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After watching this I sat staring @ the screen stunned, coffee in one hand, oatmeal in the other unable to consume either. Give us this day our daily bread, providing I don’t have to grovell around in a dump site to get it.
I started crying about the time when that boy walked away from the camera, unable to speak, the look on his face will haunt me.
Where’s the World Bank now when these people need help.
Oh it’s OK, the waste ONLY takes a space of 18 football fields…
Powerful and important show.
Makes one wonder if there really is a God. I would give money, but would it make it to these people. I would give time but then who would take care of my young ones. The American people are a spoiled bunch and wouldn\’t last 10 minutes in these conditions. I count my blessings everyday.
The question that haunts me is how can I make a difference? What more can I do?
I only watched half of the report as I was getting pretty upset.
The useless UN should be shipped off to this dump site
and its spinless political envoys should be forced to live amongst the stench
and squalor instead of enjoying the almost daily perks of caviar suppers, lavish parties and chauffeured limos as they party, literally, every night in NYC.
The UN is a useless piece of CRAP! USELESS!
Why should anyone be shocked by this report???
This has been going on for decades as the UN sits in its ignoble ivory tower scratching its collective asses.
Great report Ruud.
There\’s an inconsistency where the lad says he was born in Dandora at the dump site 22 years ago and then you say it was opened 20 years ago. Still, it seems clear enough to me that this site was deliberately opened close to a pre-existing habitation which is an absolute disgrace!! I couldn\’t believe it - this isn\’t the same as when you get shanty towns of dump habitants who live off them springing up by dumps. They actually plonked this thing next to town!
To be fair, I don\’t think you can necessarily blame the UN or World Bank for this - that\’s several levels up. The key actor here is clearly Nairobi City Council and we do not know why they stuck it there - local responsibility first; inter-governmental agencies are not the people accountable for civic amenities in the first instance.
We also can\’t assume it\’s about funding - misappropriation of taxes, poor allocation of public funds, etc are just as likely.
Having been to Nairobi I know that local governance is poor. I am glad this has been aired and really hope that Nairobi City Council are shamed into action. You\’re doing a great service Ruud. Many thanks.
\”The key actor here is clearly Nairobi City Council \” ??????
You\’ve gotta be kidding. Corruptions starts at the top and sifts its way down. The wealth on this planet is staggering, except 5-7% of individuals control it. And they don\’t give a damn about a dinky little dump site or the people who live nearby. Just the cost of running the UN could clean up the majority of dump sites in Africa.
Yeah sure, they will be shamed into action.
I\’ve seen hundreds of stories like these over the years…too bad they weren\’t shamed into action as these problems not only still exist, but are growing exponentially. The problem lies in the most basic tenet of what it means to be a human being. Are our lives worth more than black Africans? It\’s our waste they\’re sifting through. The UN is a BS corrupt organization> Just look at Kofi Anan. While he held his almighty position, his brother freeloaded in a 5 million dollar mansion somwehere on Long Island. It made news for 2 days then vanished… The UN cries and cries and… and… passes resolutions, they\’re very good at that.
I\’m not disagreeing with you that the UN is ineffective. In fact, and on the contrary, they\’re very bad at passing resolutions (witness Rwanda, witness Darfur). There\’s a very good reason the UN doesn\’t run local services - I mean come on, a UN run dump??
I do not see how the buck does not stop with Nairobi CC in the first instance. These are their elected representatives. They are responsible for running civic amenities. I see no evidence that the rubbish is imported into Kenya from elsewhere.
I spent 6 months in Sri Lanka advising on a water project. To suggest to the local NGO that they needed to get in touch with the UN is nonsensical. Lobbying and pressure on the local authorities not only worked but reinforced the concept of accountability and social contract. I can tell you that Ambalangoda authority would have been very pleased if we diverted blame and responsibility from them to the UN of all people.
No one disagrees the UN is useless but let\’s ignore the obvious target in the search for a perceived wolf in the shadows.
I witnessed the same situation first hand in Nicaragua, where people pick through the dump sites. They are constantly on fire because the tiny shards of glass mixed into the garbage focus the sunlight and burn the garbage. The smoke and the stench is almost unbearable. And they work there the whole day to fill a bag with metal and then sell it for change. They also bring their animals to graze on the garbage because they lack the grass and feed, so the animals get filled with toxins (like the dioxins mentioned) and then the people eat the animal and it passes to them. It is tragically is not limited to just one place, it happens all over the world.
I don’t think you can stop it directly, if you stop the trash dumping, I think the people would be even worse off, because they wouldn’t even be able to get the small scraps. Rather it takes social and economic change to help the region become more sufficient. And it is feasible, but not when all the industrialized nations would rather spill their pockets into the military industrial complex then bring about social change.
Where’s the joke?
Another outstanding report from Ruud & Rocketboom.
One example of UN corruption
http://www.somaliawatch.org/archivefeb01/010227102.htm
Do a google search and you\’ll find tons more
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Rocket-bump !