open letter from a group of students from Cameroon
ROME, Monday, May 4, 2009
ROME, Monday, May 4, 2009
"firmly say NO to this model our culture totally alien to our values \u200b\u200band our traditions and imposed on us as a determinant of improving our quality of life."
With these words, a group of students in Cameroon was made public in Europe in an open letter, received by ZENIT, attacks the Pope for his words on the condom during the apostolic visit to Cameroon and Angola in March last year.
In the text, asking the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, members of Belgium, the English and German Ministers of Health and the French Foreign Minister to "ask public apology" to the Pope and the Africans.
The group complains that the Western press has "unfairly exploited, in a violent carefully orchestrated media campaign," the words of the Pope, and received by the Pope that the attacks represent "a shameful interference in the African reality."
The petitioners argue that the authors of the criticism had "identified the African continent as one of the main markets of condoms" to "grow as their national economies. The game is clear: the industries of condoms in the West."
"The Holy Father has touched the heart of the problem, alarming operators of this thriving business in Africa", they say.
For students, Benedict XVI has been used as "Scapegoat" to "defend their economic interests hidden behind the massive export of condoms in Africa and their mechanisms of export to countries in population growth of their contraceptive practices."
"promote and defend the use of the 'condom' in their homes, because this choice corresponds to their anthropological conceptions of human beings, but they have the right to impose their choices to Africans," they added.
In particular, they ask the West to ask for forgiveness "for having made fun of Africans presenting himself as a true benefactor, when in fact they are not."
"What is then protected with a condom if the Africans are then killed by many mechanisms of exploitation than weapons of war or of political and economic interests by their benefactors? ".
Africans" do not die of AIDS alone, and therefore it is a lie that condoms 'save lives' in Africa. "
"We ask, therefore, all these supposed benefactors of Africa that will stop once and for all to speculate on it. We must reverse the trend: the poverty of Africa no longer has to make the wealth of the developed countries. "
The petitioners are seeking to finally Fund to Fight AIDS to allocate the funds available" for sending massive drills digging water wells and construction of facilities for the production of photovoltaic solar energy, the order to encourage a mass distribution of water and light. "
" These are the goods essential and decisive for Africa and all those involved in international development cooperation are well aware, "they conclude.
For more information, studentidelcamerun@yahoo.fr
With these words, a group of students in Cameroon was made public in Europe in an open letter, received by ZENIT, attacks the Pope for his words on the condom during the apostolic visit to Cameroon and Angola in March last year.
In the text, asking the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, members of Belgium, the English and German Ministers of Health and the French Foreign Minister to "ask public apology" to the Pope and the Africans.
The group complains that the Western press has "unfairly exploited, in a violent carefully orchestrated media campaign," the words of the Pope, and received by the Pope that the attacks represent "a shameful interference in the African reality."
The petitioners argue that the authors of the criticism had "identified the African continent as one of the main markets of condoms" to "grow as their national economies. The game is clear: the industries of condoms in the West."
"The Holy Father has touched the heart of the problem, alarming operators of this thriving business in Africa", they say.
For students, Benedict XVI has been used as "Scapegoat" to "defend their economic interests hidden behind the massive export of condoms in Africa and their mechanisms of export to countries in population growth of their contraceptive practices."
"promote and defend the use of the 'condom' in their homes, because this choice corresponds to their anthropological conceptions of human beings, but they have the right to impose their choices to Africans," they added.
In particular, they ask the West to ask for forgiveness "for having made fun of Africans presenting himself as a true benefactor, when in fact they are not."
"What is then protected with a condom if the Africans are then killed by many mechanisms of exploitation than weapons of war or of political and economic interests by their benefactors? ".
Africans" do not die of AIDS alone, and therefore it is a lie that condoms 'save lives' in Africa. "
"We ask, therefore, all these supposed benefactors of Africa that will stop once and for all to speculate on it. We must reverse the trend: the poverty of Africa no longer has to make the wealth of the developed countries. "
The petitioners are seeking to finally Fund to Fight AIDS to allocate the funds available" for sending massive drills digging water wells and construction of facilities for the production of photovoltaic solar energy, the order to encourage a mass distribution of water and light. "
" These are the goods essential and decisive for Africa and all those involved in international development cooperation are well aware, "they conclude.
For more information, studentidelcamerun@yahoo.fr
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