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For hver person som dør av svineinfluensaen
har 1000 barn dødd av fattigdom.

(Tekst og foto: www.nyhetsspeilet.no)

Svineinfluensa i perspektiv

Tall kan brukes til å forvrenge sannheten like mye som å bringe den frem. Jeg har fått denne informasjonen tilsendt fra en leser som ønsker å være anonym. Her er viktig informasjon til alle som lurer på hvordan nyheter vinkles i media.

Ifølge Dagsavisen 12/10-09 var det inntil sist helg minst 4.525 mennesker verden over som døde av svineinfluensa. Hvor lenge siden er det det første tilfelle av døde?

I følge Dagsavisen 27 / 04-09 var det da en drøy uke siden Obama besøkte mexico og de første utbruddene skjedde og den første som døde var en antropologist.

Det er nå da ca. 6 måneder siden svineinfluensaen brøt ut.

I følge UNICEF dør det hver dag 25 000 barn på grunn av fattigdom. De dør stille i noen av de fattigste landsbyene på jorden. (Kilde: globalissues.com, facts and stats)

La oss sette det hele i perspektiv: Gjennomsnittlig er det litt over 754 mennesker døde av svineinfluensaen pr. måned over hele kloden. Tilsvarende er det 750 000 barn som har dødd pr. måned i samme periode.

Det hele vil si at for hver døde person av svineinfluensaen er det ca .1000 barn døde av fattigdom!!

Lille Norge regner med å bruke 650 millioner kroner på et massevaksinasjonsprogram. (Dagbladet 26/6-09)

På verdensbasis, hvor mange kroner benyttes ikke til å kjøpe opp svineinfluensavaksinen? Hvor mange barn kunne ikke vært reddet og pengene brukt til å skape et bedre samfunn?

SKAMFULLT

"Det produseres fortsatt mat nok i verden til å forsyne hele menneskeheten. Derfor er sultproblematikken i første rekke et fordelingsproblem. Det viktigste enkelttiltaket mot sult er å løfte fattige ut av fattigdom." (FN)


This says EVERYTHING about the west! We`re a bunch of egoistic bastards!!
Picture is taken from strommestiftelsen.no

Food corner

Now, the recipe for a great student dinner, at a really low price!
For thos who remember, this is something I started writing about when I was in Laos.
hopefully, I will continue during the next months.

You need.
0,5 kg minced meat.
1 kg pre boiled Potatos
0,8 kg Tomato sauce with basil flavour
1 Red pepper
2 small boxes ofPineapple in pieces.
+ Other spices

Fry the minced meat. While you do, cut the potatos in small pieces and put them in a casserole. Add the sauce, pineapples and the red pepper. When the meat is done, put the meat in the casserole and heat everything together.

Dinner for 5 grown people in maximum 45 min.
I got the potatos for free, and the pasta sauce I bought with discount. So, this meal costed me 60 kr, and I have dinner for at least 2 more days.
How great is that?!

Inspiration

I`m mandal.
I live my life here. I work, I exercise, etc etc etc..
But what about poverty? What about all the people I really want to help, but I can`t reach them myself, `cause I`m in Mandal. Don`t missunderstand me. I love Mandal. I feel more and more at home here.
Working at the school, playing volleyball, jogging in furulunden, cooking my own food, visiting friends in Kristiansand.. My life is great.

But I have a desire to help other people.
I read the blogs of the students at Hald. How they are out in the world, just like I was a year ago, living and serving in an other country.
But what about me ?

My duty is to spread a message. Spread a message about Hald, about poverty, about the state of our planet, about what you and I can do to stop and turn into a positive direction.

Btw, it doesn`t help that Norway gives more money too emergency help, that to long term reduction of poverty. They money that is ment to be used for that, goes to other kinds of crap. Norway, get a hold of yourself, stop and think for a moment! We need to do something, and we need to DO IT NOW!!

Back to spreading a message.
My point is: When I read those blogs, and I live my life in beautiful Mandal, when I read the bible, when I look at Rob Bell`s nooma movies... I get inspired.
I`m filled up with expectations and antisipation to my work. To tell about Hald and our common goal. To fight povery and help people to help them self.

The view from my livingroom one morning last week!

On my own

Finally.
For the first time in life, I`m living on my own.
I don`t count last years six months in Lao as living on my own. `cause then I had my amazing team mate Kristian living in the same building!
I`m living on my own. All my 80 friends from school have abandon me here in Mandal. At first I was shocked by their betrayel! How could they do such a thing? How could they leave me here, all by myself. Yeah, sure.. they had to go to their new homes for the next 6 to 7 months, but still.. some of them could at least have brought me with them. But noooo, they had to go alone. No one cares for the sorry ass ettåring Eirik!!

But you know.. I`m fine with it. I`m doing great on my own. I was very exited to see how it would be, living alone in a city where know the names of maybe 5 people, exept the teachers.
But I`m doing really good. They days seem fly by.
I work
I exercise
I eat
I sleap
I play guitar
I pray
I read

Life is good. Yes, there will be times when I will feel more alone then ever. But to quote a good friend of mine: "God has given me peace here. I`ve settled down".

The last on and a half week since school ended, I`ve checked out Bergen. Bergen is an AMAZING city. It rains a lot, but still.. The people makes every raindrop worth it, and the city has its own incredible charm.
I`ve been home to visit my parents. As always, they`re greast. I also got meet a lot of my many siblings, as well as a few friends.
In other words. The last week before I returned to Mandal was really good.

Utstilling av fantastiske union suits. Modellen ansikt er sladdet, fordi her søkes det ikke menneskers ære, men fremstilling av en fantastisk drakt!

Gutta rocka på skoleavslutninga.

Kinasjakk :) Kristian er ganske flink :)