{"id":349,"date":"2011-08-02T06:03:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T13:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.orangefroglogistics.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2014-01-31T22:11:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T06:11:01","slug":"26-the-chivalry-of-another-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/blog\/item\/26-the-chivalry-of-another-summer","title":{"rendered":"The chivalry of another summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to August, month that, in the Northern hemisphere, equates to summer, beauties, sometimes frivolous and lighter thoughts. I attended the\u00a0Vancouver Pride parade<\/a>\u00a0this past weekend, and loved the buoyant effervescence around diversities, respect for differences and graceful reminder around those who use(d) their life to fight for and defend basic Human Rights. Saying it was colourful is an understatement, and celebrating Life this way is fairly engaging. Witnessing the security crew with constant smiles on their faces was reassuring too.<\/p>\n

Now, I would rather stay away from casting a cloud over this joyful picture, yet the\u00a0drought and famine in the Horn of Africa<\/a>\u00a0is another cause dear to my heart, and remaining silent simply does not cut it. Sure, there are plenty of \u201csituations\u201d to mention, donate to, think of, volunteer for or spend energy on. Crises are everywhere, and perspectives on them may lead to a basic general disinterest, especially when the topic seems recurrent. Our planet is not going to stop rotating, we all know that. So why bother? Famine may be striking in spots of Southern Somalia, the local climate is not helping eradicate it.<\/p>\n

Political issues are undoubtedly present, and making the\u00a0logistical aid programs<\/a>\u00a0a strenuous challenge to tackle. Emergency management is threatened by commitment and control issues, whether it is with the international community or the rebels themselves. Longer and longer supply chain now tries to reach a list of understandably moving points of delivery, defying the most solid logistical plans in the region. Refugees are fleeing drought-stricken areas, escaping from an induced war.<\/p>\n

The procurement of food, and its delivery to the refugees, is suffering from some heavy\u00a0red tape<\/a>, within Somalia where political instability has been shaking the population since 1991.<\/p>\n

So, where is chivalry in all this, you may ask? From my little (and quite comfortable) corner of the world, granting it is a combination of virtues and qualities that inspire its followers, I encourage anybody to act in a chivalrous way, take initiative and inspire others to contribute and support an organisation working on any solution suitable for the Somalis. I was born white and in a developed country, and I have no idea whether this background allows me to get my suggestions to be listened to. The situation is rather complex, likely making any plausible tactic to reach\u00a0Dadaab<\/a>, Kenya or\u00a0Dollo Ado<\/a>, Ethiopia\u00a0ridicule and futile. Yet I want to believe that We, as Human Beings, can do something and contribute to the better of people in dire need of help. Debates on humanitarian work are endless and healthy (Paul Theroux’s viewpoints<\/a>\u00a0were already legitimate in the 1960\u2019s), children in Somalia, Bangladesh or Haiti are not.<\/p>\n

Travis Pastrana<\/a>\u00a0might have crashed at the\u00a0X Games<\/a>\u00a0this weekend, he is not giving up. Progress and passion for life tend to do that to the psyche: I am confident giving up on Somalia is out of the question, and colourful life celebrations can happen there too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to August, month that, in the Northern hemisphere, equates to summer, beauties, sometimes frivolous and lighter thoughts. I attended the\u00a0Vancouver Pride parade\u00a0this past weekend, and loved the buoyant effervescence around diversities, respect for differences and graceful reminder around those who use(d) their life to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[39,35,33,77,52,26,43,70,78,79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orangefroglogistics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}