anything to do with social advocacy.

This overbearing condescension is endemic, in a narrative that claims to know the answers but certainly isn’t telling. What we’re left with is not so much an exploration of social policy as a particularly shouty snuff film, an ugly and charmless mess of an affair, lacking in both integrity and relevance. If there is one redeeming feature however, it’s Hilton McRae’s performance as Glitter. I’m not sure how many actors can claim “dole queue clown” and “aging Ming the Merciless” among their signature looks, but however big the Glitter look-alike casting call was, they struck gold with McRae. He gives an compelling performance of Glitter’s vulnerability and dwindling defiance, as the convicted popstar faces into his final days. If you are into celebrity snuff, and you need an excuse to watch this truly awful docu-drama with your friends, Hilton McRae provides an excellent cover. Failing that, call it research.

‘The Execution of Gary Glitter’ aired Monday 9th november on Channel 4, and will be available for a limited time on 4oD.         http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-execution-of-gary-glitter/4od

(This TV Review originally appeared on Totally Dublin’s website, November 09. Words: Padraig Moran (c) 2009)

हम सभी जानते हैं की घूसखोरी देश की बड़ी समस्या में से एक है. लेकिन बिहार इसका सबसे बड़ा उदाहरण है जहा हर छोटे-छोटे काम के लिए घुस देनी पड़ती हैं चाहे वह नौकरी के लिए हो , पुलिस चौकी में रिपोर्ट लिखाने की बात हो या फिर अदालत की बात हो ,आपका काम बिना घुस दिए हो ही नहीं सकता , कानून बनाया गया हैं , घुस देने बाला भी गुनेहगार हैं,,,,अरे भाई आपने जिस को कानून की रक्षा करने के लिए नियुक्त किया हैं वही उसके साथ मन मर्जी कर रहा हो तो किस पर विस्वास करेंगे , वही कानून को नहीं मान रहा है फिर आम आदमी क्या करेगा , आपका चौकीदार ही अगर चोर निकले तो किसके ऊपर विस्वास करेंगे ,,,,कानून ब्यवस्था सबसे पहले ठीक होनी चाहिए क्योकि ये दीमक की तरह समाज को खोखला कर रहा हैं! बिहार के बिकास में ये भी एक बड़ी रुकाबट है…..घूसखोरी की वजह से अमीर लोगो का दब-दबा कानून पर भी बना रहता हैं , गरीब लोगो के साथ-साथ ! गरीब लोगो को न्याय नहीं मिलता , वे बेचारे तो पुलिस चौकी भी नहीं जाना चाहते हैं , क्यों की उन्हें पता हैं बिना पैसे के वहा भी कुछ नहीं होगा ! तब-तक गरीबो को न्याय नहीं मिलेगा जबतक कानून व्यबस्था -घूसखोरी से मुक्त नहीं होगा ! इसके लिए सरकार को कुछ ठोस कदम उठाने होगे , नहीं तो गरीब आदमी यु ही पिसते रहेगे ! हम घूसखोरी के साथ बिकास रूपी मंजिल कभी नहीं पा सकेगे ! गरीबो को न्याय मिले इसके लिए कानून ब्यवस्था को घूसखोरी से मुक्त करना होगा !

Got this from Yahoo.com. Compelling story.

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By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer – Thu Oct 15, 7:56 pm ET

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peacein Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

“I’m not a racist. I just don’t believe in mixing the races that way,” Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. “I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else.”

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

“There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage,” Bardwell said. “I think those children suffer and I won’t help put them through it.”

If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

“I try to treat everyone equally,” he said.

Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.

Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.

Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned toLouisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.

“That was one thing that made this so unbelievable,” she said. “It’s not something you expect in this day and age.”

Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell’s wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.

“We are looking forward to having children,” Humphrey said. “And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we’re typical happy newlyweds.”

“It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009,” said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 “that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry.”

The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending “the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice.”

“He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it,” Schwartzmann said.

According to the clerk of court’s office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.

Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.

The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk’s office.

“I’ve been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don’t think I’ve mistreated anybody,” Bardwell said. “I’ve made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn’t tell this couple they couldn’t get married. I just told them I wouldn’t do it.”

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宣伝です。
10月31日(土)に、WebSig24/7で「エコだけじゃない！『ネットを使って社会をよくする』新潮流とWeb屋の関係」と題したイベントをやります。

第25回WebSig会議「エコだけじゃない！『ネットを使って社会をよくする』新潮流とWeb屋の関係」開催のお知らせ (WebSig24/7)
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WebSigのイベントのテーマは隔週のモデレーター会議で決まりますが、今回はぼくが出した案。
で、強く興味を持っている

• 環境問題や社会問題への取り組みで、インフラとしてのウェブにはどんな可能性があるか
• そこでウェブ屋が果たせる役割はなにか。それは新しい働き方、生き方につながるんじゃないか

というテーマをかなりストレートに扱うものになりました。他のモデレーターと議論し、もうちょっとカジュアル方向にヒネろうなどと努力はしてみたものの。

なので、ウェブ屋・ウェブ担の人の明日からの仕事に直結したり短期的な収益アップにつながったりもせず、たぶん今年のウェブ屋向けイベントとしては一番青臭く、剛速球っぽいものになるはずです(自嘲＋自賛)。

2006年にエコピ(WebSigエコ＆ピース)をはじめたときから、やがてWebSig本体で「ウェブ屋×社会貢献」というテーマのイベントをやろうと思ってたけど、それがこのイベントです。

今回のゲストスピーカーはNPO「サービスグラント」の嵯峨さん、Webサービス「4good(フォーグッド)」の塚田さん、「NetSquared Tokyo(ネットスクエアード東京）」の市川さん。3人とも、社会問題・公共分野とウェブを掛け合わせ、これまでと違った問題解決方法を生み出そうとしているイノベーター。多くの人に知ってほしい! と思える、魅力ある取り組みをしている人たちです。
3人には、やっていることを紹介してもらうだけでなく「なぜそれをやるに至ったのか」というきっかけ・動機づけの部分もぜひ語ってもらおうと思ってます。彼らのような変革者をもっと増やすには、先行している人の動機づけはよいヒントになるはずだから。

また、3人のお話の後の第二部では「ワールドカフェ」をやる予定です。“発散型”であり“結論を出さない”セッション、しかも社会問題×ウェブという境界・周縁をテーマにする場で何が生まれるだろう? 今から楽しみです。

テーマを決めて人を探し場を作る──これをやっている過程で、考えが凝固していき得られる閃きがあります。また、本やネットでわかっていることでも、「リアルな場」で「目の前の人」から話を聴いてみると「あぁ!」と腑に落ちることがある。これがWebSig会議のようなイベントの「言いだしっぺ」になる強いメリットですね、ぼくにとっては。

残席まだありますよ(10月16日現在)。興味があれば、ぜひこちらから参加申し込みを!

