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1 | Can Talking About Trash Drive Political Change in Lebanon? | Afaka Miresaka Ny Fiovàn'ny Politika Momba Ny Fako Ao Libanona Ve? |
2 | The Lebanese government has resorted to dumping garbage in areas like this hillside in Monte Verde, just outside of Beirut. | Narian'ny governemanta Libane tany amin'ireo faritra toy tamin'ity havoana any Monte Verde vao mivoaka ny Beirouth ity ny fako. |
3 | PHOTO: tol3etre7etkom. | SARY: tol3etre7etkom. |
4 | I wish I could explain what it feels like to be disgusted by one's own country. | Antenaiko ny ho afaka hanazava izany hoe mahatsapa kiriko amin'ny fireneny izany. |
5 | It's a painful sentiment. | Tena fihetseham-po mampalahelo be io. |
6 | You feel guilty for even feeling it in the first place, but you just can't help it. | Mahatsiaro tena ho meloka ianao mahatsapa izany voalohany, saingy tsy afaka fotsiny izao hanampy azy. |
7 | You're aware of your own privilege and you know that despite it all, you still have a relatively comfortable life. | Tsapanao tsara ny tombony mbola anananao, ary fantatrao fa na eo aza izany rehetra izany, mbola manana fiainana azo atao hoe tsara ihany ianao. |
8 | But that's just not enough anymore. | Kanefa tsy ampy intsony izany. |
9 | There's clearly something wrong with Lebanon, and we all know that we're part of it. | Tena misy zavatra tsy mety ao Libanona, ary fantatsika tsara fa tafiditra amin'izany isika. |
10 | I'm not just talking about the many problems that we face today: I'm talking about something truly fundamental regarding this country's way of perceiving itself. | Tsy ireo olana maro izay atrehantsika ankehitriny monja no resahako: fa miresaka momba-nà zavatra tena fototra mihitsy, mikasika ny fomba fijerin'ity firenena ity ny tenany. |
11 | We've been somehow conditioned to an odd mixture of institutionalized apathy and institutionalized helplessness. | Niaina tao anatin'ny fangaro hafahafan'ny fomba fitaizàna misy tsy firahirahiana ny hafa sy tsy fahafahana manampy isika. |
12 | We've stopped dreaming beyond the few meters of exclusive space that we've built around us, because we don't see a country that is receptive to discussion of its own issues. | Nijanona tsy nanonofy mihoatra ireo metatra vitsivitsinà toerana naorintsika manodidina antsika isika, satria tsy firenena iray afaka mandray ny fifanakalozankevitra momba ireo olany no hitantsika. |
13 | We're engulfed in our own sectarian lunacy and we never fail to remind ourselves how we're failing to do anything about it. | Tafalentika lalina tao anatin'ny hadalàna ara-pizarazaràntsika ihany isika, ary tsy ho adinonay velively ny hampahatsiahy antsika ny fomba tsy nahomboazantsika mba hanao zavatra momba azy io. |
14 | This is how we've been conditioned, and this is the only way we know how to function. | Izany no fomba nampiainina antsika, ary izany ihany no hany fomba mba haintsika iasàna. |
15 | Somehow, along the way, we've separated our individual day-to-day concerns from those of people who are different from us, even when, more often than not, those concerns are identical. | Amin'ny lafiny iray, teny an-dalana teny, isan'andro, nosarahantsika tamin'ny an'ireo olona tsy mitovy amintsika ireo olana mampiasa loha antsika tsirairay avy isanandro, na dia matetika aza, mitovy ireny olana ireny. |
16 | I've been fortunate enough to experience a Lebanon that isn't tainted by such helplessness. | Nanam-bitana aho niaina tanaty Libanona tsy voaloton'izany tsy fahafahana manoatra izany. |
17 | I've experienced political happiness, a term broadly defined by the anthropologist David Graeber as the experience of being able to make sense of a situation through a realization of common purpose-a sense that you trust the people around you because you're all dedicated to solving the same problem. | Niaina ny hafaliana ara-politika aho, fomba filaza voazavan‘ilay mpikaroka momba ny olombelona amin'ny lafiny rehetra, David Graeber, ho toy ny fiainana amim-pahatsapàna ho afaka manome dikany ny zavatra mitranga, amin'ny fahatratrarana ny tanjona iombonana - ny fahatsapàna fa matoky ny olona manodidina anao ianao satria samy natao hitady vahaolana amin'ny olana iraisana. |
