Prinsip "teach a to fish" masih belum dipahami atau juga tak mau dijalankan Indonesia, yang dipentingkan tempel titel.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREAS MIHARDJA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [ppiindia] Teach a man to fish > Meskipun saya tidak 100% setuju dgn cara Sukarno bekerja [presiden se-umur > hidup dan banyak persoalan lain yg aneh] satu hal yg saya kagumi adalah > teach men to fish and not give them fish. Ini pricipe dia pakai. Dia > mengirim banyak sekali mahasiswa2 keluar Indonesia dgn atau tanpa bantuan > negara atau dgn scholarship luar negeri Kita betul2 dididik menjadi self > reliance dan pengetahuan kita [karena kebanyakan kita graduate study] > mengikuti standard international - tetapi Suharto malah mempersulit dan > kalau keIndonesia malah dikirim kepulau ---- atau seperti banyak collega > hanya tinggal namanya. - karena berpikiran sosialis atau liberal. > Kita diluar negeri tidak mungkin melarat kecuali mendapat kesulitan dari > Suharto cs, Kita kan sudah mendapat pendidikan yg above standard. > Achirnya kita semua kebanyakan mendapat posisi diluar Indonesia dan banyak > yg menjadi pemimpin negara yg menerima mereka with open arms. Banyak yg > mendapat posisi di organisasi international. Apakah ini bukan buang > kapital negara?? > Andreas > > > > Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/630038.html > > Wed., September 28, 2005 Elul 24, 5765| |Israel Time: 01:44 > (EST+7) > > > > > > Teach a man to fish > > By Idit Weiss > > > > The approach of the High Holidays witnesses a huge surge in food > collection campaigns, boosted by the media. Huge notices in the newspapers > announce that one Israeli child in three lives in poverty, as an > introduction to food collection campaigns organized by non-profit > associations, commercial companies and the media itself. That figure is > correct. The Poverty Report indeed determined that in 2004, one-third of > Israeli children come from poor families, and that the problem of poverty > has spread and worsened in the past year. > > What is most outrageous about the notices, however, is the erroneous > assumption that a donations campaign can solve or reduce the poverty > problem. Not only do these campaigns not solve poverty, they are liable to > hamper an effective plan to reduce it. Reliance on the tradition of relief > aid and charity, instead of a concerted effort by the government, may only > exacerbate the poverty problem. > > These campaigns do not provide a family with a secure and regular > source of income, nor do they reduce the costs of health care and > education. They can also create a feeling among the public that relief aid > and charity are the effective ways for coping with poverty, and only if we > are merciful enough and give money through these campaigns (and not via > taxes) will poverty be solved. These campaigns are also liable to detract > from the understanding that the main responsibility for solving this > problem lies with the government. > > > > > The truth must be spoken. Poverty cannot be solved by charity, and > many children will continue to live in poverty long after these campaigns > are over. The deepening of this poverty and its worsening among children > in Israel is due, first and foremost, to the continuing policy of the > erosion of the welfare state: the slashing of child allowances, the > erosion of stipends to families who work for low wages or families in > which the breadwinner cannot find a job; the lack of enforcement of the > minimum wage law; and the continuing privatization of the health care and > education systems. > > The public must be informed that poverty can be solved, it is not a > "decree from heaven" that requires acts of kindness. Many governments > around the world are succeeding, via long-term policies, to reduce the > dimensions of poverty. There is a broad range of effective strategies for > reducing poverty, both in the long and short term, that the government > could adopt. These strategies include: > > Transfer payments: The government should cancel the massive slashing > of child allowances; increase guaranteed income stipends in order to > ensure that people can live in dignity; prevent further restrictions in > the unemployment insurance law; and ease some of the conditions for > eligibility for unemployment benefits. > > Fiscal welfare: tax credits for workers, and for parents in > particular. The government should require dignified employment terms for > workers: social benefits and a feeling of security and continuity. > > Arrangements that would lead to a reduction in discrimination against > Arab workers in the job market. > > Investments in education. Studies show that education open to all - > including the relevant professional training for integration into the work > force, education whose quality is not dependent on the parents' income, > that offers a real opportunity for learning to all sectors of the public - > leads to a significant reduction in poverty. > > With the approach of the High Holidays, it would be better for the > public to channel its energies and emotions not only toward charity and > kindness, but all the more so toward stern demands on the government to > take proven measures to dispel poverty. Succor and charity are welcome > traditions as long as they occupy a marginal (and usually unassuming) > place in society; as long as there is no reliance on them as a main means > for coping with poverty. > > > The writer is a senior lecturer at the Bob Shapell School of Social > Work, Tel Aviv University. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia > yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://www.ppi-india.org > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. > 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi > 4. 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