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Old May 25, 2007, 03:58 am   #5 (permalink) (top)
PatrickHenry
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Here's a charitable trust that has set about to help the Chagos Islanders in their struggle against the unjust Brits.
ILOIS TRUST Online

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the Chagossians remain on the margins of Mauritian society,
socially excluded and extremely poor. Living conditions for many families remain
cramped and inadequate to cope with the extremes of heat and rain that
characterise Mauritius' climate.
Unemployment is at 60% compared with the national figure of 4% (men) and 11 % (women). Illiteracy rates, only 15% in Mauritius as a whole are 45% amongst the Chagossians. Excluded from work, education and the possibility of a decent livelihood, many younger members of the community have turned to negative coping strategies; national problems of drug abuse and alcoholism are dramatically worse amongst the Chagossians, prostitution is rife, and suicide rates are very high.

This project and the work of IST in general seeks to provide opportunity for learning, skills development and employment for the Chagossian youth in particular.

Donald Anderson, Chair of Foreign Affairs Select Committee said: "It's clearly been found that there was an indigenous population, that the government of the day was wrong, and that successive governments from the middle 1960s have colluded in that."


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