RE: Middle Income is just a label to Charles

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Kwaku A. Danso

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May 14, 2013, 1:34:41 AM5/14/13

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Brenya,

Yes, I don’t think Bill Gates said he invented it – that is why I put it that way.

He is just deploying it throughout to solve the problems of medicinal delivery.

I think the support is there but people need to be told specifically what they can do to help.

For example I receive so much mail from the Obama for America and Organizing for America, and many other Organizations every single day! So much I delete most of them now without even reading them.

If you narrow down specifics, I think you will get more support than you think. We can use some of their payment methods also, sing Paypal and other means of contributing.

K. Danso

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Kwaku et al:

I saw the show. It was good. Bill had taken pictures similar to mine. See how he gets kudos? Recall the photos I sent and said I had much more? The ones I first sent from Nima in July? We do work hard. Not just talk. BTW I also I read Charles piece. Charles i response: as one person amongst the whole I work harder than just about any one I know. And I am well respected for what I do. The years have gone by - and yes I am respected for my out comes. Support - please - from who? You? Nope. So we can not start putting every one down. We have to rather uplift and be mindful to uplift. We must be mindful not to categorically put the whole down. Being judgmental does not work anymore. Being assumptive often leads one down the Alice in Wonderland hole of no return.

So when it comes to talk the talk do the action. Hey - here I stand. And many l here can testify to that. So let us e have too much to do if we want to do. Many of us do not just talk we are working hard really hard to make a difference, and with little to no support. So as I always say before I disappear again - come on - try to be nice - and support. I am bent on increasing my support girth amongst many nationalities. And I am loving it......

We would do well to support our own more - don't we. Or? I shall remain hopeful that Ghanaians will support me, mine and my work path and service path more beginning as of right now. Smile.

Kwaku btw Bill did not invent such Container - My Dad and others with the World Health Organization were communicating about this type container decades ago. Dad was talking about this when as medical sociologist he was going on his rounds, with various practitioners, to diverse rural areas throughout our Nation.

Bill is briefed by men and women like Dad. The engineers have been working on these containers for a long time. In my husband's lab in 1993 I saw a similar one. I was told not to put my hand in it or it could get ice burnt.

Brenya

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Kwaku A. Danso <k.d...@comcast.net> wrote:

Bren,

No clue why the policy but even a friend but who was a Professor of Law was forced to retire at 60. I have heard Medical Doctors are retired also.

Perhaps they are trying to create room for the younger lecturers or professionals ones coming – maybe too many Doctors and Engineers and Professors in Ghana.

When UN and WB statistics shows average life expectancy of 57, it does not mean the average person does at 57. Many of our old people live beyond 77 or 80 years old. My mother and her three siblings are all alive and uncles in their mid 80s to 90s. I think possibly the 57 average life expectancy was misinterpreted by some policy maker some years back and stuck. What is happening is that the Under-5 Mortality rate is very high, about 87-90/1,000 due before age 5. That is 9 out of every 100 dying before age 5. BTW did you guys see Bill Gates in Ghana on CBS 60 Minutes? Incredible what a curious mind, with money, can do. He has invented or has built for him a container that can keep the medicines at colder temperatures for many days whiles in the hot tropical climate, with no electricity or refrigerator.

K. Danso

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Subject: Re: [Odadee83:10233] Middle Income is just a label by Prof S Adei

Thank you Kwaku and brothers.:

Nice to be greeted. Thank you for the kind words. Appreciated. Happy Mother's Day GLU sisters.

It was a lovely day for me. Since I have empty nest - my babies are grown I happily trekked to 3 churches today to pay respects to our God. He is a wonderful Creator. He has Blessed us mightily. I went to a 9 a.m. service. 11 a.m. (south African Church and then went to our 1 pm bible study/service (new Ghana church). Such service ended at 3 p.m. Much joy there - was given a beautiful rose and handkerchief that reminded me of home.

It was a lovely day indeed. God is so good. So gracious. My son sent me flowers. My daughter sent me chocolate covered strawberries - packed in San Diego! My goodness. Talk about Blessings.

