• I dream of the day when these, the African mathematicians and computer specialists in Washington and New York, the African physicists, engineers, doctors, business managers and economists, will return from London and Manchester and Paris and Brussels to add to the African pool of brain power, to enquire into and find solutions to Africa's problems and challenges, to open the African door to the world of knowledge, to elevate Africa's place within the universe of research the information of new knowledge, education and information -Thambo Mbeki, former South African President
  • They therefore concluded that “the findings of this (and other) surveys indicate that coverage of Africa, by the leading sources of American media is, at best, dismissive of the continent’s progress and potential, and thus leading to continued ‘exotification’ and marginalization of the African continent. At worst, coverage disregards recent trends toward democratization, thus betraying an almost contemptuous lack of interest in the potential and progress being achieved on the continent.”

Above excerpt is from a writer: Gbemisola Olujobi

  • By Gbemisola Olujobi - The Africa You Need to Know - Posted on Nov 28, 2006 See Full Article above

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

kenyan girls without sanitary towels.


It pains my heart that a girl misses classes 4 days a month for lack of sanitary towels. I did not even miss a day because of lack of the products. I had them. I had extra too. This is supposed to be a natural necessity that every girl is entitled to. But not these particular girls in rural Kenya. What is so hard to believe is that some of these girls would use plastic bags, old rags or sit on the sand until the flow is gone.

It's sad, it brings tears to my eyes and it's unbelievable, and painful to hear. I haven't done anything to help them yet, but i will. I haven't even talked with them, but I will. I haven't got a clue on what and how i should it, but one day i will. That's how i give. Everyday i think about them. It doesn't help them, does it? But i have no other means.

That's my pain that i live with everyday. That's how i give. That's how i have changed the world around me. With my dreams. Dreams to help these girls. One day, when I can. One day when I will.


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