18 | More recently, I experienced it my interactions with طلعت ريحتكم (‘tol3et re7etkom', meaning ‘You Stink'), a grassroots movement created as a response to the government's inability to solve the trash crisis. | Vao haingana izao, niainako izany tamin'ny fiarahako tamin'i طلعت ريحتكم (‘tol3et re7etkom', midika hoe ‘Maimbo Ianao'), hetsi-bahoaka naorina ho setrin'ny tsy fahafahan'ny governemanta mamaha ny olan'ny fako. |
19 | After residents of Naameh city shut down their landfill, which served the areas of Beirut and Mount Lebanon-roughly half of the population of the entire country-we've been drowning in waste. | Nilomano tanteraka tao anatin'ny fako izahay-taorian'ny nanakatonan'ireo mponina tao amin'ny tanànan'i Naameh ny fanariam-pakony, izay nampiasain'ireo faritr'i Beirouth sy Mont Libanona-izany hoe efa ho ny antsasaky ny fitambaran'ireo olona ao amin'ny firenena manontolo. |
20 | The government had known for years that the Naameh landfill would reach full capacity, but failed to develop any alternative, environmentally sound solution to the disposal of Beirut's waste. | Fantatry ny governemanta hatry ny taona maro fa ho feno tanteraka any aoriana any ny fanariam-pakon'i Naameh, nefa tsy mba nitady hevitra hafa izy, hevitra miaro ny tontolo iainana amin'ny fanalàna ny fakon'i Beirouth. |
21 | Instead, the government has opted to distribute the waste around various empty spaces, most of which are located next to residential areas and forests. | Ny nataony, nandray ny fanapahan-kevitra hizarazara ireo fako any amin'ireo toerana malalaka isan-karazany any ny governemanta, mitoetra eny akaikin'ireo toerana fonenana sy ala ny ankamaroan'izany. |
22 | The environmental and health consequences have been severe. | Mafy tokoa ny vokany ara-pahasalamana sy tamin'ny tontolo iainana. |
23 | Lebanese government waste disposal services have resorted to dumping trash in empty spaces, regardless of other activities in taking place in the immediate environment. | Nanary ny fako teny amin'ireo toerana malalaka ny sampana miandraikitra ny fanesorana fako ao amin'ny governemanta Libane, tsy mijery akory ireo zavatra atao eo amin'ny tontolo iainana manodidina. |
24 | PHOTO: Joey Ayoub/Hummus for Thought. | SARY: Joey Ayoub/Hummus natao Hampieritreritra. |
25 | Tol3et re7etkom is dedicated to sustainable solutions put forward by environmental experts and centered around a return to a municipality-level system of trash management, along with the implementation of nationwide recycling. | Mikendry vahaolana maharitra ny Tol3et re7etkom, vahaolana apetrak'ireo manampahaizana momba ny tontolo iainana sy miompana amin'ny famerenana ny fisahanana ny fako eo anivon'ny kaominina, ary ny fametrahana ny tetikasa fanodinana fako eo amin'ny firenena manontolo. |
26 | A few days ago, I met with the core organizing team. | Andro vitsy lasa izay, nihaona tamin'ny ekipa mpikarakara ifotony aho. |
27 | We were from different age groups, mostly young men and women, and from several sectarian backgrounds. | Avy tamin'ny vondron-taona samihafa izahay, tanora vavy sy lahy ny ankamaroany, ary avy any amin'ny fiaviana maro samihafa. |
28 | Most of us were quite experienced at this whole trying-to-change-the country thing, but some were quite new. | Fantatra tamin'ny fitiavana ny hanova ny fomba fanao eo amin'ny firenena ny ankamaroanay, fa ny sasany kosa tena mbola vaovao be. |
29 | And although we came from different political backgrounds, we understood intuitively that this cause required everyone's involvement. | Ary na avy amin'ny lafiny ara-politika samihafa aza izahay, tonga dia fantatray tsara fa mila ny fandraisan'andraikitry ny tsirairay io ady io. |