Here in the United States 60 years old is too young for retirement. At 60 many are now trying out their third career. Many wnat to see if a third career path fits at 60.

Disclaimer: However one may hear of the public school teacher who has decided to retire from the school system and try their hand say at doing photography as a new career. Or a 50 plus military retiree now trying to be a teacher. It is so interesting.

Yet in Ghana 60 is still retirement. This stunned me. What does that mean for us then? Does that mean we are too old? I had never really thought of this. I am stunned. Humm I am learning.

Let me re read what you wrote below.

Humm but what happens to all those men flung around Ghana then who have sirred yet another child in their "old" age with yet another woman?

What must we do? See my attached video clips - and I am 52. Sent to motivate. Not ready to retire at 60. So much more to share in service. Perhaps I should not be so active?

see also:

http://c4c.bthvision.org/

Cheers,

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Kwaku A. Danso <k.d...@comcast.net> wrote:

Brenya,

Happy Mother’s Day.

Amazing you are thinking of the children of Ghana! Only a good mother would do that!

Point is that the black man is showing ourselves

(1) Culturally incapable of Planning for the future,

(2) Our leadership have shown total lack of love and concern for their fellow human beings to even think of extending Social Security benefits to the so-called informal sector, and

(3) For the formal sector with benefits, even to adjust their retirement benefits to inflation rate.

My sister told me how sad it was to see mature men who when told retirement was around the corner, would go and swear affidavits to change their birthdates.

It is so sad that a man like Kufuor would push his secretary to write for him to get ex-gratia benefits of 2 Houses, 6 Vehicles (one of them SUV), $1 million for his Library, and 2 Vacations per year with overseas travel and 6 Bodyguards! The total comes to over $5 million whiles annually Ghana owes him his salary till he dies and even I think it passes to his children.

And all approved by Parliament so that he would also approve their ex-gratia for them.

Our Parliament and the Executive have become a club of public thieves or unarmed robbers who think only of themselves and if they did care, the Gambaga with camps would not be present in 2013!

The Ghanaians has been a disgrace to ourselves due to our lack of courage to confront our leaders and the greed and selfishness of our leaders.

K. Danso

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Subject: Re: [Odadee83:10233] Middle Income is just a label by Prof S Adei

They retire professors at 60 in Ghana? Today ? Seriously in 2013?

If so such is a stark reminder of a number of variables! One our kids in Ghana have a short time to make it right and 2. The life span is considered short in our Ghana not to forget 3. Folks then may not be considered cognitively contributory as we had assumed as they age unless we can assume that retirement is sweet. That us demanded as a reward. But such is doubtful cos the market place drives decisions. Value for money. In addition I never witnessed men demonstrate the sweetness of retirement back home. many a male seemed to be full of regret and complaints. Eg. Financial complaints and worry woes - or? Thoughts?

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On May 11, 2013, at 2:11 PM, "Kwaku A. Danso" <k.d...@comcast.net> wrote:

Eeei! This Prof Adei is talking paaa ooo!
And BTW in case anybody is doubting this is coming from Ghana, I can assure all doubters that I have not changed my name to take a job at GIMPA.
Kwaku Azar must know this Prof.
Kwaku how old is he? Must be less than 60 obviously since they retire even professors at 60 in Ghana.
Folks it gives me hope all is not lost to the generation behind.
Steve can somebody find Prof Adei's contact for me.
Kwabena, thanks for this one.

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Kwaku A. Danso

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May 14, 2013, 12:01:19 PM5/14/13

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Lucas,

Agreed. I think you missed the “not” but we get your point.

When dealing with the people at the Embassies and our Government I am even surprised they reported giving out the $25,000 and people saw it. They collect moneys for Passport renewal and new Passports, and Visas, and for ages never give any accounting, as I heard. It has become a CULTURE where

The President does not demand Auditing and Accountability (as Rawlings called it) from the Ministers,

The Ministers do not demand Auditing and Accountability from the Departments and Agencies under them.

We hear of districts where DCE use the moneys as they please.

SIMPLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS to put in place!

