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One Pilgrimage for A Better Life

One Pilgrimage for A Better Life

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Glenn Capers


Premium (World), New York City

One Pilgrimage for A Better Life

With sixty percent of the Hotels about to close in Portugal, one can say the economy is bad, but people are fighting for existence because they believe they can survive.

Portugal has a few old colonies from Africa. Today there is immigration travel which is all legal. Coming from Africa with dreams of Europe providing and having a better life is a tune now being thought of by many in and near harms way.

The question is at what price of the opportunity to reach a dream we all share today. What a passer bye might assume on how ridiculous this man might appear to be, at least you are laughing privately inside. As turmoil and personal fear of the growing problems in neighboring countries in Africa, which are increasing the refugee population on foreign soil. Growing political lack of care is only a small part of the problem. We must all remember lives are at stake, and the need to flee before it is too late is happening all over souther Europe.

It is far better this man wears a ridiculous pink poka-dot hair band to attract sales then force him to learn how to shoot an Ak47 to protect lands that no one on the globe cares about. Portugal offers an alternative to those that make it there. That alone is a reality of hope, but maybe not much promise when the economy future is tumbling.

We should remember that by helping save lives, we save our own lives by not having to send forces to resolve problems on a humanistic banner until it is absolutely the last resort.

Comments 7

  • LadyNoone 12/04/2015 21:29

    Photo seems to be funny until you realize the silent tragedy in the second bottom.
  • Berthold Klammer 12/04/2015 9:14

    Very interesting capture, moreover your text unveils the story
    behind. This belongs to such documents. The quote that a photo
    needs no explanation is from my point of view "shit"... Especially
    within journalistic work both - photo and the story behind - belong
    together like here. Great work Glenn, the pink hair band underlines
    the contrast to the situation. regards Berthold
  • Sunnysideoflife5 10/04/2015 0:35

    Funny photo, but survive with selling fakes must be hard.
    Greetings Sunny
  • Yvonne Steiger 09/04/2015 20:38

    I am in heaven watching this pic
    !!!
  • JOKIST 08/04/2015 22:07

    Eine sehr schöne Aufnahme und gelungen präsentiert.

    LG Ingrid und Hans
  • Dagi.H. 08/04/2015 9:12

    Gut. Nachdem ich nun Deine Story dazu gelesen habe und übersetzt, muss ich doch noch meine Gedanken zum Thema geben:

    In Spanien sah ich vor Jahren auch viele Händler aus Afrika ihre Waren anbieten. Wie wir wissen sind die meisten Produkte Plagiate und wenn die Händler damit erwischt werden, sind die dran. Reich werden sie durch diesen Handel nicht. Reich werden dadurch nur die Hintermänner.
    Die Frauen hatten oft ihre Kinder dabei. Ich denke, dass das sehr gefährlich werden kann.
    Zur Rechenschaft sollte man die Menschen, die Politiker ziehen, die an der Misere in Afrika, Lateinamerika, Asien und wo auch immer in der Welt die Saat gesäht haben für Krieg, Unterdrückung, letztendlich für die Armut in vielen Regionen dieser Welt!
    Dagi
  • Dagi.H. 08/04/2015 7:57

    Oh my god, how can he! Butterfly :-)))))