第25回WebSig会議 – WebSig24/7 イベント申し込みサイト
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1 non-profit I care deeply about : SPCA. I know running it is a Sisyphean task. There are so many things I appreciate esp.their commitment but there’s just this feeling something more must be done for animal rights beyond depending on SPCA. Somewhere along their history they obtained the reputation for being a dumping ground for unwanted animals. But that isn’t their primary goal. What’s the best way to get to the heart of the problem of cruelty to animals? Blame, name or shame the game? I’d go for legislation. Open your children’s minds to the possibility of running for MP under an animal rights banner.

The Burden of the Enlightened…

You can’t close your eyes and refuse to realize the unnecessary lies and cutting eyes that surround unhappy lives. Coping mechanisms turned into addiction, real life is now what was once fiction, and we sit in conviction waiting for some end to the non-fiction. Lives crumble about me and I can’t pretend to not see the devastation and spiritual depravation of the emotionally scarred waiting for some reparation. Young girls are giving what’s pure to find the cure from feeling so insecure. Digging holes deeper than where they were before, they aren’t free to explore the world, they’re up in some sheets curled, and it’s a shame the young girls have to know such pain. Words can’t say, tears can’t express, money can’t pay nor will suppress this urge to feel, be it pain, be it pleasure, just a feeling of some measure. They want to touch and know that somebody can show them affection, protection, from life’s bitter subjection. Looking for love that never came their way, hoping praying it’d be theirs someday. Emotions running wild, hormones running crazy, brazen hearts defiled nine months carrying an illegitimate baby.  Breasts swollen, hearts stolen, substances consoling, these young brides of unhappy lives. And we sit back and see such pain and obscenity, crying screaming “Someone set me Free!” But we turn our heads in disdain, hearing them call someone else’s name, to sooth their aching pain. But try as we may with ego’s so frightened, the few souls that must pay, can’t disobey the Burden of the Enlightened.

The Plight of the Black Woman

To be angry at the grocery store, at the hair salon, in line at the post office, or even in line for coffee, that’s okay for a black woman. To cause a scene at the register, to curse someone using every slur known to man, that’s just fine for a black woman. To walk off the job mad, to threaten an employee who glanced at her sideways, is juicy office gossip, and of course okay for a black woman. But using her words and owning conflicting emotions, is refused to my bronze beauties. Responding first with sensation, than with rational thought, is not acceptable for my Nubian Queens. Being angry and keeping it all inside for fear of fulfilling the perpetuated stereotype of us, that is the plight of my black women.

When in the presence of her white counterparts, she is observed as is a rat in a laboratory. Her predator waits in the shadows, lurking, eager at any moment to pounce and deem her the angry black woman that America so dearly loves.

A black woman isn’t allowed to exhibit any signs of the sort that may allude to distress. She is quickly told that she is taking matters too seriously, that she’s using her race as a scapegoat, and that she should consider anger management classes. I won’t contend that she’s taking matters too seriously. In fact, she is. She’s taking it seriously enough to compensate for all those so busy denying it, denying her, of her fundamental right to be pissed off.

Why is it that America so dearly clenches to the image of an angry black woman? It is because without this, there would be too much to credit our ebony sisters. Our fellow ladies and gentleman could no longer look down upon our brown skin. In fact, they would have to tip their hats, and understand the struggle we still face. As the esteemed W.E.B. DuBois said so eloquently, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.”  May I modify this to apply to the twenty-first century? The monster, which we now audaciously wrestle with, has invaded the membrane, of what should be the nuclear human cell. With the turn of the century though, it has mutated. The problem of the twenty-first century is the problem of political-corrected ness.

Upon first examination, this may seem like a very far-fetched notion. However, I entreat you to criticize this issue more closely and see exactly what I’m trying to say. In the endeavor to always be politically correct, our oppressors have found loopholes, or ways to say exactly what they want to, without sounding blatantly racist. What was once a visible adversary has seemingly evaporated into a steamy gray mist. (I apologize to the members of the white community who are upstanding individuals and haven’t succumbed to such vile practices. It is but a percentage of the white population which indulges in such sub-par activities.)

I do not fit the archetype of an African-American female. I grew up in the suburbs. I have two moms. One of my moms is white and my other mom is black. I got the best of both worlds. I’ve attended private Catholic institutions for the greater part of my education. I have studied foreign languages, histories, and sciences. I have been given opportunities and advantages that have allowed me to become the best person that I can be. I am very proud of my becoming. But my very phenotypic representation excites the latent racisms from members within my race and others outside it. I’m the stuff that nature versus nurture is made of. I’m the exact opposite of what Craniometrist and Cesare Lombroso would have you to believe.

The sharp contrast that I cause in the common view of black women became evident in high school. There, I quickly realized that I was too white for the black kids, and too black for the white kids. I didn’t and still don’t use Ebonics. I couldn’t relate to what the black community deemed the “black struggle”. Those who looked the most liked me adamantly reminded me how much I was not like them. But my skin looks just like theirs, maybe a little lighter. We have the same history. Our ancestors fought the same struggle and waged the same wars. Despite this common ground, I still wasn’t quite like the others. Existentially, I’ve come to embrace that difference. For it was that distinguishing marker, that has made me who I am today.

As a black woman, I have experienced first hand the degradation and humiliation of keeping quiet. The most poignant example of political corrected ness as it relates to my life, was experienced at the hands of a white coworker. She denies any allegations of harboring racial stereotypes while her prejudices seep through her pores. In conversation, and side comments, it is what she claims to be fair that reveals her prejudice. Unfortunately, her husband lost a friend who was white due to gun fire. Around the same time, a black youth was gunned down by policeman in the same manner as her associate. She was infuriated that the death of her acquaintance didn’t make the front page while the black youths’ death still gleamed in glossy writing on page A1. I do not blame her for being upset about her loss. The details surrounding both cases as well as the Zeitgeist, contributed to the difference in media exposure. If the roles were reversed however, and I was upset about the lack of media attention to a case involving African-Americans, she and others like her would discredit my cause and consider it unjustified. For example, in the case of the Jena 6, she knew no details surrounding the case and supported the behaviors of the school principal. I use this anecdote, not to arouse feelings of anti-sentiment for this woman, or others who share her paradigm. Rather, I desire to use this experience to remind myself and others of the pervasiveness of existing racial tensions.

In office duties, if I don’t understand something right away, she makes snide comments and mocks my education. I have received more education than she has and I know that is a point of contention between the two of us. More than once, I’ve had to substantiate my capabilities and instead of appreciating an intelligent and helpful employee, it’s as if I’m less creditable because of it.

Furthermore, she and her husband find great humor in the fact that I’m multi-racial. And on many occasions, they have laughed and called me “confused” because of it. This is not just a race problem, it is a gender issue. I am convinced that if I were a black man, he would never make such a comment. The social experience of black men and women is very different. Of course, I immediately rejected this joke and made him aware of his callousness. My boss and others in the office accused me of being too sensitive. My ideas, beliefs, and ways of understanding concepts are different and I’m ridiculed for this difference because I’m a woman and I’m black.

