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PAN AFRICA CHILDREN ADVOCACY WATCH, Inc.

10690 ROSE BRIAR CT NE

UNIT 116

CUMBERLAND, MD 21502 - 8351

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OCTOBER 5, 2024.

WE WOULD DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND DONATION FOR THIS PROJECT AIMED AT NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF NIGERIAN LEADERS. PLEASE SEE DETAILS BELOW. 

INAUGURAL SENIOR HIGH SCOOL “ESSAY” COMPETITION IN NIGERIA, 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR.

SPONSORS: Pan Africa Children Advocacy Watch (PACAW, Inc.) based in Maryland, USA and Olise - Omolu Foundation (OOF) based in Lagos.

PURPOSE: To contribute our “widow's mite” to the development of a new generation of selfless and committed future leaders who will lift Nigeria from it’s self inflicted abysmal state of affairs and redirect its course so that it can attain its true potential. For Nigeria to achieve her God-given potential, the next generation of leaders must have a completely different mindset. A mindset of NATION FIRST. It is in that vein that we are starting the yearly Senior High School “Essay” Competition.

STUDY MATERIAL FOR THE “ESSAY” COMPETITION
This study material is a short biography of a person who has demonstrated in his life, genuine love for Africa and even laid down his life for Africans. For this inaugural competition, we have gladly chosen the life of the Scottish Physician, Missionary, Explorer and slave abolitionist, Dr David Livingstone. The biography will be about four pages. We believe his type of selfless spirit and leadership mindset of service and sacrifice for Africans is the best example for future leaders of Nigeria and other African nations to study and emulate.

WHAT THE STUDENTS SHOULD DO
The students are required to answer three questions based on the biography.
We expect each student to read the biography intensely several times. Then, the student should answer the questions honestly by himself or herself “from the “heart”.
Please submit your answers (essays) to your Principal latest by Friday, November 29, 2024.

A team of judges put together by PACAW, Inc. and OOF will grade the essays.
There will be 1st prize, 2nd prize, 3rd prize, and four consolation prizes in each state (NOT IN EACH SCHOOL, BUT IN EACH STATE). We estimate a maximum of 150 students in each state for this inaugural edition.
Although we are awarding prizes, that is not our main goal. In fact, the prizes are the least important elements of this endeavour. The most important reason for this “Essay” Competition is to mentor our young men and women, and engender in them love of nation more than self, and a totally different type of MINDSET urgently needed to rescue Nigeria.

THE FULL TEXT OF Dr. LIVINGSTONE's BIOGRAPHY CAN BE FOUND IN THE "WHAT WE DO " AND "NEWS AND PUBLICATION" PAGES.

TOTAL MINDSET TRANSFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE BASED DEVELOPMENT ARE THE ONLY HOPES FOR AFRICA. 

 PLEASE JOIN US IN THIS MAMMOTH AND DIFFICULT ENDEAVOR

​​​In  order for the nations of SubSahara Africa to become donors rather than recipients buried in a culture of chronic beggarliness, a new generation of African leaders grounded in KNOWLEDGE is required. KNOWLEDGE that incorporates vigorous discourse about JUSTICE, COURAGE, ALTRUISM and SELFLESS PUBLIC SERVICE. There are three components to our approach in achieving this goal.

1. Providing the children with all the requirements for decent, quality Basic Education. These include teachers, decent buildings, library, books      and computer center.

2.   Leadership Academy for the teachers and community leaders. The 2014 Academy held from September 1-5 focussed on five themes; COURAGE, EDUCATION, JUSTICE, WISDOM and SELFLESS PUBLIC SERVICE. The teachers are required to pass those things learned in the Academy to the children in the primary school and the young men and women in the secondary school.

3.  Economic Empowerment of the community so that they can , as soon as possible, participate in sustaining the programs that we have put in place. Our hope is that eventually, the local, state and federal authorities will collaborate with the community leaders and take over these programs.

 TO DATE, WE HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR 1 & 2.  HOWEVER  WE NEED YOUR HELP AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO :

 (a) SUSTAIN  # 1 AND # 2.

 (c).  Begin phase 3, ( # 3) above. This will involve setting up microfinance for the community.  The vast majority of the men are farmers and many of the women also work in the farm. Our goal is to assist them with the necessary tools and infrastructure to be able to sell their goods and products in the markets outside the village. We hope this will strengthen the parents of the school children financially, so that they will be able to contribute more to the education of their children.

OUR  GOAL IS TO TAKE THIS MODEL TO SEVERAL OTHER POOR AND UNDERSERVED VILLAGES IN NIGERIA AND ULTIMATELY TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA.

PLEASE  DONATE.  NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL.  GOD  BLESS.