HEALTH SENSITIZATION AT KABAWA COMMUNITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE: A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROJECT INITIATED BY MISS OYEBIMPE OLOFIN TAGGED “LIFE IS SWEET, LIVE HEALTHY”


Miss Oyebimpe Olofin, a Yoruba language linguist, is a young lady passionate about humanitarian services and understanding that there are those who have some basic need but are incapable of achieving these she set out to use her national youth service year to impact the lives of the indigenes of Kogi state by paying school fees for some secondary school kids and sensitizing other areas of Kogi on the need for some basic health knowledge.


On 28 September, 2017, miss Oyebimpe, Olofin the project initiator held a health sensitization at Kabawa community, Lokoja, Kogi state which included free malaria testing, blood glucose level testing and urinalysis and the individuals of the community where educated on the need to know part of this three different tests.
She pulled this through by the help of some of her corps member friends: ebelechukwu peace okonkwo, okwara prince chijioke, victoria Ukpaka, udo veronica, ebun ade-taiwo, ogoji morenikeji  then also contributors which includes; tobi, (ceo of M.A.A.D studios), mr ohine anomi, mr Sunday Samuel (a graphic designer)
The Special adviser to the governor of Kogi state on health, Dr Attah Ahmed and the special adviser to the governor on education of Kogi state were present for the sensitization. A laboratory scientist, Sunday Samuel and a medical doctor Dr E U Odia who was one of the speakers of the programme, were on board to assist with the testing and consultation of the people especially those that turned up positive for malaria testing, also for those that had other issues.
The programme was a complete success considering the fact that the community heads and people


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THE MOON - POETRY


How amazing!
Comfort of the night to the night traveler
How your fullness shows the path
How calming after the scorching of the sun
How relieving not to be afraid of what lurches in dark corners

How significant!
You exhude strength and companionship
Reflecting the glow of the sun
Converting its heat to calming balm

Bright fluorescence of the night




How curious!
The side we view we see with
But curiosity gnaws at me
What happens on your dark side?
What secrets does it hide?
Your double sides reflect man
A moon with the dark side as one person wrote




How dynamic!
Your different shapes exhudes levels
As you gradually unravel your ultimate glory
In the fullness your periodic lunar
From crescent to fullness
but when you are absent
How dismal and discouraging
The night becomes.



Oh moon! Full of character you are!

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MUSE


I have run the race of one who expect his dues
My mind numb as it’s scarred with bruise
On this race; I stumbled on the laces of my shoes
But lo! The race I ran brought me to you my muse


Like whisper, your name dropped
I hastened like fire was under my feet
I gave heed to the cues
The very whisper of your name in my heart
Like balm, the sight of you calmed my hurting bruise
Your lips shaped like the Cupid’s bow
Glisten as you moisten them with your tongue
While words like salve to a wound
Lifted me up and out of the cold blues

Whoever said that the dark will always linger
When like the sun you turned the night to day
With the brightness of your smile
As your large eyes fringed with long lashes
Glitters like two diamonds
they Pierced my being shedding me of my walls
And with humour, your eyes sparkle as they
Drew me in into their precious secrets
In anger, your eyes steely and hard they become
But the engraved laugh lines tells me all is clear
And that’s all I need to hear
Your golden coloured skin, tingles my fingers
With vibrant electricity
Yet they are yet to touch them
How baby soft and firm I know they will be
As the line that frame them remains luminescent
Oh how can I bridge the gap
That distance wedged between us
To change the anonymity
To your awareness of my identity
To be able to cradle your heart shaped face
And trace every angle and line
To admire the cuteness of your dimples
Even across the distance
Your lithe frame exudes power and grace
And your long fingers exudes strength
As it tells its tales of fortitude
Your eyes lit up, twinkling with mischief
It gleamed like diamonds in the night
As you savoured the glory of the night’s beauty
What is not privy to others
Is your eyes glistened with tears
As you observed the bane of humanity
Your nostrils flared at the injustice
That the unprotected go through
And with your mouth set in hard lines
You set out to save the day
Ne’er the less with you my muse
I will grace the screens with news