The way to stop these issues that surround women, women of color, and educated women, are not easy or simple. The histories, experiences, and surrounding circumstances of each of these categories are convoluted. But, the first steps towards amelioration involve communication, understanding and appreciation. I want to be a part of the solution. Women across the socio-cultural strata should not be penalized for ascribed or achieved statuses. I want to be among the strong figures that are bold enough to suppose and accomplish change.

In Bucharest, Romania, the traffic police placed signs above and inside the urinals at pubs all throughout the city.  Inside the urinal is a picture of a road and underneath the road they ask, “Can You Drive Straight?”  I think this is pretty creative and I think guys would get a kick out of it.  Above the urinal the sign says, “Don’t Drink And Drive.”  This type of ambient/guerilla marketing is unique/creative and caused buzz among the people at the bar.  Also, advertising about designated drivers and moderating one’s drinking at bars is the best place to advertise that will be the most direct.  Hopefully this advertising persuaded some to have designated driver, have a few less drinks, and/or call a taxi cab to get home.

Picture link: http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/romanian_traffic_police_pissing_test?size=_original

The imagery in this commercial shows how in the United States we have it easy with the unlimited amount of access to food.  This commercial asks us if food were too expensive for us to afford, what would we do?  In many other countries around the world, food is too expensive for people.  WHY is an organization in search of ways to help with hunger and poverty all over the world.  I think their commercial has done a great job of making you think about this issue of hunger and poverty, and intrigues you to visit their website.

こないだ(9月16日)、WebSigエコ＆ピースの勉強会「エコピのサロン」に、「4good(フォーグッド)」を運営する塚田さん(株式会社ヨセミテ 代表取締役)に来ていただきました。

4goodにはβの頃から登録させていただいたし、オフィスにお邪魔して話を聴く機会もあったので応援記事を…と思ってズルズルと数週間。塚田さんのブログにサロンの話もあったので、乗っかって書きます。

つかログ ≫ フォーグッドについてお話してきました [株式会社ヨセミテ塚田寛一のBlog]
http://www.tsukalog.com/2009/09/4gd_presentation/

エコピのサロンでお話しいただいた内容から引っ張ると、4goodはこんなサービス。

• 「グッドアクションプラットフォーム」
• 公共分野、社会問題に取り組む個人、企業、行政、NPOのつながりが十分でないという状況を改善する
• ボランティア募集・応募、寄付、転職・インターン、投資・融資、署名・イベント告知、販売・購入といったアクションをサービス上で行えるようにする

4goodには、「まだまだこれから!」と期待できる機能がある。たとえば、人のためにしか使えないという利他的な擬似通貨「グッド」。これを獲得し、貯め、寄付する機能はこれからもっと強化されるとのことだ。

もうひとつが「プロジェクト」機能。NPOやソーシャルな活動をする集団が「支店」を作れる機能で、mixiでいえばコミュニティにあたるもの。4goodは半オープンだから宣伝にもなる。ついこないだ管理人の他に「コミットメンバー」を設定できるようになったりと、機能拡充中。

日本のソーシャル系団体のネット活用には、伸びしろが沢山あると思う。
典型的なノンプロフィット団体は看板型ウェブサイトを持ちはじめたところ、またはレンタルブログなどで(情熱は感じられるが、客観的に見てあまり信頼性が高くない体裁で)情報発信をしている段階、という感じ。アメリカや欧州の大手NGO・NPOの宣伝戦略に押されがちで、ただでさえ少ない日本人の関心も寄付金も持っていかれている。
そういうNPOが4goodに支店を持ち、いろんな興味レベルの人たちとコミュニケーションをすることでネット活用力を高めていき、また実際にプレゼンスを上げていく。また、エコピみたいなソーシャル志向のウェブ屋など多分野の専門家と組んだり、インフルエンサーに発見されたりすることもあるだろう。
4goodがそんなインフラになったら本当にいいと思う。

4goodを立ち上げた意図として、塚田さんは「サービスというのは人間の欲求を満たすべきもので、公共分野というのはサービスに残されたフロンティア」だと説明してくれた。「人には人の役に立ちたいという根源的な欲求があるんじゃないか」と考えたという。

ぼくもそう思う。
より正確にいうと、「人の役に立つことを通じて自分を満足させたい」という欲求の肯定と顕在化が起こりはじめているんじゃないかと思う。

ぼくより下の「世代」(ぼくは「世代論」がきらいで、自分が属するといわれる「世代」への論評もだいたい無視してきたのであまりわかってないのだが)には、特にそういう傾向が見える。

疑問に思うだろうか。
では、「世の中は金だ」という人は、利子もつかず貸し倒れリスクもあるのに、会ったこともない第三世界の小事業主にkiva.orgで金を貸す普通の人々のことをどう考えるのか。「消費者はもっぱら安くてよいものを買うのだ」という人は、CSRに熱心に取り組む企業の存在や、コーズマーケティングの成功事例をどう説明するのか。

もちろん「主流はどっちなんだ」という反論もあるだろう。が、これまでの主流からこぼれる事例は確実に増えてきていると思う。自分だけが金や商品など希少な財を真っ先に手に入れるべきだという考えが主流であるのは、それを楽しいと思う人が大半を占める間だけだ。必ずしもそう思わない人が増えてきているのだ。

4goodのようなサービスは、そういう人たちを見える化し、登録した1人1人を勇気づけるインフラになってほしい。流れがよりはっきり見えれば、より多くの人が動きはじめるだろうから。

日本でもあと3年もすれば、

• モノを買う前に企業の環境への取り組みや調達方針を調べること
• ビジネスパーソンがプロボノをやること
• 気になる市民運動にカジュアルに参加すること

などは、ずっと普通のことになるかもしれない。
4goodよ、そういう人たちが協働できるようなインフラとして、でっかくなってくれ!

9月17日、バングラデシュのストリートチルドレンの現実を描いた映画「アリ地獄のような街(The Whirlpool)」を、試写会で観てきた。

「アリ地獄のような街」　オフィシャルサイト

http://www.arijigoku.net/

この映画は、バングラシデュの路上生活を送る子どもたちに教育や住居などの援助を行うNGO「エクマットラ(EKMATTRA)」代表のショポシシュ・ロイ氏が自ら初監督した。
映画をつくった目的は、アジア最貧国といわれるバングラデシュの貧困の現実を多くの人に知ってもらい、また、収益はエクマットラが子どもの支援として行ってきた青空教室、シェルターホームに続くプロジェクト「エクマットラアカデミー(高等教育機関)」の設立資金として活かすのだという。

渡辺大樹さんがエクマットラをはじめたきっかけ

一時帰国中であり、会場で挨拶をされたエクマットラ共同創設者の渡辺大樹さん。
渡辺さんは大学時代にヨット部に所属。ヨットの大会で訪れたタイのプーケットで、豪華な二階建てバスから見た地平線まで広がるスラムに衝撃を受ける。偶然生まれた場所で人の選択肢が決まってしまう現実に憤りを感じ、この問題に取り組むことを決めたという。

