The question we seek to probe today is about the content of knowledge about money which is passed on in society, beginning from the family to school and society at large. There needs to be a way by which people are taught how money works. To merge, or minimize the poverty gap we need to create a generation of adults who are financially literate.
Children should be taught that being disabled is not something to use against people and make them feel ashamed, less valued, or of no substantial contribution.
The fact that there are incidences of mob justice communicates to us one of the following two things. First, it is either people do not know the law, or they do not know how to get help from the law, or second, the law enforcement agencies have disappointed people from time to time, and people have lost trust in the effectiveness of what they do.
The fact that we have not experienced these catastrophic situations for years does not guarantee that we will not experience them. It is much better to be safe than sorry.
It is a positive thing to teach children from when they are young what beauty is in their cultural setting before they learn different things from the streets of the internet. This way we will help to minimize the harm caused by unattainable impressions of beauty.
While violence is not a new thing anywhere in the world, the cases we hear about frequently were on the low for some good time. The biggest problem which I believe should be prioritised ikn seeking to addres this is the general use of physical force, brutality, and cruel behaviour of improvising household tools as weapons.
The World Philosophy Day, which we commemorate every third Thursday of November, underscores the relevance of intellectual and thoughtful engagement among people and cultures. 2022 is the twentieth year since this commemoration was begun by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). According to UNESCO, philosophy stimulates intercultural dialogue as it enables people to discover the diversity of the intellectual currents in the world.
Following the many conflicts that lasted until the eve of the second millennium, to mention a few: the Rwandan and Bosnian Genocides, the United Nations established in 1995 an International Day of Tolerance, to prevent culturally motivated conflicts, and to establish peaceful spaces where people can express their needs without biases arising from their roots. The day or Tolerance was therefore placed on 16th of November, beginning from the year 1995 which was the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
We have seen in the news reported incidences of evident misappropriation and embezzlement, and public servants using the privileges of office to enjoy the national cake. While this is not fashioned to convey political opinion, it is just a bare truth that until the beginning of the 2021 some of the things we have seen throughout 2022 were stories of the past
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Welcome to my website. I trust you are so excited, just as I am. Shimbo Pastory is my name, and I am a Tanzanian social development advocate, researcher and whistleblower who has been using the print media as an avenue for good societal cause.
With over 200 published articles on social issues featuring in reputable publications, my motivation remains to be the aspiration that Tanzanian and African societies advance in social justice, empowerment, inclusion, and emancipation of the people.