The word poverty became real to me when I left the comfort of my parents house to begin my college education all my life. As a child I never really understood the word poverty not until now.
You know as a child when we have all our needs being met and sometimes even our wants are being provided too. Life at this stage looks like a bed of roses because we have not been responsible for ourselves until we have the opportunity to become responsible.
When I left the comfort of my parents house to college life became more and more meaningful to me. That was how I learned the word "sapa" . It's a comment term used by Nigerians to describe poverty.
What really challenges me was that for the very first time my parents failed to send in my pocket money due to some challenges that come up, my up keep did not come on time I was stranded and helpless in a strange land in a place where I had no one as I from my books that was I understood the word "sapa" this period I started sipping garri without milk and I was fine I didn't die hahaha for the first I was hungry to the point that I had no hope or even eaten the next day I just want to understand the real definition of poverty I started thinking I wish I never yes my parents house because there is no way I would be this hungry if I was at home.
From that day I decided to start making my own money at this point I realised that my parents will not always be there for me and the word poverty is a respecter of nobody doesn't know if your parents are rich or not when he hits you will feel it, I started by doing assignment for some of my classmates for those of us that are in college will know that some students who don't feel like doing their assignment so how great that my time do assignment for them and I lend some money there are even some that don't like writing notes as simple as adding me as a person who does not feel like taking down note, so I will do the writing for them and I'll get paid at the end of it this is how I started reading war against poverty hence the very reason why I came back to hive I know how it is not really a place where we come so that we will make money there are other things we can also do in hive as improving our knowledge and skills but at the same time I was also a place to in a decent money.
At this point of my life I don't wait for my parents to send me feeding money or though they normally send me money but I don't rely on it because it may arrive late and for me not to end up being stranded I have to start making plans of staying stable in finance.
This is my entry for the #hivenaija weekly contest.
