The local structure of MJS Gironde organize during 3 weeks a mission of international solidarity in the Community Seva Center (Pondichery). 4 comrades are there to help the workers of the center in the tasks of reconstruction after the Tsunami. They also participate to different missions of rural development and non-formal education in the region.
This morning they met several ministers and MPs of the regions of Pondichery to discuss and exchange on their vision of globalization and economic and social developments. One of the main topic of the discussions were the pharmaceutical patterns and the need to allow more easily the production of cheap drugs. They try to change a law voted this year limiting the copy of medicines.
With their political vision, this mission is a good example of the constant needs of a mix between international solidarity and politics.
To follow day by day the reports of the delegation in Pondichery (in French)
http://pondichery.mjs33.net
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After our stay in the Community Seva Centre, we are planning to transform and to develop our one shot help in a long term partnership ; and this not only with the centre itself, that we will keep supporting financially and concretely thanks to a new association, but with all the political partners and people that we have met over there as well.
We do not want that gobalization where solidarity looks like charity from the Nothern states. We claim for an other help that will not be just the short term answer to disasters. International solidarity must be established in the long term, in the perspective of peoples brotherhood, establishing deep links between countries, areas, culture and people. In that same logic, we do believe that our help mustn’t be, as it were, paternalist or colonialist. Southern people are able to know their needs and to establish their own relief or developpement projects, they have those competencies and those social strength, they just need financial support and human help, not ingerence.
Salut Etienne, et merci pour ton commentaire. J'apprécie la distinction solidarité / charité. C'est un point crucial. N'hésite pas à me tenir informé de la suite du projet. je publierai sur le blog!
... et repose toi bien ;-)
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