Making A Better World - Milton Louw

(Because the original page is no longer available online:  http://prayerfoundation.org/mother_teresa_do_it_anyway.htm )   The verses below reportedly were written on the wall of  Mother Teresa's  home for children in  Calcutta, India,  and are widely attributed to her.  Some sources say that the words below were written on the wall in  Mother Teresa's  own room.  In any case, their association with  Mother Teresa  and the  Missionaries of Charity  has made them popular worldwide, expressing as they do, the spirit in which they lived their lives.  They seem to be based on a composition originally by  Kent Keith,  but much of the second half has been re-written in a more spiritual way.  Both versions are shown below. ___________________________________________ 1. The version found written on the wall in Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta:       ...

I need your help. I have entered the Web Summit People's Stage and need your vote. Please follow the link and press like if you support my entry. My topic is: "Most African countries (e.g. Namibia) are creating central registers for voters rolls, home affairs data, etc. using biometric collection methods. Yet many do not have Data Protection or Electronic Transaction laws or even basic Consumer Rights legislation. How must Governments create mechanism that protect basic personal data rights while still using technology to ensure improved service delivery of government services? Governments and civil society have to work out methodologies that protect not only the data or the possible theft of data, but also the methods of seeking citizens permission of the way their data is used" Link: http://www.websummit.net/competitions/peoples-stage/entries.html#3-526

The Namibia Consumer Protection Group (NCPG) has taken note of the continued loss of lives on our roads and wishes to propose a Passenger Charter for Road Transport in Namibia. The following core rights must be applicable to all regular services, irrespective of the distance of the service provided: • non-discriminatory transport conditions, • access to transport for disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility at no  additional cost and the financial compensation for the loss or damage of their mobility equipment, • minimum rules on travel information for all passengers before and during their  journey as well as general information about their rights; and • a complaint handling mechanism by carriers available to all passengers. If the distance travelled is 250 km or more (long-distance services) we propose: • passengers be given a ticket (printed or cellphone message) proving their entitlement to transport, • compensation and assistance in case of death,...

"Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence." - David Ben-Gurion Namibia has a duty to speak out against all acts that deprive any individual of their fundamental human rights. The first line of the preamble to our Constitution states “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is indispensable for freedom, justice and peace;” It is therefore the duty of each Namibian citizen, and all our political leaders to show moral leadership in our undertakings with all countries of the world. http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/march/the-zimbabwean-the-voiceless-campaign A new advertising campaign for The Zimbabwean highlights the newspaper's role in giving a voice to the people of Zimbabwe. The posters feature images taken by photojournalists who have worked in the country over the last two years, and direct viewers to the newspaper's  w...

The discussion about bible studies at school is a reaction to our realising that we have lost our moral compass as a nation. Because we remember the days of pre-independence as being without this type of lawlessness, it is easiest to point to a single change, such as the removal of bible studies from schools, and say we should reinstate this and then things will become better. Unfortunately this is too easy an argument and might even detract us too long while these things continue to occur in our communities. We need to tackle the root of the problem directly; There is a lack of godliness in our culture since we embraced our Independence. By this I refer to the feeling that as individuals we are aware that our deeds on earth will be judged when we pass from this earth. This feeling is the one that makes you look around when you are about to do something wrong. That feeling that makes you come to the defence of those more vulnerable in our community, that feeling that makes us give...