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saw a kid yesterday after doing about 3kms of my evening walk. this kid must have been about 6 or 7 and had a huge amount of firewood on his head weighing maybe more than his weight.
i was walking away when I asked myself "charles, this kid could be hit by a bike". I took it off
i was walking away when I asked myself "charles, this kid could be hit by a bike". I took it off
his head, and made the walk back to help him with the firewood and led him home, and I'd hear people on the streets say "na so im dey do am everyday o", and I would curse inside of me "and you let him do it everyday"
He would lead me the entire way, and I found they lived in a
He would lead me the entire way, and I found they lived in a
little stick house a stone throw from my own house.
I feared for his life, I really did, I could see his knees jerk after I took it off his head and how his sister (not more than 9) told me thank you.
No one would think much of this, but this matters to me, that Children be...
I feared for his life, I really did, I could see his knees jerk after I took it off his head and how his sister (not more than 9) told me thank you.
No one would think much of this, but this matters to me, that Children be...
raised in a way that prioritise their safety. Children are treasures, and should in fact be treated as such. This is why I am spending much of Christmas with him and his family.
I wished I could do the same for every family with little or no form of sustenance this festivities.
I wished I could do the same for every family with little or no form of sustenance this festivities.
When I and Yemisi ( @Yemisi_Ajeojo) go on walks, we sometimes meet the most resilient of small business, it's the akara sellers to our favorite Massa Seller.
She is elderly and makes massa morning and evening. The last time I and Yemisi went shopping, we got her a gift...
She is elderly and makes massa morning and evening. The last time I and Yemisi went shopping, we got her a gift...
It was a 1.5L bottle of groundnut oil. It's the cheer with which she serves, it's how we always need someone to translate our order to Hausa, and the extra massa she always gives us.
So when she smiled and said "Nagode" through her aging teeth, I wanted to do that for everyone.
So when she smiled and said "Nagode" through her aging teeth, I wanted to do that for everyone.
I know it sounds like nothing, and that's true, it took nothing from me to extend love in this way.
I think we can all extend random kindness, and this is me asking that this festivities, we do something kind for someone for whom it would truly matter. Will you take me up on it?
I think we can all extend random kindness, and this is me asking that this festivities, we do something kind for someone for whom it would truly matter. Will you take me up on it?
We've been trying to get bags of rice and other food items for poor communities in Lagos and Abuja. For rice, it's costing the team at the street store over 40% last year's costs to get items this year
We need your donations to spread the love this christmas, from your hearts...
We need your donations to spread the love this christmas, from your hearts...
to theirs, from your pockets to their tables.
If you'd love to give, we'd really be appreciative of the gesture, as we do even more to put more food and clothing items in the hands of people, It's getting even harder to be them.
You can donate here; https://dashboard.flutterwave.com/donate/hh4bny7jafuv
If you'd love to give, we'd really be appreciative of the gesture, as we do even more to put more food and clothing items in the hands of people, It's getting even harder to be them.
You can donate here; https://dashboard.flutterwave.com/donate/hh4bny7jafuv
Thank you so much, your labour of love will not be forgotten! 
