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Healthcare should never depend on politics or postcodes. Every citizen deserves equal access to life-saving medical care, wherever they live. Through Ayushman Bharat, millions across India have access to quality medical treatment: • ₹5 Lakh Annual Cover: Cashless secondary and tertiary care per family. • Generational Impact: Transforming lives,... from surgeries for senior citizens to healthier childhoods. • Comprehensive Lifeline: Covering critical treatments, surgeries and essential physiotherapy. 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐲𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚! 🎥 #8YearsOfAyushmanBharat #SevaSankalpAbhiyanshow more

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nishant pummy4 days ago

BJP is CHOR CHANDA. CHOR PETROL. CHOR UPI. CHOR

MiddleClass Hindu4 days ago

Are tax payers entitled to Ayshman Bharat So the GC middle class who is looted to fund this are denied benefit from this Master stroke by hisab chukta Bhimta jihadi America trained Modi

Anne Holmes4 days ago

Opportunity in equity for all to have a healthy life should be universal

Abhishek Ojha4 days ago

1.हिंदू धर्म को देवी देवताओं गंदी गालीया दे सकते हो2.इस देश में प्रोफेसर टीचर पुलिस सेना साधु ब्राह्मण इडी सीबीआई चुनाव आयोग किसी को भी गलियां सकते हो 3 सवर्ण ओबीसी पर जय भीम नमो बुद्धाय बोलकर कभी भीscst act लगाकर घर बैठे12 लाख पा सकते हो यही चल रहा है देश में इसके सिवा कुछ नहीं

India Unfolding4 days ago

Cover means little without doctors and hospitals, and those are being built too: • Medical colleges: 387 (2013-14) → 808 (2025-26) • MBBS seats: 51,348 → 1,23,700 • 22 new AIIMS since 2014 More doctors, trained closer to home, for every postcode.

PatrioticallyIndian4 days ago

Facts would speak for themselves.

Shashank Singh4 days ago

Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. 🇮🇳 #AyushmanBharat is bringing greater access to quality treatment and financial security to millions. Let’s spread awareness and ensure every eligible family benefits. 🙏 #8YearsOfAyushmanBharat

MiddleClass Hindu4 days ago

These BJP guys are making doctors who score negative numbers in entrance to satisfy their hisab chukta ideology and Ambedkar Phule ideas Now they are talking about healthcare not dependent on politics BJP is such H party

Pradip Gupta4 days ago

Nishikant Dubey MP गोड्डा पूर्णतः Moralless Antidemocratic व्यापारी है 2029 में हार तय है इसने खुद & अपने लोंगों से Campaign करवाकर संतालपरगना में BJP के कई प्रत्याशियों को harva दिया Deoghar जिला में आक्रोश, Mahgama,गोड्डा में BJP उम्मीदवारों को harvaya अनंत ओझा के कारण भी हारे

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Dr Waqas Nawaz

280,937 views • 1 year ago

Abuja does not have a State of Assembly and gets the shorthand when it comes to legislation specifically for the Abuja people. There is a need for #AbujaBillsForAbujaPeople If I clinch the NDC TICKET to run for the FCT Senate seat and get voted by the good people of FCT Abuja, some of the bills I will be proposing include the following: 1)Abuja Residents Security Bill 2)Abuja Residents Empowerment Bill 3)Abuja Infrastructure Bill 4)Free Maternal Health Bill 5)Indigenous Rights and Land Protection Bill 6)FCTA Accountability Bill 7)Abuja Education Bill ONE: Nobody should fear for their life in Abuja. Abuja Residents Security Bill—community policing in every neighborhood. Solar streetlights in high-risk areas. Quick-response emergency teams. You should not be afraid to come home at night. TWO: Your sweat must pay. Your hustle must count. Abuja Residents Empowerment Bill—mandating quotas for youth- and women-led businesses in government contracts. The Rent Control component of my Bill will protect you from unjust rent hikes. Double taxation elimination, Skills Empowerment spending that empowers Abuja residents with real skills. Access to Capital mandates that ensure a portion of Abuja taxes is used to provide microloans to support businesses. THREE: Water. Roads. Light. Healthcare. These are not favors—they're your rights. Abuja Infrastructure Bill clean water for residents through solar-powered boreholes. Roads in Abaji, Kwali, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and the neglected parts of AMAC - FIXED. Primary Healthcare Centres are upgraded with an adequate number of doctors, medical supplies, and reliable emergency services. Schools renovated. This is not optional. This is your right. FOUR: Pregnancy is not a death sentence. Free Maternal Health Bill, Comprehensive care for every pregnant woman, regardless of how much money you have. Mobile clinics reaching rural communities. Maternal waiting homes near health centers. 100,000+ women served. No woman should die giving life. FIVE: They can't just take your land and bulldoze your house. Indigenous Rights and Land Protection Bill— Full compensation for ancestral lands. Land Rights Tribunal. No demolitions without proper notice and fair payment. Affordable housing for middle- and low-income families. Your dignity is not negotiable. SIX: You will see where every kobo goes. FCTA Accountability Bill— every budget, every contract, every demolition order. You will SEE it. TRACK it. QUESTION it. The minister will be mandated by law to engage Abuja residents before drafting budgets or spending. Your needs must be captured in the budget. FCTA will no longer see bloated and inflated contracts used to enrich corrupt politicians. When everything is in the open, the thieves have nowhere to hide. SEVEN: I will fight for an Abuja Education Bill — No Child Left Behind. EVERY CHILD DESERVES QUALITY EDUCATION. NOT JUST THE ONES WHOSE PARENTS CAN AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOL. Public schools renovated with proper classrooms, libraries, science labs, and sports facilities. Scholarships covering tuition, WAEC, NECO, and JAMB fees for indigent students. Teacher recruitment and training programs. Competitive salaries to attract and retain quality teachers. ICT training centers in all the area councils for training youth in digital and coding skills. Universal access to quality primary and secondary education across all six area councils. A BETTER ABUJA MEANS EDUCATION IS NOT A PRIVILEGE FOR THE RICH. IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY CHILD'S FUTURE. AND I WILL FIGHT TO GUARANTEE IT FOR EVERY ABUJA CHILD.

