Hajiya Binta Bakari
Boko Haram problem
“The abandoned children will turn to us if we can say, "Hey you are important. I think I understand your pain. Come to me."”
— Hajiya Binta Bakari
- Speaker
- Hajiya Binta Bakari
- Country
- Nigeria
- Published
- October 2023
Full Transcript
This is the reason to me, all that creates Boko Haram, because we don't care about these children. We don't show them love. We don't show them empathy. The society abandoned them. The parents abandoned them. The family abandoned them. The government abandoned them. Who would you expect them to turn to? They have to turn to someone who suddenly say "Hey you are important. I think I understand your pain. Come to me." And they will come to you. You see them all over the street in the north, most places, most cities you go to. Let us ask ourselves whose children are these? If the parents have abandoned them, isn't it the responsibility of the community and the government to do something about them? Why do we all look at them as this is not my problem? Whose problem are they? It is a collective response. They are all our problems.
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Themes Explored
Guided Meditations by this Speaker

When we love each other, we are practicing our religion
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The inner peace is the key to life
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The mirror of us
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When forgiveness walks in a place
We had a special experience in this IDP Camp. We spent 3 days in this camp: meeting people, hearing stories, watching how children played together, meeting wido…


