Malawi Community Tourism PhD Journey Naseema Mustapha GCDI

26/03/2024

SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI was a humanitarian and a lover of creation, animals and environment.
He is buried in Rome, Italy.
This is his prayer, my favorite Christian prayer.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Ameen.

❣️

22/03/2024

Follow my mental health awareness campaign

16/03/2024

When you know exactly who you want as Mayor! Vote Green ✅ always

Good Luck Jonathan Sriranganathan

15/03/2024

BREWARRINA FISH TRAPS.

The Brewarrina Fish Traps, or as they are traditionally known Baiame’s Ngunnhu, are a complex network of river stones arranged to form ponds and channels that catch fish as they travel downstream.

The fish traps at Brewarrina are believed to be one of the oldest man-made structures in the world. It’s uncertain just how old they are, but locals claim it’s somewhere between 38,000-40,000 BC. Situated in the Barwon River near the Aboriginal town of Brewarrina in New South Wales, you can still see these unique rocks when the water levels are low.

The fish traps reflect an ancient genius in the simplicity of their design, which was adaptable to the seasons and changing water levels. The fish traps work by using stone walls to guide fish that are swimming upstream into the holding ponds where the Aboriginal People traditionally caught them with their bare hands, used their spears or blocked them in ponds to be caught later.

In the 1920s, townsfolk at Brewarrina loaded carts with stones from the fish traps to use for foundations of buildings in the town. A weir completed in the 1970s damaged some of the traps and altered the sediment flows and ecology of the river. Native fish could not pass through the weir’s steep fishway. Despite over 160 years of destruction and loss of traditional management and maintenance, substantial elements of the fish traps and their significance to Aboriginal people survive. Today, Aboriginal people in the region continue to use, maintain and care for the fish traps.

15/03/2024

Okay! Now I understand what's happening. I haven't been able to contact my people in South Africa today and this is why.

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/news/major-internet-outages-reported-across-172513156.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20ubGlua2VkaW4uYW5kcm9pZC8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANrWumTmOye3ZaSqEs_LD7H4I-b6ngWvFbXqIQ5P2r6Xq7KiaMQ0eesSdHGGLTn4dZ1KFBZn7HD_oufVbcnrPIuEoNkL83nuNgZ6VR54PzqE2rF4xzoQexEZMxd571ezKCFoR-CWBDiQMFSAvQ-d_2FbP2UQSG4iJuuXSpo3whsG

15/03/2024

WORLD SLEEP DAY

World Sleep Day is a global awareness event held annually and hosted by World Sleep Society since 2008.

The 2024 Theme: Sleep Equity for Global Health

The theme for this World Sleep Day is Sleep Equity for Global Health. Sleep is essential to health, but measurable differences in sleep health persist across populations across the world, creating additional burdens and reinforcing health inequities.

World Sleep Day is an opportunity to promote sleep health alongside thousands of other sleep health professionals and advocates. When we all promote sleep health and together, our combined effort is greater than the sum of its parts. Spread the word about sleep health on World Sleep Day, and help elevate the conversation around sleep!

What are the consequences of not getting enough sleep? How many people are not getting the recommended amount of sleep? Talking points related to questions surrounding the importance of healthy sleep.

https://worldsleepday.org/usetoolkit/talking-points




https://youtu.be/oyoQ3P699kg

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Happy World Sleep Day 2024! Each year, hundreds of World Sleep Day Delegates organize events and activities in their communities to raise awareness of sleep ...

13/03/2024

The BLUE ECONOMY (USA)

Tourism and recreation support a wide range of businesses in the nation’s shore-adjacent zip codes, from restaurants, hotels, aquariums, and marinas to boat manufacturers and sporting goods stores. The following facts are based on the latest available economic data (2018)

2.5 Million People
Almost 2.5 million people are employed by ocean-based tourism and recreation.

$66 Billion Earnings
Workers in the ocean-based tourism and recreation sector earned about $65.6 billion in annual wages.

$143 Billion GDP
Ocean-based tourism and recreation contributes approximately $143 billion in gross domestic product to the national economy each year.

Employs almost 6.9 million people

Generates over $196 billion in earnings

Contributes $427 billion to the gross domestic product

Maritime and coastal tourism involves activities like cruise tourism, water sports and beach tourism is one of the most important components of the blue economy.

13/03/2024

MALAWI

While Zakat can be given throughout the year, the best time to give is during Ramadan!

Hajj Nazeer & Naseema Mustapha Educational Center is here to ensure that your Zakat reaches those who need it the most.

Donate to our various causes and help transform lives.

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13/03/2024

Men reading to children

12/03/2024

Desire makes slaves out of kings, and patience makes kings out of slaves.

Al-Ghazālī

12/03/2024

As I work with Mental Health Australia Embrace project on multicultural mental health, the reports at this symposium made me very aware of how unemployment and financial strain impacta on a person's mental health. In Australia with all the resources we have, our nation is in an urgent state.

How must it be for those in Malawi faced with poverty and lack of infrastructure for education and healthcare? In a country where there are no resources for mental health provision

The Public Health Association of Australia, in Partnership with Beyond Blue present the Preventive Mental Health Symposium to be held on Tuesday 12 March 2024 at the Pullman Albert Park, Melbourne.

