When i saw a motorbike taxi in Goa is located in south of India, i could't believe motorbike could be a taxi as i was a naive to travel around India. It was almost a cultural shock. i just passed away the motorbike taxi drivers who was keeping ask me to get in. After that, i've seen a lot of motorbike taxi in other several country,then motorbike taxi is not unfamiliar to me at all now and i like to take a motorbike specailly when i'm in a busy.Finally, today, i found tha this motorbike taxi which was so strange to me, could be someone's hope, specially in the Dirt Island, Kenya.
The person who came up the idea of motorbike taxi service is Mucina, youngman of ex-convict, might have menaced thier passengers. But the reason his passengers get in his motorbike taxi is security, now. And he still hires onec offenders as a his company's driver. Even though his idea
is still looked hopeful, there is some problem. First problrm is money. They could not get big revenue to take care of their famaily or dreams. In addition, they're still interfered with their business by police. But their attempt brings a lot of thing. It is prevented them to go back to jail again and again.
I admired their attitude that trying to do something themselves, not only waiting for help. If we give a little attention and some help, it could be give them a happly life.
Shall we?
Start now?
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References
Nairobi's motorbike boys improve their own slum (2010, August 14), BBC NEWS Retrieved August 14, 2010 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8913543.stm
I like the idea of people doing things to help themselves. It's better than relying on, or trusting in, governments, and often works much better at a lower cost. I think it's unhealthy to think that governments should do everything, or even be allowed to do a lot of things. Thanks for posting this neat example of people helping themselves and thereby also helping their society.
ReplyDeleteyes. I think the answer of question "Who should pay for shool fee for a children in development courty?" is government and parent. If government pay all, parent also don't care about children's education as they didn't spend their own money. The day before yesterday i did search for about that for preparing s/l class. And i found that user payment will give more effect.
ReplyDeleteHow about motorbike taxi? When you saw a motorbike taxi, how was your feeling like?
I never use motor bike taxis in Bangkok. It's not a phobic reaction, but I think a normal and healthy fear that keeps me off them. It's not even that the men who provide that service ride badly, but the way other people on the road drive their cars that worries me. I've seen too many accidents involving motorcycles on the streets of Bangkok to want to make myself a possible next statistic.
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