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AZARE BLOSSOMS AGAIN

8/29/2010

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When we got the news on the 27th  April that Azare parish house was gutted by fire, we felt very sad. First, because of the huge loss and damage, to the occupants and the Diocese, secondly, because the only Youth workshop for Azare community this year planned in our programme for  30th  April to May 1st  was going to be cancelled. Indeed it was and painfully too. Thanks to  Kenneth, the Azare youth President who kept pressing the SELL Team until an alternative date of 13th - 14th August, 2010 was fixed, given that Noel was going to be around to support Moses. Thanks also to Frs. Cyril Shuaibu and Job who squeezed an accommodation for the Team at the weekend.

When we arrive Azare, after a journey of two and half hours by road, the burnt house stared us in the face. It was an eye soar. Everything was totally burnt down. What a pity! We wish them well as they continue the process for insurance.

Away from the house, we went to the workshop venue and behold these well prepared youth  were there to engage the team for the weekend. It was truly great! The turn out was 40 on register but 38 on the average. The youths were not just there in number but actively  participated  in the Community Building unit of the  SELL  programme.  Initially,  they  struggled  with  the  statement  that  the programme  was  open  to  other  spiritual  sources  of  inspiration  like  the  Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the African Traditional religion and how to build a true community in a highly tribal and fragmented society like Nigeria. But as the unit unfolded, the team was able to challenge their thinking on concepts like Identity, Attitudes, fixed perspectives, Values and beliefs, perceptions and misperception, and Gender.  At the end of the workshop, many participants truly confessed that hitherto,  Gender  to  them  simply  means  issues  around  women.  But  with  this workshop, many were able to distinguish between Sex and Gender. The male folk were seriously challenged to think differently especially as the Web of  women’s oppression and the triple burden of work for women in our society were presented to them. Participants collectively reasoned that both Men and Women are equally important and could only function well to bring about the needed change in society when they work interdependently. Lastly, they joined with Confucius and were able to say:

I ‘promise to oppose bravely all that is stupid and bigoted and cruel’ and that ‘Tolerance is the highest virtue, while humility comes next. Even though our bones molder and become the earth of the fields, the spirit issues forth and lives on high in brightness, mystery and delight. God is the common father of all human kind’.

Other Events:

Bauchi Diocesan Youth Rally started yesterday, 18th August 2010 at Gombe, Gombe State. Noel and Moses will be there on Friday to cheer the youths up and support the Youth chaplain, Fr. Cletus Ikpa who had to cut short his annual leave to come for the rally. High point of the  occasion will be the election of new Diocesan Leaders. We hope that the lessons learnt in the  Leadership unit of the SELL programme will help the youth in deciding who directs their affairs in the next two years.

Still this weekend, James Olorunmolu and Taiye Mofolorunsho, both facilitators in training, kick off a workshop on Social Justice with the students of Polytechnic, Lokoja Kogi State. James will give us the update when he comes. From all of us, we wish you success. Before I forget, Leo, Maria and Jonathan are still carrying out the training of facilitators in the Ashanti region,  Kumasi in Ghana. The training which started last week will end on Sunday, 22nd   August 2010.  To  the team at Ghana, we say ‘akigba’ ! Well Done!!

Moses: For the SELL Team

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