How does it feel to wake up in morning and know that you can never see you friend and loved ones? For most of the people in Berlin it was a nightmare. They went to sleep on the night of August 12, 1961 and woke up in the morning shocked that there was a wall separating them from friends and family. More so telephone lines were also cut so communication was also impossible. Whichever side of the border you went to sleep on a person was stuck on that side for decades (http://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall.htm). It has been years since that fall went down but even to this day there many walls separating people. They may not be as concrete and visible as the Berlin Wall but they exist. Naomi Klein talks about some of these on her book “Fences and Windows”. According to her some of the fences that are necessary are braking while those that are needed are being erected.
People in some countries cannot afford education anymore because of poverty. Naomi Klein mentions about Zambia where education is a luxury item and very few can afford it. In the attached video you will see how many organizations are trying to help these children and break the wall that has been erected in schools.
These videos show the “crack in history” that Naomi Klein states. People are trying to help the children in Zambia and in this manner they are bringing hope not only to the children but to the future. History doesn’t always have to repeat itself; we have the power to change things by learning from the mistakes of the past. There is no need for another “Berlin Wall” to be erected.
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