PDC-20: Awareness: Bridging the Long Distance Ends
PDC-20: Awareness: Bridging the Long Distance Ends
The resources of the world were never uniformly distributed. While the
Middle East was blessed with the oil resources, Africa was blessed
with the minerals and North America was blessed with the advancements
of technology and human resources.
The boom in economies has attracted people from various places to
these lands of opportunities and has created pockets of financially
sound communities. The investments by these people in their hometowns
have played a major role in the development of the local communities.
The vagaries and the uncertainty of Mother Nature have shattered the
dreams of many in places that have relied on agriculture and
traditional small-scale industries. These areas haven't seen the light
of the development and have been the center of famine and poverty.
These reasons and the lack of opportunity have prevented certain
places from crossing the poverty barrier.
Let's look at a real-world example. Consider a place like Thiruvalla.
The Middle East boom has attracted many people from Thiruvalla. These
people invested their savings in their local communities and as a
result, more opportunities were created, the kids got well educated,
got good jobs and all this led to more economically sound families.
On the other hand, let's consider a place like Heliburia, Idduki: This
place has been traditionally agriculture and plantation based economy
and has been dependent on the Mother Nature for a good harvest.
Certain years when Mother Nature has been less cooperative, making the
ends meet has been a real challenge of life. Lack of schools,
inability to fund the kid's education, lack of job opportunities have
resulted in the backwardness of such places.
In this case study, a probable needy could be located in Heliburia
Idduki. A probable Good Samaritan could be in Thiruvalla or Middle
East.
The distance between the needy and the financially sound people
doesnot always has to be far, but there is a good chance that holds
true. Assuming that they are far away, the needs of the people from
these poor places have to be communicated to the people in the more
fortunate societies that are far away.
The long-distance brings many challenges. Just as the law of
transmission dictates the loss of energy as distance increases, there
is a potential that information, credibility and truthfulness can be
lost as information travels larger distances. It's hard for someone
sitting across the globe to understand the genuineness of the
particular needy. Without networking and team work, a manipulator can
take advantage of the compassion of a Good Samaritan.
Understanding the difference in cultures and local challenges,
ensuring the genuineness of the requester, avoidance of fraud,
maintaining the credibility, the challenges of information transfer
are just a few.
How do we overcome these challenges? Awareness has to be the glue that
connects the two ends and provide the means for overcoming the
challenges of long-distance. To accomplish this, the awareness about
the needs must travel into the four quarters of the world. It plays a
great role in ensuring the sanity of the transactions. Awareness works
to pass on the need of the true needy and prevents the manipulator
from misusing the compassion of the Good Samaritan. Its awareness that
bridges the long distance ends.
To be continued…
The next two topics:
PDC-21: Awareness: Information at our Finger Tips
PDC-22: Awareness: The Challenges Recap
Thanks,
Rajesh Vargheese
http://www.stgregoriosaustin.org/
posted by Allen John Vargheese @ 7:48 PM
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