01/11/2020
Indeed, the popular saying of John Holmes that "There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up" cannot be confined to the world of quotes until you take a good heart touching work-out on others.
I am very happy to have worked hand in hand with the Convener of Jewel Writing Workshop 2020, Adamu Usman Garko, both as a project manager and as a facilitator.
In line with our aim, fifty participants were successfully mentored, given certificate, a copy of When Day Breaks anthology and they have been absolved into different writing communities free of charge. The writing communities that will continue to instil in them "the art and act of writing".
The closing ceremony was graced by powerful writers and philanthropists who have always been at the forefront of developing humanity. Special thanks to Dr Z Yau, Dr Ahmed Musa Husseini, Dr Yunana Ahmed and many others who, out of their busy schedules, make their ways to the intellectual gathering.
Personally, I will like to admonish the participants that you have taken the bold steps to inscribe your names in the heart of the mountain. You have seized the right opportunity to project your voices beyond your imaginations and and you have embarked on the herculean task to be distinguished among your peers. Do not silence your pen because of criticism, continue to write rightly and correctly.
To round it off with Benjamin Franklin's "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing" is not a coincidence but a conscious effort to summarise the effort of the convener, Adamu Usman Garko and every individual who had worked tremendously to make the programme a a success. It was indeed a success.
Muib Shefiu
Project Manager, Jewel Writing Workshop, 2020.
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