Abuja does not have a State of Assembly and gets the shorthand when it comes to legislation specifically for the Abuja people. There is a need for #AbujaBillsForAbujaPeople If I clinch the NDC TICKET to run for the FCT Senate seat and get voted by the good people of FCT Abuja, some of the bills I will be proposing include the following: 1)Abuja Residents Security Bill 2)Abuja Residents Empowerment Bill 3)Abuja Infrastructure Bill 4)Free Maternal Health Bill 5)Indigenous Rights and Land Protection Bill 6)FCTA Accountability Bill 7)Abuja Education Bill ONE: Nobody should fear for their life in Abuja. Abuja Residents Security Bill—community policing in every neighborhood. Solar streetlights in high-risk areas. Quick-response emergency teams. You should not be afraid to come home at night. TWO: Your sweat must pay. Your hustle must count. Abuja Residents Empowerment Bill—mandating quotas for youth- and women-led businesses in government contracts. The Rent Control component of my Bill will protect you from unjust rent hikes. Double taxation elimination, Skills Empowerment spending that empowers Abuja residents with real skills. Access to Capital mandates that ensure a portion of Abuja taxes is used to provide microloans to support businesses. THREE: Water. Roads. Light. Healthcare. These are not favors—they're your rights. Abuja Infrastructure Bill clean water for residents through solar-powered boreholes. Roads in Abaji, Kwali, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and the neglected parts of AMAC - FIXED. Primary Healthcare Centres are upgraded with an adequate number of doctors, medical supplies, and reliable emergency services. Schools renovated. This is not optional. This is your right. FOUR: Pregnancy is not a death sentence. Free Maternal Health Bill, Comprehensive care for every pregnant woman, regardless of how much money you have. Mobile clinics reaching rural communities. Maternal waiting homes near health centers. 100,000+ women served. No woman should die giving life. FIVE: They can't just take your land and bulldoze your house. Indigenous Rights and Land Protection Bill— Full compensation for ancestral lands. Land Rights Tribunal. No demolitions without proper notice and fair payment. Affordable housing for middle- and low-income families. Your dignity is not negotiable. SIX: You will see where every kobo goes. FCTA Accountability Bill— every budget, every contract, every demolition order. You will SEE it. TRACK it. QUESTION it. The minister will be mandated by law to engage Abuja residents before drafting budgets or spending. Your needs must be captured in the budget. FCTA will no longer see bloated and inflated contracts used to enrich corrupt politicians. When everything is in the open, the thieves have nowhere to hide. SEVEN: I will fight for an Abuja Education Bill — No Child Left Behind. EVERY CHILD DESERVES QUALITY EDUCATION. NOT JUST THE ONES WHOSE PARENTS CAN AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOL. Public schools renovated with proper classrooms, libraries, science labs, and sports facilities. Scholarships covering tuition, WAEC, NECO, and JAMB fees for indigent students. Teacher recruitment and training programs. Competitive salaries to attract and retain quality teachers. ICT training centers in all the area councils for training youth in digital and coding skills. Universal access to quality primary and secondary education across all six area councils. A BETTER ABUJA MEANS EDUCATION IS NOT A PRIVILEGE FOR THE RICH. IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY CHILD'S FUTURE. AND I WILL FIGHT TO GUARANTEE IT FOR EVERY ABUJA CHILD.

Aisha Yesufu

176,228 views • 4 months ago

BREAKING - MUST WATCH: This was perhaps the most EXPLOSIVE exchange today between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Congressman Rich McCormick (Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD), a medical doctor who treated patients during COVID but was censored for pointing out the science. He told Fauci, "You said in an interview that you gave as part of an audiobook written by Michael Specter that you believed institutions should make it hard for people to live their lives so they'd feel pressured to get vaccinated." WATCH Question: Someone said only politicians, only bloggers, only conspiracy theorists are disagreeing with you. I want to point out that I'm probably the only member of Congress that actually treated patients during the pandemic. From the very beginning to the very end of the pandemic, during night shifts in the ER, thousands of patients during that time and in 2020 I was censored. My medical license was threatened because I disagreed with bureaucrats, literally taken off the Internet as a person who is treating patients with leading edge technologies, developing theories, but doing my very best, but being censored by the United States government for the first time, stepping in and taking the place of medical professionals as the experts in healthcare. Any dissent surrounding COVID-19 treatments, mask mandates, and any public policy surrounding the pandemic was immediately labeled as anti-science. I watched as public health officials and politicians told my patients what treatment options were best for them, regardless of their comorbidities or their medical history. Despite my education and my training and my experience, my opinions were relegated to conspiracy and misinformation by so-called healthcare experts who had never treated a patient throughout the entire pandemic. This has been a black eye on the medicine and has highlighted why government should never, never insert itself in between patients and their healthcare providers. The American people deserve to make medical decisions through conversations with their physicians rather than politically motivated mandates. Question: Doctor Fauci, did you ever treat a patient for COVID during the pandemic? Answer: I was part of a team that was at the NIH that took care. We didn't take care of many of them. Question: Okay, so not hands-on. Got it. Thank you. Why would I be criticized by a bureaucrat for doing my very best as a healthcare professional? This is a rhetorical question, but why? Why would the government, who has never treated a patient for COVID... You can read all the things you want, but you're not there. You're not seeing patients. You're not watching people die. Intubating patients right there with that disease in your face, watching it happen, watching the development of this disease and actually learning from it. But I'm being told by bureaucrats what's right and wrong. And what's funny is everything I was censored on, I was proven to be right. Pretty crazy, isn't it? Question: You said in an interview that you gave as part of an audiobook written by Michael Specter that you believed institutions should make it hard for people to live their lives so they'd feel pressured to get vaccinated. Could we run the audio clip on that, please? Answer: You think it can be done about it. I have to say that I don't see a big solution other than some sort of mandatory. I know federal officials don't like to use that term. Once people feel empowered and protected legally, you are going to have schools, universities, and colleges are going to say, you want to come to this college, buddy? You're going to get vaccinated, lady. You're going to get vaccinated. Big corporations like Amazon and Facebook and all of those others are going to say, you want to work for us? You get vaccinated. And it's been proven that when you make it difficult for people in their lives, they lose their ideological bullshit and they get vaccinated. Thank you. Question: Are all objections to COVID vaccinations ideological bullshit, Doctor Fauci? Answer: No, they're not. And that's not what I was referring to. Question: Well, in reference to making it hard for people to get education, traveling, working, I'd say it very much was in context, and I take great offense to this. Miss Allison Williams testified before this committee about losing her job because she sought an exemption for ESPN's vaccine mandate, which came from recommendations from bureaucrats like yourself. She and her husband were actively working with a fertility expert, a physician, on how to get pregnant, and agreed with the premise that she was young, healthy, wanted to get pregnant, and shouldn't get the vaccination for medical purposes. But she was fired because you made it hard, just like you said in your statement, because you didn't want to make sure that the ideological bullshit got in the way of her working, of living her life, of making a medical decision with her healthcare professional. I think America should take great offense to this. That's exactly what you meant when you said making it hard for people to live without getting a vaccination. You affected people's ability to work, travel, be educated, to actually flourish in American society, to self-determine as we're all given God-given rights. Shame on you, Doctor Fauci. You've become doctor of fear. Americans do not hate science. I don't hate science. The American people hate having their freedoms taken from them. You inspired and created fear through mask mandates, school closures, vaccine mandates that have destroyed the American people's trust in our public health institutions. This fear you created will continue to have ripple effects over generations to come. You have already seen its effects in education, in the economy, and everything else, quite frankly.