バングラデシュではダッカ大学に入学し、現地の学生に呼びかけ「EK(1本の)＋MATTRA(線)」というNGOを立ち上げた。首都ダッカには推計30～40万人がストリートチルドレンがいるが、エクマットラは青空教室で30～40人に教え、シェルターホームに20人を住まわせ、設立予定のアカデミーでは100人を受け入れる予定らしい。

映画「アリ地獄のような街」はどうだったか

映画「アリ地獄のような街」の感想。志はリスペクトするけども、映画としてはちょっと退屈だった。本当に申し訳ないけど。

「シティ・オブ・ゴッド」みたいな映画なのかな、とか勝手に期待したせいもあるかも。が、話の運びがどうもモタモタしていて、描写も淡白でディテール不足。主人公の少年が路上で雑魚寝するシーンなどはあるけど「悲惨さ」「辛さ」は伝わってこない。ハリウッド製を筆頭にあらゆる映画を飽食してきた日本人には響かないレベルだと思った。

社会問題を訴えるツールとして映画はダメなのかといえば、そんなことはない。
子どもに焦点を当てた映画といえば、寓話性は強いが「それでも生きる子供たちへ」。ソマリアの子ども兵士の話「タンザ」、HIV感染を描いた「アメリカのイエスの子ら」、富裕な子と貧しい子の一瞬のかかわりを描いた「桑桑と子猫」などは印象に残った。
ドキュメンタリーでは、フィリピンの巨大なゴミ捨て場で生きる人たちを描いた「神の子たち」(四ノ宮浩監督)は忘れることができない。
最近では、インドの売春窟で暮らす子どもたちを描いた「未来を写した子どもたち」は、淡々とした映像だったが強く印象に残り、映画を観た後には、Kids with Camerasという団体のサイトを丹念に見てしまった。
この2本はどっちもドキュメンタリー映画だ。

渡辺さんのアツい話は魅力的だったし、ぼく個人としてはぜひエクマットラの活動を描いたドキュメンタリー映画を観てみたい! と思った。

渡辺さんの話から補足しておくと、映画制作には「貧富の差を当たり前のものと捉え、国の発展のために力を使おうとしない多くのバングラデシュ人たち」に気づいてもらいたいという狙いがあり、実際に観終わった学生たちは「こういう映画を待っていた」と感激したという。
この話で、問題に取り組むためにはまず「物語」が必要なんだ、映画はそういう共鳴装置の役割も果たすんだ、と納得した。この映画はそういう役割も持っているんだと思う。

マザーハウスの山口絵理子さんを交えての話

映画の後にマザーハウスの山口絵理子さんが登壇、渡辺さんとの対談となった。お二人は、山口さんがまだ起業する前にバングラデシュで会っていて古い友人とのこと。

山口さんの映画への感想は、「がんばらなきゃなと思った。自分たちの工場を大きくすることがこういう問題を解決すると考えてやってきたが、改めて初心に戻る機会を与えられた」。

以下、山口さんの話から抜粋。

• (NGOなどが)バングラデシュに学校を作るのはいいが、卒業生たちの目は海外に向いている(国の発展に貢献しない)。優秀な大学生たちも必死で仕事探しをする。せっかくの教育も労働市場とリンクしないと意味がない
• バングラデシュには国際的なマーケットについての情報が入ってこない。たとえばネパールには観光客が流行の情報を持ってくる。観光産業がないバングラデシュは遅れたまま
• プロダクトによって国のイメージを変えていきたい。じゃがいもの袋だったジュードをファッション品に変え、先進国の顧客を驚かせたい。先進国のバイヤーは口を開けば「中国と比べてどれだけ安いのか、速いのか」だったが、最近は「バングラデシュでマザーハウスに負けない安いものを作りたい」とユニクロの担当者もやってきた

話のキレがよく言い澱みがない。バリバリの経営者の話し方だと思った。

それだけでなく、こうなっていきたいんだという「思い」、そこに向かっているんだという「楽しさ」が話の端々から伝わってくる。渡辺さんの「子どもたちが鉛筆を一杯抱える姿」「路上生活をしていた子どもが学級委員になる」といった話の中からもそんなものがぐぅーっと感じられ、沸き立つような気持ちになった。

お二人とも、デカい夢をかなえているんだよなー、と思った。

これ以上思ったことを書いても陳腐になるばかりなので、最後にエクマットラへのリンクを張っておきます。
ぼくも寄付などしてくるつもり。

EKMATTRA（エクマットラ） || バングラデシュでストリートチルドレンのために活動しています
http://www.ekmattra.org/JAP/

This is my third blog, the first 2 being around social media and social CRM while this one is around social cause. What really triggered me to write this one was a TV commercial which talked about stop child labour….not that this was the first one that I have seen but some how this one got me into thinking mode on how can it be done, why is it not happening , what need’s to be done.

I can see two reasons why in the first place are parents sending in their children for work resulting into child labour
>> Shortage of money resulting into getting the child to work so as to overcome their problem and stabilize the entire family on financial front
>> They don’t have the money to spend on child’s education so better get them trained for tomorrow and make them acquire the skills required for the job

Now most of the government initiatives really address the second issue by providing free or less expensive education to children’s of the family who fall in the BPL category

Is there any way by which the first reason can be addressed? Since most family who are poor and want more would go in for a quick fix by getting their children to work

Also lets us assume a hypothetical situation where in there is no child labour still the first problem is not resolved. Well it might result into these kids getting into some wrong or incorrect means of earning money which would be even worse as compared to child labour.

I am not at all in favor of child labour but there needs to be a solution which would address the root cause instead of just people showing commercials about stop child labour. Something that I can think of which would help is that there should be some scheme like earn while you learn. In this while the children are learning there should be a mechanism by which they can also earn then it would address both the issues which are there. Also once they child gets educated it would result into financial stability of the entire family. Also if government can give in some incentives (in addition to free education) which would lure the parents to send in their children for education instead of sending them for work it would really help.

These are just some thought that I had in case I do happen to find out something more would pen it down in future.

