John shabani with the dream of helping people in needy
John shabani with Hadzabe tribe
John shabani with Barbaig people
John shabani in soudan
John shabaniWith orphans in Burundi
Let me begin to say, I appreciate to have difference media worldwide, but at
some point in life I really didn’t like the international media because they
portrayed Africans as poor, sick and helpless. Whenever I tuned to watch
international news, if it wasn’t a bomb attack in the Middle East or politics
in the United States it would be a desperate plea for help from Africa;
Children dying of starvation, others suffering from diseases or corruption
which they said is the fulcrum of all our problems. This picture to me
didn’t reflect the right image because I was caught up in the beauty of life
and disconnected from these realities.
My eyes stopped watching this kind of stories, but that didn’t change the
story, the headlines remained in block letters, shining boldly on the screens
and to me it felt like a scar whenever they appeared.
Shall we ever get better? This was one
question I was left to answer because I learnt that
if change must begin we
must first change ourselves and it must start with us.
Join the Community Hope Trust TEAM
The greatest power we have as humans is that of Choice. We might not be able
to stop the wind, but we can control the sail. The time has come for us to act
and do something about our Nation, not to sit down and watch the train ride
over us. We must first look around us to help the little we can, provide
healthcare for the sick and education for less privileged children. We might
not have the finances or the resources but we have a voice; the voice of hope
with which we can break new grounds and move mountains. We can make that change
happen and get our Nations back on track, and that is always my dream, my
vision and focus.
The Hope Trust plan is to Give education to our people. After my tour to
visit orphanages center, refugees camps and disadvantages people, I come to
realised that we have millions of children who are willing to go to school,
most of which have lost the opportunity of childhood or the hope of livelihood.
A lot of them never grew up to know their fathers or be loved by a mother. Just
like Josiane, a Turkana fourteen year old girl whose mother died when she was
still a child and grew up in a home with two other wives, not in school and
left on the streets of the slum to fend for herself. The future looks bleak for
her. She is just one amongst thousands who wants to be loved again. I will never
forget that question she asked “
will you
people come back again?.
We have
made a promise and this is the time to fulfill it. We CAN send the children
back to school; what they need is: school fees, pairs of uniforms, sports wear,
sandals, canvass, exercise books and texts, stationery and a schoolbag for
them. We CAN also renovate the old and dilapidated government primary school
building and build a school for them in their community. We CAN bring hope to them. We CAN make that impact!
Always I say: “Yes we can”. We are going all
out to curb this eyesore and rebuild the lives of these children and others who
need help in our society. We aren’t any better off than them but for God’s
grace so we must reciprocate same kind gesture to them.
Forget complaining about
government
These are the things that make a nation, the people
and whatever impact we can make, that makes the difference. yes the government
has its responsibilties, which it has more than once failed to carry out but we
are the nation, the people and whatever little we can do collectively results
in a major difference, reach places uv never imagined. this ideology of
changing with our hands together is what we should spread, to the old and
young. I would be honored to be part of this cost i live for two reasons God
and man. Really glad that we can see HOPE and reach out to the hopeless. We are
no longer dependent on the government but asking ourselves “What we can do to
help our people in needy. God bless whoever came up with this brilliant idea
and I hope my little help would put a smile on @least 2 children.
To Join
Hope Trust Team, send an e-mail to touchingvoice@yahoo.com OR an SMS to
+255713778778 for more inquiries.
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