BREAKING - MUST WATCH: This was perhaps the most EXPLOSIVE exchange today between Dr. Anthony Fauci and Congressman Rich McCormick (Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD), a medical doctor who treated patients during COVID but was censored for pointing out the science. He told Fauci, "You said in an interview that you gave as part of an audiobook written by Michael Specter that you believed institutions should make it hard for people to live their lives so they'd feel pressured to get vaccinated." WATCH Question: Someone said only politicians, only bloggers, only conspiracy theorists are disagreeing with you. I want to point out that I'm probably the only member of Congress that actually treated patients during the pandemic. From the very beginning to the very end of the pandemic, during night shifts in the ER, thousands of patients during that time and in 2020 I was censored. My medical license was threatened because I disagreed with bureaucrats, literally taken off the Internet as a person who is treating patients with leading edge technologies, developing theories, but doing my very best, but being censored by the United States government for the first time, stepping in and taking the place of medical professionals as the experts in healthcare. Any dissent surrounding COVID-19 treatments, mask mandates, and any public policy surrounding the pandemic was immediately labeled as anti-science. I watched as public health officials and politicians told my patients what treatment options were best for them, regardless of their comorbidities or their medical history. Despite my education and my training and my experience, my opinions were relegated to conspiracy and misinformation by so-called healthcare experts who had never treated a patient throughout the entire pandemic. This has been a black eye on the medicine and has highlighted why government should never, never insert itself in between patients and their healthcare providers. The American people deserve to make medical decisions through conversations with their physicians rather than politically motivated mandates. Question: Doctor Fauci, did you ever treat a patient for COVID during the pandemic? Answer: I was part of a team that was at the NIH that took care. We didn't take care of many of them. Question: Okay, so not hands-on. Got it. Thank you. Why would I be criticized by a bureaucrat for doing my very best as a healthcare professional? This is a rhetorical question, but why? Why would the government, who has never treated a patient for COVID... You can read all the things you want, but you're not there. You're not seeing patients. You're not watching people die. Intubating patients right there with that disease in your face, watching it happen, watching the development of this disease and actually learning from it. But I'm being told by bureaucrats what's right and wrong. And what's funny is everything I was censored on, I was proven to be right. Pretty crazy, isn't it? Question: You said in an interview that you gave as part of an audiobook written by Michael Specter that you believed institutions should make it hard for people to live their lives so they'd feel pressured to get vaccinated. Could we run the audio clip on that, please? Answer: You think it can be done about it. I have to say that I don't see a big solution other than some sort of mandatory. I know federal officials don't like to use that term. Once people feel empowered and protected legally, you are going to have schools, universities, and colleges are going to say, you want to come to this college, buddy? You're going to get vaccinated, lady. You're going to get vaccinated. Big corporations like Amazon and Facebook and all of those others are going to say, you want to work for us? You get vaccinated. And it's been proven that when you make it difficult for people in their lives, they lose their ideological bullshit and they get vaccinated. Thank you. Question: Are all objections to COVID vaccinations ideological bullshit, Doctor Fauci? Answer: No, they're not. And that's not what I was referring to. Question: Well, in reference to making it hard for people to get education, traveling, working, I'd say it very much was in context, and I take great offense to this. Miss Allison Williams testified before this committee about losing her job because she sought an exemption for ESPN's vaccine mandate, which came from recommendations from bureaucrats like yourself. She and her husband were actively working with a fertility expert, a physician, on how to get pregnant, and agreed with the premise that she was young, healthy, wanted to get pregnant, and shouldn't get the vaccination for medical purposes. But she was fired because you made it hard, just like you said in your statement, because you didn't want to make sure that the ideological bullshit got in the way of her working, of living her life, of making a medical decision with her healthcare professional. I think America should take great offense to this. That's exactly what you meant when you said making it hard for people to live without getting a vaccination. You affected people's ability to work, travel, be educated, to actually flourish in American society, to self-determine as we're all given God-given rights. Shame on you, Doctor Fauci. You've become doctor of fear. Americans do not hate science. I don't hate science. The American people hate having their freedoms taken from them. You inspired and created fear through mask mandates, school closures, vaccine mandates that have destroyed the American people's trust in our public health institutions. This fear you created will continue to have ripple effects over generations to come. You have already seen its effects in education, in the economy, and everything else, quite frankly.

Simon Ateba

4,456,278 views • 2 years ago

In Al-Kurmuk, the UAE-Backed Rapid Support Militia Continues Its Pattern of Destruction: Looting the Health Insurance Center, Leaving Civilians to Rebuild, as the Army and the People Confront the Impact of Destruction Sponsored by One of the World’s Richest Countries At the Health Insurance Center in the city of Al-Kurmuk, another familiar face of the crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia appeared in the towns and villages it entered. Looted rooms, scattered papers, an empty pharmacy, and a medical laboratory stripped of its contents. The scene sums up what has happened in many parts of Sudan, where the militia enters public service institutions, leaves them in ruins, and forces civilians to confront the aftermath of destruction once the fighting stops. The man’s voice in the video carries clear pain as he walks through the center. He speaks with the bitterness of someone seeing a public effort lost before his eyes, and a health facility that once served people turned into a place of loss and looting. He speaks as someone who knows the center, its people, and its value, as if every destroyed room reminds him of those who worked there and those who once waited there for treatment and medicine. The Health Insurance Center in Al-Kurmuk was one of the city’s important health facilities. The Health Insurance administration had made major efforts to establish and equip it, providing medical equipment and devices, along with a fully equipped dental clinic, so it could offer healthcare and treatment services to the people of Al-Kurmuk and the surrounding areas. The center had also received praise from the senior administration of the fund because of the standard of services it provided and the quality of care it offered to patients. Then the militia came, extended its hand toward that effort, looted what it could, and destroyed what it left behind. Years of work and construction were lost in moments of recklessness, and the citizen was left to pay the price. A looted pharmacy means a patient searching for medicine and finding nothing. An empty laboratory means a medical service has stopped. A destroyed center means that a city and its surrounding areas have lost a facility that supported people in times of illness and need. This behavior is familiar from the Rapid Support Forces militia. In every city and village it entered, the same scene was repeated in different forms: homes looted, facilities vandalized, institutions destroyed, and the daily lives of civilians targeted. Schools, health centers, markets, and service facilities became targets of looting and destruction, as if the aim was to break society and strip it of the foundations of life. In Al-Kurmuk, the video reveals part of the cost that awaits Sudanese people after the militia leaves any area. Liberation opens the road for life to return, while also exposing the scale of destruction that requires difficult work. Civilians need more than security. They need medicine to return, laboratories to function again, pharmacies to be restored, facilities to be repaired, and trust in public service institutions to be rebuilt. At this stage, the responsibility of the army and the people moves along the same path. The Sudanese army, after fighting the battle of liberation and paying with the blood of its soldiers to recover towns and villages from the militia’s grip, opens the way for civilians to return and protects what remains of state institutions. Along that same path, the Sudanese people stand with patience and determination, each contributing what they can to rebuild what has been destroyed, clean public facilities, revive essential services, and repair the damage the war has left behind in healthcare, education, markets, and daily life. As Sudanese people try to rise from beneath the rubble, with limited resources and an unbreakable will, the world stands witness to the catastrophic impact of the support provided by the UAE to this militia. One of the richest countries in the world is, through that support, contributing to the destruction of a country exhausted by war and poverty. Yet this destruction has failed to break the will of the Sudanese people or take away their ability to endure, rebuild, and rise again. #Sudan #RSFIsATerroristOrganization #UAEKillsSudanese #UAESponsorsTerrorism

