The youth of Labasa have been very busy indeed. We just heard about what happened in the rain during Fiji Independence Day and now they struck again during Diwali. This time while most people would no doubt take advantage of this public holiday and catch up on their rest, besides the Hindus who would be busy preparing for this festival, youth from the Evangel Temple in Labasa chose to
clean the back streets of Labasa.
TJ Loloma, a youth representative said the youths came with this idea on their own.
The activity was their own initiative in trying to clean up the town. Even though it was a public holiday, they decided to take their time out to reach out to the community with this minor act of picking up rubbish. Some people did not recognise the effort of the youths but they are just doing what they learnt in church, which is to help and reach out other people. We should never underestimate the power of youth because they are the leaders of tomorrow.
The youths are happy to be spending their holiday picking up rubbish because they believe that this is a form of helping the Indian community in a spectacular way. And what a way to give back to the community. I'll tell you something. It's not easy giving up free time especially for young people and I know all university students will agree with me. Semester is coming to an end and people are trying to rack up study schedules to make it through, hand in assignments and do so many other stuff for family, religious commitments and friends.
I'm just trying to picture that clown on a tricycle at circus' who can juggle so many things at once. I doubt he could juggle the things in my life. Anyway, no offense to that clown. It just seems that way to me. We've heard this so many times and I've blogged about this, the little things we do count. Sure, it may seem like this group of youth is wasting their time because the streetes are going to get dirty again and we already have people to clean up, town councils. But why can't we young people help out?
Like I said, youths are a nation’s greatest assets. Leaders of tomorrow, acting now so that things can be done in a simpler and easier way, with of course the guidance of our elders and current leaders. That's what working together is all about and that is how we strengthen the relationships between youths and elders. Everyone has a part to play. Are you playing yours? Well it seems like the youth have moved a pawn and they seem to have a good gameplan.
And everyone thinks being a youth is so easy. It's not. We have a responsibility for the great potential that is harnessed within all of us. We just want to be heard, because we have ideas and we want to help because we can. It would have been easier to be that clown on a tricycle.
4 comments:
Vinaka Sarah for a good blog. But i have to say this in Fiji why does it have to be always someone cleaning up your mess. The youth of Labasa cleaned up that particular place because it is bad to the human eye. The sure the people who threw the rubbish there must have being full enjoying the Diwali which to me is not fare. If you throw rubbish than you must pick your rubbish and don't wait for someone else to pick rubbish. I have being to Labasa and i have seen with my own eyes how people throw rubbish around as if they are paid to do it. People of Labasa,Iam sure most of them have gone to school and the teachers must have told them that it is bad to throw rubbish around. So be smart and stop now or there will be no more fish left in Qawa river
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TJ should be T.J. Keeps changing font. Take up the extra white space. Your blogs should all be on the youth theme.
Sara I think your blog is good you can be a good advocate for youth, specially when they make an effort to clean-up the streets after the celebration of Diwali.
Which is a good way to show what a Christian Indigenous Fijian would do, (Culture Interaction) this is our country we the Indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian should share, help, and care for each other so that we can live in harmony.
We always have the stigma of looking at the negative side of the other race, times are hard and we should try and make a change in our attitude towards them, because we are all one in the eyes of our Almighty God.
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