I have for a while been inactive on tig...I was disillusioned and pained at the "seeming" lack of concern that our nations leaders show youth related issues.
Now I have found what I think is the fool proof way of making sure that my efforts and that of other young people working in the none profit sector will not be ignored by the money bags and big wigs that control our country.
It is still hard and involves quite a bit of networking, but I believe that this time I shall not go wrong and I will be able to help out other young people in this sector.
I have a media job now that takes up a great bulk of my time, but it is a job that also enables me to have personal contact with the powers-that-be and gives me a face, so that there is a slimmer margin of my proposals and requests getting ignored.
In this country unfortunately (and indeed in many other parts of the world) things work based on who you know and not just the merit of your ideas and efforts. Young people know other young people and may not necessarily be able to break into the "big league", but with this new job where I get to meet everyone, I shall make extra effort to bring to light and note the issues that young people (especially those in the NGO circles) face.
We shall not take a back seat anymore and let other people take decisions on our behalf that would affect the quality of our lives and livelihood, while we keep mum about it.
Away with the idea that young people speaking out is insolence. Goodbye the days when young people would lie on the ground and have some people grind their feet in our mouths and we just lie back and say "give me more".
This is the time to take the power into our hands and make demands not just request of our government, coporate bodies and ourselves.