12/03/2024

He fasted 1400 years ago. Today 1.7 billion imitate his every action
Prophet Mohammed ﷺ the greatest of creation

11/03/2024

BECAUSE SHE IS BLACK
The powerful words of Cee Watego
These are words I've heard over and over again in South Africa. No doubt in most countries colonised by Europeans.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2024

11/03/2024

OCEAN by Meriton Suites
SURFERS PARADISE

I'm spending this very windy day doing an inspection of the property, OCEAN. It's absolutely gorgeous views and classy yet simple decor is very comfortable. Ideal for families and couples. And me 🌊

"One of the newest 5-star Surfers Paradise apartment hotels, it won Best Suite/Apartment Hotel in the Australian Hotels Association National Awards for Excellence 2022.

Towering above the Gold Coast at 252 metres, 75 storeys, it combines a truly opulent level of luxury with 5-star service and breathtaking views to bring you the quintessential Gold Coast holiday experience.

Choice of one, two or three bedrooms, plus three penthouse suites
Full-sized kitchens, laundries and bathrooms
The latest technology to keep you connected and entertained".

https://www.meritonsuites.com.au/our-hotels/qld/gold-coast/surfers-paradise/

09/03/2024

Those Facebook memories
5 years ago after my trip from South Africa, note the zebra skin bag 👜

09/03/2024

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08/03/2024

In celebration of International Women's Day, YOUNG AUSTRALIANS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS is delighted to announce our list of Young Women to Watch in International Affairs for 2024.

Every year, the list recognises, celebrates and promotes the next generation of women achieving success and making an impact in international affairs - whether that be in government, academia, think tanks, the private sector or civil society.

Despite great strides in gender equality, the international affairs field remains male-dominated. In an increasingly complex and challenging world, YAIA seeks to represent and uplift a diversity of voices that not only reflects the next generation of Australian women, but empowers them.

After a competitive shortlisting process and having received nominations from so many outstanding women in the field, we are delighted to announce this year's list of Young Women to Watch in International Affairs.

💜 CONGRATULATIONS to our family member in Sydney - Rayana 💜

RAYANA AJAM is a dynamic professional currently serving as a Media Advocacy Officer and Casework Administration Officer at Amnesty International Australia. With a fervent dedication to human rights, social justice, and equality, her work focuses on advocating for individuals at risk, and those from Indigenous, refugee, and asylum-seeker backgrounds.

At aged 21, she has dedicated two and a half years to Amnesty International Australia, where she has been armed with expertise in human rights advocacy, media relations, media engagement, primary assessment and complex casework. Her impact has involved successful refugee resettlement and contributing to key reports and research for the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, DFAT’s Joint Standing Committee’s Human Rights Inquiry into the rights of Women and Children and the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture as well as Amnesty Australia’s campaigns.

Alongside her work with Amnesty International Australia, Rayana has also represented UN Youth at a Middle East delegation in 2020, volunteered for Mahboba's promise in assisting refugee girls resettle in Australia, and fundraised for the education of girls in Uganda and Sierra Leone at One Girl as an ambassador as well as contributed her research to notable policy projects including the Australian Human Rights Commission's Anti-Racism Framework's initiatives.

She is in her first year of her Juris Doctor at the University of New South Wales, and has recently graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, International Relations and Sociology from the University of Sydney.

08/03/2024

08/03/2024

The Power of Women's Only Leadership Programs

Our new whitepaper unpacks the research into why women’s only leadership programs are crucial for improving outcomes for all.

Why do women’s only programs matter?
Despite strides toward equality, women continue to encounter barriers such as pay inequity, underrepresentation in senior positions, and pervasive discrimination and harassment. One strategy to improve gender equity and close the pay gap is to support more women to step into (and succeed in) leadership positions by delivering women’s only leadership development programs.

We’ve gathered the latest research findings and data to shine a light on the power of women’s only spaces and answer the question: why do women’s only leadership programs matter?

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08/03/2024

WOMENS EMPOWERMENT & TOURISM

Tourism has a pivotal role to play in achieving the objectives at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular, the commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women of Sustainable Development Goal 5.

As a specialised UN agency in the field of tourism, UN Tourism is committed to enhancing the positive impact of tourism development on women’s lives and, in so doing, contributing to the achievement of the Fifth Sustainable Development Goal – "achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls". Since 2007, UN Tourism has been working – through its Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility Department - in partnership with UN Women and a range of external partners across the globe to bring gender issues to the forefront of the tourism sector, promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment and encouraging member states to mainstream gender issues in their respective tourism policies.

Did you know...?

In most regions of the world, women make up the majority of the tourism workforce;
Women tend to be concentrated in the lowest paid and lowest status jobs in tourism;
Women perform a large amount of unpaid work in family tourism businesses;

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/gender-equality/

https://www.unwomen.org/en

UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential. We are trusted partners for advocates and decision-makers from all walks of life, and....

08/03/2024

Attending this webinar today.

To mark International Women's Day 2024, UN Tourism is hosting a series of webinars in different world regions on the official theme of 'Invest in women: Accelerate progress'. Women make up 54% of the tourism workforce but are concentrated in lower-skilled, lower-paid and often informal employment.

Even though women are faced with less opportunities for career progression, more difficulties to open a business and higher barriers to education and training – the tourism sector is brimming with empowered women an strong initiatives leading the way towards gender equality.

During this webinar series we will learn from some of the leading female voices and successful gender-equality programmes from the tourism sector in different world regions. In 2024 UN Tourism is saying that it is time to Invest in Women.

07/03/2024

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
8th Match

07/03/2024

The colours of spices and herbs!