Journal Notes from meeting Ambassador to African Union

Back last May I had the pleasure of meeting the Ambassador to the African Union alongside my mentor. She was impressed because I was quite frankly the least qualified to be there,in a room of business representatives when we went around and introduced ourselves all I could say was I was a student and spoken word poet willing to do whatever possible to help our brothers from the homeland. I took notes of the whole speech and information she had for those present in my journal.I planned on writing about it and I haven't yet but I still plan to one day.I now share this journal entry of mine with you all here, and hopefully we can still find a way to help.

May 21st,2009

Several financial systems effect trade.
Immigration decision-Harmonize moving toward creating a federation,at least 19 members,creating a parliament,similar to a United States of Africa

goal-an African government,estabilishing trade partners,aquiring one united capital to move and facilitate trade

youth-high percentage of youth,the only continent with more youths than adults,presents employment challenges for the greatest asset young people,need sources and centers of excellence to aid them in modernizing Africa

Challenges-25% of the worlds global illness cases occur here,many children are orphaned by those killed by AIDS and Malaria,most live in rural areas whereas only the rich and city dwellers have the access everyone needs to healthcare facilities

Health Insurance and Social Security do not exist within the continent,but the African Union wants to change this

Life expectancy in the continent as a whole is 50 years of age,in America it is in the high 70's

Now is the time for Africa to enter global affairs as equal partner,not charity case,openess to both Eastern and Western ideas and nations

There are 192 countries in the world,54 of which are in Africa,only 4 are board members within the 67 that meet with the U.N.

350 million of the 850 million people on the continent are young and uneducated.

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Welcome to the Blog site of Deonte Osayande.I'm an athlete at my university,a performance poet and writer. Alongside regular life balancing these and other responsibilities gets really difficult but I hope to at least share the poet side here and relieve some of the weight. At least weekly I'll post websites and news articles I find important, people trying to do positively not only in my Detroit environment but in the world and new poems i'll be working on that i'll probably choose not to submit anywhere,not to mention where i'll be performing,writing prompts,personal stories and any new publications.I'm still relatively new to this so bare with me here. :)

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