Just as little Nkosi Johnson highlighted his HIV/AIDS plight and the plight of many others, so each and every one of us in our own small way can make a valuable contribution to the communities we work in daily. As is human nature, we rarely realise how powerful we can be. Many of us are more inclined to apathy than activity.
But you are doing good work. You fall into the many pockets of excellence scattered all over the continent of Africa today. As you go about your work, we challenge you to nurture in these young women the patriotic, peaceful, democratic, caring creative and entrepreneurial spirit which will spur on the dream of our African Renaissance.