HOW TO TRULY HELP PEOPLE AND THE TRUE HELP YOU NEED

I have been in need many times myself and severally have I looked up to someone to help me. Due to unemployment or lack of sources of income, many of the young people allover the world are stuck in positions that unless someone comes for their rescue, they are not going to live another day.

In Mombasa, all along the streets are scores of young children some as young as 12yrs and below begging for money from passersby. I see it on TV all the time, cases of people seeking to find the attention of well wishers to come to their aid and assist or support their cause. We visited a number of children homes last year and all of them depend on visitors, donors & the government to survive. This also goes all the way down to our own homes where we have siblings and relatives who depend on us directly or indirectly.

This shows that people need someone to assist them but don’t you know that problems never

end. You buy me food today; I will still need food tomorrow. You pay my bills today; I will still need you to pay them tomorrow.

I know you really want to help out. I know you really need help as well but we cannot truly eradicate poverty or lessen the burdens on our shoulders and on those of our beloved ones if we keep giving or asking for “fish”. The saying goes, don’t give someone fish, instead teach them how to fish. Since when tomorrow comes they will go fish on their own.

When you need help; Desire to find ways through which you can get means to be able to make your own way out of that help you got. Ask for help to set up a business to sustain you for a longer time rather than asking for handouts all the time.

Don't just feed them, teach them how to fish

When you want to help someone; instead of giving them tips and allowances, desire to go a little deeper and help them start something that can give them income even without you. It is expensive a bit but it will be better to sort them once but help them in the long run. End results, you don’t have to hear knocks on the door all the time coming to beg.

I think we should set up shops and other income generating activities in our children homes, instead of

depending on donor funds. We should teach our brothers and sisters how they can make their own money and they will not come to you all the time or suffer when you are not their.

DON’T GIVE THEM FISH; TEACH THEM HOW TO FISH AND DON’T ASK FOR FISH; ASK TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO FISH.