DETERMINATION

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𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓵𝓮𝓭𝓰𝓮, 𝓝𝓮𝔀 𝓗𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓰𝓸𝓪𝓵𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 2𝓷𝓭 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲'𝓶 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓲'𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓾𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓾𝓹 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼. 𝓨𝓮𝓼, 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓾𝓼𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓾𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼, 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓼, 𝓮𝓽𝓬. 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 1𝓼𝓽 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓘'𝓿𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓼 𝓶𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀. 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 2𝓷𝓭 𝓠𝓾𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭, 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝔂 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝔂 𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓲'𝓶 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓷𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝔂 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼. 𝓘𝓷 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓶𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽, 𝓘 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓯𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭. 𝓜𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓘'𝓵𝓵 𝓫𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝓮 𝓾𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮.

Essence of Christmas

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We are in that special season once again, a season of joy, of peace, of great tidings. A season when we celebrate the birth of Christ the King, the redeemer of mankind! Jesus is the reason for the season. What does Christmas mean to you and me? I will like to draw reference from the views of two writers. The first is J. C Penney who wrote, ‘Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merry making. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things. The Christmas spirit is a spirit of giving and forgiving.’

     Christmas is not all about merry making. We must also spare time to reflect on the essence of the period which is the love of God for humanity. This unquantifiable love is summed up in the popular bible verse John 3: 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave us his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him will not perish but have eternal life.”When we ponder on God’s love for us, we too are encouraged to share love with others, to embrace peace and be our brother’s keeper. When we are imbued with this love of God, we will be always willing to give a helping hand to those in need, to give succour and comfort to the vulnerable ones amongst others. At Christmas, we are expected to spare time to contemplate on things eternal. That is, we must remind ourselves that we are strangers her on earth; that our real home is in heaven. And that no matter how long we live, we shall sure die one day. So many people who started the year 2012 with us are not around to finish it. Like us, they commenced the New Year with high hopes and aspirations. Some may have planned to marry this year, to buy a new car or to move into their new apartment. But alas, all those are now but a pipe dream. Thus, we should count ourselves lucky to be alive to see this Christmas. This should therefore be a period of gratitude to God for sparing our lives and counting us among the living. It should equally be an opportunity for us to mend our ways with God so that we will not be found wanting.

     As we celebrate the birth of our saviour, let’s be human & kind enough to remember & show some love to those motherless babies, helpless orphans, hospital patients, prisoners, beggars & all those who are not fortunate enough to be actively involved in the celebration of the birth of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

Gender And Development- Violence Against Women

 

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           Gender equality plays a crucial role in development. The Gender and Development (GAD) focal point at NAPC actively promotes the advancement of women by combating the feminization of poverty through a series of GAD activities. This year, the newly-formed GAD committee has scheduled capacity-development building among NAPC staff and the basic sectors. Key activities include Gender-Sensitivity Training (GST) and Gender-Responsive Planning (GRP). This is to create gender awareness, identify gender issues, and establish a unified action plan in order to address them. Other projects include such activities for women's empowerment as the GREAT Women Project, Grassroots Mobilization for Legislative Agenda on RH, Women's Month, Women and the Environment Month, Women's Health Day, and 16-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW).

               

         We need to be aware of what other people can feel because our society is being bombarded with overflowing gender inequality and violence. We need