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results that it will happen.
to Europe to become slaves to
Through partnership and col-
the people who once were wor-
laboration, I have been able to
shiping them? They were able
to do a kind of brainwashing of influence other organizations,
our minds to believe they are even those that have existed
for over 25 years which used
better and that everything about
to wait for donors, to start to do
them is superior to us, so we
things another way by bringing
would begin to depend on them.
We need a retooling of the mind the little resources we have
to change this. together. I was able to see the
beauty of our unity, coming
This is why I consciously, when
together, agreeing and putting
I get the contract from donors,
our resources together. There
I review the Terms of Engage-
ment first , after signing, I come is need for partnership as Afrika
up with our own strategies to and need for us to believe in
ourselves.
implement and we are able to
go to work. It was only later that do them in a faster and shorter
I realized I had slight issues time line than even the donors What I’m hearing you say
with my brain and that I had to had planned. God started to is: 1. You don’t need donor
go for a CT scan. show me that this is the rate of funding to start anything;
He has made it such that I am Acceleration of Africa's Re- and 2. You are able to
able to achieve so much impact sources and that the African achieve what you need to
with so little; I can’t even put based solution is like the speed do using domestic re-
it into words! He has just put of light. If we are able to deploy source mobilization. What
it such that what He calls me, our home based solutions to be you’re saying is in Africa
Comfort, and what He says I solving our problems, Afrika will
am to do, healing the nations, emancipate. We will be emanci- itself, the solution exists.
and what He promised me He pated from that place of depen-
would do about Accelerating Af- dency to becoming indepen-
rica's Resources… I see it play- dent. So they keep selling ideas
ing out. It made me be more to us that will slow our growth
selfless than I was, such that I and development.
don’t even consider my safety,
I just go if He needs me… and How do we multiply what
I think I’m also adventurous. you’re doing in terms of
[laughs]
approach?
The first thing is Africa needs to
believe in Africa, then to be bold
Retooling of minds
and confident enough to also
I have learnt a lot of things
challenge, tweak and change
through this work. I remember
the approaches that these do-
in consulting on a human traf-
ficking project in Benin, in my nors sell to us. So if you’re able
findings about the Benin King- to change it with your own strat-
egy you will see the results and
dom, I found the Europeans
impact and that will become a
literally would bow to worship
springboard for us to believe
their kings and queens, but now
the table has turned. Why is it in our own strategies. It is only
that now the Edos are running when you try it and you see the
Field work at fishing communities
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