As my finger tingles to hasten, to increase the views

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FOR CLOSURE



WHEN LOSS HAPPENS;

Have you ever felt like your heart is being ripped from your chest? You want to cry but the tears are too heavy to fall. Then you wonder if it’s all some kind of test or its just you or the pain is also felt by the rest. Even then, how could anyone understand how you feel?  Every second feels like an hour because moving on from the pain seem so impossible, wondering if you will ever be the same again, if the sun will break forth through the heavyset clouds?
Have you ever felt you have been dealt a great injustice and you wished you can turn back the hands of time to stop what had happened or change it or appreciate each second that you feel you wasted? Have you really ever cried so much that you have no tears anymore instead groans that roar your pain break out from your throat?

JOURNEY OF PAIN;


Losing someone you love or cared deeply for, to death, to circumstances of change, to the distance of the oceans, to factors that you are powerless to fight against, to factors that you wished that you can afford the ammo to prevent; can hurt so deeply that every breath is laboured and every step is heavy and time seem to slow down and you wish constantly for the pain to ease.
Sometimes it seems that the one leaving people behind is selfish because those left behind are left to deal with the loss but then life has to continue. How hard it is to continue being normal, normal becomes overrated. When distance of continents and oceans creates the chasm it’s never the same anymore, the loved ones on this side will have to learn to move on, to adjust and learn to live again. Death is inevitable but no matter how often it happens, no one ever gets used to it. Often times we can’t relate on a personal ground with those who have lost loved ones because we have never known that kind of pain. Oh how fortunate! So never you say you understand when you have not been there because you don’t!

THE ACCEPTANCE AND MOVING ON:

Sea, Water, Ocean, Spray, Blue, Inject

It’s never easy to go on and it’s never the same, but the best to ever do is cherish the good memories, reminding yourself, keeping them alive in your heart while doing yourself a great favour by living again, taking it one day at a time. Learning to make good use of times you have with your loved ones, understanding that times change and we have to change with it while we maintain our core nature. As one who is empathizing and sympathizing, understand that people dealing with loss do not need platitudes because they feel mocked, so help them by doing the little things; a shoulder to cry on, an arm to lean on, the support to go on, the light of laughter and the healing balm of love. As for you who has lost someone accept and surround yourself with life, with love through people that will remind you that life is still worth more than taking it a day at a time thereby finding closure.


For closure by victoria ukpaka

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TIME

AN ESSAY ABOUT TIME; 
we underestimate time,thinking we have it in our grasp when its independent of whatever we do.



DEFINITION
Wikipedia describes time as the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future. Also time is a component quantity of various measurement s used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events, or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience.


IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE;
Time is one of the constants of life and we often neglect its impact on every area of our life, forgetting it doesn’t pause for anyone neither does it return for anyone. In lieu of this, we should then consider time as an important factor in our day to day activities. Paraphrasing a popular adage, a wise man makes hay while the sun shines. If you know what hay is, you will understand its important to gather it as the sun is up because no hay is useful if its damp or cold or gathered under the rain. Understanding that the time you have, the now that you have is a gift is one the prerequisite of making impact on life. Life is a gift and it’s in sync with time. How we use the time we have now is very necessary. Time is limitless but the life of every living thing has limit, why live like you have all the time when you don’t?
When you look around at everything that exists you will realise that each exists with a purpose and abuse of these purpose comes in when its purpose is not known. To everything that exists there is time allocated to each one of them, and time in itself doesn’t stop or change its nature to accommodate any of them, it’s always in continuum.

IN OTHER WORDS;
Since time remains constant in its nature, why then do we waste the limited one that we have been given within this dimension that we exist in? There is so much to do in a limited time of a hundred years, though so many never get to reach that age. Why waste time on wars and disagreements that never yield what man seem to so much desire which is “freedom” and “comfort”? There are so many people who sleep away the limited earthly years they have thinking they have a lot of time left only to realise later that they are too old to achieve what they really wanted to achieve. As a young person, there is physical strength to pay the price needed to have the glorious future of your old age but as an elderly person; the waning strength is almost not resilient enough to withstand the price that being successful requires. The relationship between where you are now and where you want to be is “TIME”, and that time is now. The worst enemy of success is procrastination, putting off what you are supposed to do today to tomorrow and the vicious cycle continues and one day you impose your underachieved dreams and vision on your children ignoring the fact that to every individual is a unique purpose and no one can ever be you.
Therefore it is wise to use time judiciously.