In Al-Kurmuk, the UAE-Backed Rapid Support Militia Continues Its Pattern of Destruction: Looting the Health Insurance Center, Leaving Civilians to Rebuild, as the Army and the People Confront the Impact of Destruction Sponsored by One of the World’s Richest Countries At the Health Insurance Center in the city of Al-Kurmuk, another familiar face of the crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia appeared in the towns and villages it entered. Looted rooms, scattered papers, an empty pharmacy, and a medical laboratory stripped of its contents. The scene sums up what has happened in many parts of Sudan, where the militia enters public service institutions, leaves them in ruins, and forces civilians to confront the aftermath of destruction once the fighting stops. The man’s voice in the video carries clear pain as he walks through the center. He speaks with the bitterness of someone seeing a public effort lost before his eyes, and a health facility that once served people turned into a place of loss and looting. He speaks as someone who knows the center, its people, and its value, as if every destroyed room reminds him of those who worked there and those who once waited there for treatment and medicine. The Health Insurance Center in Al-Kurmuk was one of the city’s important health facilities. The Health Insurance administration had made major efforts to establish and equip it, providing medical equipment and devices, along with a fully equipped dental clinic, so it could offer healthcare and treatment services to the people of Al-Kurmuk and the surrounding areas. The center had also received praise from the senior administration of the fund because of the standard of services it provided and the quality of care it offered to patients. Then the militia came, extended its hand toward that effort, looted what it could, and destroyed what it left behind. Years of work and construction were lost in moments of recklessness, and the citizen was left to pay the price. A looted pharmacy means a patient searching for medicine and finding nothing. An empty laboratory means a medical service has stopped. A destroyed center means that a city and its surrounding areas have lost a facility that supported people in times of illness and need. This behavior is familiar from the Rapid Support Forces militia. In every city and village it entered, the same scene was repeated in different forms: homes looted, facilities vandalized, institutions destroyed, and the daily lives of civilians targeted. Schools, health centers, markets, and service facilities became targets of looting and destruction, as if the aim was to break society and strip it of the foundations of life. In Al-Kurmuk, the video reveals part of the cost that awaits Sudanese people after the militia leaves any area. Liberation opens the road for life to return, while also exposing the scale of destruction that requires difficult work. Civilians need more than security. They need medicine to return, laboratories to function again, pharmacies to be restored, facilities to be repaired, and trust in public service institutions to be rebuilt. At this stage, the responsibility of the army and the people moves along the same path. The Sudanese army, after fighting the battle of liberation and paying with the blood of its soldiers to recover towns and villages from the militia’s grip, opens the way for civilians to return and protects what remains of state institutions. Along that same path, the Sudanese people stand with patience and determination, each contributing what they can to rebuild what has been destroyed, clean public facilities, revive essential services, and repair the damage the war has left behind in healthcare, education, markets, and daily life. As Sudanese people try to rise from beneath the rubble, with limited resources and an unbreakable will, the world stands witness to the catastrophic impact of the support provided by the UAE to this militia. One of the richest countries in the world is, through that support, contributing to the destruction of a country exhausted by war and poverty. Yet this destruction has failed to break the will of the Sudanese people or take away their ability to endure, rebuild, and rise again. #Sudan #RSFIsATerroristOrganization #UAEKillsSudanese #UAESponsorsTerrorism

Sudanese Echo

36,781 views • 2 months ago

Jubilation Rocks Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) as Power is Restored After Years of Outage, Students Express Gratitude to Governor Otti. Students of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) have taken to celebration, expressing deep gratitude to Governor Alex Otti’s administration following the restoration of electricity and steady water supply to their hostels after many years of blackout. This joy is not misplaced. For years, ABSUTH students endured unimaginable hardship in an institution where electricity and water, basic essentials of any health facility were absent. The very teaching hospital that should represent life and healing was abandoned, left to decay, and eventually lost accreditation. In those dark years, ABSUTH became a symbol of neglect, a place where the living struggled to survive and even the dead couldn't rest in peace. Ironically, the very past administrations that failed the institution are today demanding accountability from the same governor who is painstakingly restoring its glory. At the inception of Governor Alex Otti’s administration, he declared a state of emergency on health institutions. ABSUTH was among the first beneficiaries of the New Abia Touch. Accreditation was restored, arrears owed to workers for years were cleared, facilities were rehabilitated, and the hospital buildings were given a human face. Today, ABSUTH is once again a center of excellence, producing graduates who can stand proudly anywhere in the world. The restoration of electricity is more than a symbolic victory, it is a life-saving necessity. With power restored, emergencies can be attended to effectively, surgeries will no longer be at the mercy of darkness, and patient care will improve drastically. Just recently, a 430kWh battery storage system and 150kVA inverter solar power system was installed at the Abia Multi-Specialist Hospital to further enhance service delivery. Governor Otti’s vision is clear and succinct; with uninterrupted power, Abia’s health institutions can thrive, respond swiftly to emergencies, and save countless lives. It does not end there. Across the state, 100 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) have been reconstructed to provide accessible, door-to-door healthcare, even in the most rural communities. This is the New Abia breathing life into what years of misrule had suffocated. Governor Otti has repeatedly assured Abians that the state will soon become a medical tourism destination, a promise already taking shape with the proposed Abia Medical City, a $1.3 billion world-class facility set to transform healthcare delivery in Africa. So, when you see Abians rejoicing, praising progress, and rejecting those who seek to return to power through propaganda, understand their joy. A people who endured 24 years of ruin and are finally seeing light will never again embrace darkness. For the first time in decades, Abians are experiencing real, intentional governance and are united in their resolve for continuity. As for those in the opposition, the door of repentance is still open. They can either embrace this new era of progress and join in rebuilding Abia from the ground up, or remain in their shadows of mischief. My name is Miracle Chukwunenye, a proud Aba boy who now walks tall when called Nwa Aba, because indeed, dignity has returned to that name. Thank you, Governor Alex Otti, for keeping your promises to Ndi Abia and for being prepared to do even more. Miracle Chukwunenye August 28, 2025

Jubilation Rocks Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) as Power is Restored After Years of Outage, Students Express Gratitude to Governor Otti. Students of Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) have taken to celebration, expressing deep gratitude to Governor Alex Otti’s administration following the restoration of electricity and steady water supply to their hostels after many years of blackout. This joy is not misplaced. For years, ABSUTH students endured unimaginable hardship in an institution where electricity and water, basic essentials of any health facility were absent. The very teaching hospital that should represent life and healing was abandoned, left to decay, and eventually lost accreditation. In those dark years, ABSUTH became a symbol of neglect, a place where the living struggled to survive and even the dead couldn't rest in peace. Ironically, the very past administrations that failed the institution are today demanding accountability from the same governor who is painstakingly restoring its glory. At the inception of Governor Alex Otti’s administration, he declared a state of emergency on health institutions. ABSUTH was among the first beneficiaries of the New Abia Touch. Accreditation was restored, arrears owed to workers for years were cleared, facilities were rehabilitated, and the hospital buildings were given a human face. Today, ABSUTH is once again a center of excellence, producing graduates who can stand proudly anywhere in the world. The restoration of electricity is more than a symbolic victory, it is a life-saving necessity. With power restored, emergencies can be attended to effectively, surgeries will no longer be at the mercy of darkness, and patient care will improve drastically. Just recently, a 430kWh battery storage system and 150kVA inverter solar power system was installed at the Abia Multi-Specialist Hospital to further enhance service delivery. Governor Otti’s vision is clear and succinct; with uninterrupted power, Abia’s health institutions can thrive, respond swiftly to emergencies, and save countless lives. It does not end there. Across the state, 100 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCs) have been reconstructed to provide accessible, door-to-door healthcare, even in the most rural communities. This is the New Abia breathing life into what years of misrule had suffocated. Governor Otti has repeatedly assured Abians that the state will soon become a medical tourism destination, a promise already taking shape with the proposed Abia Medical City, a $1.3 billion world-class facility set to transform healthcare delivery in Africa. So, when you see Abians rejoicing, praising progress, and rejecting those who seek to return to power through propaganda, understand their joy. A people who endured 24 years of ruin and are finally seeing light will never again embrace darkness. For the first time in decades, Abians are experiencing real, intentional governance and are united in their resolve for continuity. As for those in the opposition, the door of repentance is still open. They can either embrace this new era of progress and join in rebuilding Abia from the ground up, or remain in their shadows of mischief. My name is Miracle Chukwunenye, a proud Aba boy who now walks tall when called Nwa Aba, because indeed, dignity has returned to that name. Thank you, Governor Alex Otti, for keeping your promises to Ndi Abia and for being prepared to do even more. Miracle Chukwunenye August 28, 2025

