Truths and Deeds!

A professional is one whose expertise in a given venture is rated far above the average. More so, efficient  and reliable are the qualities that are associated with a professional. It is becoming even more obvious to me that the personality of a professional is continually eluding many of us in the areas we call our own. Many times, i have come across people who claim to be professionals but whose very own actions leave people depressed and frustrated everywhere they go. I have fallen victim a number of times and i am almost certain that at one time or another, we all have. Those of us who are accustomed to meeting and dealing with handymen, managers and others who are best known to engage in 'trial and error practices' on a day to day basis, can rightly agree that professionals are hard to find, especially in a society where people follow the money trail. I do not have a problem with those who desire to break new grounds but I am constantly at odds with the ones who lie t

Efforts to promote the rights of women the world over has been on for a very long time now. Many strategies have been employed but the theme; 'to promote gender equality and empower women' and the target; 'eliminate gender disparity at all levels' has remained. In Africa, the tom tom of the Africa drum has raised many from slumber in the same regard. Sexual harrasment, Rape, Violence against women, kidnapping and trafficking of women remain as the most intractable violations of women's rights today. In 2006, Chancellor Gordon Brown, and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn announced that the UK will quadruple aid for education to $15 billion (£8.5 billion) over the next ten years. That is to say, from 2006 to 2016. They had reasoned that Education is the simple most powerful tool in the fight against global poverty and this is nowhere more clear than in the education of girls. Findings had revealed that more than 100 million of the world's children