Thursday, July 22, 2021

Many Performing Artists Will Survive This Pandemic! Some Won't!!!

Kofi Walker

As informative as this article is "Will Covid Shots Drive Mutated Variants?" Which I am reposting! We (Jamaicans and 3rd world countries) are powerless to the decision to take the vaccine. It is now the new policy for many companies including major government agencies requiring proof of vaccination to maintain your state of employment or to be employed! It is becoming as common as the requirement for a food handlers permit to serve food and beverages to the public. Teachers can not go back to the classroom come September unvaccinated! Pharmaceutical lobbyists as well as other invested parties are doing quite well!

My Mom is adamant she will not take Moderna nor Pfizer! She wants the Johnson & Johnson 1 shot! I have not taken any vaccines also! Admittedly I’m sceptic. Even if we were eager to take the vaccines sooner, the challenges to do so are exhausterbating. Though I have signed up online for the vaccine, we have not been contacted. Though I have consulted with our local clinic, we have been referred to go online, the number of calls to the "Covid help line" is a waste of phone credit. Majority of persons would rather save the phone credit to call their loved ones in the diaspora for help, to aid them with food, utility bills, medications for the sick, and elderly or for the dead!

I have been out of work; since March 12, 2020 and there are NO social programs for many Jamaicans who have been affected by this pandemic. Somehow, though there are serious social and economical challenges, Jamaicans in charge of governing this nation (am unsure if it is) an attempt to be strong in the face of adversity, but our political advocates seem to be ignoring a significant part of the nation that is seriously struggling and even social organizations such as churches are overwhelmed with the demands for help.

Our Finance Minister in a recent presentation on National TV expressed to the nation, 'once they are over 60 years old, have been vaccinated they can apply for a grant of $10,000.00 JA dollars!' That is not even enough for a week supply of food for many families in Jamaica. You would also have to apply online! How many poor rural families can afford to; let alone have the resources to do so? This highlights the level of disconnect between our political representatives and the common people. Dr. Clarke $10,000.00 JA dollars can't feed 50 'day ole' chickens for the layman market!

I’m anti-politics, but tonight I reached out to a ambitious politician who jumped ship from PNP – JLP, I offered my services to support her campaign because I am hoping to get some well needed support! Even though she is not campaigning in my area! But one has to find a way to become relevant or even more so, in this new climate, seek to find new purpose in life to ascertain acknowledgment and or maintain survival.

Today some people allegedly, spent more than 6 hours at the local clinic waiting on the dispensation of free medication. I got 5 of 9 meds! That took lots of patience… I gave in the prescription from yesterday! Others were complaining that they gave theirs in since Monday! So I was blessed, I waited less than 3 hours. I take my hat off to our frontline workers, these pharmacist at our local clinics sometimes dispenses up to 300 prescriptions per day and with accuracy (allegedly)!!!

Our PM is about to shut down the country again!!! That will without a doubt affect our DITP (Dance In the Park) activities. His security details has stepped up since the assassination of the Haitian PM also. So this region is on the verge of new realities.

I am just wondering how many more inflations, lockdowns, ZOSO's and inequality we can take before we explode? I'm trying to survive it all. And I hope you do the same!

Love, light, guidance and respect!

 

Monday, March 8, 2021

Speaking My Mind - We can do better than this!

Arm broken by her brother! Authorities unable to act in her favour!

 Corona?

How can we follow protocols when in reality there have been hardly any support for the citizens of the island? Making a fuss over 50,000 vaccine for an island of 3 million people is hogwash!

It is impossible to curve the spread of the virus if there is no monitoring of general public commute (i.e. the overloading of busses) including JUTC. All you do is lament about how much you have lost in the last year, rather than implement proactive measure to protect our people. How do you curve this pandemic, if there are no free testing? Free Testing on Red Hill Road in Kingston does not constitute the country.

Coping With Joblessness

It is the love of friends, and thankfully the positive impact I have made on the lives of some special people who have made sure that my mother and I have survived this rapid social and economic change.

I have at my disposal a piece of land, so I have been challenging myself to cultivate it! Farming is not easy, but every seedling I see pop up gives me some excitement. Clearing land has become a dance of will and a test of strength!

How Do Artists survive?

Younger Jamaican artist are more creatively aggressive than I am. Some freelance male-dancers have been applying other skills, working in construction, food and beverage, sales etc; those who are tech savvy have been sharing their dance works on-line. Others have been forced to be engaged in nefarious activities for sure. Nonetheless, I am so proud of how resilient we are as a nation, and I hope that "Dance In The Park" will be able to change lives, especially for children and young men.

Response to Covid-19: Due The Lack of Support for the Elderly & The Less Fortunate People Of Jamaica.

Some effects of this pandemic!

There is an increase in domestic violence, underage pregnancies, incest, prostitution and pernicious activities that goes against our cultural values. somehow there seem to be neglect from government towards all of the above and more...! NGO's as well as churches are overwhelmed with the demands of people reaching out to them for food, let alone all the other socially disenfranchised people they have to attend to! You will not see any of this in our local media, because we are supposed to be a proud nation. The reality is that, more people (young and old) are suffering from mental illnesses. More elderly persons are left abandoned,  some left to die in bushes by their family because they don't have the resources necessary to support their love ones.

I salute my mom for her strength and love for which I now rely on to overcome so many challenges! Even though she is unwell she gives me strength! So have many other women in my life and I thank you all for being kind, generous and giving. In one word that is LOVE

Now that I have rediscovered this blog, I am going to be using this as my medium for more of the Intimate and Activist "Kofi Walker" that I have always been. This will be my space for being real down to earth...! 

Please check out the other post on here before I delete them!


We shall overcome!


Love, Light and guidance!


Kofi

The Passionate One!