I’m exhausted. My heart is heavy. Nigeria is bleeding AGAIN and it feels like we’re watching the same horror repeat itself. From the Chibok girls in 2014 that the world seemed to forget, to the MAGA girls in Kebbi and now the students taken from St. Mary’s in Niger State, how many more daughters must disappear before something changes?
These are learners who simply went to school, and now they are living a nightmare. The fear, the confusion, the trauma they must be feeling is unimaginable. Their safety, their childhood, their bodies are at risk of being stolen. Some may make it home, many may return deeply wounded, and painfully, some may never come back at all.
We pray because our hearts are breaking. But prayer cannot be the only thing. We must also speak up. And for those of us in the diaspora, we have a responsibility too: use our platforms, share credible information, support organizations doing rescue and rehabilitation work, call our MPs and representatives, donate when we can...
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