Bloodless Revolution to Save Lives in Developing Countries

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EACH individual has a role to play, be it policy-maker, politician researcher, activist, student, religious leader, office worker, unemployed, vendor, insurance agent and academic.

Each person must decide on his or her role because there is too much useless talk and wasted hours at conferences, in documentaries, committees, seminars and workshops.

New terminology, speeches, commissions and grandiose ideas of an alternative economic systems all come to naught.

Likewise, books filled with ideas and projects on alleviating distress in developing countries have often failed to materialise into useful remedies and are therefore useless in alleviating the suffering of the real world. For too long international and local efforts have a limited impact, narrow scope and often remain theoretical.

Now is the time for direct action and visible results. An illustration is the implementation of Africa’s Great Green Wall to curb desertification and help with food insecurity and climate change.

Ten African countries are involved in this project and organisations as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and African Union are playing a major role. Similarly, organizations as the World Bank and Jal Bhagirathi Foundation have been involved in projects to provide clean drinking water for India.

There is a need to educate and increase public awareness and solve the multifarious problems. Ideas and plans need to be properly assessed, enforced and monitored. We need to take action to ensure our ideas, slogans and dreams become a reality. Obviously, when we stop paying lip-service and offering token assistance, only then we can seriously embark on our mission.

History has continuously proven that revolutions, coups, revolts, violent protests — all bring sadness, unnecessary loss of lives and wanton destruction. Often the change resulting from violence is only temporary and at times there is a return to the original scenario or the situation only becomes worse.

Throughout the world there must be a silent revolution, bloodless and without expectation of glory and honours. The major goal must be to save lives in developing countries. The ultimate challenge of this millennium is to effectively utilise the world’s severely limited resources to alleviate the depressing situation that faces more than half of the world’s population.