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“They are being dumped here and left to build their own dwellings. On the site is a barbed wire enclosure in which stocks of old timber, the sides of tea chests new stored and the people are permitted to buy these for the building of their little huts and shacks that must serve them for …
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One of the things which kept me going in my own toxic relationship, was thinking about Nelson Mandela. He had refused to answer to anything but “‘Mr Mandela” throughout his time in captivity. It’s All About Respect If Nelson Mandela could demand respect, even in his difficult situation, so can the rest of us, in …
Nelson Mandela Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. Source: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/compassion
What makes a great leader or a true stateman? I think just about everybody would agree that somewhere in the mix, there must be courage. A willingness to face the slings and arrows, in order to chart a course they truly believe in. A willingness to pay a great professional and/or personal price to do …
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