Friday 8 March 2019

Guest Post: Human Security

By Venkatesh R.




Security from Poverty 

"Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime"

Poverty is one of our major crises, one cannot reduce poverty by donating money and food. Poverty can be reduced by humanity, awareness and innovation. Involve youngsters affected by poverty in innovative projects along with the right kind of guidance. In UNHCR some innovative projects have been conducted, let them innovate the solution to the problem and create job opportunities. One can maintain a farm - even an urban or rooftop one with minimum efforts - smart work enabled by science, money can be raised by selling those vegetables. Make people fight not to depend. 




Tackling Hunger
  In case of ensuring security from hunger and providing nutrition there's research that suggests Banana and Eggs can provide the required nutrients for children. If one can teach people how to farm with the minimum resources at least lot of life can be saved by tackling hunger with the provision of the most effective nutrition.

Tackling Violence & Human Trafficking 

 There are various reason for trafficking, internal conflicts etc….. but the major reason is lack of awareness and insecurity of individuals. As per the UNICEF report on Africa, many children and teenagers have been kidnapped or been abused. These kids were attracted to strangers in name of love, especially when both the parents were working. One need to ensure and share the thought once in a while to kids that their parents love them. The communication gap between parents and children is a major reason for kids becoming online prey, similarly with vulnerable women.
Applications like Safecity can help in identifying locations where children and women are not safe.
Areas where streetlights are not present becomes a crime-prone zones.
A major reason for crime is because of the lack of fulfillment of an individual, while satisfying the lowest level of the Maslow principles. If one gets freed of basic needs, crime levels can be reduced. Repetitive  advertisement on the principles and values of humans can shape better humanity. If the humanity and values gets preserved in the individuals there is no need of the punishment, law etc. as the values triggers the guilt and serves as the judge. 

Crimes are been committed by some people without them realizing it is an crime. Thoughts of Buddha needs to spread, not for spreading Buddhism, but it serves as rulebook for a person, how one needs to live. If one doesn’t values others life as their own , crime and violence doesn’t stop.


Discarded Mobiles Re-used for Security of Those At-Risk
Mobile phones that still work and are exchanged or upgraded for the latest in mobile technology can be re-used by those vulnerable to trafficking instead of dumped by the businesses. Most phones are can be tracked as mentioned in https://www.wikihow.tech/Find-a-Stolen-Android-Phone so in the places where the risk of kidnapping and trafficking is high such phones should be donated to such communities to ensure at least an avenue to track the individual especially children. For mobile companies it is corporate social responsibility at its finest as well as an advertisement of their support of freedom and security –a high profile social cause and environmentalism as the phones don’t end up in a dump and the resources used are worth it for a longer life-cycle.

Tie-up with forest & wildlife experts
  It’s a well-known fact that lot of people women and children gets abducted in forests. But surviving in forest isn’t easy on a whole one needs cook the food, food needs to be brought from town and more over one needs to settle next to a water body when electricity isn’t present. So setup some cameras at the entry exit of a forest roads and near the water bodies and rivers where the stream speed is less or where there is a bridge. One can set camera that can track animal poachers, animals as well as prevent crimes like trafficking in these vulnerable zones. The presence of wildlife and with the interests of wildlife conversationalists, photographers and journalists, and camera companies  can sponsor such security. A tie up for data collected can be a win-win.


Skill-Based Education
Invest in skill-based training to the people and community, one cannot avoid natural disaster but one teach people how to cope up with it.

Building a self-sustaining tent
Building Algae frame / dung cake based shelter, powered by off-grid system with help of refugees

Education in remote areas, with or without internet
Technology Based Modified Curriculum for Education

Campaign-based awareness through accessible mediums

 Bio-mimicry
One of the basic skill one needs to possess is observation and learning from nature. Nature is the best designer. It creates and destroys life, but never pollutes anything. It is self-sustaining and the most efficient closed system- circular economy and cradle-to-grave design. If one can remember and work as per nature, life will be easier, deviation from it will always create issues.


Guest Contributor Bio

Venkatesh R. is a Science and Social issues blogger with 10+ years of experience in the IT industry. Venkat is on a mission to create a better world for children. Venkat has won the "Beyond the Armchair" challenge conducted by the Red Elephant Foundation (REF), has contributed a number of articles in Voices of Youth, and has shared a number of ideas in climatecolab.org innovation labs, UNHSCR, GPY2015 and Openideo forums for the past 6 years. His writings and ideas can be accessed at: http://vramanusocialthoughts.blogspot.com/ (Social Issues); https://fissionminded.blogspot.com/ (His writings to bring a change in society through art as a medium); Science Blogs: http://randomthoughtsofvramanu.blogspot.com/ https://vramanu.blogspot.com/


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