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| Gima Okhiulu delivering her speech at the Half the Sky Speech Contest in Akure, Ondo State. |
We
attended Half the Sky, a speech
contest commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child in Akure, Ondo
State, and it was at this event that we met Gima
Okhiulu,
a student from the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Group of Schools in
the State. Gima was amazing with her storytelling, linking each of her points
to the next in a way that just made you stay glued to what she was saying. And
because of how well she delivered her speech, we gave her a cash price and
promised her a spot on the blog for any article of her choice. Here is Gima’s
piece on her struggles with low self-esteem.
Low self-esteem is like a silent destiny
killer in the lives of growing kids, especially girls. A lot of unfulfilled
destinies can be attributed to this ‘plague’.