?We make a living by what we get but we make a life by what we give?

-Winston Churchill

?In the end, we will not be remembered for the amount of cars we had, or the amount of cash we stashed in foreign accounts, rather we will be remembered for lives touched, impact in our community?

-Ogunbowale Olugbenga

In a society with over 35 million unemployed young people and countless underemployed youths, in a world with delinquents, youths who embrace vices because they have no skills or have no clue what to do, youths who desperately need mentors, it is grossly insufficient to rely on the government individuals must take responsibility and help make a difference in these lives. This is because ?the lowest among us are not different from the highest if we give them a chance and approach them with an open heart?.

I believe that there is fulfillment, joy unspeakable in helping others, teaching others without expecting a reward. I believe that every life touched is a generation impacted, that exponential impact occurs when other great leaders buy into a great idea.

By reaching out to people in my community (folks in my school/church/mosque), by teaching them skills, we can ultimately inspire a new generation of youths who will not only go on to do great & mighty things with their lives but also see nation building & youth empowerment as a mandatory social responsibility.

By raising awareness & mobilizing youths in your community to help beautify the environment, you are ensuring that we all live in a clean, healthier world: a world in which our kids can play and grow in. Whether it?s removing metal scraps or litter from our area, repainting badly faded houses, cutting bushes or planting a tree, we would be making a difference that actually makes a difference.

Together, we can take our environment from messy to classy, from harmful to beautiful.

Together, we can eradicate extreme poverty by not just giving fish to people [via cash donations] but showing them how to fish via skills acquisition.

Together, we can touch lives, change people?s stories, make history.

Together, we can all Make A Difference (MAD).