Launching of the Rapture Kids Stars Foundation
Keynote Address at the launching of the Rapture Kids Stars Foundation. The Motto of the Foundation: Preparing the next generation for a better world
Preparing the next generation for a better world involves a lot of hard work. What do we need to do? Change our negative attitude to a positive one. Embrace education. The most important vehicle to social development is education, and it is the vehicle that will take you and me to upward mobility. It is the most powerful weapon to change the world and the nation.
Leadership the ability to influence individuals or groups toward the achievement of goals. Leadership, as a process, shapes the goals of a group or organization, motivates behavior toward the achievement of those goals, and helps define group or organizational culture. It is primarily a process of influence. Let me remind all and sundry that a leader is the servant of the people.
The world that is better off from what we are seeing now. Free from corruption; forget about the pull him/her down (PHD) syndrome, lef the congosa. We take ownership of the world in general and Sierra Leone in particular. We combat lawlessness. Develop the culture of maintenance and appreciate the basis norms of life. Think outside the box, think outside our different agendas employ the right people for the right jobs forget about tribal and party affiliations and think how we can prepare the next generation for a better world.
Mr. Chairman, the most important tool that we need to prepare the next generation for a better world is technology.
The Global Village, a general description of what the internet is.
Imagine a place where people interact in business situations, shop, play video games, do research, or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings, no shopping centers, no arcades, no libraries, and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet. This technological advance not only benefits people of the present, but also brings forth future innovations. People use the Internet for many purposes, yet there are three popular reasons. First, there is the sending and receiving of messages through the electronic mail. Second, there are discussion groups with a wide range of topics in which people can join. Finally, people are free to browse into vast collection of resources (or databases) of the World Wide Web.
Electronic mail (e-mail) brings a unique perception into the way of communication. Although, it did not replace the traditional means of communication such as letters and telephone calls, it has created a new method of transmitting information in a more efficient way. E-mail saves time between the interval of sending and receiving a message. Sending an e-mail message halfway around the world can arrive at its destination within a minute or two. In comparison, a letter can take from a few days to a couple of weeks, according to the distance it travels. Furthermore, e-mail is inexpensive. The cost of connection to the Internet is relatively cheaper than that of cable television. Evidently e-mail is both time-saving and cost-effective.
Discussion groups are a great way to interact with others in the world and to expand the knowledge of one’s horizon. The response is instantaneous just like the telephone except it is non-verbal (typed). Discussion groups are on-line services that make use of non-verbal communication in the interest of the user. Services can range from tutor sessions to chat-lines where people just want to mingle. Communication through the Internet is a way of meeting new people. There is no racial judgment in meeting on the Internet because physical appearance is not perceived. However, attitude and personal characteristics are evident from the style in which a person talks (or types). This kind of communication helps narrow the gap between people and cultural differences. Communicating in discussion groups sometimes lead to even one-to-one conversations that soon enough become a link to friendship. Connections are being made when people meet each other; therefore, information on interest Web sites can be passed on.
The World Wide Web (WWW) holds information that answers questions to the user. The main purpose of the WWW is to give a variety of information ranging from literature to world geography. WWW contains Web sites that are created by government agencies and institutions to business companies and individuals. WWW carries text, graphics, and sound to catch the interest of people browsing through the different Web sites. These Web sites are being added daily, while the existing sites are being revised to compensate for more updated information and interests. This growth of information will soon become a world library of topics on anything that one can imagine. A person using the Internet for one day encounters more information than a person reading in the library for a whole year. It is the convenience of the Internet that allows a person to go through an enormous amount of information in a short period of time. This information community can pull the minds’ of users closer together, thus making the world smaller.
The Internet is full of people who are requesting and giving out information to the ones who are interested, since ‘information wants to be free.’ Hypothetically, if everyone is connected to at least one other person on the Internet, eventually everyone will meet each other. In other words, the world will gradually evolve into a ‘global village’ which can be defined as ‘the world. Thus, the Internet is a wonderful tool and medium in which people can interact with the informative society. After all, information is like the building blocks of technological advancement. This is the tool that can prepare the next generation. Learning how to use the computer is like learning the ABC.
It is now my singular honour to launch the Rapture Kids Star Foundation. God bless us all.
By Nanette Thomas National Coordinator and Second-in-Command Attitudinal and Behavioural Change ABC Secretariat
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