There is no question that this world is full of many daily challenges. Out there-school, work place, along the highway, theaters and what have you are numerous untold and frustrating challenges. With all these, the family is supposed to be a place where the family members can share their frustration, encourage/uplift one another and plan for the future.
However, all indications are that most families are going through so much. This reminds me of a statement that my friend once made” marriage is like a circle whereby those who are inside want to go out and those outside want to come in.” So, what’s the solution?
My take is that for any family to succeed, it must follow this simple formula:
1. Think about God first in all that you do.
2. Think about your family by consulting them in all that you do. Avoid the temptation of venturing alone.
Remember that friends will come and go but your family will be there in times of happiness and times of sorrow. If you find yourself thinking of others more than your family, then think again. Yes, from time to time we stumble and find ourselves in a mess. But once we realize our error, we need to make a quick turn and head in the right direction. Avoid the temptation of threatening your spouse and deceiving yourself that you will make it alone or with someone else.
3. We should then think of how we can fit others in our plans.
To achieve the above, there is need for daily examination on all that we think and do. Do not let the day go by without questioning your way of thinking, doing things, relating to God, your family, and others.
And finally, let us daily pray for one another so as to overcome the daily challenges. I will pray for you my brother/sister? How about you?
Just a thought.
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Its really good to see such a thing coz i must say that as of today there are many families that have really made and some that are ye or have not made it a reality ..as much as this is that way that things need to be or go i also think that in a family of four forexample its the duty of the parents to define the realationship from them to the kids coz it from this “close friends” that will also feel free and also take part in being with you during the hard time
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The bank-funded projects said to have been tainted by graft are the Sh 3.7 billion Kenya HIV-Aids Disaster Response Project, completed in 2005; the Kenya Decentralised Reproductive Health and HIV-Aids Project, also approved for Sh 3.7 billion in bank funding and completed in 2006; and the Northern Corridor Improvement Project, a Sh13 billion road-building initiative scheduled to be completed at the end of next year.
A $50 million World Bank grant in support of the Kibaki administration’s free primary education initiative was the only one of the four appraised projects found to be generally free of corruption. The confidential review states that contracts and textbook procurement through this bank programme were “reasonably well-executed, safeguarded and supervised from the perspective of minimising the potential for fraud and corruption.â€
In the case of the HIV-Aids Disaster Response Project, “corrupt practices of government officials negatively impacted the results of the project,†the review says.
“Grant recipients reported that the continuous requests for bribes made by the government officials diverted funds from the activities’ objectives.â€
A group given a grant through the World Bank programme indicates that instead of paying school fees for orphans, it used grant money to bribe government officials.
The bank’s review of the Decentralised Reproductive Health and HIV-Aids project cites “credible witnesses†as indicating that Ministry of Health officials “at all levels were engaging in corruption in virtually every component of the project.â€
Ministry officials supplied pre-bid information to potential bidders and solicited kickbacks from winners, the review finds. “Credible witnesses also confirmed that under public procurement Ministry of Health high-level officials steered contracts to specific bidders in exchange for kickbacks.â€
In regard to the Northern Corridor project, the anti-corruption team says “multiple indicators of collusion were identified under the project.â€
In its commentary, The Wall Street Journal links the post-election violence to “a culture of corruption†in Kenya.