4 Réponses à “(English) Frustrating stuff, but at the end who care?”

1. eliane // 11 octobre 2010

   ton texte est frappant.
   tout autant que le contenu.

   love xo

2. samuel // 11 octobre 2010

   je sais pas pour qui tu travailles mais ça a pas de sens, ça manque de sérieux et de classe, dis y f*ck you de ma part.

3. Christophe T. // 11 octobre 2010

   « My internship is a real mess I will tell you. I am not scared of saying so and I will tell you more if nothing else happens. Our program is spending thousands of dollars enjoying 4 stars hotel and eating first class food, despite presenting miserable researches. Imagine if this kind of data is registered by the government , and after published in papers, or even broadcast on tv. Problems in Africa are far from over then… »
   It’s crazy how you can take some numbers and make them say whatever you want! The people do not need seminaries with false percentages and invented numbers also based on a small amount of people. They need something more concrete to combat gender-base violence starting with scientifictly valuable researches on the subject.
   I would like to know if you have already think about a solution to this. If you could find the right person with the assets you need to bring a solution on the table?? I’m talking about a solution to this program which is not working good at all. Is there a better way to work for you guys? Does your teammates know about this opinion of yours. Please let me know more when you can!

   In an other order of ideas, who took teh lead in the resolution of the problem of gender-based violence where you are?
   Is there some person from the country you’re in, who’s taking the lead?? As you said, they know what’s happening better than us and i believe you. Why are they letting it happen at first?

   Maybe you should talk of it with one the boys you drink with?

   It’s a good article and at the end, you care because it frustated you. One thing is sure, this program needs to change.

4. Ludovic Chaouachi, UMontréal // 12 octobre 2010

   Hi,

   well I don’t really know how to solve the problem of GBV in South Africa, I am a political science student which is maybe in the wrong program to work in. However, you don’t have to be very clever to see what is going on in this organisation.

   When I think about a solution, I think first about coordination between who got the financial resources and who got the ground skills to slowly reduce GBV problems. From our organization point of view, we think that GBV can be solved by broadly speaking about what it is, we have an external view of what GBV is and thats it. We need first to implement a micro pilot project, with regular follow ups and evaluation, and also most important make involve people that live in GBV situations.

   A research on the national base is useless from my own perspective, we all know what is happening in South Africa concerning GBV and I don’t think we need more informations about it. There is a big need to start implementing simple, local and realistic initiatives, and forget about what the UN may say…But as I said, I don’t know a lot about GBV which in my own sens of view is rooted by unemployment and also gender inequalities in South Africa. GBV also results in some serious traumatic damages for the victims, where comes from the need to work more with psychologists than with unskilled facilitators.

   I’m glad you read my article, are you an intern in South Africa?

   Ludo