“The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don’t make that contribution, nobody else can make it” – Harold Kushner Watching Super hero movies while growing up was fun. Then it was either Superman or Batman against the evil guys who always want to cause trouble. My…
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Chronicles of a Social Worker – By The “Riverside”
I still remember Brother Cletus painting a vivid description and demonstrating how Moses stretched his rod to part the red sea during our catechism class on Sunday back in Church. I had imagined me and my sisters taking selfies, in awe of the breathtaking sight, as we walk through on dry ground while the Egyptians…
Chronicles of a Social Worker – Part One
As I stand at the bus stop, bag in one hand and the other clutching the end of my flowery skirt in a bid to prevent it from touching the ground as patches of water sits here and there, a lot of thoughts race through my mind especially about the events for the day. It’s…
On The Waiting List…
(Written by Emeke Ndego) ‘In the journey to success, tenacity of purpose is supreme’ – Aliko Dangote I believe most of us would understand what it means being on the waiting list to seek advice/counsel from a medical practitioner or perhaps an organ needed for a life saving operation. Being on the waiting list can be…
A Career Path For Your Child
As Ginika sat in the common room of the girls hostel, it seems as if she has got the world on her shoulders as she stares at the ceiling. This was her second unsuccessful attempt at the mandatory 300 level MB examinations. “How would things have panned out if Dad and Mum had agreed to…
Home-schooling In Nigeria. Do you subscribe?
(photo credit: http://www.healthimpactplus.com) The topic of Home-schooling children, like many issues related to child education, is a very controversial one, especially in Nigeria. Typically, what comes near formal education in many Nigerian homes is extra classes, which is still given by privately paid external tutors to augment the already extended school work the children engage…
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Naomi is a 9 year old girl from Delta State. She lives in Ajegunle, Lagos, with her mother. She is from a broken home and her father has more than one wife. They live in a rented one-room shack and share a toilet with their neighbours… Read more and Click to Sponsor A Child.
The Rising Star 