KEPUKEPU TV 📺

20,679 views • 1 year ago

This video has been extremely painful to watch for any sane Zimbabwean. It has made Zimbabweans the butt of jokes across the region, especially in Southern Africa and other African countries on social media. I have written extensively about the father of this child, Paul Tungwarara, who is President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s so-called Presidential Investment Adviser. You see, this is what shows just how detached President Emmerson Mnangagwa has become from the realities of the lives Zimbabweans are living and how ordinary citizens actually feel about him. I do not know whether his intelligence services are failing to give him the correct information, whether he receives the correct information and simply ignores it, or whether this is now a reflection of a deeply dysfunctional system in which people around him are too afraid to tell him the truth. What is clear is that a cartel of opportunists like Paul Tungwarara has formed around him, abusing proximity to power while lacking the emotional intelligence to understand what should and should not be done in public. They think these comical stunts are pleasing him, when in reality they are humiliating him, destroying his image, and ensuring that no meaningful legacy remains behind him. You cannot go to one of the biggest hospitals in Zimbabwe and humiliate nurses by asking them to dance for US$100 as if they are beggars. It is degrading and insulting in a country where healthcare workers are already suffering because of economic collapse and poor governance. It does not end there. Paul Tungwarara’s daughter, Tinotenda Tungwarara, went to the Mbudzi Interchange in Harare, threw around US$500, and asked desperate Zimbabweans to scramble for the money. People went because they are suffering. They have been pushed into abject poverty, humiliation, and economic desperation by years of economic failure under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. This is precisely why many Zimbabweans are rejecting any attempt to extend the Constitution to give him an extra two years in office. If Zimbabwe had a functioning economy, if citizens had jobs, dignity, decent salaries, and functioning public services, people would not care much about political manoeuvres. Across Africa, citizens tolerate many things from politicians as long as their quality of life is improving or at least stable. But this is different. This is public humiliation of citizens by people connected to power. And if somebody close to the President is reading this, please whisper this into his ear that the people around him are damaging him politically every single day with these idiotic and comical antics. If there is ever an attempt to remove him from office, these actions are creating the emotional atmosphere that would make citizens support such a move. It is almost as if the people around him are deliberately creating a body of evidence to justify his political downfall. Nothing destroys a leader faster than surrounding himself with arrogant people who mistake public suffering for entertainment, and who are detached from public opinion. As for these nurses, journalists cannot continue writing about these things forever. We do not have an opposition or a political opposition leader, so we have reached a point where Zimbabweans need to use their own heads and decide what kind of society they want to live in. If nurses are prepared to be abused and humiliated like that, then they have become part of the problem. A society that normalises the humiliation of professionals, especially healthcare workers who are already working under terrible conditions, has much deeper problems than it is prepared to admit. At some point, you also have to reflect on what some South Africans have been saying, that Zimbabweans have chosen a timid path of enduring abuse and humiliation. I do not think that in any normal society people would be made to dance like that for crumbs, it is deeply dehumanising. There comes a point where people must ask themselves difficult questions about what they are prepared to tolerate and why they continue tolerating it. The excruciating level of unsophisticated behaviour is shocking. Chibharanzi chaicho. I cannot believe that a state with intelligence services would allow something like this to happen publicly. The level at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule has sunk is absolutely staggering. I know there are people inside that government who fully understand exactly what I am saying, that this has now reached a point where the entire country is being embarrassed and humiliated by these antics. Zimbabwe is being laughed at across the region, on the continent, and beyond. And the frightening part is that a President who is supposed to be the first citizen of the country, either cannot understand, is failing to understand, or has completely lost the capacity to understand that this is wrong. That is what makes this situation so alarming. I want to speak directly to President Mnangagwa. If any one of your soldiers were to decide to go into the streets and move against you because of this behaviour, which you have failed to curtail and stop, I want to assure you, sir, that the majority of Zimbabweans would support such a person. I do not know whether that is what you want, or whether you understand that things have now sunk that low, from the gutter into the sewer. And to all the people who are behaving like this, humiliating Zimbabweans, making them dance for trinkets, putting money under the interchange and asking people to go and look for it, preying on their poverty, the abject poverty that has been induced by your actions, I want to assure you that when the day comes that the President is no longer there, you will be dragged into the streets. Some of you will face brutal consequences, and unfortunately, many Zimbabweans will celebrate because of your behaviour and the humiliation you have subjected people to. You are not the first people to have access to state money, and you will not be the last. Across the continent, there are many people with access to state resources, but they are far more sophisticated than you are. They understand how to behave, how to carry themselves, and how not to embarrass their principal and dehumanise suffering citizens. When elites begin turning citizens’ suffering into entertainment, they should never forget that history has a brutal way of eventually humiliating those who humiliate others.

