One of the major aim or Mission Statement of the Brand Abjrichteens is to Take and showcase outstanding Teens and Youths to the Globe, with all the challenges we face in our Day to day lives. Abjrichteens is also an outreach under TALK FOUNDATION Where we meet needs of people far and wide with Resources and Materials and this festive season is sure one of the Best way to show this Love to people................We call on all cooperate and private Bodies that would want to key and partner with Us to Achieve this vision in what we Tag "i am a Rich volunteer" which kicks off by the end of this year......... be sure to be involved in Every way possible you can, we have a story of young Bashir who we hope we can reach out to and help improve the condition of living and possibly send him back to school.
"You can find dignity in your job".
His
name is Bashir Suleiman, he's a Mai-barrow and a proud one at that. I
was privileged to have him gather my groceries and produce for me as I
shopped at the Utako market today.
First
of all he was very well dressed with his clothes well ironed as if he
was going to a proper office work and I was told by the fruit seller who
saw my initial surprise when Bashir approached me that it was his
custom to dress well daily to his Mai-barrow job. It got even more
interesting when I caught a whiff of his "perfume" and noticed his
socked feet in a pair of well polished sandals😀. Other barrow pushers
approached me but with my curiosity already piqued and biased towards
Bashir, I felt it an honor to have him gather my stuff for today.
Next,
he had very good communication skills, his grammar may not have been
ivy-league standard, but we communicated very easily while he helped
bridge the gap between my Hausa language spattering and my needful
communication in same language with my customers who spoke little or no
English.
Bashir was very
much involved in every bit of my shopping making sure I wasn't cheated
and my change was properly counted out and given to me. Bashir
also showed me the best places I didn't even know existed in the market
to buy the freshest produce at competitive prices. Bashir was attentive, involved, sharp, smart, fast and market savvy too.
While
we were shopping, Bashir got as many as 3 different phone calls from
customers like me who were en route the market and wanted him on standby
for them. One told him where to wait for her while the other told him
she was prepared to wait till he was free to serve her since he was
currently engaged. Bashir did his job with a great attitude and a smile, he was polite and courteous yet humble and ready to serve.
At
the end, I had to give Bashir much more than I have ever given a
Mai-barrow( and believe me I always tip them generously) because Bashir
beat all stereotypes and made my life much easier today.
Of
course I left with Bashir's phone number decisively saved in my phone
book. People like Bashir have further strengthened my belief that the
future generation of our country can and will excel and be better than
the past generations. Tomorrow we may just see a registered
company--Bashir Uber-Mai-barrow Ltd, with clean, well dressed and
courteous service boys...making shoppers' lives easier, earning good
money, even paying taxes to the government and contributing their quota
to the system versus the modern day entrenchment of criminality by the
teeming unemployable youth that are not ready to work yet maraud the
society today.
Now this is
what I call, progress, long sightedness, wisdom and imminent vital
prosperity. Let's all join hands and make the skies of these young men a
stepping stone by encouraging them in whatever ways possible.
Thanks for reading....
TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG BASHIR AND PARTNER WITH US TO SEND HIM BACK TO SCHOOL AND MAKE LIVING FOR HIM MUCH BETTER CALL EDDY LEMON ON 08108579052. THANKS AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL
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