The Garbage Waste Land: Maldives Swimming Track

                         Guess where the above pictures are taken from. Well! I’m sure most of you will get it right, at least one of the pictures surely. Yes! the one to your right is from Male’ T-Jetty and the one on your left is from the very place most of us go for swimming with our families. No April fools! it’s not Artificial Beach. It’s actually our swimming track near the dharubaruge area. See how gross it is filled with petrol, empty bottles, plastic bags, shoes, condoms & god knows what people throw to our beautiful sea.

                      
                        Really you wouldn't believe how dull & mundane most countries sea looks like (see above), believe me it’s really crappy looking like some murky mud flood. Maldivians need to know how fortunate they are to have such a beautiful place to live in. How wonderful their sea is with so many beautiful bluish, greenish colors with lagoons, huge coral reefs and enormous types of fish and other bio diverse species. But it’s sad most of us don’t acknowledge that factor. Just look at our swimming track area there so many garbage there that I’m not sure if its safe to even go for a swim there. The water flow there is somehow not so good with the big tripod rocks blocking the passage on low tides and next to there is a boat yard where they pump petrol and service those boats. I’m sure Oil spills will flood in to where we swim. Also did you know the so-called treated sewage is spilled near that area. But don’t feel so healthy that its treated, this is Maldives we are speaking and everything is only half done. I remember once hearing from our news not to eat fish caught from near that area. So seriously people do you really wanna go and swim there and god forbid get some bad disease.

                       If you’re not that aware of the fact maybe its time you do and share this with everyone. Also apart from all those it doesn’t help that we the people dump so many things there it’s so filthy and disgusting to swim there. For crying out loud small kids from primary go to learn to swim there and what do they find condoms and women’s tampons. Ever since the Coast Guards stopped or took a long break from cleaning the jetty areas of our sea, the amount of waste has been getting so much its troubling and disgusting to look into the sea, mostly near the local Market and the Fish Market Area. The look which once our ocean gave us so much pleasure in looking has turned to a filthy and gruesome wasteland. Our government needs to put more effort in to cleaning these places regularly for at least public health reasons and we as the people need not throw so much stuff like these non-biodegradable plastic bags (takes 100 years to get disposed) which are so harmful to our coral reefs & the sea creatures. (Birds, Turtles, Fishes and Corals die trapped by these plastic bags)

                       Also It’s not only the swimming tracks we have to be aware of. Our whole ocean as a whole, cause it’s what makes Maldives so beautiful and unique. Maldivians be proud & grateful of the natural beauty god gifted our nation. So if we don’t protect  try to preserve our islands natural beauty people who will, so let’s take a stand and take some action as an individual to never throw anything in to our beautiful sea.
                                                    Action Speaks Louder Than Words

What killed the Maldivian Sport? When YDP died!

                    Above is the true inspirational story of Panyee FC from rural floating village area of Thailand. This story deserves to be made a short film, because what these players then just childrens achieved was nothing short of great. How they never gave up on their dream and worked hard together to finally form a football team of their own on such limited resources and facilities is just outstanding. A really touching story it is, so lets put that aside and look at our country. Certainly these people have it much harder than us, but yet they found it in themselves to overcome those difficulties and go the distance.
                   Maldives once had a Youth Development Program in short YDP to help youngsters to help nourish and guide their talents in various sport. I still remember we had it when we were young, i saw so many talented colleagues, when i also used to play football there. Many Maldivians who never thought they could play so well started to find the talent within themselves. The YDP coaches helped them to get more polished and professional. Many children who didn't find studying interesting so some hope in the YDP programs. Instead of wasting there time doing mischief or being in gangs and doing drugs it gave many purpose and something they loved to do. It helped a lot of young people and a lot of young talented players were produced in various sports like Basket, Volley And Football etc. So it was a real blow when government blew off the YDP programs & stopped funding it anymore. Many talented youngsters under the program got disheartened and de-motivated and never reached the heights they might hav had it continued.
                   Therefore if Maldives wants to create another Ashfag (football), Zabee (basket) respectively its gonna tak another decade or even much longer. We are always complaining Maldives dont have enough talent. But how can we produce any when their are so limited facilities provided let along no type of YDP programs to guide and polish these young talents we have. This will also prevent a lot of youngsters from mischief and going astray. I had a friend who after joining the YDP program changed his behaviour very well all because he wanted to be part of that football team. We really need this in our society, its something important for our future childrens development.
                  Our government, the sports ministry and the minister needs to look at this, make a budget and find some funds so they can restart this YDP again. Because then only can Maldives ever dream of having the type of coveted professional players we want to see in our sports. These steps are necessary if we are to target higher and achieve more glory in the future.
    "Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out" - Robert Collier