This video has been extremely painful to watch for any sane Zimbabwean. It has made Zimbabweans the butt of jokes across the region, especially in Southern Africa and other African countries on social media. I have written extensively about the father of this child, Paul Tungwarara, who is President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s so-called Presidential Investment Adviser. You see, this is what shows just how detached President Emmerson Mnangagwa has become from the realities of the lives Zimbabweans are living and how ordinary citizens actually feel about him. I do not know whether his intelligence services are failing to give him the correct information, whether he receives the correct information and simply ignores it, or whether this is now a reflection of a deeply dysfunctional system in which people around him are too afraid to tell him the truth. What is clear is that a cartel of opportunists like Paul Tungwarara has formed around him, abusing proximity to power while lacking the emotional intelligence to understand what should and should not be done in public. They think these comical stunts are pleasing him, when in reality they are humiliating him, destroying his image, and ensuring that no meaningful legacy remains behind him. You cannot go to one of the biggest hospitals in Zimbabwe and humiliate nurses by asking them to dance for US$100 as if they are beggars. It is degrading and insulting in a country where healthcare workers are already suffering because of economic collapse and poor governance. It does not end there. Paul Tungwarara’s daughter, Tinotenda Tungwarara, went to the Mbudzi Interchange in Harare, threw around US$500, and asked desperate Zimbabweans to scramble for the money. People went because they are suffering. They have been pushed into abject poverty, humiliation, and economic desperation by years of economic failure under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. This is precisely why many Zimbabweans are rejecting any attempt to extend the Constitution to give him an extra two years in office. If Zimbabwe had a functioning economy, if citizens had jobs, dignity, decent salaries, and functioning public services, people would not care much about political manoeuvres. Across Africa, citizens tolerate many things from politicians as long as their quality of life is improving or at least stable. But this is different. This is public humiliation of citizens by people connected to power. And if somebody close to the President is reading this, please whisper this into his ear that the people around him are damaging him politically every single day with these idiotic and comical antics. If there is ever an attempt to remove him from office, these actions are creating the emotional atmosphere that would make citizens support such a move. It is almost as if the people around him are deliberately creating a body of evidence to justify his political downfall. Nothing destroys a leader faster than surrounding himself with arrogant people who mistake public suffering for entertainment, and who are detached from public opinion. As for these nurses, journalists cannot continue writing about these things forever. We do not have an opposition or a political opposition leader, so we have reached a point where Zimbabweans need to use their own heads and decide what kind of society they want to live in. If nurses are prepared to be abused and humiliated like that, then they have become part of the problem. A society that normalises the humiliation of professionals, especially healthcare workers who are already working under terrible conditions, has much deeper problems than it is prepared to admit. At some point, you also have to reflect on what some South Africans have been saying, that Zimbabweans have chosen a timid path of enduring abuse and humiliation. I do not think that in any normal society people would be made to dance like that for crumbs, it is deeply dehumanising. There comes a point where people must ask themselves difficult questions about what they are prepared to tolerate and why they continue tolerating it. The excruciating level of unsophisticated behaviour is shocking. Chibharanzi chaicho. I cannot believe that a state with intelligence services would allow something like this to happen publicly. The level at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule has sunk is absolutely staggering. I know there are people inside that government who fully understand exactly what I am saying, that this has now reached a point where the entire country is being embarrassed and humiliated by these antics. Zimbabwe is being laughed at across the region, on the continent, and beyond. And the frightening part is that a President who is supposed to be the first citizen of the country, either cannot understand, is failing to understand, or has completely lost the capacity to understand that this is wrong. That is what makes this situation so alarming. I want to speak directly to President Mnangagwa. If any one of your soldiers were to decide to go into the streets and move against you because of this behaviour, which you have failed to curtail and stop, I want to assure you, sir, that the majority of Zimbabweans would support such a person. I do not know whether that is what you want, or whether you understand that things have now sunk that low, from the gutter into the sewer. And to all the people who are behaving like this, humiliating Zimbabweans, making them dance for trinkets, putting money under the interchange and asking people to go and look for it, preying on their poverty, the abject poverty that has been induced by your actions, I want to assure you that when the day comes that the President is no longer there, you will be dragged into the streets. Some of you will face brutal consequences, and unfortunately, many Zimbabweans will celebrate because of your behaviour and the humiliation you have subjected people to. You are not the first people to have access to state money, and you will not be the last. Across the continent, there are many people with access to state resources, but they are far more sophisticated than you are. They understand how to behave, how to carry themselves, and how not to embarrass their principal and dehumanise suffering citizens. When elites begin turning citizens’ suffering into entertainment, they should never forget that history has a brutal way of eventually humiliating those who humiliate others.

Hopewell Chin’ono

77,733 views • 4 months ago

Prince William carved out a unique chapter in his life by serving as an air ambulance pilot. This role, far from the pomp and ceremony, showcased a different facet of the future king: one of service, skill, and a commitment to saving lives 🚁🚑❤️‍🩹 His journey into the world of aviation began with his training in the RAF, where he qualified as a search and rescue pilot. This training equipped him with the skills to navigate and operate in high-pressure situations, skills that would later prove invaluable in his civilian role. From 2015 to 2017, Prince William joined the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) as a pilot. Here, he was not just a royal but an active, hands-on member of the team. His days were spent flying the helicopter that ferried critical care teams to accident scenes and hospitals, often under challenging conditions, even at times he assisted with CPR ❤️ This job required not only technical flying prowess but also a deep understanding of medical emergencies, as he needed to coordinate with paramedics and doctors during flights and on the ground. William's role with the East Anglian Air Ambulance involved responding to a range of traumatic incidents, including severe road traffic accidents, medical emergencies like heart attacks, and suicide attempts 😔 Many experiences deeply affected his mental and emotional state. One particularly traumatic incident involved a young boy called Bobby Hughes, critically injured in a car accident. This event, among others, led William to internalise the trauma, realising he was "taking home people's trauma, people's sadness," which significantly impacted his mental health 🥺 Despite the emotional toll, these experiences underscored his commitment to public service, showcasing his ability to connect with people on a human level, far beyond his royal duties. His work not only highlighted the challenges of dealing with life-and-death situations but also his resilience and dedication to mental health advocacy, influencing his public engagements and advocacy work post-piloting with initiatives like Heads Together, @GiveUsAShout 💜 and The Mental Health at Work Commitment for The Emergency Services – an unprecedented agreement signed by senior leaders across UK emergency services to implement a uniform set of mental health standards to support their 400,000 staff. The commitment forms part of the Blue Light Together package of mental health support that gives emergency responders, their friends, families and retirees access to a resource website providing specialised mental health information, therapists & advice. 🚑🚓🚒🚁 The prince's tenure with the EAAA was marked by humility and dedication. He often spoke of the privilege of being part of a team that made a tangible difference in people's lives, sometimes literally saving them. 🫡 His colleagues praised his professionalism, noting that he was treated like any other pilot, with no special treatment despite his royal status and he’s a highly respected & skilled pilot. This role allowed William to connect with the public in a profoundly human way. It wasn't about royal engagements or ceremonial duties; it was about being there in moments of crisis, offering medical assistance when it was most needed. His work highlighted the importance of public service and the impact one can have when they choose to use their skills for the greater good 😊 His time as an air ambulance pilot was not just a job; it was a testament to his character, showing a man who, despite his royal lineage, sought to serve his country in the most direct and impactful way possible. This experience undoubtedly shaped his perspective on life, duty, and the value of every individual, reinforcing his commitment to public service in all its forms. William is patron of London's Air Ambulance Charity London's Air Ambulance Charity #PrinceWilliam #LionofWindsor🦁 🚁🚑

Prince William carved out a unique chapter in his life by serving as an air ambulance pilot. This role, far from the pomp and ceremony, showcased a different facet of the future king: one of service, skill, and a commitment to saving lives 🚁🚑❤️‍🩹 His journey into the world of aviation began with his training in the RAF, where he qualified as a search and rescue pilot. This training equipped him with the skills to navigate and operate in high-pressure situations, skills that would later prove invaluable in his civilian role. From 2015 to 2017, Prince William joined the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) as a pilot. Here, he was not just a royal but an active, hands-on member of the team. His days were spent flying the helicopter that ferried critical care teams to accident scenes and hospitals, often under challenging conditions, even at times he assisted with CPR ❤️ This job required not only technical flying prowess but also a deep understanding of medical emergencies, as he needed to coordinate with paramedics and doctors during flights and on the ground. William's role with the East Anglian Air Ambulance involved responding to a range of traumatic incidents, including severe road traffic accidents, medical emergencies like heart attacks, and suicide attempts 😔 Many experiences deeply affected his mental and emotional state. One particularly traumatic incident involved a young boy called Bobby Hughes, critically injured in a car accident. This event, among others, led William to internalise the trauma, realising he was "taking home people's trauma, people's sadness," which significantly impacted his mental health 🥺 Despite the emotional toll, these experiences underscored his commitment to public service, showcasing his ability to connect with people on a human level, far beyond his royal duties. His work not only highlighted the challenges of dealing with life-and-death situations but also his resilience and dedication to mental health advocacy, influencing his public engagements and advocacy work post-piloting with initiatives like Heads Together, @GiveUsAShout 💜 and The Mental Health at Work Commitment for The Emergency Services – an unprecedented agreement signed by senior leaders across UK emergency services to implement a uniform set of mental health standards to support their 400,000 staff. The commitment forms part of the Blue Light Together package of mental health support that gives emergency responders, their friends, families and retirees access to a resource website providing specialised mental health information, therapists & advice. 🚑🚓🚒🚁 The prince's tenure with the EAAA was marked by humility and dedication. He often spoke of the privilege of being part of a team that made a tangible difference in people's lives, sometimes literally saving them. 🫡 His colleagues praised his professionalism, noting that he was treated like any other pilot, with no special treatment despite his royal status and he’s a highly respected & skilled pilot. This role allowed William to connect with the public in a profoundly human way. It wasn't about royal engagements or ceremonial duties; it was about being there in moments of crisis, offering medical assistance when it was most needed. His work highlighted the importance of public service and the impact one can have when they choose to use their skills for the greater good 😊 His time as an air ambulance pilot was not just a job; it was a testament to his character, showing a man who, despite his royal lineage, sought to serve his country in the most direct and impactful way possible. This experience undoubtedly shaped his perspective on life, duty, and the value of every individual, reinforcing his commitment to public service in all its forms. William is patron of London's Air Ambulance Charity London's Air Ambulance Charity #PrinceWilliam #LionofWindsor🦁 🚁🚑

