Sometimes.....

Isn't it that we in the western countries and in Europe try to think about possibilities how to reduce CO2 and fight against climat change?

Serious, in Africa most people are more religious and they are mostly in "good relation with christ". But then, they don't really worship the greatest gift we have received from him, which I suppose is the Earth.
Garbage is thrown on the floor, into the countryside and into rivers and the cars.... in Dar Es Salaam, which is a city with paved roads, every second vehicle is a SUV. I may have been here only for a couple of days but I don't think this type of vehicle is necessary in the city. I don't mean to accuse anybody but let us be honest, for most of the persons driving these type of car it's a status symbol. They need to show that they do not belong to the poor people.

If we really want to fight the climat change, the entire world has to participate, also the poorer countries.

Another subject. In yesterdays local paper there was an article about students in the US and in France. They finish their studies but don't find a job and now they are pretty worried about what will happen. Just to inform you, this is what most of the young people here in Africa experience. The young men selling food, drinks, movies, shoes and other belongings on the streets don't do that for fun. Most of them did go to school. Some of them dropped out early because they weren't able to pay the school fees, others finished their studies. The problem is that there are just not enough jobs around. And what is really sad, even the local people, the ones which have "real" jobs sometimes treat the "streetsellers" in a respectless way. As if they would be something better, but that is just not the case.

One other thing is that people here expect westerns and europeans to help them. To send money or food but I wonder how many of the richer local people do really help their brothers and sisters. Sometimes I do feel bad when I am asked if I am a volunteer and I have to answer that I am just traveling. Many of them don't understand why someone would want to see other countries and cultures, but probably this is because they know that they never will have the opportunity to do so.

Sorry, just had to get these things of my mind.