Tears poured down my eyes when myself and some steemians visited an orphanage. If you have freedom and access to social amenities, if you have people you can call parents and a place you can call home, then you categorically you should be thankful.
There comes a time
When we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone, somewhere soon make a change
We're all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, you know, love is all we need
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day, just you and me
Oh, send them your heart
So they know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stones into bread
And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world
We are… Extracted from We Are the World (the U.S.A. for Africa)
If you do not know, I can identify with poverty. I know what lack means, maybe you feel I was born with a silver spoon and grew up with a golden plate to eat, the answer is NO. The only difference is I have my parents and I have people I can call family which includes steemians. I can Identify with drinking untreated water and having nothing to eat. I can identify with poverty feeding formulas which include 1-0-0, 0-1-0, 0-0-1 (You will understand if you have ever experienced poverty. anyway, I will give a key; wherever you see 0, it means No food and anywhere you see 1, it shows the person ate something). I am tell you days when I will have to fast for two days and the break the fasting with garri or Pap (Ogi).
It was a dejavu when we arrived the orphanage, I had a throwback to everything I had gone through which includes pain, fear and rejection. Anyway, myself and some very good steemians which include @steve1122, @illuminatus, @bat-junior, @olamisexy, @hormork18 and others to mention a few (please forgive me if I didn't mention your name) went to put smiles on their faces. We brought them hope and the will to fight like warriors until they achieve something great.
Steemit has given the opportunity to Homo sapiens, thereby giving us access to the blockchain technology, thereby making us become what we are today and we thought one good thing to do is to put a smile on the face of others.
We visited Covenant Orphanage and Welfare Home to see orphans who are not as privileged as you and I. We met with lots of kids, growing children and young adults who do not have parents. You can imagine what being an orphan in a third world country will be like, if the general public isn't feeding well.
A beautiful girl named Testimony was not willing to let me go, she stuck to me just like bread and butter. We made them laugh, smile, we shared their pains with them and made it lighter. We got them food items and also assisted in paying for 3 WAEC and 1 JAMB form for 4 orphans. They were happy as they had been looking for someone who will help lift the burden of paying for the external examination. Wunmi, one of the orphans who we paid her JAMB fee promised to pass the examination so she can get admission into a University to study Law.
It was a fun experience and we are glad we could do that. I hope to keep putting smiles on peoples faces. The Reward From This Post Will Be Dedicated To Putting Smiles On The Faces Of The Less Privileged.
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REGARDS FROM @gbenga
Thanks to @elyaque for my first badge
am glad to see this community of steemians coming together to help others , this is a great deal and good project , keep up the good work
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Really appreciate your kindness @gbenga... We are expecting more of this from you sir.
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Big boss you are really trying, I hope someday I will be like you guys
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@gbenga well-done Sir, i celebrate you.
As @fisteganos said, steemit can bring out the philanthropist in you...i really look forward to giving expression to love like this
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Wow, @gbenga this is a great thing you have done sir wanting not to be selfish and trying to put smiles into people's faces. Thank you for touching lives in this great way, steemians are happy and am very sure God is happy too. Well-done sir, more grease to your elbow. Bravo
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Good one fam...may you reap the fruits of your labours.
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This is so great, May you be constantly rewarded.
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great work men .hope you can earn more from steemit and give these Orphanage more beause these children need more basic thing of live
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Giving back to the needy is important and tjat is one way we can develop our society e.i *helping people...great job guys and dont stop showing love..@gbenga
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wow, i am move to tears right now and i so wished i was there too... if i can guess right, that should be COVENANT ORPHANAGE HOME AT MORO , i have been there for a while, there was a lady there named blessing i and my friends used to pay her school fee every-term but sadly shes dead now . she died of a very strange disease we tried all we could to help but we couldn't save her and money issue to we couldn't do much since we were students .... it was a sad experience trust me ...
funny enough there a boy there that i know his name is gbenga and you have his picture up there he was my best friend there and i would have adopted him if i could .....
here is heis picture from what you have up there ...
he's the boy in the purple top holding money in the first picture and putting his hands on his head in the second.
Thanks for taking time out to d this,God bless you......
The World is yours
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God bless you and the other steemians for this service of love.
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Weldone weldone weldone!!! @gbenga and team, steemit has put smiles on our faces and it is only thoughtful of us to reach out to others, the smiles on their faces are melting my heart... its is magical. Thanks for being the smile for their smile...
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Awesome work, helping humanity is one thing we should all take personally.
Greak work @gbenga
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Great!!! God's blessings follow you all
Awesome humanitarian work @gbenga you making a huge difference via Steem.
Steem is no doubt a charity body too
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amazing post. thanks for sharing.
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Nice work. It's nice to know they are still good people who actually think of local community. God bless you richly
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Good work you are caring out may God bless your hustle
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This is a nice write up. I really appreciate this post you've shared. O'shea
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Nice and wonderful work you doing sir. Its really a great privilage to have parents who takes care of us, i cant just imagine my self in such a situation.. God bless you real good and bless the work of your hand. Keep the good work going sir. Helping the poor is helping the lord and no one helps the lord without their cup running over.
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My eyes swelled with tears when i read this post.I came from a humble background too.I thank God today.How ever, I am looking forward to when I will visit orphanage again and put smiles on orphans face again.I did that twice before,but am motivated by what you boss have done once again.👌@gbenga
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God bless you Gbenga, the greatest deeds are the ones that come from the heart. God will enrich all of you that went there, and grant your utmost desires.
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Thanks for your generous heart, i consider you a blessing to those kids.
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Is there anything that's more beautiful than this? This is just so great of the team behind this. I sure those children will never forget this day! You guys have surely made them to smile once again! Great work and thanks to steemit!
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Thanks for being my celebrity
Doing this is wrong, but as promise that my introduction post wil be share on my celebrity blog, dat's why am doing this
@gbenga as i promise to share my introduction post on your blog, this is link to it,
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@juanprestige/meet-me
I am looking up to you, u at worthy leader... U are one of the steemit celebrity
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Has you do this God will bless you. Nice work keep it up.
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God bless you @gbenga and your honourable colleagues for this charitable act. God helping us, we will wipe poverty from the face of Nigeria through platforms like steemit
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Awesome. God bless you guys big time.
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Hey, I would love to be a partner of this great idea.. Keep up the good deeds sir @gbenga
Oluwa ko ni ja yin sile
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This is beautiful,awwwwe am so touched.
God bless you @gbenga
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The attitude of giving distinguishes a man and make way for him. Your philanthropic gestures is amazing. As your name implies... God certainly will lift you. Keep the good work. God bless you!
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Thank you for your generosity @gbenga , We are hoping that you will always support us through upvoting and follow us for our endeavours https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@charitableworks/we-need-you-steemians
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