Traveller’s blog no 20 - Ibrahim

Tuesday, 3 June 2008 | posted by Matt_BC
General, Guildford 2008

"A CRY FOR CHANGE"

My beloved Friends and Global Family,

The Road to Davos no doubt offered us a unique opportunity to expand our activism and inspired so many of us to do even better. We made pledges, promises and commitments; we are now on the road beyond Davos. It is right about time to reflect on our pledges, promises and commitments on the Road to Davos......

"Let's see how our then ideas have turned to Possibilities"

However, it is very dissatisfying to note that despite all our efforts towards making things change for the better in the past years, the larger part of the world remains desperately impoverished, women discriminated, children's education jeopardizes, life generally uncomfortable and many of the development goals set by the government remain unfulfilled. This scale of human suffering dwarfs the achievements of the past years and makes more urgent the need for significant progress and change. The key constraint for change is generally not an insuperable shortfall of resources but a combination of misplaced priorities, absence of vision and insufficient commitment by leaders and the World as a whole as only our collective commitment can effect the change we aspire for.

This is why we must inspire the vision, commitment and the leadership needed to change the World for the better. We possess the secret of life, we see it from a very positive perspective, and for us nothing is impossible. Times are changing and if the world must grow and change for the better, the assets that must not be shuffled aside are the children and young people. It is our individual development and social contribution that will shape the country's future and it is through us that entrenched cycles of poverty, exclusion, intolerance and discrimination can be best changed and ended.

"We can do much better than ever"

Every morning, I get more inspired when I think of 59 other people around the world also taking positive actions towards making the world fit for all. My plan for an Intergenerational Dialogue turned out beyond my expectation; it is now going to run every quarter with more Leaders getting committed. The network we built is now giving birth to a lot more visible commitment with great passion.

Dear Friends,

"Our future in our hands"....The choice is ours!!!
Together we can make great things happen.
We can, we will and we must make a change!

Sincerely,
Ibrahim Adamu Abdullahi
NIGERIA