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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 --- 73 days ago http://www.huffingtonpost.com/macdonald-chuma/dear-madonna_b_101415.html
| Dear Madonna,
We are truly grateful for the attention that you have brought to our country. Through your personal life and care for your son David, your fundraising, and now with your new documentary film, I Am Because We Are , which examines the AIDS crisis in Malawi and the effect it has on our families, you have alerted the world to a crisis in our homeland. Your foundation, Raising Malawi , which uses community-based programs to provide assistance and outreach, has inspired others to lend a hand, as volunteer agencies have begun to receive an unprecedented amount of requests to take part in service projects in the country.
But there is another crisis in our country -- the crisis of poverty -- which exacerbates the AIDS crisis. Because we believe in your interest in Malawi, we are asking you to take a look at the struggles encountered on a daily basis by Malawi workers who simply want to provide a living wage for themselves and a better future for their children.
We represent 13,000 security guards who work for the British-owned multinational G4S , Africa's biggest multinational employer, representing 68% of the security business in Malawi. Our workers -- who guard big corporations, government offices and NGOs -- are paid on the average only $30 USD per month, a quarter of a living wage. Even with the seventeen hour days that most of the guards work, this is not enough to survive.
Many of the G4S workers ... |
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