@nkemakonam89's recent piece here and decided to take a look at the community. I am grateful that I found this treasure and gem where I could share my thoughts.
If you had a million dollars but you HAD to spend it all on charitable acts, what would you use the money for?
A got a job after over two decades in the teaching profession where I reached the highest point of my career as the principal of a private secondary school. The new job seemed more exposing and lucrative that I had to jump at it, considering the reward attached to the office. One thing about this job is that it makes me travel a lot to parts of the country where I never thought I would ever reach.
Recently, I travelled to a community to see what challenges they are faced with to give a vivid report to an NGO for proposed help and found out that the younger generation of the community are just roaming the streets. I was so pained at the waste of talent and time that was happening there that I sought to see the traditional ruler.
In my talks with the traditional ruler, it appeared that the community felt neglected by the government. The Baale (title for the community throne) further stressed that all development that can be seen was carried out by the locals. Of course, we do not expect that the government should do everything for us but at least, there should be responsibility for electricity, pipe borne water, health care system and schools for the children by the government. The only private school in the community is not accessible to all the children as their parents cannot afford the little fees it charges. This is why I feel that philanthropy on my side will go a long way if I had a million dollars.
Having seen how the youths and upcoming generation is wasting away, so would give out free skill Acquisition admission to the teeming youth where they will become experts in a chosen field of skill and become independent and earn a living. This will certainly go a long way.
A million dollars is a whole lot of money. The current exchange rate of our local currency will enable me to do a whole lot with these youth.
There are many beneficial crafts that the teeming youths will.be made to choose from. Shoe making, soap making, leather works, vulcanising, plumbing, bricklaying, carpentry, video editing, software designing, computer appreciation cum desktop publishing, content creation, and so on. But whoever would be registered for this set must get a formal education where he or she would be able to read and write.
The school that will be incorporated into skill acquisition will help the learners to read and write, an integral part of life that they must pass through. We are on the verge of unleashing the best life they will ever have as a community. Giving out cash will not solve these problems as it has been discovered that when cash gifts or support is given out, the receivers always spend it and come back asking for more.
Learners who have been adjudged to have certified the requirement to stand on their own and to render services in the area of the skills they have acquired will be given equipment for free which they can use to begin their personal businesses. The all-sponsored distribution of working equipment will be for all Graduates. And for a perfect start, a token will be given so as to facilitate them to rent a shop.
Overtime, graduate from the school who would have been taught the relevance of giving back. As a result, it will not be difficult to continue this project. The graduates will become resource persons for the coming learners.
As this project spreads across the entire country, there will not be much problem sourcing for human materials to use in the teaching of the skills.
We all know that the success of a project depends on what or how it ends. For this reason, there will be a constant follow-up to see how graduates who have been set up are doing. This is the best way to put everyone in check.
With the above analysis, a million dollars would have been judiciously to expended for the sake of bettering humanity and put a smile in the faces of dejected or people who feel they have been rejected by the whole world.
