About

I was brought up with a sense of giving and sharing what I have. By what I have, my mother – my greatest role model – made it clear that it is not always about money. She taught me that I can always give the little I have in many ways… but as long as I do it honestly, compassionately and selflessly.

This made me into the man I am today. I feel a sense of obligation to contribute to humanity. So when people ask me why I give this or that, I find it almost bizarre that there should be a reason… dont get me wrong, the reason is above and it is simply natural. It is like asking why we eat. It is a necessity; it doesnt matter whether we like food or not. I for one, would rather human was made without the need for food… true.

So this blog helps me chronicle and share my contributions with others. Not for self-praise but as a means to continue sharing and possibly inspiring someone to do the same. Or even, to be a source of listening and encouraging should someone who reads have doubts or fears or anxiety about getting involved… or other curiousity they may have. I am happy to share this experience.

My first involvement in charity work was in Nigeria while 8 years old. My mother will take me along as she and other women in the church rise very early to visit orphanages, prisons, hospitals and mental health hospitals. We will take items that people in these places may need; from bars of soap, to food, clothing, books, pens, shoes, it is. All these would have been donated by church members.

This experience taught me to appreciate what I had and continue to have. My mother was extremely poor. There were days we went without food; struggled to pay rent or have enough money to pay for her medical treatment. In fact, at the end, she was thrown out of a hospital in 1995 because she (we) couldn’t pay the bill after 2 months stay. She went on to die from that illness 14months later. I was 15!

It took me another 8 years to have finished school, got a job and went back to pay that hospital bill. That experience has left me with an indelible mark that many more people are dying for not being able to afford basic things as healthcare, food, shelter, etc.

So stay with me on this journey and I hope my experience will help yours continue to share whatever little you can.

Currently, I volunteer in church as an Amateur Choirmasterand Junior Church leader, as a trustee with a national charity, a singer in local choir, a key volunteer for a Christmas project, and an advisor to a few other charities on adhoc basis.

Remember, ‘together, we are stronger.’