14/08/2022
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be an acrobat.
I also wanted to be a model.
And then I wanted to be in the army.
I also wanted to go back in time and join Mau Mau because that was quite the army π
One day, after my mama had corrected my naughtiness π, I planned to escape home and start a new life on my own π But where would I get the money to survive?
I was still too short to be a model, or soldier (I still am π) and not yet skilled enough to be an acrobat.
But!
I was certain I could be a house girl...
Hear me out. π
I was great at cooking, awesome at taking care of kids (never mind that I was an only child π),I could definitely clean the house.... But there was one thing the 8 year old in me did not enjoy doing... Washing clothes! And for that reason, I stayed home because I wasn't qualified enough π..
Notice how self aware I was?
Notice how high my self esteem was? Notice how I was able to perform a SWOT analysis on myself?
At we call it .
An attitude of certainty in oneself, based on careful analysis of oneself.
It would seem that I had been given enough opportunities to learn so much about myself from a young age.
If there is one thing a can do for their it's to give them (thank you momma π)
is about allowing your child to blossom πΈ, not by smothering them and giving them everything they want - especially on a continent where is such a necessary - but by immersing them in and creating an enabling environment.
Through Siri Education we are working towards empowering parents to be able to do just that, not just in the home, but in their schooling too, using their and .
We're getting there...π.
Written by our Executive Director Wabi N. G