(弊社CSRブログに書いたネタ、こっちにもポストしつつ、ブログを再開)

もう先週のこと(2009年8月25日)ですが、東京の神谷町で行われた「Net Tuesday」というイベントに参加してきました。

Tokyo NetSquared Meetup (Tokyo) – Meetup.com
http://www.meetup.com/TokyoNetTuesday/

このイベントの大元はNetSquared(ネットスクエアード)という、サンフランシスコの非営利団体で、ブログ、SNS、Twitterなどのソーシャルメディアを使ってNPO団体の活動によいインパクトを与えることをテーマに活動している団体だそうです。

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoupGlobal.org | remixing the web for social change
http://www.netsquared.org/

サイトを見ると2005年から活動をしていて、ブログ、Flickr、Facebook、Twitter、LinkedIn、SecondLifeなどソーシャルインフラを駆使し、プロジェクトベースの資金援助などもしているようです。

ぼく自身、会社のCSRの取り組みとして、またWebSigエコ＆ピースの代表や、今年から務めさせていただいている「サービスグラント」の理事の1人として、ウェブ×ソーシャルやプロボノ(プロフェッショナルがスキルを活かして行う社会貢献）の可能性というのは強い興味があるので、参加してきました。
ヨセミテさんがこないだローンチされた新サービス「4good(フォーグッド)」上で主催の市川さんのアピールを拝見し、親しみを抱いたこともいきなり参加しようと決心できた理由のひとつだろうと思います。

会場である英国パブには25人ぐらいの人が集まりました。
多様なバックグラウンド、キャリアの人が集まったので、自己紹介タイムからして面白かったのですが、ぼくが最初から関心があり、また皆さんの自己紹介を聞いていく中でもやはり惹かれたところは、

普通の人より社会や環境のことに興味がある人が、行動に一歩踏み出すきっかけとなったのはどんなできごと・経験か

というトピックでした。

この点、こないだ自分のTwitterアカウント(http://twitter.com/nakano)でふとつぶやいたものをまとめると

「

Net Tuesday、面白かった。コミュニティが立ち上がる瞬間に居合わせるのは面白い。また参加者の動機の「やむにやまれぬ」という部分を知ることができるのも興味深い

Net Tuesdayに参加した人の多くは、早い時期に「ネットに助けられた」「切実な問題の解決にネットが役立った」経験を持っていた。だから関心がネット×ソーシャルイシューに向いたといえる

「だから」って変か。「そこから転じて」か。人の関心範囲なんて狭いものだが、想像力豊かな人は問題に遍在する共通項を見つけ出す才能に長けているんだろうか。だから傍から見れば大きな問題に取り組んでいるように見えるのか

」

という感想を持ちました。

ある人が義務感などからではなく自発的にやりたいということについて、「なぜ自分がこれをやりたいのか」という“やむにやまれぬ”部分の話を聞くことは、(表現が陳腐ですが)心が洗われるような気がします。そういう“安全な”場では、きっと新たな共創も起こりやすいのかも。

多くの人が同じ目標に向かって連携するというのは、会社のようにマネジメントの名の下に強制が許される組織でさえ難しく、ボランタリーに集まった人たちを糾合するのはさらに難易度が上がるはず。だからこそ、どんな思いの人が集まり、どうまとまっていくのかという組織の立ち上がりプロセスに潜むヒミツを覗くことができるのは面白い! と感じました。

参加者の自己紹介やフリートークの時間でいろいろ刺激的なキーワードを聞くことができました。知ってはいたけどこの文脈で耳にすることで新鮮な感じがしたものも含めて、ちょっとメモから挙げてみます。

• 「社会起業(家)」と「市民活動(家)」。最近、ひとつの理想像として社会起業家というロールモデルが有名になってしまったために、社会的な目的にフルコミットする事業家以外のやり方・あり方についての議論がちょっと退いてしまってるのではないかなぁ、と思っています。いうまでもなく、ごく普通の人ができる活動も重要だ、と思い出しました。
• 大きな資本を持たない普通の人が「映像」をつくりやすく流しやすい状況になってきた、という話。映像づくりにチープ革命が置き、ソーシャルメディアに組み込みやすくなったことにはもっと注目していいはず。効果的な活用法を意識的に考えていきたい。
• 地域SNSで子育て支援、という話。ある地域での成功例を聞きましたが、実名登録、シニア女性が携帯でアクティブに書き込みをしていることなど、興味深かった。
• ある病気の患者コミュニティ。国を越えて。「弱さ」を持つ人たちがどう弱い人たちが互いをサポートし合うか。そのためにネットは何ができるか。
• ソーシャルメディアが盛り上がるのはいいことだが、半径Xmの情報をどうやって集めるのか? 地域振興にソーシャルメディアをどう活かしていくのか? という話。
• ピンポイントだけど、「用語定義ワークショップ」。TOKYOメディフェス2009というイベントでやるらしいんですが、これはいいフォーマットだと思いました。何か新しいことが立ち上がろうとするとき、コンセプトや活動内容の討議・共有と合わせて呼び方もみんなで決めていく。賢い。

Net Tuesdayというイベント、今後も定期的行っていくらしいです。ぼく個人、またはアークウェブとして何ができるか考えつつ、また参加しようと思います。

“This is the news we wan to hear from the Government, awarding  housing to the poor ie, squatters people.  We need to address this social issue because it is rampant in our country.  We need to make Philippines beautiful again and reclaim squatters area land for a good development.  New condos, new highways, create parks, gardens, recreation area, etc.  To help squatters people to have a better housing and access to better amenities is one step closer to a better Philippines.”

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By Niña Catherine Calleja
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:21:00 08/29/2009

Filed Under: Housing & Urban Planning

6.Inertia in Administrative and Supervisory Machinery:The inertia prevailing among administrators and supervisors has its origin in a faulty recruitment system.The inertia prevailing in the system is responsible for ill-distribution of available resources. Such problems get further accentuated because of the multitude of languages and dialects.

Universalization of primary education is intimately connected with the development of living conditions of the people. When a significant number of citizens are below the poverty line, the attempts made to provide free and compulsory education to children in the age group 6-14 cannot be successful in the near future. There are, in addition, certain educational and administrative bottlenecks that have been decelerating the process.Efforts therefore are to be made for complete revamping of the system both at micro and macro levels, so as to make free education a reality and not a myth in India.

សារ​ព័ត៌មាន​ដើម​អំពិល ភ្នំពេញ៖ ប្រធាន​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ជំនុំជម្រះ​នៃ​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២១ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩ បាន​ប្រកាស​សាលក្រម​ផ្ដន្ទាទោស​ជន​អគតិ​ម្នាក់ ដែល​លក់​ប្រពន្ធ​ឲ្យ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​រំលោភ ជា​ថ្នូរ​នឹង​ទូរស័ព្ទ​មួយ​គ្រឿង​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ​៩​ឆ្នាំ ខណៈ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​បាន​ពី​បទ​ជួញដូរ​មនុស្ស ដែល​បាន​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ទៅ​ កាល​ពី​វេលា​ម៉ោង​១០​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦ ខែ​មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០០៧ នៅ​សង្កាត់​ចោមចៅ​ខណ្ឌ​ដង្កោ។

នៅ​ក្នុង​សវនាការ​មាន​លោក ឆាយ គង់ ជា​ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ជំនុំជម្រះ និង​លោក ហ៊ឹង ប៊ុនជា ជា​តំណាង​អយ្យការ ដោយ​មាន​លោក​ នាង ហៃ ជា​មេធាវី​ការ​ពារ​ក្ដី​ឲ្យ​ជនជាប់ចោទ។ ក្នុង​សវនាការ​នេះ​ពុំ​មាន​វត្ត​មាន​ជនជាប់ចោទ​ និង​ជន​រងគ្រោះ​ជា​ប្រព័ន្ធ​នោះ​ទេ។

