South Sudan is free! But not free from suffering !
In fact, 13 years after freedom, sufferings have worsened and UN and UN relevant specialized agencies are still breastfeeding her millions of citizens.
What message does this send to Southern Cameroons, especially her refugees who are not as rich as the diaspora?
If we add that we shall need at least 20 years to rebuild homeland once back home -like South Sudan- how many years of our lifetime shall go to waste in this war? We have spent 7 fighting, already; and may spend another 13, if we consider average duration of other secessionist wars.
That's 40 years, lost!
This rational alone inspired the creation of SCRU ! We need to break that evil cycle of feeding hand-to-mouth and living a day at a time; to define a long term collective plan that would start creating refugee millionaires and billionaires, in a few months, years; to come !
I know I sound too ambitious to you ! But if I sit down with you in just a 45 minutes conversation to share my vision, I am sure you would see the pragmatism and practicality in what I envision ! It is very much attainable ! It would not be a mere safari trip, but it would be an exciting venture that would inspire a lot of hope, and put food of the table of thousands of refugees, to begin with !
SCRU was born to avoid us going down the South Sudan path! As refugees, they never stopped a moment to challenge themselves to break the vicious cycle of UNHCR dependence! And so they carried that into the new state, as millions of dreams have been dashed to the wall; uncountable lives lost !
SCRU came up to avert or avoid that loss by organizing common entrepreneurship to achieve huge refugee economic and business success in Nigeria, so that no one goes home in rags in 13 years or so. We must give a good account of ourselves by going back to homeland in royal garments, not rags, when the curtains of this war eventually get drawn in at least 13 to 15 years, or so !
We, therefore, have, here, in our hands a collective fight of a lifetime and if we do not face it now, it will hunt us for a lifetime. SCRU is your only opportunity to secure that future ! Your partner !
Of course, if you want to go fast, go alone ! If you want to go far, go with everyone !
Comrade Angelbert NDE
SOUTHERN CAMEROONS REFUGEES' UNION - SCRU
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