Skeleton Fish

One of the things that concerns me is that if were you to gather together all the plastic in the Pacific, you would have a great Plastic Island the size of France. All this stuff is plastic discarded by the consumer societies of the West.

This is a huge area and could almost be called a country in itself. To have as much plastic in the sea, an accumulative area as large as an island, and growing exponentially every day, is obscene. Thus there are those of us who want to have this great virtual country registered as a state by the United Nations, as it is critical that the UN is made aware of phenomena happening amongst us. 

If you feel the same you could write a letter to the UN. I am here now at the UN in Geneva, partaking in the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, and I would most like to see some progress made on this extremely important case.

It saddens me, that this phenomena is having a disastrous impact on fish in the sea. It saddens me further that my children's children, and their grandchildren, may not be able to witness the beauty in our seas that we have today.

One thing is for sure, this “virtual country” shows what a disposable society the West is, and how we have do not have the moral high-ground to tell others how to live in other parts of the world. 

For the sake of the planet, I would like to have a question or two asked about this virtual Plastic Island.

Yemen and Afghanistan a Forgotten part of the World!

Any one seeing the news a few nights ago would have seen Lyce Doucet and Jeremy Bowan talking about Yemen. One is aware that this has been hardly been mentioned by the people that are news reporting.

Meanwhile Josh Lederman writes yesterday that Donald Trump has done an U Turn on Afghanistan, but this is an area which is tribal based, and is not easily ruled. In fact the Russians have failed as have the US, and I saw in Phoenix last night Donald Trump was speaking about the fact there was misreprsentation in the printing of this article.

Donald Trump faces many of the same challenges that have faced previous presidents. Now The Taliban is resurgent and the Afghan forces are too weak without US help. The nation is Tribal led and this could be the reason that the Russians and US was not able to overcome the area.
He said at the weekend with the Afghan government and others, that he laves the door open for an eventual peace deal with the Taliban. Some day it will be possible to have a peace settlement that includes the elements of the Taliban.

Boko Haram moves again!

Nine suicide bombers blew themselves up killing 19 people in a series of attacks that targeted girls and young women. They concentrated on marketplaces and the girl suicide bomber aimed at a tea vendors cafe. The north eastern city Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram's eight year insurgency.
"One of the suicide bombers was female she actually crept to the sand bag post of our boys at Molai and before they had realised what was happening she detonated herself and killed three of our boys"
This was reported by State Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu. Some young women who escaped extremist groups have said that the girls were drugged and forced to carry out suicide missions, we do not have verification that this is true.
After the kidnapping of those girls from Chibok, the School girls have been released in small batches,
unfortunately, Boko Haram seems to be going strong, although I believe that Nigeria would like to be free of them, that might take longer than we think.

Good News as girls were released!

From the Guardian report: 'Amazing joy' as Chibok schoolgirl is reunited with family in Nigeria

The negotiator, a lawyer who had once acted for Mohammed Yosef founder of Boko Haram, was able to pick up the girls who had been released yesterday and it was expected that the remaining girls would be released later that day.

Nkeki, Vice Chair person of the Chibok parents group was a Primary School Teacher at a nearby school. A number of Boko Haram members were released in exchange for the school girls. There was so much excitement as the girls were released. They went to the Red Cross where they were inspected for their well being. Having followed this story since the girls were kidnapped 2 years ago, I feel such relief that for some the ordeal is over. 

The Rise of Boko Harem in Kenya again!

Just when life for some was becoming more settled Boko Harem seems to have flexed their muscles and unlike the petition that was started by the girls that were kidnapped from the Prestigious school in a forest in Northern Kenya and the village called Chidak, some girls have escaped and one has a baby.
Yesterday April 4th 22 girls and Women were kidnapped there were two raids one in the village of Pulka and the other incident was in the Village of Dunber, the girls will end up as wives of the fighters. 

 A boy on the news yesterday that he had nothing to do, where are all the youth clubs? As the old saying goes the devil finds work for those with nothing to do. It seems that we are a very selfish generation, thinking of none but ourselves. The trouble is that we are a generation that appear very selfish. It was Volunteers day a few weeks ago, and where are all the people that became Scout Masters or Mistresses, or Brown Owls or leaders of teenagers in Church, it can seem daunting to some people, but can be rewarding. It keeps people in touch with how the youth is thinking, that can help in troubled times.

An FGM clinic Closes.

I have discovered today that a clinic specialising in FGM, a lifeline for a great number of Women suffering from this barbaric practice, is closing. This was at a doctors' surgery in Acton and a lifeline to many women in that area. Ealing Council is closing their Well Women clinic which was a great support.for that area. So where is the closest clinic? There needs to be a series of clinics for this problem which is a hidden but a growing problem. There is a rumour that this clinic may stay open as there are so many people that were horrified by this and so many families it affected.