Today, I considered of many things I would love to have as birthday gifts and the numerous aspirations I am still chasing. In all of this I’m not losing sight of the detail that if not for God I might have completed up on the road like the numerous kids and young mature persons pleading for nourishment and some prostitüting to make ends rendezvous. If we understand the attenuating factors that force some of these people on the road, we would replacement a considered for them. I am where I am today purely by the grace of God and the grace of people who believed in me from the phrase go.
lately, I was at the Boys restructure Home, Oregun, Lagos, the discussion I had with the primary Mr. Kotun and much subsequent with the Special Adviser in ascribe of allremand dwellings in Lagos set me thinking about the boys and young women on the road. They have aspirations too. Can they fulfill those aspirations on the road? The answer will likely be no; because I won’t be where I am today if I ended up on the road.
For this cause, Mercy Johnson base will be doing a alallotmentment to get children off the street. We are not inquiring people for cash or donation, I will do all I can with the resources God has given me, and with the support of my husband to help get these children off the street and set them on the route where they can start to chase their
aspirations. I desire to beg with persons, followers, friends and colleagues to replacement a thought for the young kids on the road. We can begin by teaching persons round us, parents, the young kids and persons in ascribe of young kids (Oga-house help connection, teacher-student connection, and other ones) on the need to treat every progeny like the future of Nigeria depends on it. And reality be told, our future will not be all that delightful if
we let the scourge of ‘street-children’ fester. By then, the wealthy will start to bawl. I learnt Lagos State Government has 11 homes where most young kids picked from the streets are kept, reformed and reunited with their families after therapy
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That is an start clemency Johnson Foundation will be carrying and beyond that we will be going to distinct states to help disperse the message-Get children off the road, save the future. From tomorrow, I will begin to replay some of the courses I discovered at the boys’ restructure home and we all can assist to getting the children off the road.
I am appreciative to every person that has dispatched in a anniversary note, tweet and presents. express gratitude you and God bless you.mercy Johnson Okojie