Exposed: schijn licht op corruptie

Zondag 9 december was het de jaarlijkse anti corruptiedag. Eigenlijk zou het dat elke dag moeten zijn. Niettemin is het goed om hier soms extra nadruk op te leggen.
Micah Network en Challenge, de internationale takken van Micha, vragen al een tijdje aandacht voor de bestrijding van corruptie via de campagne Exposed. Ondertitel: Shining a Light on corruption. 

 

Op 9 december gingen alvast duizenden mensen in Zimbabwe de straat op om te protesteren tegen corruptie.  Niet alleen om de politiek op te roepen hier iets aan te doen, maar ook de kerk wakker te schudden hierin.

 

Corruptie óók Westers probleem
Corruptie is geen Afrikaans probleem, zoals nog wel eens makkelijk aangenomen. Het gaat veelal over Westerse bedrijven die meer pakken dan hen toekomt. Veel meer. Soms simpel door niet of nauwelijks belasting te betalen en ondertussen een land grondig van haar grondstoffen te ontdoen. 

 

In de documentaire ‘Stealing Africa’, onlangs uitgezonden in de serie ‘Hoezo armoede’, is duidelijk in beeld gebracht wat dat oplevert.

Ja opleveren: voor Westerse bedrijven en hun aandeelhouders… waaronder de Anglicaanse kerk in deze docu. Auw.

 

Met Exposed wil Micah Network, en in navolging daarvan ook Micha Nl in 2013, oproepen om recht te doen. Lees hieronder alvast meer:

 

Hebzucht kost wat…

The cost of corruption is measured not just in the billions of dollars of squandered or stolen government resources, but most poignantly is the absence of the hospitals, schools, clean water, roads and bridges that might have been built with that money and would have certainly changes the fortunes of families and communities.

Corruption is not inevitable. It flows from greed and the triumph of the undemocratic few over the expectations of the many. On International Corruption Day, I call on everyone to work towards a sustainable future where corruption is exposed and rejected, where integrity prevails, and where the hopes and dreams of millions are realized.
(Extracts Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General UN, for 09/12/12)

 

Kerk Zimbabwe roept op tot recht doen 

Yesterday, thousands of Christians in Zimbabwe took to the streets to mark UN Anti-Corruption Day. Their peaceful march made its ways through the streets of the capital Harare infused with singing and prayer.
 
But their message wasn’t just to the nation’s leaders; they were calling on the church around the world to stand with them to shine a light on corruption.
 
As Dr. Goodwill Shana, a member of the national Anti-Corruption Commission and organizer of the protest says:

“The world church also has a vital role to play. Here in Zimbabwe we are seeing a big campaign by all the three major denominations to stamp out corruption. If Zimbabwe can do it, any country can”.

EXPOSED is challenging the global church to rise up and shine a light on corruption.
 
Next year, we are joining with The Salvation Army, Micah Challenge International, the American Bible Society and others to mobilise millions of Christians across the world to speak up.
 
Christians in Zimbabwe have a message to the rest of the church around the world that we need to stand together, that we are no longer content to put up with corruption.
 
Throughout the year we will be sharing practical steps for ethical behaviour in our churches, workplaces and communities, culminating in a week of action in October 2013.
 
Imagine what could have happen if hundreds of thousands of churches from every nation came together to say enough is enough. Imagine the resources that we could release to end extreme poverty.
 
Please stand with our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe by:

  1. Reaching out to your church and urge them to take a stand by sharing Zimbabwe’s story. Praying for the churches in Zimbabwe and for protection for leaders who speak out against corruption.
  2. Asking your church leaders to sign up for these EXPOSED updates – at www.exposed2013.com
  3. Sharing the EXPOSED  video with your friends on Facebook –  www.exposed2013.com