I know how it feels to walk miles to go to class. I also know how it feels to not feel like a human being and think that your existence doesn’t matter. I was one of those kids that felt that way; especially after both of my parents passed at an early age. I was lost and confused, but God always showed me the way.
I recalled a few months ago, I was watching the television and saw a documentary about Oprah Winfrey and another with Jay-Z in Africa. Oprah’s documentary was about her leadership school in South Africa. I was very happy for those girls. I cried as I watched the documentary because I saw myself in those courageous girls. I told myself that I have to meet Oprah to show her that a kid without the opportunity given to those girls, has made it. I would also show those girls or any kid that is struggling, that you can still make it if you work hard and stay around positive people. I want to look Oprah in her eyes and tell her that not only did those girls appreciate what she did, but people like me appreciate what she did because one of those girls will in turn touch many other lives in a positive way. I hope the girls will take this great gift and use it as a master key to open doors to a better future.
The documentary on Jay-Z in Africa, showed kids running after his car. It is great to see that celebrities are really taking a stand to see Africa with their own eyes and not just rely on the media. John Mayer was quoted as saying, “When you trust your television, what you get is what you’ve got, ‘cause when they own the information, they can bind it all they wantâ€. I remember Jay-Z saying, that “back in the U.S. sometimes we say the ghetto is hard, but you have not seen hard until you come to Africa where you have 15 people living in one small room and walking miles with BIG buckets on their heads trying to find clean water.â€
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