Great story about a kid in Nigeria building helicopters in his back yard from scrap metal and old engines. I would have will personally charge in to declare him a social entrepreneur worthy of Ashoka's fellowship if he gets beyond the time worn cliche "We don't reward talent in this country."
The idea is just step one. Are you ready to really make that idea a reality? Are you ready to really work hard to make sure that your idea helps as many people as possible improve their lives? Or are you just sitting there passively waiting for someone to "reward" you?
Mohammed Bah Ahmed is a role model that the young Mohammed should emulate. His ingenious pot-in-a-pot cooling system has won awards because he distributed it widely and cheaply and thereby demonstrating its potential social impact.
You have an idea. Do you have the obsessive determination to make it the idea?
I found Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing's interview in the Los Angeles Times' Calendarlive.com an inspiration. I found her real and accessible, not a goddess but a earth mother. A role model especially for women in Africa what ever their ethnic and racial pedigree. I shall read all her books and find out more.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
EARLY EDUCATION
The Federal Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) launched the National Policy for Integrated Early Childhood Development (IECD) and IECD Minimum Standards for Early Childhood Centres in Nigeria.
Its great to know that Nigeria finally has a policy on early child education. One long term approach to our numerous economic and social challenges is education.
Only a population capable of critical thought can question the assumptions that have allowed corruption and bad leadership to continue to plague us and retard our development.
With a policy in place what we need now is a number of citizen sector organizations to actualize it. How will it work at the grassroots? How will standards be set and maintained?
If you think that the public sector can do that then think again. Endemic corruption ensures that no public sector project achieves its potential.
The business sector is profit oriented and as a result has the tendency to be exploitative when adequate sanctions are not enforced. The citizen sector despite its flaws is in the best position to achieve high impact results.
I really look forward to seeing a professional corp of citizen sector workers giving creative consideration to how we can use this policy to bring high impact results to the greatest number of people.
Its great to know that Nigeria finally has a policy on early child education. One long term approach to our numerous economic and social challenges is education.
Only a population capable of critical thought can question the assumptions that have allowed corruption and bad leadership to continue to plague us and retard our development.
With a policy in place what we need now is a number of citizen sector organizations to actualize it. How will it work at the grassroots? How will standards be set and maintained?
If you think that the public sector can do that then think again. Endemic corruption ensures that no public sector project achieves its potential.
The business sector is profit oriented and as a result has the tendency to be exploitative when adequate sanctions are not enforced. The citizen sector despite its flaws is in the best position to achieve high impact results.
I really look forward to seeing a professional corp of citizen sector workers giving creative consideration to how we can use this policy to bring high impact results to the greatest number of people.
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