30 | So we started talking, and in the end we arrived at a simple conclusion: that the situation at hand is pretty straightforward. | Araka izany, nanomboka niresaka izahay, ary tamin'ny farany, tonga tamin'ny tsoa-kevitra tsotra : hoe tsotra ihany ny zava-miseho amin'izao. |
31 | The ongoing trash crisis has, once again, exposed the loosely organized gang of warlords-turned-politicians that we call our government as essentially useless. | Nabaribarin'ny olan'ny fako misy amin'ìzao fotoana izao indray ireo andianà mpitarika ady lasa mpanao politika, izay antsointsika hoe governemantantsika, ho tsy misy ilàna azy. |
32 | They have been incapable of dealing with a relatively simple crisis which they've had years to prepare for. | Tsy nahavita niatrika olana iray azo lazaina ho tena tsotra izy ireo, izay nanànany taona maro mba niomànany. |
33 | They never took any initiative, for reasons well known to most Lebanese, and have been doing what they do best: postpone action until a catastrophe hits the country. | Tsy nandray andraikitra mihitsy izy ireo, noho ireo antony diso fantatr'ireo Libane maro, ary nanao ny zavatra tena hainy indrindra: manemotra lava ny fandraisana andraikitra mandra-pidonan'ny loza lehibe amin'ny firenena. |
34 | We know what the cause of the problem is, we know how to solve it, and we know what will happen if we fail to do so. tol3et re7etkom is demanding that the government implement an immediate and eco-friendly solution to the trash problem that would reverse the damage done as a result of garbage dumped in reserves, wells, and near residential areas. | Fantatsika ny anton'ilay olana, fantatsika hoe ahoana ny hamahàna azy, ary fantatsika hoe inona no hiseho raha tsy vitantsika ny manao an'io. Takian'ny tol3et re7etkom ny governemanta mba hametraka vahaolana tonga dia ampiharina avy hatrany sy miaro ny tontolo iainana amin'ny olan'ny fako, izay mety hanamboatra ireo fahasimbana vokatry ny fanariana fako tany amin'ireo valan-javaboahary, lavadrano, ary ireo toerana manakaiky ny trano fonenana. |
35 | The movement is asking any bids submitted for providing trash management solutions be vetted by environmental experts and include only sustainable practices. | Takian'ilay hetsika ny hampisehoana ireo vahaolana rehetra amin'ny manam-pahaizana araka ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana, ary mba ho fandraisana andraikitra tena haharitra tokoa no hatao. |
36 | And lastly, tol3et re7etkom would like to see everyone responsible for this crisi held accountable, and a transparent investigation conducted regarding the money that have been wasted and/or stolen. | Ary farany, te-hahita ireo olona rehetra tompon'andraikitra tamin'io olana io ny tol3et re7etkom, sy ny hanaovana fanadihadiana mangarahara momba ny vola nolanilaniana fahatany ary/na nangalarina. |
37 | It's a true joy seeing people working relentlessly for something they truly believe in. | Tena hafaliana marina ny mahita ireo olona miasa tsy mahalala sasatra ho an'ny zavatra tena inoany. |
38 | We know what we're up against, but we also know that this has to happen. | Fantatray tsara hoe inona no toherinay, kanefa fantatray ihany koa hoe tsy maintsy hiseho izany. |
39 | We have to keep the momentum going. | Tsy maintsy maka bahana izahay. |
40 | And we're already seeing actual change taking place on the ground. | Efa mahita fiovàna sahady izahay eny rehetra eny. |
41 | More and more municipalities are beginning to adopt their own sustainable alternatives to our current inefficient system. | Efa mihamaro ireo kaominina manomboka mametraka ny fomba fiasany maharitra, tsy miandry ny rafitra tsy mitondra vokany ankehitriny. |
42 | It's our job to maintain that pressure, for all our sakes. | Andraikitray ny mitazona io tsindry io, ho an'ny fahasalamantsika rehetra. |
43 | For more information on tol3et re7etkom activities, see their Facebook page and IndigeGogo campaign. | Raha te-hahalala bebe kokoa momba ireo zavatra ataon'ny tol3et re7etkom, jereo ny pejy Facebook-ny ary ny fanentanana IndigeGogo. |