The British Prince

221,006 views • 2 years ago

I wish this video wasn’t relevant again, but here we are. To those who say politics aren’t personal, my life tells a different story. In 2011, I lost my partner. Sadly, our love had not been legally recognized at the state or federal level, and in the raw aftermath of his death, I faced discrimination that compounded my grief. This experience ignited my journey advocating for marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights, through public speaking, a documentary called “Bridegroom,” and my YouTube video, “It Could Happen To You.” I knew then, as I know now, that my story was not unique. This fight has always been, and will always be, deeply personal. Over the years, we have celebrated significant victories, like the repeal of Prop 8 in California and the nationwide end of DOMA. These hard-won rights came through decades of relentless advocacy and sacrifice by LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. But today, these gains are once again at risk. We must stay vigilant to protect them. The threat to marriage equality is not hypothetical. The President-elect has openly stated his intention to appoint Supreme Court justices who could dismantle marriage rights at a federal level. Meanwhile, Republican leadership across the country continues to oppose LGBTQ+ protections. Civil rights should never be contingent on geography. We must stand united in protecting these essential freedoms—not just for ourselves, but for future generations who deserve the dignity of equal treatment under the law. Together, let’s make sure that love, equality, and dignity remain protected for all. Our love, our families, our futures are worth fighting for. I know many of us feel hopeless and scared right now, but here are some ways you can take action to protect yourselves and the LGBTQ+ community RIGHT NOW. This is in no way comprehensive, merely a starting point for those who want/need it. PROTECTING OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY ACTION GUIDE 1. LEGAL PROTECTIONS A. Essential Documentation -Update your will -Name spouse/partner explicitly -Detail specific wishes for assets -Consider impact on family benefits B. Legal Safeguards -Create living trust -Secure medical power of attorney -Obtain financial power of attorney -Draft advance healthcare directives C. Family Protection -Complete second parent adoption -Update birth certificates -Secure guardianship documents -Create custody arrangements D. Legal Resources -Find LGBTQ+ friendly lawyers via lgbtqbar. org -Get free consultations when available -Keep copies of all documents in secure location -Share copies with trusted family/friends 2. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT A. Financial Support -Human Rights Campaign (national advocacy) -Lambda Legal (legal defense) -GLAAD (media representation) -The Trevor Project (youth support) -Local LGBTQ+ centers and shelters B. Economic Action -Research and support LGBTQ+ owned businesses -Prioritize Black, BIPOC, and women/femme owned enterprises -Share recommendations within community networks -Avoid companies with anti-LGBTQ+ practices C. Active Participation -Attend local drag shows and cultural events -Support inclusive library programs -Join Pride organizing committees -Attend town hall meetings -Participate in local LGBTQ+ groups D. Advocacy & Organization -Join Indivisible. org chapters -Connect with local activists -Register voters -Monitor and respond to local legislation 3. SHARING YOUR STORY A. Personal Empowerment -Reclaim and affirm personal narratives -Amplify LGBTQ+ voices to challenge stereotypes -Educate others about discrimination -Build connections for support and solidarity B. Speaking Out -Share when safe and appropriate -Connect with advocacy groups -Write to local papers -Speak at community meetings -Use social media thoughtfully Need resources? Call: • Trevor Project: 866-488-7386 • LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 • Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 #EqualLoveEqualRights

I wish this video wasn’t relevant again, but here we are. To those who say politics aren’t personal, my life tells a different story. In 2011, I lost my partner. Sadly, our love had not been legally recognized at the state or federal level, and in the raw aftermath of his death, I faced discrimination that compounded my grief. This experience ignited my journey advocating for marriage equality and LGBTQ+ rights, through public speaking, a documentary called “Bridegroom,” and my YouTube video, “It Could Happen To You.” I knew then, as I know now, that my story was not unique. This fight has always been, and will always be, deeply personal. Over the years, we have celebrated significant victories, like the repeal of Prop 8 in California and the nationwide end of DOMA. These hard-won rights came through decades of relentless advocacy and sacrifice by LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. But today, these gains are once again at risk. We must stay vigilant to protect them. The threat to marriage equality is not hypothetical. The President-elect has openly stated his intention to appoint Supreme Court justices who could dismantle marriage rights at a federal level. Meanwhile, Republican leadership across the country continues to oppose LGBTQ+ protections. Civil rights should never be contingent on geography. We must stand united in protecting these essential freedoms—not just for ourselves, but for future generations who deserve the dignity of equal treatment under the law. Together, let’s make sure that love, equality, and dignity remain protected for all. Our love, our families, our futures are worth fighting for. I know many of us feel hopeless and scared right now, but here are some ways you can take action to protect yourselves and the LGBTQ+ community RIGHT NOW. This is in no way comprehensive, merely a starting point for those who want/need it. PROTECTING OUR LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY ACTION GUIDE 1. LEGAL PROTECTIONS A. Essential Documentation -Update your will -Name spouse/partner explicitly -Detail specific wishes for assets -Consider impact on family benefits B. Legal Safeguards -Create living trust -Secure medical power of attorney -Obtain financial power of attorney -Draft advance healthcare directives C. Family Protection -Complete second parent adoption -Update birth certificates -Secure guardianship documents -Create custody arrangements D. Legal Resources -Find LGBTQ+ friendly lawyers via lgbtqbar. org -Get free consultations when available -Keep copies of all documents in secure location -Share copies with trusted family/friends 2. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT A. Financial Support -Human Rights Campaign (national advocacy) -Lambda Legal (legal defense) -GLAAD (media representation) -The Trevor Project (youth support) -Local LGBTQ+ centers and shelters B. Economic Action -Research and support LGBTQ+ owned businesses -Prioritize Black, BIPOC, and women/femme owned enterprises -Share recommendations within community networks -Avoid companies with anti-LGBTQ+ practices C. Active Participation -Attend local drag shows and cultural events -Support inclusive library programs -Join Pride organizing committees -Attend town hall meetings -Participate in local LGBTQ+ groups D. Advocacy & Organization -Join Indivisible. org chapters -Connect with local activists -Register voters -Monitor and respond to local legislation 3. SHARING YOUR STORY A. Personal Empowerment -Reclaim and affirm personal narratives -Amplify LGBTQ+ voices to challenge stereotypes -Educate others about discrimination -Build connections for support and solidarity B. Speaking Out -Share when safe and appropriate -Connect with advocacy groups -Write to local papers -Speak at community meetings -Use social media thoughtfully Need resources? Call: • Trevor Project: 866-488-7386 • LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564 • Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 #EqualLoveEqualRights