Why Most Maldivians Are Being Fooled? Failed Education System!

       

           Well! first of all rest assured that I'm not here to mock anyone by any means. But if we look at our country many people are well.. still how will you say not up to the standard for a country to develop themselves. I don't blame only our people for it, but the people who have the power to do something about it hasn't put any effort in it. Don't know if its for a purpose or whether its for some gains or any other conspiracy theory for that matter. But it is troubling, because a country's prosperity development and wealth comes from their peoples knowledge and experience. We need to produce more high intellectual individuals in our community and for that we need a really good education system. Our education system needs more reforms and changes if it's going to help our people.
            I can't believe that after all these years we have never been able to have at least a college which can teach to degree level in Maldives, with exception of Villa college where the options are still very limited.What I'm saying is finishing just only the local grade 10 'O' levels or 'A' levels is not enough in this era anymore. Our youngsters need to be more compelled and motivated to go for higher studies. But i know most of us don't have the luxury to go abroad for higher studies, believe me i know because i have struggled huffed and puffed to be where i am currently now. But with hard work anything is almost achievable. It's no wonder most high intellectual Maldivians doesn't prefer to work in our country. Because they know how uncivilized & undeveloped our nation is. I love my country very much and thats why I'm telling that we can't let this brain drain happen. We need to our government need to attract these people, we need huge reforms in our education department. Career development programmes really necessary for students who are confused in what they should do after 'O' levels and 'A' levels. Awareness needs to be spread for our youngsters to excel and achieve more. Government needs to invest more in creating colleges hopefully universities atleast one big one will do instead of wasting it all in increasing their salaries.
            I have gone to some islands atolls of Maldives and seen that the literacy level is so low that it's saddening. Maldivians may think having a school is enough. But having good teachers and facilities and knowledgeable creative modules and a good education system of a whole is equally important. No wonder its so easy to fool Maldivians. I'm sure any Maldivian who have been travelling outside Maldives will know that our country has mostly underachieved and hasn't gone the distance it should.
                                        "Only The Truth Will Set You Free"

Maldivians Unite, For Politics Have divided Us!

             
                It saddens me deeply to see how well our political parties are able to fool our people. It's almost as if some people are blinded by their support for these parties most of them don't even want to think from a rational mind. I know as i have many friends of this sort. It's very difficult to reason or have a proper critical argument with them. This being yellow or blue drama's motto is that either you are with us or against us.
                Maldives politics is a joke. People you can't trust anyone of them. Because there haven't been a sincere candidate to put that much faith or trust in yet. See what a certain former information minister which we all thought was pretty honest turned out to be in the end. Well it is disappointing, i know that is why just want the Maldivian people not to be blinded by their support or hatred for an individual or any party. Take rational decisions and start being critical thinkers. All these politicians maybe in different parties, but don't be fooled in thinking they are working against each other. They have been clever in making you think that way. Maybe they might disagree on somethings, but there main goal is to search ways to benefit each other. You can see this from the bills they approve in the Majlis, be it extending the years for the tourist resorts owners or their salaries.
                To me these members are nothing but just a bunch of fat cats fighting for their share of the boakiba and we the people will face the consequences! do you know why? Because most of us sell our votes by being blinded by their support or hatred to certain individual or party. Maldivian brothers and sisters we need to change how we think, its never too late to learn & change. Look around you the only thing our politics has successfully done is divide our people. Wake up, Lets UNITE make a stand and lets force them to do the right thing if they are unwilling! because they are the same people in disguise working for their own benefits. Only way the people can win is by UNITY.

                    "United we Conquer, Divided we Fall"