យោង​តាម​អំណាន​របស់​ស្ត្រី​រងគ្រោះ​ឈ្មោះ​ នាង ស្រីគីម ដែល​ត្រូវ​ជា​ប្រពន្ធ​របស់​ជនជាប់ចោទ​ឈ្មោះ ម៉ី វណ្ណៈ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​កាល​ពី​វេលា​ម៉ោង​១០​យប់ ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦ ខែ​មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០០៧ ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​ឈ្មោះ ម៉ី វណ្ណៈ អាយុ​២៥​ឆ្នាំ បាន​នាំ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​ឈ្មោះ ជ្រូក មក​ផឹកស៊ី​ក្នុង​ផ្ទះ។ ក្នុង​អំណាន​បាន​បន្ត​ថា ពេល​ផឹកស៊ី​នោះ ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​បាន​ទិញ​ទូរស័ព្ទ​មួយ​គ្រឿង ពី​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​ឈ្មោះ​ជ្រូក តម្លៃ​១៥​ដុល្លារ តែ​ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​មិន​មាន​លុយ​ឲ្យ​​ទៅ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​ទេ។ អំណាន​បាន​បន្ត​ទៀត​ថា បន្ទាប់​ពី​ផឹកស៊ី​ចប់ មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​និង​ប្ដី​របស់​នាង បាន​ទៅ​ក្រោយ​ផ្ទះ​និយាយ​គ្នា​មួយ​សន្ទុះ រួច​ក៏​ត្រឡប់​មក​វិញ ខណៈ​នោះ​ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​បាន​បបួល​នាង​ចេញ​ពី​ផ្ទះ​ថា​ទៅ​លេង​ផ្ទះ​បងប្អូន ដែល​នៅ​ជិត​ទី​នោះ។ ពេល​ធ្វើដំណើរ​តាម​ផ្លូវ ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​បាន​និយាយ​ថា «អូន​ឯង​ដេក​ជា​មួយ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​បង​ម្ដង​ទៅ​ព្រោះ​បង​អត់​លុយ​ឲ្យ​ថ្លៃ​ ទូរស័ព្ទ​វា​ទេ ខណៈ​នោះ​ប្រពន្ធ​បាន​ប្រកែក​ថា​មិន​កើត​ទេ» បើ​ធ្វើ​របៀប​នេះ​ដូច​ជា​សត្វធាតុ​អ៊ីចឹង។ ប្ដី​របស់​នាង​បាន​បន្ត​ថា «​បើ​អូន​មិន​ព្រម​ដេក​ជាមួយ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​បង​ទេ វា​នឹង​សម្លាប់​ពួក​យើង​ចោល»។ ពេល​ដែល​ដើរ​ទៅ​ដល់​​ចំណុច​ដើម​ពោធិ៍ ក៏​ស្រាប់​តែ​លេច​មុខ​ឈ្មោះ ជ្រូក ចេញ​មក​ស្ទាក់​ផ្លូវ រួច​ចាប់​ដៃ​នាង​ចូល​ក្នុង​ព្រៃ ហើយ​រំលោភ​រហូត​បាន​សម្រេច​ក្នុង​គ្រា​នោះ​ទៅ។ បន្ទាប់​ពី​រំលោភ​រួច​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​ឈ្មោះ​ ជ្រូក ក៏​ដើរ​ចូល​ព្រៃ​បាត់ ហើយ​នាង​នឹង​ប្ដី​បាន​មក​ផ្ទះ​វិញ។

ក្នុង​អំណាន​​នៃ​ហេតុ បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា នាង​និង​ប្ដី​ឈ្មោះ ម៉ី វណ្ណៈ បាន​រស់នៅ​ជាមួយ​គ្នា​មាន​កូន​ពីរ​នាក់។ ដោយ​អំពើ​មិន​អាច​អនុគ្រោះ​បាន​មិន​យូរ​ប៉ុន្មាន នាង​ក៏​ពឹង​​អង្គការ​មួយ ដើម្បី​ប្ដឹង​​ប្ដី​របស់​ខ្លួន និង​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​ឈ្មោះ ជ្រូក តែ​ដោយ​ពួក​គេ​ដឹង​ទាន់​ក៏​នាំ​គ្នា​ចេញ​ពី​ភូមិ​អស់​ទៅ។ នាង​បាន​សុំ​ឲ្យ​តុលាការ​ផ្ដន្ទាទោស​ជន​ទាំងពីរ​នាក់​ទៅ​តាម​ច្បាប់ និង​ទាមទារ​សំណង​ជំងឺ​ចិត្ត​ក្នុង​ម្នាក់​ចំនួន​៣០០០​ដុល្លារ​ទៅ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ ខណៈ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​បាន។

គេ​មិន​ដឹង​ថា ប្ដី​ប្រពន្ធ​មួយ​គូ​នេះ រៀប​ការ​ពេញ​ច្បាប់ ឬ​ក៏​យ៉ាងណា​នោះ​ទេ បាន​ជា​ប្ដី​អគតិ​​រូប​នេះ ហ៊ាន​លក់​ប្រពន្ធ​ឲ្យ​មិត្តភ័ក្ដិ​រំលោភ​ជា​ថ្នូរ​នឹង​ទូរស័ព្ទ​មួយ​គ្រឿង​ តម្លៃ​១៥​ដុល្លារ។ ទង្វើ​នេះ​សាធារណជន ដែល​បាន​ស្ដាប់​ក្នុង​សវនាការ​បាន​សម្ដែង​មតិ​ថា​ប្ដី​កំហូច​ឈ្មោះ​ ម៉ី វណ្ណៈ មាន​ចរិត​មិន​ស្មើ​នឹង​សត្វតិរច្ឆាន​ផង​ទេ ហើយ​ក៏​មិន​ត្រូវ​អនុគ្រោះ​ឲ្យ​បាន​ដែរ៕

Source: http://women.open.org.kh/km/husband-force-wife-exchange-sex-phone-15USD

កាសែត​ដើមអំពិល ភ្នំពេញ៖ ស្រប​ពេល​ដែល​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​កំពុង​​ទទួល​រង​វិបត្តិ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​​ពិភពលោក​​ បាន​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ចំណូល​របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មាន​ការ​ធ្លាក់​ចុះ​ ហើយ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ជំពាក់​បំណុល​ស្ថាប័ន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​កាន់​តែ​ ច្រើន។ តាម​ការ​​អះអាង​របស់​ប្រធាន​​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​មីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​កាល​ពី​ថ្មីៗ​នេះ​ថា​ នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​កំពុង​រង​នូវ​វិបត្តិ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ពិភពលោក​ គឺ​ចំនួន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​អ្នក​ខ្ចី​ប្រាក់​មាន​កាន់​តែ​កើន​ឡើង​ ប៉ុន្តែ​​ចំនួន​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​ដែល​ខ្ចី​នោះ​មាន​ការ​ថយ​ចុះ​ទៅ​វិញ​ ដោយ​សារ​ចំណូល​ដែល​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​រក​បាន​មាន​​ការ​ថយ​ចុះ​ដែរ។ ការ​លើក​ឡើង​បែប​នេះ​បាន​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ក្នុង​សិក្ខាសាលា​មួយ​ស្ដី​អំពី​វិស័យ​ មីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​បរិបទ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ពិភពលោក​ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៩​ ខែ​ សីហា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩។