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ODE TO STRANGERS



To the ones I am yet to know;
Strolling down the side walk with no particular location in mind
Arms gently swinging by my sides in sync with my paces
My face slightly turned towards the soft rays of the midmorning sun
The rest of me sheltered in my coat cos the air was chilly enough
I skimmed the faces of all that strode down beside me
All these faces, none familiar, none aware of my curiosity



Arms in stride we all tread down the paths
Each person locked into their own personal world
With their next destination and action guiding their steps
Many faces that hid the true on-going of each mind
Hiding perfectly behind the public façade I perused like a detective
All these many people that do not know each other
How do we cross the line of being strangers to being friendly?

It’s interesting to play the game of guesswork
Relying on the different play of emotions on each face
Trying to decipher the story each tell
Even as a situation like bumping into each other
Changes our status from being strangers to the awareness of each other
And this becomes the determinant of whether we will move up the status
To being friendly or back to inevitable strangers

Oh stranger, whom I am yet to know
 How I want to know what makes you tick!

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ESSAY: THE INVERTED MIRROR

An essay on body image and plastic surgery.

INTRODUCTION
We live in an age where self -importance and relevance is rated based on physical appearance, where one feels inferior because we have unconsciously crafted out a certain physical attributes that we see as the perfect body image.

BODY IMAGE

What then is body image? Body image is the mental representation one creates but it may or may not bear close relation to how others actually see you. Body image is subject to all kinds of distortion from internal elements like our emotions, moods, early experiences, attitudes of our parents and much more. Nevertheless, it strongly influences behaviour (psychology today, healthprofs.com, 2017). It can be deduced from the definition of body image that irrespective of our physical appearance, our real viewpoint of ourselves arises from the internal mirror image and these can hinge from all sorts of factors. Searches have shown that there are vast majority of the world population whom have indulged in cosmetic plastic surgery just to improve what they think is a flawed body image or to conform to the generally accepted perfect body image for instance late Michael Jackson e.t.c.
PLASTIC SURGERY

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body.
 It has two categories which are; reconstructive surgery which includes craniofacial, hand surgery, micro surgery and the treatment of burns and cosmetic or aesthetic surgery which aims to reconstruct a part of the body or improve its functions or its appearance (Wikipedia 2017). Reconstructive plastic surgery aims to improve or correct impairments of a/some part(s) of the body which was caused by developmental abnormalities, infection, diseases or burns and in this case it can be understood that its clinically important to make the individual’s live easier whereas cosmetic plastic surgery is an intentional choice made by individuals on normal parts of the body because of several superficial reasons.

REASONS FOR COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY

Firstly, one of the many reasons why people expend voluminously on cosmetic plastic surgery is phobia for ageing forgetting that one of the laws of life is that everything that has a beginning will have an end no matter how much you want to prolong or extend it. Second reason is defining beauty based on physical appearance or comparison with a publicly accepted model. The saying that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder is totally right because one person’s  mirror view of beauty is different from the next person and if that is the case why conform to a trend of what beauty is. We all forget that each individual is a masterpiece and there is no copy of anyone no matter how much one try to reconstruct the body image to be exactly as another. Another reason is being uncomfortable in one’s own skin and the overzealous need to erase some so called body marks like birthmarks and so forth.
As the statistics of persons whom advocate for aesthetic plastic surgery increases the effects seem to elude those involved because of the immediate gratification it brings them. They forget or wave aside that surgery is already risky on its own and that willingly subjecting oneself to the surgical blade because of sentimental reasons is like willingly going to the gallows hoping you will escape hanging. The emotional effects are hardly considered in respect to cosmetic plastic surgery and these arises from the plastic surgery obsession where a slight physical difference is seen as an anomaly. The funny thing is those that engage in cosmetic plastic surgery are hardly content with the outcome of any plastic surgery they undergo and these in the long run will lead to an emotional meltdown, there body image will never be perfect in their eyes. Clinical complications like hematoma, nerve damage, implant failure or even organ damage which may arise from surgeries should be enough deterrent for anyone who wants to venture into cosmetic plastic surgery just to meet up a particular physical trend. Another interesting thing about this cosmetic plastic surgery is that as much as you expend a lot of money to undergo it you expend more to maintain it.
Finally it can be seen that a good body image which arises from a healthy knowledge, understanding and acceptance of oneself is preferable to trying to invert the mirror image to suit what you think should be the real you.  We are all individually unique and it’s high time we accept and see ourselves as beautiful.

