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WEB EVENT 434:
THE ELIXIR EDITION
 Maji Ni Uhai/Water is Life by MORAA GITAA
Mombasa, KENYA - " ... A person does not walk very far or very fast on one leg. How then can we expect half of the people to develop a nation? Yet the reality is that women are usually left aside when development needs are discussed." - Tanzania's First President the Late Julius K. Nyerere ********
"I cannot think of a single issue in the news that is not a woman's issue. It is right, and indeed necessary that women should be able to cover these issues with equal strength and in equal number." - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
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'Maji Ni Uhai' is simple Swahili which, translated into English, means 'Water Is Life' As recently as a couple of months ago, when reports were first filed by journalists to newsrooms that - as they traversed the Northern frontiers of Kenya - they were met by plaintiff cries of 'Piche ci!' Piche ci!' which is the Rendille dialect for 'Give me water!' Give me water'! from thirsty children, most Kenyans in Christmas moods brushed off the stories as pure sensationalism. Reading the dailies, one was again tempted to assume it as hearsay, until dismaying and heart-rending live television broadcasts beamed into our living rooms images of corpses and visibly dehydrated, emaciated and malnourished children; the elderly and women with babies strapped to their backs queuing for the precious commodity as all dams had dried up, bringing the tragedy home. These unfortunate people on our television screens had traversed over 40 kilometers, together with their dying livestock. The disturbing images brought to mind the 1994 Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of the malnourished Ethiopian child crawling to a UN relief food camp miles away with the vulture hovering overhead waiting for the child to die. Concerned drivers of passenger buses plying the famine-/drought-stricken Northeastern Frontiers of Garissa and Wajir in Kenya have resorted to carrying water to help save the lives of the famished residents along the 350 kilometers of rugged terrain. The people do not even have water to cook the relief food given to them by humanitarian organizations. ... READ MORE  G21 Interviews: Natalie Davis by ROD AMIS
GLOBAL*BEAT - G21 Interviews: Natalie Davis: Our publisher sits down with the publisher of the Blogs "All Facts and Opinions" and "The Armchair Activist" to explore her history and why she does what she does. G21 World HQ - Like many of you, I get most of my news and information here on the Web. (The long-running joke is that this is where I actually "live.") I spend so much time here that I decided to sign up for del.icio.us because it simply seemed easier to tab-browse from there than pull down my overloaded "Bookmarks" menu which always seems cluttered with places that I usually forget. During one of my surf tours, I came across Natalie Davis's Blog, All Facts and Opinions. I was astonished to find that Natalie had been around this medium as long as I had myself and I found her Blog compelling and informative. I e-mailed her, after a couple of visits, curious as to her history and motivations and she was gracious enough to agree to an interview for your World's Magazine. She fits the mold of our definition of "newsmaker." G21: It's often said that people of color are under-represented on the Web and that gay-friendly sites are few are far between, has this been your experience? DAVIS: While I don't consider or define myself as a "person of color," others probably see me as such. You know how people make assumptions about others to suit their own convenience or prejudices. I have been online for about a decade and yes, what I will label non-mainstream voices have been very underrepresented on the Web. Bit by bit, that is changing, though. It seems new sites geared to so-called POCs and queer voices are popping up all the time.
True, any monkey with a computer can have a blog or Web site, but that's the beauty of it. Anyone with access can play, can speak up and have her say. The important thing is to ensure that those who presently do not have access, whether it is due to oppression, poverty or both, can get onto the information superhighway. And when we make the 'Net more available, it is just as important to empower people to express themselves however they see fit. ... READ MORE
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why did the terorrist cross the street? to get hit by a car before chuck norris could get him.
when chuck norris watches a pot, it boils immediately.
chuck norris once killed a group of samurai warriors with only a ball point pen. this lead to the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword."
jesus died and rose from the dead in 3 days. it took chuck norris less than an hour. and he's done it twice.
in kindergarten, chuck norris killed a terrorist for show and tell.
it would only take 1 bullet for chuck norris to kill 50 cent.
chuck norris has been to mars. thats why theres no life on mars.
when the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for chuck norris.
chuck norris can assemble the entire contents of an ikea store without instructions or an alan key.
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