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Joining IMCS Summer School 2017 which was hosted by PMKRI which took place
in Flores Island, give me some new insight to see the world from different
perspective. Special thanks to International Team Edouard Karoue and Evelina
Manola who invited the well versed international speakers. We the participants
learnt a lot of things which are very important for our movements.
One of the unforgettable sessions is from Stefanie who delivered about MDGs
(Millennium Development Goals) and SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). In
this session, she said that MDGs failed to end the poverty and as we know,
until now there are many poor people around the world. By 2015, after the
failing of the MDGs, now we have SDGs which has similar objectives with the
MDGs, which is to end the poverty through sustainability.
In MDGs we have 8 goals, as listed here: (1) eradicate extreme poverty and
hunger, (2) achieve universal primary education, (3) promote gender equality
and empower women, (4) reduce child mortality, (5) improve maternal health, (6)
combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, (7) ensure environmental
sustainability, (8) global partnership for development.
Why the MDGs failed? With this interesting question which been asked by
Stefanie to the participants, made me think more deeply even up to today.
In SDGs we have 17 goals, as listed here: (1) no poverty, (2) zero hunger,
(3) good health and well-being, (4) quality education, (5) gender equality, (6)
clean water and sanitation, (7) affordable and clean energy, (8) decent work
and economic growth, (9) industry, innovation, and infrastructure, (10) reduced
inequalities, (11) sustainable cities and communities, (12) responsible
consumption and production, (13) climate action (14) life below water, (15)
life on land, (16) peace, justice, and strong institutions, (17) partnerships
for the goals. Those new goals are just the same with the goals of MDGs.
Now let us see the recent situation in the world. The crisis between Israel
and Palestine still continue and we never know when the two countries will find
the peace between them. The ISIS made people lives under the terror, we never
know when this terror will come to us and which will send us to heaven.
Currently the issues of Rohingya are in front of us, as we see in our
television, our communication gadgets and devices are full of this news.
In 2015 the whole world knows about Rohingya refugees when thousands of
people stranded in the boat in the middle of the sea. This happen when the
Rohingya people from Myanmar flee out of from their country in despair by using
boat and traveled to Southeast Asian countries including Indonesia. The United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 25.000 people
have been taken to boats from January to March in 2015 by human traffickers.
Recently the issue about Rohingya appear again, in form of a deadly fighting
between Myanmar’s security forces and a militant group known as the Arakan
Rohingya Salvation Army. We got many information from various medias, real and
fake media. The wrong information tends to make people react too emotionally
without knowing the true situation. Many people think that this is conflict
between two different religion, but that’s totally wrong.
On behalf of humanity, the crisis in Rakhine, Myanmar, it should get the
world attention and humanitarian support should be given to the refugees by
giving place to sleep, food to eat and water to drink.
Back to Stefanie’s question, “Why MDGs failed?” and to my opinion it failed
as there still extreme poverty in many countries and the people in power do not
have the political will to address the root cause of poverty, which is greed
and power by rulers and corporations. The point I am making here is, with the
issue of Rohingya people and SDGs which being discussed extensively, I am
saying there will always be “’Rohingya’s” who will be victim of greed and power
of rulers and corporations nationally and globally. And it further worsen the
situation when other root causes such discrimination, inequality and exclusion
of people which is systemically done by the state. As far if there no political
to address these root causes, extreme poverty, under development, inequality
and marginalization, there will always be the other “Rohingya’s”. In the issue
of Rohingya people, the article 16 of SDGs is been violated and to resolve this
issue, it not only the government of Myanmar need the political will but also
need political will globally which is discussed in the article 17 of SDGs.
The recent situations actually tell us that we still have a lot of work to
be done; we have to work hard to make the world a better place to live. By the
existence of the greedy people who don’t care about the life of others, where
someday this situation may be experienced by other marginalized or minority
community such as tribes or people of other religion/culture/belief who are
vulnerable, if we don’t stand up now to speak for justice and peace.
As a member of Catholic University Students or any Young People Movement,
let us hand in hand do our best to make it real at least by our small action
locally. Study hard, analyze critically, learn some important skills that could
improve positively our life, and use our heart. Someday, if you become a
decision maker in your country, make the decision that worthwhile for common
good of everyone, not only for yourself or your group.
Now, on behalf of humanity, let us pray for the better future for our
Rohingya friends because No One Deserve to be Left Behind. #SaveRohingya (TSS)
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