Courtesy: shanks konsult's write to win 2017

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POETRY: MY CLARITY

Poetry expresses, shows more than it tells.

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FREE VERSE POETRY

Poetry on smile, courage or fear
YOUR SMILE

FEAR OR COURAGE

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ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVES

WHAT DO YOU SEE? ITS ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVES….

I've got ideas and i've got the energy sizzling and shot up in my bones. Its so refreshing and i felt the world will soon bow to my unique and amazing idea. Oh how i can change the world! Do you need to ask? I have the courage bursting at its seams in me….

Then i ran out with so much ethusiasm sharing my world changing ideas. It took me several moments of my glee being answered with unsmiling faces to realise no one shared my joy? Probably they need to hear it in simpler terms…. So i delved into explaining…..

After hours of energy drained, what did i get? Blank expressions and murmurs that drenched my zeal leaving it bedraggled?

Why cant they see it? Why cant they see what i see? Why was it hard to accept the keys that can change the world? Just a little bit of faith, thats what a dream needs.

Perspectives build. Perspectives stagnates. Perspective tears down.

What do you see?
how do you see what you see?
What can you do about what you see and how you see it?

Perspective matter! Lets examine our perspectives! Lets rebuild what we have pulled down by revisiting our perspectives and do what we should do.

Perspectives matter!

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HOW DO I?

How do i tell you that i understand
How you feel?
How do i tell you that i wish i know
How to ease your pain?
If i tell i you i understand
It does sound so cliched.

It hurts so much that you go through
Such pain
It hurts so much to know the pain
Will always linger even if it dulls
With time.

I pray it gets better
I pray you get stronger
I pray the beautiful memories remain
Alive always and never get dim.

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YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

I have walked the streets of experience
Which to some will mean less
But it doesnt make the learnt lessons
Less efficacious

You walked in and showed the difference
What it means to walk same path
And still leave ground breaking impact
I am glad to be able to look through your lens
And see your thoughts of me
You really make the difference

In this short while, i have had reasons
To see a real life replica of my thought
I cant stress it enough
you make the best difference.

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SAED EXPERIENCE, ICT CLASS: TREASURES IN EARTHEN VESSELS (PART 1)

All of a sudden i had a jolt of a reality that graduation was close and i will have no excuse anymore to be reliant on my parents. Fear gripped my heart. What will i do when i graduate? Recently i started paying close attention to the world around me and i saw the rate of unemployment and the downsizing going on in some companies and i wondered if those before me are still unemployed after getting their degrees and those already on the job being downsized, what was the hope that i will get a paying job with my B.sc?"
This is definitely the thought of some prospective graduates and it goes downnhill from there for those already graduated with months on their belts without a job. Its depressing and not encouraging for those still in school working with so much zeal to graduate and work with their degrees. I always knew there is never an end just a bend. for the fact that you cant see a solution doesnt mean its not there. Months of trying to get my footing on purpose brougt me finally to Nysc; Nigeria youth service corps whereby during the orientation camp at Asaya, Kogi state, Nigeria, i got introduced to hope in the form of skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development program. Its organized by Nysc to show young people that they have treasures within and they can make multiple streams of income with what they have. specifically, i got properly motivated by the ICT instructor of the class i joined, Mr Ohis. He broadened the horizon and i saw a clearer picture of part of my goals which is inspiring people to reach their goals at the same time creating employments for myself and others. Afterall The Holy Bible says "a man's gift makes room for him and will bring him before kings.