Shane Bitney Crone

18,663 views • 1 year ago

This is Professor Ellen Rungani, the daughter of the Zimbabwean national hero buried two days ago, Brigadier-General Victor Chikudo Rungani. She is explaining how her father died, three hospitals could not provide him with a mere ventilator. General Victor Chikudo Rungani was 76 years old when he passed away at Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Harare on April 22. He was honoured with a national hero’s burial at the National Heroes Acre. His wife, Senator Anna Rungani, is a member of the Zimbabwean Parliament under the ruling ZANUPF party, this is no ordinary Zimbabwean family, they are part of the pollical elite class of Zimbabwe. When the general fell ill, he was taken to a military hospital in Harare at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks, formerly known as KG6—short for King George VI, after whom the barracks were originally named. The military hospital there was so ill-equipped that it lacked the most basic medical equipment he needed, a ventilator. The military hospital could only provide a nebuliser, something that you and I can buy over the counter in a pharmacy. A nebuliser is a medical device used to administer medication in the form of a mist, which is inhaled into the lungs. It is commonly used for people with respiratory conditions such as asthma and other lung diseases. The general was then taken to Zimbabwe’s largest public health facility, the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, but still, no ventilator was available for him there. He was stuck there for days without a ventilator. He was subsequently taken to Westend Hospital, whose medical resources running into multiple millions of dollars were looted and plundered by government officials, including the President’s spokesman, George Charamba; yet again, no ventilator was found for the general to save his wife. Finally, he was taken to the ZAOGA church-owned Mbuya Dorcas Hospital in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb. By then, it was too late. The general died there simply because the public hospitals had no ventilators for him to use, and as a result, he caught a respiratory infection that probably killed him. When I speak about the importance of equipping public hospitals, it is because moments like this inevitably arise, where people die needlessly. I say these things because these public hospitals serve all of us regardless of political party affiliation or views, Despite being a general, a decorated war veteran and hero, an illustrious soldier and the husband of a senator, Brigadier-General Victor Chikudo Rungani died because Emmerson Mnangagwa has deliberately failed to provide basic medical equipment in public hospitals, due to the corruption he presides over as the Godfather of looting cartels. The NovaVent ventilator costs only US$500, and a standard low end hospital ventilator starts from around US$5,000, yet none was available to save this illustrious war hero and highly decorated general whose wife is a ZANUPF senator. All because Zimbabwe has a corrupt president who does not care about the citizens and only cares about looting public funds and enriching his family and inner circle of his clansmen. Seven years ago, I warned Zimbabweans that the entire country had only seven ventilators, mostly in private hospitals. Nobody in politics and authority listened and did something about my warning. Two years later, after my ominous warning, COVID-19 struck, and the first person to die because there was no ventilator was up-and-coming highly talented broadcaster, Zororo Makamba, who passed away on 23 March 2020. His father, James Makamba, is currently a ZANUPF Member of Parliament representing Mashonaland Central Province. I repeated the same call again a day after Zororo had died. I reminded Zimbabweans that one Range Rover can buy 80 hospital ventilators, which cost US$5,000 each. Instead of hanging their heads in shame, Mnangagwa and his thugs sent me to jail without trial for saying these things. Since then, Mnangagwa’s regime has bought thousands of Range Rovers for his inner circle in government and state-owned enterprises, known in Zimbabwe as parastatals, yet only a US$5,000 ventilator was needed to save the life of the general! Very little has changed since I made my first call to action about equipping public hospitals with ventilators. More Zimbabweans will continue to die, in both high and low places, until Zimbabweans decide that enough is enough and demand and action sanity. Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two deputies, General Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi, receive medical treatment abroad when they fall ill. The money they spend on a single hospital check-up in China, India, Dubai or South Africa could equip the military hospital or Parirenyatwa with ventilators and essential medical supplies, but they do not care, because it does not affect them! The stupidity of Zimbabwean leaders lies in their failure to understand that the money they spend on private jets to China, Dubai, India or South Africa looking for healthcare could equip all public hospitals with the very equipment they travel abroad for. They could be treated at home, and so could everyone else, but Mnangagwa doesn’t care at all about these life and death issues. The breathtaking stupidity of ZANUPF leaders, once predicted by Ian Smith and dismissed then as racist ranting, is now confirmed in Zimbabwe to the whole world daily. Now one of their own has died because they could not place a simple ventilator in a military hospital. Forget about public hospitals for us, the Povo, these ZANUPF leaders are so stupid they cannot even equip their own private military hospitals! What a useless and shameless bunch of clueless leaders! Things are so bad in Zimbabwean hospitals that South Africa had to evacuate one of its nationals by helicopter from Zimbabwe last week so they could receive proper yet basic medical attention. The tragic reality is that when I offered to supply this medical equipment to hospitals for free using my international networks and goodwill, the political class ganged up to demonise me, thinking I wanted to enter politics by helping people. To all those who did not understand why it is important to let those of us who have the capacity to equip these hospitals for free, this is your answer. Corrupt rule does not discriminate; it will find you regardless of who you are in society. You could be very wealthy, but if you are involved in a car accident in Murambinda or Tsholotsho, you will need emergency healthcare to stabilise you before being transferred to a hospital for the wealthy. You will not make it, you will die, along with all that money. Only because you didn’t realise the importance of equipping public hospitals for the poor and the ordinary when you still had the power to do so! I am sure you heard from the professor that her father, an illustrious war hero and military man, was taken to the private section of Parirenyatwa Public Hospital. This means that even the private section of this hospital, which used to be well equipped and where important political figures were once treated, has now collapsed too. Zimbabwe’s first post-colonial First Lady, Sally Mugabe, was treated there. The late Vice President Joshua Nkomo was treated there, as was the late Vice President Simon Muzenda. But under Mnangagwa, even the VIP section of this once-great hospital is now dilapidated and can’t provide for something so basic as a ventilator. Mnangagwa is so demented that he steals public money meant for hospitals, and when these high-profile figures die from his negligence and corrupt rule, he spends millions of state money on their funerals and burials. The state money used on the general’s funeral and burial was more than enough to have saved him and many other ordinary Zimbabweans, had the corrupt dictator simply invested in public hospitals. Meanwhile, the past, current and future victims of this man’s negligence are at the forefront of wanting him to continue misruling the country until 2030. Why, then, do we get angry when other nationalities call us stupid? Until Zimbabweans unite to fight this corrupt dictator as one, his political negligence and criminal misrule will continue to kill them one by one. Kuzvitambira kana kusazvitambira (ukuzamukela noma ukungamukeli), the truth remains what it is, factual!

Hopewell Chin’ono

106,289 views • 1 year ago