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Personally, I’m not the kind of person who loves hanging out with children a lot because of all the drama that comes along with them. It’s either you are over shouting or having to endure how they keep coming to you for every single thing. If you are someone like me, you would definitely understand what I mean.  You would always find yourself in a situation shouting “why me now, sobs”(lol). The funniest part is now that the same me who doesn’t really like having children around, always find herself getting involved with children in regards to social impact (from giving them quality education, to empowering them with life skills, to teaching them on health related topics and how they can take care of themselves, to empowering them with the required knowledge to break free from sexual harassment, to even being a safe haven for them to always open up to). How all these became possible you might be wondering right now. If you find yourself in this situation whereby handling children is...

Often times, it starts with a goodwill. There is excitement that lightens you up whenever there is an opening to be part of a significant change or humanitarian work. You are the first person to send a DM or an email when there is a call for volunteers. You have about 20 organisations you are a part of. You show a lot of energy like you can be relied on. Funny enough, you really want to be a part of the change. You want to combine impacting lives and running your business. You want to combine impacting lives and still being focused on your academics. Honestly, no one would have voted me as the most dedicated social impact leader in high school. I did my best not to get involved as much as I could avoid it because I don’t want to be in the fore front, fear of messing up, I don’t want to be evaluated. As it is popularly said, “anything that is worth doing at all, is what doing well”.  I would have to say that those who are not even volunteers at all are better than those who are one ...

As a social impact influencer, finding myself in a new rural community stirs up so many feelings within. There is the feeling of wanting to revamp the whole community because of their low state of living. From their water system to their economic status, to even their health centre. Everything is just below the standard of healthy living. It’s so sad but there are people living here. After so much deliberation, the health centre has become my major focus for now due to the poor state it is. This is a place people have to go to receive treatment when ill yet it’s so sad that one might even get worse at such a place. Still stay with me as I carry you along my plan on a project for the health centre in this rural community. PLAN FOR A PROJECT IN THE RURAL HEALTH CENTRE. 🔅 INVESTIGATION:  Venturing on this kind of project seem new especially if you are not in the health field hence you need to do your investigation about what really is the problem. Go to the health centre itself and o...

One of the most beautiful thing about we humans is how diverse we are in the way we do things. Each of us has this uniqueness that keeps blowing our minds no matter how we want to disregard it. Especially youths of today, gosh, we are so creative. You would see some people doing amazing work just with speaking, being funny, writing,acting, sewing, dancing, teaching , just to mention a few. The creativity you possess is a superpower itself. Yours can be that you are just so excellent, you know how to bring excellence to whatever it is you do. Amazing, right? Very quickly, let’s explore different ways we can use our creativity for impact: 🔅 FILMMAKING: Apart from school, one other place that have improved my vocabulary and made me have knowledge about other career and culture has to be the movies I watch. That’s why I would forever appreciate the presence of films. It can’t and shouldn’t be going anywhere. In fact, more than ever before films with transformational messages should be pro...

Gone are the days when you expect the government to do everything for you. It’s not like it has even been any better before. Sad but true, my fellow youths of today just want everything to be automatic for them. They expect to put in a little effort then see a magic happen overnight. There is no easy pill anywhere. Everything that looks great or is great requires hard work , patience and perseverance. Social impact isn’t left out. In fact, I would say it’s harder because we are talking about causing a change here which is one of the hardest thing to do. How on earth can you change someone or something when yourself are still battling with some habits. So you see that a lot of dedication is needed. As an aspiring social impact leader, it can become so frustrating after having tried all, it still seems like you are not making progress at all. This as a result makes you doubt yourself talk less of your family members and friends that have told you either directly or indirectly that you ca...

  DEY PLAY DEY PLAY, you hear? This is no child’s play, Lives are really being affected here. It is how some of you think of this has just another means to being known or popular. Social impact is really SOCIAL IMPACT.  A life is being affected. A society is being transformed. Someone is dreaming again. Someone is gaining confidence and dreaming again. That child can now live without fear of dying from malnourishment. That child can now have clean water to drink. You must think of this as some sort of a big joke. You must think, Oh it’s the pictures that matters. Attaching hashtags like #sdgambassador You must think of these people and society as joke. Come on, WAKE UP! These are real problems. Do you have to wait to experience it before it becomes something that matters to you? I recently found out that, L’Oréal unveiled a handheld, computerised makeup applicator called Hapta. It is designed for people with limited hand and arm mobility. “Hapta is essentially a miniature robo...

It all started at a wedding party where I came all the way down from Calabar to attend in Lagos state. I was so dolled up that you might want to mistake me for the bride if not for the wedding dress. I really came to be a baller in this party and not leave any part of the wedding party unfelt.  It’s safe to call this day, the day I danced away my sorrows because I totally enjoyed myself like there was no one around. Finally, there was an opportunity for me to take pictures with the couple. Unfortunately, it seemed as though you had to bring your photographer if you want to get your pictures safely. I wasn’t prepared for this, I was looking lost as to how I would go about this. Suddenly, I saw a young and handsome photographer who seemed to know what he is doing. I literally begged him to take my pictures which he later agreed to do. After which he received my contact so as to send the pictures to me later. Wow, what a wedding I exclaimed as I got to my hotel room that night. Oh my!...

  A lot of young and passionate individuals have come to me making this statement repetitively.   One of the common mistakes you make as a youth is the fact that you see money as everything, as much as this can be true to a great extent, there is also a need for you to know that you are too big to limit yourself only to what money can do. You can make a positive impact in your society even when you are not fully financially buoyant. There are so many other ways to cause a change in your society without money. The most important thing here is: what is the state of your heart? Does SOCIAL IMPACT really matter to you? Is it something you are willing to devote yourself to even when nobody is rewarding you for it? Ask yourself these questions. Let’s quickly go through a definition. Social impact is the effect of your actions on people or your society. Looking at the above definition, you would realise the keywords: EFFECT & YOUR ACTIONS. This brings me to ask you another questi...