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MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL



Looking back now at my first day at the University, I can’t help but laugh though it wasn’t funny being in the middle of nowhere in a foreign place  with no friends yet, with the old students treating me like I have come to upset their atmosphere just by breathing. My dad had dropped me off and tried to combat the stream of people at the bank to pay my fees, after which he said his farewells and left. I was at loss at where to start from; every eye that looked at me seemed to know I’m just arriving. I can’t remember how many times I got lost trying to locate the administrative block and at the same time too tied up in knots with trepidation to ask for direction. What topped off the icing of the cake was when I couldn’t locate my bag which literally contained my life; my money, my credentials name it. I couldn’t believe it was happening to me, I have never being a clumsy person but new places can leave me befuddled. It was in my state of anxiety that I met someone who in the long run became my best friend. He didn’t laugh at me but helped me locate my bag which happened not to be missing because I didn’t remember where I had left it since most of the buildings lookeds alike. I learnt though that asking questions doesn’t make you stupid, it saves time.

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CAST A STONE -st John 8:3-11



Lietha Earthy, a woman of the world through and through, known for her skill of drawing men of all ages to her bed all of a sudden saw her world falling apart like a pack of cards when she was caught in bed with one of the supposedly “reputable men” of Scion county. Thinking that since it takes two to tango that she will be sharing the humiliation with her male partner in the “adultery” crime, shocked and dismayed she found out that the society disgraces the woman that has multiple sex partners and pats the man on the back for being “the man” if he does same, the unfairness of it all gnawed at her. She saw her life flash before her eyes when the angry mob of so called wronged men and women pulled and dragged her through the streets with derogatory words to the centre of the city where she will be lynched.
Now in the middle of all the rage and fury Christos being an embodiment of wisdom saved the day, as he poked holes in the act of self-righteousness of the mob as they were all puffed up with indignation and condemnation, sending them off with their tails behind their legs, he offered Lietha grace and redemption.
All too glad to leave her past behind, Lietha leaped to the gift of a new life.

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TODAY'S GIFT


One summer evening, Markus received a call as he was working late as usual, immediately he heard what the other person on the line had to say, the phone fell off his fingers as he became numb with shock. His best friend Lawrence walked in as he snapped out of the dazed look and pushed away all the papers on the table with a growl that sounded like it was dragged painfully out of him, he looked up at his friend and said,” Law, what have I done? I should have been there when she needed me. Instead I sent her money every time she needed to see me; I gave excuses that I was busy. I lost all my friends that meant a lot to me, I can’t even indulge in doing the things I love; I got caught up in pursuing shadows, instead of substance. The only person who stood by me and believed in me while every other person gave up on the “local boy” is gone because I never made out time to spend with her, even while she was in the hospital. I never enjoyed today’s gift because I always put it off for tomorrow, now my mother is gone and I never told her how much I Love her and appreciated or celebrated her.” Markus sat down and held his face in his hands and wept.


Lawrence was speechless as he had no words suitable enough to console his best friend.

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REFINED GOLD


One Tuesday morning, all the first year students of Angeles University converged at the general hall to be addressed by a prominent motivational speaker. Soon afterwards, the speaker arrived and addressed the students.

“Good day beautiful people” his voice resonated across the hall
“Good day sir.” They all chorused.
“Some of you may know me while some don’t, but I’m generally known as Dr Michael, before I proceed, I would like one of you to ask me a question probably that have been bothering you and you want answers or pointers to it.”
A male student stood up and asked, “Sir, why can’t we go for something and get it immediately? Why is there so much work on the road to success?”
Dr Michael replied, “The road to success is never smooth because of the nature of man. Most times we take for granted what we didn’t work for. And the bumps we encounter along the way such as challenges and losses is such that our character will be refined as gold, and by the time we reach our destination, we will know how to appreciate where we are and how to handle matters that arise. Learn to have an ‘I can do it’ mentality, it helps you to look for ways and solutions instead of grumbling and it builds steadiness of character.”


After a few more words of encouragement, everyone dispersed, some students thoughtful over what they heard.

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