Like most people on this earth I am passionate about a great deal of things; babies, puppies, the environment, clean water and so on and so on. it's one thing to be passionate about something but it's another to do something about it.
We can all very well see that our world is literally crumbling before our eyes and it seems we have resorted to watching that happen. So many a times i have made the decision to get off from my backside and do something about it but i always put my circumstances first and tell myself Nyasha you can't do it, but i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
I am an educated African girl which must i point out is no longer a rarity in my country, in fact my country Zimbabwe holds the highest literacy rate in Africa with a staggering 92%, second in line is 5% away Tunisia. I know what you're thinking, isn't Zimbabwe that little chaotic African country? well go ahead and google it, we are quite the educated bunch.
Regardless of having all these educated people all over the place you'd think we'd take our country to the next level. In my country not only do we graduate from high school we go on to study big degrees cause that is the respectable thing to do and then we get employed.
Now here is the thing a few days ago i read an article about a Zambian man who was in flight to Los Angeles. He happened to sit next to a somewhat corky white man, this is said in the best way possible really. So this old white man was not shy to point out the truth about us 'Africans', and as painful as it was to read that article i must say almost everything he said was true. We are quite the lazy ones. We go to Uni get our big degrees and we just go work and usually make enough to sustain a descent life but what have we done for our countries which is of significance. He particularly made mention of how sad it is that in Africa there are people who drink dirty water and yet we have so many graduates who can easily design a water purifier to pass their final project but will not do so after they graduate. click here to read the article of the Zambian man who got a lecture on all our behalf
It seems we have what one may call a dependency syndrome, i don't know about you but i'm tired of blaming every not so functioning thing on the government, i think we can do bad all by ourselves. So basically what i'm saying is i've decided to do something about the things i am passionate about without pointing fingers at anyone for killing them or what cause i too belong to this country and i have watched crumble waiting for someone else to do something.
In due cause you will really understand what this is all about. Rome wasn't built in one day hey and so step by step we are going to make a difference in this country.
The first step i will kindly ask all of you to do is very simple. think of all the little things that you may be doing indirectly that affects this country, be it environmentally or economically,like littering now write it down and make a conscious decision to try and avoid it for the next 16 days and you'll see how that will make you feel..
Here are a few pointers:
Close the tap if you are not using the water at that moment
wash and rinse your dishes in a sink or dish of water rather than running water.
place your trash in the bin, if its not close by hold on for a few minutes you'll come across one.
just because there is a pile of dirt somewhere doesn't mean that it's a bin
i know you might feel like it will be an insignificant thing to do but believe me the feeling is rewarding and if one person changes their bad habits it becomes one less problem and if we all review our bad habits that then becomes millions of problems solved, together we are going to make a difference