អ្នក​ជំនាញ​ពី​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​​មួយ​ចំនួន​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ នៅ​ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ដែល​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ប្រឈម​នឹង​វិបត្តិ​​ធ្លាក់​ចុះ​​យ៉ាង​ ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ គ្រឹះស្ថាន​មីក្រូ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ក៏​មាន​ការ​លំបាក​ក្នុង​ការ​រក​ប្រភព​ទុន​ ដែល​មាន​អត្រា​​ការ​ប្រាក់​ទាប​សម្រាប់​ឲ្យ​អតិថិជន​អ្នក​ខ្ចី​ ហើយ​មាន​ការ​ប្រាក់​​ទាប​នោះ​ផង​ដែរ។ ជា​ការ​ពិត​បើ​ប្រៀបធៀប​រវាង​ត្រីមាស​ទី​១​ឆ្នាំ​​២០០៩​ ជាមួយ​នឹង​ត្រីមាស​ទី​២​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៨​ ឃើញ​ថា​ អតិថិជន​​នៅ​តែ​មាន​កំណើន​ គឺ​កើន​ពី​ចំនួន​ ១.១៩០.០០០​នាក់​ ទៅ​ ១.៣៤០.០០០​នាក់​ ប៉ុន្តែ​​ចំនួន​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​ដែល​ត្រូវ​ការ​ គឺ​កាន់​តែ​​តិច​ទៅៗ​ ព្រោះ​ប្រាក់​ចំណូល​របស់​ពួក​គាត់​ក៏​កាន់​តែ​តិច​​ដែរ។ ប្រការ​នេះ​បង្ហាញ​ឲ្យ​ឃើញ​ថា​ វិបត្តិ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​​ពិភពលោក​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង​​ដល់​ប្រាក់​ ចំណូល​ និង​ជីវភាព​រស់នៅ​របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា​មួយ​ភាគ​ធំ​ ក៏​ដូច​ជា​​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ពិភពលោក។

ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​បញ្ហា​ខាង​លើ​នេះ​ដែរ​ប្រធាន​ស្ដី​​ទី​នៃ​សេវា​ប្រឹក្សា​ យោបល់​តំបន់​អាស៊ី​ប៉ាស៊ីហ្វិក​សាជីវកម្ម​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​អន្តរជាតិ​ លោក​ ប្រូស៊ែល​ មៀរ​ បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា​ ក្នុង​រយៈពេល​១០​ឆ្នាំ​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ​ សាជីវកម្ម​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​អន្តរជាតិ​ បាន​ដើរ​តួ​ជា​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​វិស័យ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​​ដ៏​ខ្លាំង​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​ គោលបំណង​​ពង្រីក​សេវា​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ដ៏​ខ្លាំង​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​គោលបំណង​​ ពង្រីក​សេវា​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ទៅ​ដល់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ក្រីក្រ​រាប់​លាន​នាក់​​នៅ​ កម្ពុជា​ ដែល​​ត្រូវ​ការ​សេវា​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ។ មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​​ធនាគារ​​ជាតិ​នៃ​​កម្ពុជា​​ក៏​បាន​​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ដែរ​ថា​​នៅ ​ឆមាស​ទី​១​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩​នេះ​ គ្រឹះស្ថាន​មីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​​មាន​អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ​​ចំនួន​២០​ ក្នុង​នោះ​មាន​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​​មីក្រូហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ចំនួន​២​ ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​​អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ​​សម្រាប់​ទទួល​ប្រាក់​​បញ្ញើ​ពី​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។ ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ឥណទាន​​ដែល​បាន​ចុះ​បញ្ជី​នៅ​ធនាគារ​ជាតិ​នៃ​កម្ពុជា​មាន​​ ចំនួន​២៥​ និង​អង្គការ​ក្រៅ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​មាន​ចំនួន​៦០​ ដែល​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ផ្ដល់​ឥណទាន​ជនបទ​ក្រៅ​ផ្លូវ​ការ។

ក្រុម​អ្នក​តាមដាន​វិស័យ​ឥណទាន​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​កត់​សម្គាល់​ថា​ បញ្ហា​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​លំបាក​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​ គឺ​ខ្វះ​មណ្ឌល​ព័ត៌មាន​​ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​មីក្រូ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​​នីមួយៗ​ ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ឲ្យ​​បាន​ច្បាស់លាស់​មុន​ពេល​ចេញ​ឥណទាន​​ដល់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ណា​ ម្នាក់​ខ្ចី​ ដើម្បី​ចៀសវាង​អតិថិជន​ម្នាក់​មាន​បំណុល​ច្រើន។ ជាមួយ​គ្នា​នេះ​ភាព​ក្រីក្រ​របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ ដំណើរការ​នៃ​គ្រឹះស្ថាន​មីក្រូ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​​ផង​ដែរ​ ព្រោះ​នៅ​ពេល​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​គ្មាន​ទីផ្សារ​លក់​កសិផល​ដែល​ផលិត​បាន​គឺ​ពួក​ គាត់​មិន​ហ៊ាន​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ឥណទាន​​ច្រើនៗ​យក​​មក​ប្រកប​អាជីវកម្ម​ឡើយ។ កត្តា​នេះ​ហើយ​ទើប​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​ខ្ចី​ប្រាក់​ឥណទាន​ពី​ស្ថាប័ន​មីក្រូ​ ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​នានា​ មាន​ចំនួន​កើន​ឡើង​ ប៉ុន្តែ​បរិមាណ​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​មាន​ការ​ថយចុះ​ ព្រោះ​ពួក​គេ​ព្រួយបារម្ភ​ខ្លាច​ពុំ​មាន​លទ្ធភាព​សង​បំណុល​វិញ​ឲ្យ​បាន​​ ទាន់​ពេលវេលា​កំណត់។

