EARNING SELF-RESPECT 


Most of us struggle  to put up healthy boundaries with people.We all  admit that we do have people in our lives who treat us so  poorly, they talk down to us,they boss us around and sometimes they are really rude and aggressive and we really struggle to find away to tell them to stop.
Times are gone when we were really young   and we had no option than to let people treat us in  undesirable way.We're now grownups  and  have the ability to do whatever it takes to just get treated rightly.

Here are some of  the things you should do to  set boundaries and ensure you get treated  in the right manner.

First you should know that you have the right to walk away from someone who treats you badly. For example if your boyfriend is always or sometimes speaks to you rudely learn to just walk away the moment he is doing it.Through this you will earn self respect and be  able to teach people how they should treat you.

Secondly, You have the right to say no. Saying no doesn't make you a jerk, it doesn't make you selfish, it doesn't make you  look rude and horrible person. It means we recognize what's right for us and we have the right  to say no.
.Lastly recognize any toxic relationship that you have with any of  your friends and distance yourself from such people. It doesn't matter whether they   are your relatives or not because sometimes people who are close to us like our parents maybe toxic.Just make sure you're not around them and  avoid taking  any part in their discussions
Setting this boundaries can be really hard because we are afraid our  friends Will view us as selfish people but think to yourself, ,is it important for people to like you or is it important for you to like you.
Don't  let anyone treat you like shit.

                          ONE OF  THE WORST  ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS   

Floods are among the most devastating  natural disaster in the world, claiming more lives and causing more property damage than any other natural phenomena. Flooding  is the most common of all environmental hazards and affects  around 75 million people  worldwidesee also;consequences of floods  

                                              photo from google.
Across the globe, floods have posed tremendous danger to people's lives and properties. Floods cause about one third of all deaths, one third of all injuries  and one third of all damages from natural disasters. 
The rainy season  is undoubtedly not the best time of the year in Kenya. The period comes with perennial problems of flooding  with the resultant loss of lives and properties.
The disaster has been perilous to people, communities  and institutions. Recently an illegally  and irregularly constructed  man-made dam within the vast Patel coffee estate located in Solai,Nakuru broke it's banks gushing out 190million liters of water through  settlements  leaving  in it's wake gruesome deaths  horrible  injuries  (physical, mental  and emotional )massive  destruction  of property and unprecedented displacement of people. While solai residents were still bemoaning their fate the fury of flooding was spreading swiftly  across other parts of the country .

                                              photo from from google;Solai dam tragedy
Heavy rains being experienced in many parts of the country since beginning of this month ,causing floods, flash floods and casualties. On 18th October 2019 Lamu residents  were hit by floods as River  Lagwarera burst its banks.More than 1000 residents  including school going children in the villages in Boni forests were affected by the floods.The seasonal river originates from Ethiopian highlands. Many students missed school for several days as they were forced to wait until the floods abate.
Floods have not only left several people homeless, disrupted business activities, the floods ravaging communities  in western Kenya,Isiolo,Garissa,Turkana,Tana River,Wajir etc are also threatening to expose residents to water borne diseases such as Cholera,Bilharzia and Typhoid.The congestion of camps by the homeless people  also poses  a big  health challenge   in terms of communicable diseases. Floods also enhances environmental degradation  and also the normal production  and distribution of goods.There's also interfere with the culture as seen in congestion of households with children of 15years huddled  with their parents in the camping structures,this contributes to social and health problems.
Some of the measures that are being taken to control floods are constructing furrows  to drain water, construction of dykes along the river banks, dredging  of river channels  and building  dams across rivers.