We have Presidents who have never managed anything in their lives, and whiles we cannot blame them, they seem to cave in to hire only Political affiliates and contributors. Can Mahama distinguish himself from this old tradition?

Example, a major fraud was perpetuated under the Mills administration in 2011. The Mills Administration came to New York and major American cities to raise funds, asking potential investors in Ghana for $5,000 to $25,000 and the Greater Accra Regional Ministers Ade Coker was the Chairman. I know some American company which paid this $5,000 must to meet President Mills. They never released any accounts that I read.

Rawlings killed people for lack of accountability and his party NDC does not seem to have a clue what accountability really means! Is it okay to simply shoot people dead for lack of accountability and not be able to set up systems to make this part of our GOVERNMENT CULTURE!!

Our friends Prof. Mike Bokor, Dr. Fred McBagonluri, Dr. Mawuli Sallar, this is the time where all of you who are avowed supporters of the NDC to voice out and demand certain measures put in place to provide Open Accountability for all Government Agencies, Towns, Districts, Regions and Ministries and Embassies around the world. I don’t mean only you guys but all of us must stand up and demand of government.

It should not be too difficult to set up a Section of the government Website where all these Divisions of government show the ff: (1) Revenues received from all sources including central government,

(2) Number of Employees and Staff and their total Payroll expense,

(3) All Miscellaneous Expenses for the office or division, such as rent, if any, office supplies, electricity and other utilities paid, etc.

(4) Vehicles and Office machinery as Assets they own for the Division.

Any accounting formats will do – simple so all can see and understand.

A small Homeowners Association in America does this for the Homeowners and required by the State for filing taxes every year! We have Quarterly Meetings for the Board and the Accounts are discussed that show every detail.

Folks, let us learn to do this for our nation and act like other humans on earth to account for public funds or funds whiles in the public service. Ghana has educated hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions since independence, and we have not lived up to the pride because of our lackadaisical attitudes and poor or lack of planning like others do.

I am strongly demanding this from our President Mahama and please let every Department hire some young Accounting graduate to do this Bookkeeping for them, and put them in computerized formats we can log onto the Government Website, and we will start looking better. If they don’t know how to do it, ask somebody who knows!! As of now all the older people in executive positions are looking ridiculous with their total lack of skills and lack of planning! Ghana should make e very effort to balance our accounts and do it within small government units! Period! Nobody owes Ghana an AID or Grant anymore!! No Department of Government should be allowed to exist if they cannot do basic accounting of moneys and what they do for the people, to justify their existence! (And please don’t tell me even America koraaa, they owe money! At least they don’t ask for Development partners to help them! They have investors from outside who pour their moneys in America!)

Dr. Ray

I am sorry to be seeming to be pushing these issues but this is the basic principles of human existence and nobody should be forced to pay 45% to 200% on their vehicles or goods as taxes and duties to support a group of people who cannot make any effort to account for the moneys, simply keep spending money, and fail to balance their accounts and justify their existence!

Kwaku A. Danso, M.Eng., PhD (Organization & Management/Leadership)

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Doc,
There is a very simple why Ghanaians are now queasy about parting with their money for a good cause. I heard that on one occasion the embassy in DC asked countrymen to contribute to a fund for a team that was coming to the US to compete. They did and raised $50000 which was given to the ambassador.However, there were doubts as to whether the team ever got the money and when a check was made apparently $25000 was given to the then minister of sports by the ambassador but what happened to the rest nobody knows. Where there is no patriotism, no principles or no values support is difficult. Note that I am calling into question your or Brenya's integrity; I'm explaining why getting support from Ghanaians in now so difficult. Please see below the definition of leadership from thefreedictionary.com

leadershipnoun

1. leaders, directors, chiefs, governors, commanders, rulers, controllers, supervisors, superintendents, overseers He is expected to hold talks with the Slovenian leadership.

2. authority, control, influence, command, premiership, captaincy, governance, headship, superintendency He praised her leadership during the crisis.

3. guidance, government, authority, management, administration, direction, supervision, domination, directorship, superintendency What most people want to see is determined, decisive action and firm leadership.

We are all leaders somehow or other.

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