សរុប​​សេចក្ដី​មក​វិបត្តិ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​​ពិភពលោក​ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​អំឡុង​ខែ​ កញ្ញា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៨ ​រហូត​មក​បាន​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​​ប៉ះពាល់​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង​ទៅ​លើ​ជីវភាព​រស់នៅ​របស់​ ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​​ខ្មែរ​ និង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ស្ថាប័ន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ដោយ​ប្រយោល​ផង​ដែរ​ ពេល​ដែល​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​​មិន​ហ៊ាន​ខ្ចី​លុយ​ពី​ស្ថាប័ន​ទាំង​នោះ​យក​ទៅ​ប្រកប​ របរ​អាជីវកម្ម។ មិន​តែ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​មួយ​រយៈពេល​​ចុង​ក្រោយ​នេះ​ប្រេង​សាំង​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ឡើង​ថ្លៃ ​យ៉ាង​គំហុក​ហើយ​ទំនិញ​លើ​ទីផ្សារ​​នៅ​តែ​មាន​តម្លៃ​​ខ្ពស់​កប់​ពពក​ក្នុង​ ខណៈ​ដែល​ប្រាក់​ចំណូល​របស់​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​មាន​ការ​ធ្លាក់​ចុះ​គួរ​ឲ្យ​ ព្រួយបារម្ភ។ ដូច្នេះ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​គួរ​តែ​គិត​​គូរ​បញ្ចុះ​តម្លៃ​ប្រេង​សាំង​ និង​ទំនិញ​​លើ​ទីផ្សារ​ជា​បន្ទាន់​ ដើម្បី​សម្រួល​ដល់​ជីវភាព​​រស់នៅ​របស់​​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ដើម្បី​កុំ​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​ជំពាក់​បំណុល​ស្ថាប័ន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​កាន់​តែ​ច្រើន​ថែម ​ទៀត៕

Source: http://women.open.org.kh/km/cambodianpeople-indebt-financialinstitution

By Danny Schechter

August 20, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — Last week I was telling a visiting filmmaker from overseas about the financial crisis and how it was getting worse. He looked at me askance. The market had just gone up, he said, and the White House was talking about an emerging recovery.

“I have been in New York before, he said, and it looks the same.”

A lot of the pain is hidden, I told him, hidden behind the deceptive spin in our media or buried in the denial and delusions of many people on the streets who have not taken the trouble to try to understand the nature of the calamity they are living through.

On the elevator, we pass the offices of City Harvest, a charity that collects excess food from restaurants and distributes it to shelters and programs for the hungry. An employee explains that with the restaurant business way off, they have less to donate. What about the demand by the hungry, I ask? With a shrug, he tells me the need is way up. (AP is reporting, “The nation’s food banks, struggling to meet demand in hard times, are turning to prison inmates for free labor to help feed the hungry.”)

Out in the street, you soon notice fewer cabs and town cars. More people are walking or using public transportation, even though the fares recently went up. Even that is deceptive because there are still a lot of tourists in Midtown to complicate the picture. New Yorkers have other things on their minds. There are retail vacancies on every block. Other stores are discounting everything. The fast food places have their specials going for $2-5 dollars. Many of the clothing stories look like good will shops. When a JC Penny opened a store in Midtown, 15,000 people applied for 500 jobs.

As we walked downtown, we passed nearly empty bars and restaurants, a sign that the most customers are staying away. Media reports are now confirming what I saw. The Wall Street Journal reports, “Major retailers reported that American consumers are continuing to hunker down, casting a cloud over the durability of the U.S. recovery and underscoring the importance of overseas demand in restoring the world economy to health. Retailers across the spectrum provided foreboding reports.”

Down where I live, you also pass new buildings with empty stores and unsold apartments. The foreclosure crisis is already hitting New York’s condos and co-ops. You just can’t see it from the street the way you can in a suburban tract. When you read the auction notices, you realize its real. A new wave of foreclosures is expected and not just in poor homes. The middle class and commercial real estate is affected.

Almost every block on 8th Avenue in Chelsea has a new bank branch. It’s like ATM heaven except most are not crowded. There was a report last week that banking industry opened 10,000 branches over the last five years. Most were based in shopping areas or concentrated in affluent neighborhoods. Only a small number are in poorer communities, especially those victimized by predatory subprime lending. The New York Times reported this week that 91,100 NY households hide their savings in closets, in pillows — even in brown paper lunch bags, just not at a bank

Meanwhile, every week, more banks are going bust and being taken over and sold by the FDIC. There are reports that the FDIC itself is insolvent.

And as for the markets, cooler heads prevailed when the wisemen realized that consumer demand has fallen up as defaults and delinquencies rise

Inequality is mounting in social and racial terms. Recent statistics: cited in a Times study: “From the first quarter in 2008 to the first quarter in 2009, the national unemployment rates for blacks rose from 8.9 percent to 13.6 percent, compared to a rise for whites of 4.8 percent to 8.2 percent. In NYC, it was even worse: from 5.7 percent to 14.7 percent, compared to 3.0 percent to 3.7 percent for whites.”

Remember these statistics notoriously undercount those not looking for jobs that are not there. Unless you are following the trajectory of this crisis you might not know that economist Nouriel Roubini, who was among the first to predict it, still sees it as far more serious that most of us realize:

“This is the worst US and global recession in 60 years. If the US recession were—as is most likely—to be over at the end of the year, it will have been three times as long and about fives times as deep—in terms of the cumulative decline in output—as the previous two.” Notice he is not quite predicting its end, using the “If” word to mask his own uncertainty. The Financial Times cautions against optimism taking refuge in the term “caution.”

Here in the Big Apple, The City’s top money man, Controller Bill Thompson says, “108,000 jobs evaporating citywide between August, 2008 and May, 2009. Typically, unemployment continues to climb even after the economy bottoms out and begins to recover. I expect the number of unemployed in New York City to reach 400,000 in 2010, for the first time in decades.”

Still invisible are the impact of cutbacks on city services and the educational system.

Income disparities are growing, according to a new study but how do I show that to my visitor since people with credit cards can still charge it even as credit limits are being cut back and interest rates rise. At the same time, A Bank of America Merrill study shows the Middle class is being hit hardest.

The LA Times reports, “The consumer debt problem in the economy really is a debt problem for the middle class. The need to work off a chunk of that debt will sap middle-class family spending power for perhaps years to come. By contrast, the upper 10% of income earners face a much smaller debt burden relative to income and net worth. Those people should have ample spending power to help fuel an economic recovery.”

And don’t think the end of the recession will bring back many of the jobs that are gone. Economists are now getting us used to a new term: “jobless recovery.”

Already employers are introducing compulsory furloughs, as the Christian Science Monitor reveals: “For millions of Americans, this might be the year of the furlough. Over the course of a month or so, workers—both white-collar and blue—may have to take several days off whether they want to or not. Call it a temporary pay cut—an action that is sold by management as a way to help save some jobs.”

Another new study finds, “Income inequality in the United States is at an all-time high, surpassing even levels seen during the Great Depression, according to a recently updated paper by University of California, Berkeley Professor Emmanuel Saez. The paper, which covers data through 2007, points to a staggering, unprecedented disparity in American incomes. On his blog, Nobel prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the numbers “truly amazing.”

It’s all amazing, all devastating to our lives and futures, and yet you can’t necessarily see it if you don’t look, or know what to look for. No one is talking about our economic pain—not the right or the left, perhaps because it is not an “event” that you can cover live at a town hall.

It’s there but, for many, it’s invisible and seen as a personal problem, not a social issue. This crisis didn’t just happen; it was caused. Will those responsible ever be held accountable? Out of sight is out of mind. The hope is that if we ignore it, it will go away.

If you think that, think again.