The Times: Anti-poverty group that helped Obama ‘advises prostitutes’

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6839237.ece

The Times: Poverty

Swaziland’s king sends wives on shopping spree while subjects go hungry

Jonathan Clayton reports in his article about the extravagant King Mswati III of Swaziland. He is the last absolute monarch in Africa and controls a country with 1.2 million people. More than two thirds of Swaziland habitants live in abject poverty on less than 50 pence a day. While his country is starving and dying of HIV, he sends 5 of his 13 wives to a "secret" shopping tour through Europe to squander £4 million of the state squander which is originally the money of British tax payers. Britain is Swaziland's biggest aid donor. Now in this case you ask yourself why such a person is allowed to be a ruler of such a needy country and how especially Britain can still accept such acts. In this case the only thing the british government did was to make clear their concern over "governance issues" in Swaziland and no longer give bilateral support.
In my opinion, outsider countries most probably have to interfere in such a situation to stop the unacceptable behavior of the king and build up an educated system of intellectuals, who can rule such a country and help it out of its poverty and don’t use the valuable and important money for personal use.

This is a good example of how nowadays, we do not know where our money goes to anymore. The Britains are not enlightened about what happened to their tax payments, that their money actually ended up in the european economy again in form of luxury goods and does not help poor needy people.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6804538.ece

Essay: Rebellion against society

Thesis:

Ken Kesey , the author of "One flew over the Cuckoos Nest", helps to underline his big idea of rebellion against society with techniques, such as narration and the numerous use of dialogues.

Collected Ideas:

Society:
- Was against the "unusual" people--> no acceptance of "crazy" people or people who were mentally different
- Everyone had to fit in the norm
- Counterculture in 1960s
- Women's rights
- Sexual mores
- Authority

Narration:
- The chief is the narrator
- we know what he thinks
- what his desires are
- How the patients are being treated
- What the patiens thoughts and feelings are

Actions of rebellion:
- Alcohol and hookers
- Fishing trip
- Gambling
- Basketball
- Ciggarettes etc

The Times: Poverty

Casablanca:
What can Morocco's ghettos teach the rest of the world?


In this article Marisa Mazria-Katz talks about the people in morocco's poorest ghettos, how they can teach us something about life and the value of life.
The slums are located in the outskirt of Casablanca, morocco's biggest city. Thousands of people live there in barracks which have splinted walls, the floors that are damp, the roof is a simple tarpaulin. The unemployment rate in the slumps stands at 32%. Community organizer Boubker Mazoz is most probably the one person that understands the people in the slums the best. He knows that with a little help those people can produce miracles. The idea? With the help of private funding and town's mayor, Mazoz build the Sidi Moumen Cultural Center. The center provides a library, computers etc.. All of this to help luring impoverished kids who can now have a chance to get away from drugs and extremism. They have a chance to be educated and spent time with artistic projects.
This fantastic project is a proof for what a small amount of money and some attention can do to these people. It gives them hope and joy, a chance to do something with their future. This project filled the emptiness of the peoples future.