Africa

IS FAMILY STILL IMPORTANT IN TODAY’S WORLD?

TOUCHING LIVES My daughter had a discussion with someone who believed that the family does not play a role in child development. She tried in several ways to highlight the importance of the family, which to her greatest dismay, he found difficult to comprehend. When she shared this with me I wanted to wave it…

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Africa

SURVIVING EMOTIONAL SCARS

TOUCHING LIVES Katie Kacvinsky  said, ‘But pain is like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.’ The topic on surviving emotional scars can never be complete…

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Africa

TALK TO ME

TOUCHING LIVES This is a story of a student teacher’s experience with a pupil during her four weeks teaching practice in a primary school, where she was assigned to grade one. I walked into the classroom, greeted the teacher, Ms. Thornton and the pupils. I proceeded to reading the children a story. As we all…

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Africa

ADDRESSING ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

TOUCHING LIVES Adverse Childhood Experiences are events or situations that occur during childhood and/or adolescence that traumatize a child. These include events that breach a child’s safety, security, trust or bodily integrity. In other words, any act that traumatizes a child causing him or her to live in perpetual fear and makes the child feel…

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Africa

Genuine Womanhood Concerned Mothers

GENUINE WOMANHOOD CONCERNED MOTHERS’ FIRST E-MEETING ON 8 APRIL 2020 Our WhatsApp meeting kicked off at 5pm with an impressive record of 51 participants. The Director of Genuine Womanhood Initiative, Lady Jane Ndukwe, welcomed all participants and proceeded to make an opening remark that acknowledged the noble roles of mothers, which include: accepting to bring…

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Africa

ETIQUETTE MATTERS

The Hilton brand, for five consecutive years, has been quoted on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to work for. Why? It has maintained its founder’s vision of spreading ‘the light and warmth of hospitality’ to its guests and also extended this culture to its team members. The Chief human resource officer, Matt Schuyler said, “As a…

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Marriage

MARRIAGE; MY CHOICE

MARRIAGE; MY CHOICE! The first consideration to make when deciding to marry is your choice of a life partner. If you choose the right partner, you will enjoy your marriage but if you make a wrong choice that could mean a life of sorrow and regret or even a ‘death sentence’ for the hurting one.…

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