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  Herald Youth Foundation Launches First Outreach in Abadina Grammar School H erald Youth Foundation (HYF) makes her first awareness campaign for teenagers on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at Abadina Grammar School (Snr). The physical outreach, which is the first of its kind, took place for one hour and witnessed a host number of students being beneficiaries. H erald Youth Foundation is a foundation created for the purpose of equipping teenagers with the knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to navigate challenges, pursue their passion and become the change maker of tomorrow. It provides a platform that help teenagers grow personally, develop essential skills and realize their full potentials. T he teenagers outreach 1.0 staged at Abadina Grammar School tagged “Life Beyond Teen Years” focuses on sensitizing young ones on what is expected of them and what they should expect beyond their teenage years. It as such help them locate their path and make them realize there is a futu...

  THE HATE YOU GIVE, LIVES INSIDE FOREVER (THUG LIFE)      C redit to Tupac Shakur and his other friends who are the original owners of the word. Albeit I won’t be going by their definition of a thug. You see, a lot of us see a thug as someone who is ruthless, someone who doesn’t care a hoot about the feelings of others.       W e see them as someone who are bad-tempered, not serious with their life, and ill-behaved and we just zero on them. We look at them from a distance and we just decide that they are not to be reckoned with and we blame them for their kind of personality.

  FOCUS ON THE PATH; IGNORE THE OBSTACLES. Sometimes ago, I was on Facebook and I saw a video from a speech given by a speaker (motivational speaker) at an event and I saw a lesson in what he said. He said, "You can't tell the human brain to do the negative. For instance, don't think of an elephant". The audience, including myself who was watching, immediately thought about an elephant, and then I immediately understood what he meant. He continued and said, " The human brain is difficult not to do something. That is why when you're learning to ski, the skiers would tell you to focus on the road, because the second you think in your head, 'don't hit the tree', that is when you'd run right through to one." You see, in our lives also, we are always trying to not make mistakes. We want to be so sure; we want to be perfect. Trevor Noah said in one of his comedies, "One problem of humans is that we get so comfortable knowing- 'how is t...

HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE AROUND YOU.  From the existence of the world, man is to relate with the people around him. In one way or the other, there is always an association between an individual with others either temporary or permanent. A group of people might come together to carry out an experiment or a discovery, and then separate after the success of what they intended to do. That is a temporary relationship. Also, a man and his child will have a permanent relationship throughout the days of their lives. Relationship means connection and interaction with people. In an organisation, there will surely be a relationship between the staff or workers. The fact is that the level of relationship defers, there's what we call general relationship and we can also have personal relationship. General relationship is the type of relationship we have towards everybody, such as greeting them, sharing some time together once in a while and others. Personal relationship ...

HAIR LOSS: 20 FOODS TO PREVENT HAIR LOSS AND WHY. Some of the best foods to prevent hair loss are foods high in nutritional value like eggs, leafy greens and fatty fish. Whenever there is a deficiency in vitamins, biotin, riboflavin, iron and other nutrients, there is always a case of hair fall/ hair loss. LIST OF WHAT FOODS TO EAT AND WHY 1. Eggs 2. Tangerines 3. Spinach 4. Salmon 5. Oatmeal 6. Papaya 7. Avocados 8. Almonds 9. Red meat 10. Beans 11. Berries 12. Sweet potatoes 13. Sweet pepper 14. Oysters 15. Guava 16. Onions 17. Tomatoes 18. Lentils 19. Liver 20. Walnut Let's talk about the first six;     Eggs . Eggs contain biotin and protein, significant nutrients in promoting hair growth. A lack of biotin and protein in the diet can cause brittle hair and hair loss. Hair follicles mainly comprise proteins. When you suffer hair loss, you may just suffer biotin and protein deficiency. It’s a no-brainer: eggs are the best option.  Also, zinc,...

UNVEIL Focus: • Who am I? • Where do I come from? • What am I here for? • From whose structures do I take heritage? • On whose values do I build mine? • In this journey that I am set to embark on, who has gone before me? • What constitutes an advantage in my life? • Who & What am I supposed to know? • What do I know about the secrets of champions? • Above all, what shall I do to be saved from eternal damnation? These questions, as recommended in the last publication, communicate a charge to all budding young leaders, who will be committed and intentional over a big tomorrow. You can dedicate this period to SEEK profitable answers to these thought-provoking questions. Devote your week to working strategically, intentionally, intelligently and diligently, by: • Emphasize on affirmations. • Structure your day. • Reading a purpose-centered book. • Note down personal questions you need to answer for yourself. • Follow valuable people on social media. • Expose yourself to an higher e...