HUMILITY! SEE President of Malawi, Joyce Banda Carrying A Bucket Of Water On Her Head! [PHOTOS]

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6sx77Qj7vIw/UvYZEpXw-lI/AAAAAAAAYbI/ZJmJ-9Y1fOo/s320/Screenshot_2014-02-08-11-40-01-1.png" width="320" /></div><br /><!-- adsense --><span style="font-size: medium;">The Humble Malawian President led by example by Carrying a bucket of water on her head to Share the experiences of motherhood and promote water supply and development together with her people.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ9NvCeX6rJ0JtuN0-rE2wW3bqoygsjgIhdBiC0HK_EzBr8-kTeyPYWhz6BQOpf7DjQubdnK-Vn63_ysuM9gNcE_m25KHP7xW6Dc5DrkEQzEM0ZAt6VZ9W0W79esYQQtuj1wwqbVGeq-M/s1600/Malawi+President.jpg" width="400" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">How Many Of Our Leaders Can Do This?? </span></div>

HUMILITY! SEE President of Malawi, Joyce Banda Carrying A Bucket Of Water On Her Head! [PHOTOS]

The Humble Malawian President led by example by Carrying a bucket of water on her head to Share the experiences of motherhood and promote ...

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This Is Bravery! Okada Man Battles Robbers To Reclaim His Motorbike

<div class="post-header"> </div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1151273886889769759" itemprop="articleBody"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfN36nUf4ewvbo5uWTte2Lgb6iPRyl-PtEzPx_rM2mUFW0icssQN_pNgHuyER98sr6mwyeqE8uSpPqaDg3w0XzbuPZ0ejM926W2V_yQ2SJXVuB00fVyKjoG7cFGGp4ITINj2TBckYUk51q/s1600/okada-rider.JPG" /></div><!-- adsense --><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Mister Dennis Mejiren, 23, showed what bravery is all about when he muscled robbers to reclaim his brand new Q-Link motorcycle which he uses for public transportation, popularly known as 'okada' in Nigeria. The robbery incident took place at Otu-Jermi, headquarters of Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4225188848858491269" name="more"></a><br />According to Dennis, who narrated the experience to <i>KayNaija's </i>reporters<i>, </i>two armed men had snatched his motorcycle from him at gunpoint. He said:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“I took these two men, not far older than me, from Ubogo Junction in the morning of Wednesday May 21. We were heading to an agreed destination when they asked me to stop at the Jeremi Stadium. There, one of them pulled a seeming locally fabricated pistol. Pointing it at me, they asked me to come down from the bike after taking my money, over N2500 in my pockets.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“I did yield to their threat, but I jabbed the one holding the gun as they tried to make away with my bike. He fell, losing hold of the gun in the process. This happened at the Agbowhiame Road right in from of the Jeremi FM Radio Complex. The JFM gateman was watching the unfolding drama, with his big Alsatian dog barking. I called on the gateman to assist in fighting the robbers, but the sight of the gun discouraged him.”</blockquote><br />Dennis further narrated that the robber who tried to escape with his bike was forced to return when he noticed that he (Dennis) had held his partner in crime to a fierce combat.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“With two against one, they overpowered me and zoomed off with my bike after one of them had hit me hard on my head with the gun three times, leaving me bleeding seriously from three cuts on the head.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“Luckily, a fellow Okada rider came along. I explained to him and we chased after them. At Agbowhiame, we were told they headed towards Erhuwaren. We followed that through Kiagbodor to Oviri Olomu where we sighted them on the Oviri-Ewu Road. The community vigilante communicated their Ewu counterparts, but they diverted towards Okparabe and we pursued without their knowledge.”</blockquote>However, the robbers on sighting the community's vigilante on their trail had to reverse by Okparabe community but the chasers had double-crossed them, waiting to apprehend the criminals in what was a road show.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“We were already on that road, so they were now riding towards us. I had disguised with the cap belonging to my Okada colleague. So the robbers had no idea I was the one they had robbed and now chasing them.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“As they approached, I disembarked from the bike and started moving quietly towards them on their right of way. With a machete I borrowed from a local farmer, I cut the one riding my bike on one arm. They both fell from the bike and we and the locals descended on them.”</blockquote>The incident was later confirmed by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celestina Kalu, who also gave the names of the apprehended robbers as Paul Ogilo and Victor Philip. The Delta PPRO, however, described the gun carried by the robbers as a “pistol like”, while adding that the victim’s bike as unregistered.<br /><br />The victim, however, had this to say:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“What they pointed at me when they took my bike was a shot gun. And they meant to shoot me. My luck was the gun malfunctioned. I would have been dead.”</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“When Police arrived the scene the robbers had been badly injured, the motorbike recovered and suspects confessed to the crime and others. Preliminary investigation is on,” DSP Kalu added.</blockquote>The police had retained the suspects and the victim's bike in the Divisional Police Headquarter. Dennis, who spoke to <i>KayNaija.Com</i> at his place of residence, Onigbo, is still on his way to full recovery from his battered head that has been stitched. His final words to us was an appeal to the police to release his bike to him so that he can resume his 'okada' job that sustains him.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“I just acquired the bike. I have valid proof of ownership and I appeal they release the bike to me to enable me continue with my okada work which is what sustains me,” he stated.</blockquote></div>

This Is Bravery! Okada Man Battles Robbers To Reclaim His Motorbike

Mister Dennis Mejiren, 23, showed what bravery is all about when he muscled robbers to reclaim his brand new Q-Link motorcycle which he u...

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Heart breaking story of how Doctors Medical Error Led to Dora Akunyili’s death! [PHOTO]

<span style="font-size: medium;"></span><img border="0" height="300" id="irc_mi" src="http://www.jaguda.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dora-akunyili.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px;" width="400" /> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><!-- adsense --><span style="font-size: medium;">When Mrs Dora Nkem Akunyili was the Zonal Secretary (South-east) of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund in 1998, Nigerian doctors gave her what many of her family members considered to be a health scare. They said she had a growth and needed surgery.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><br />Akunyili, then 44, decided to travel to the United States, first to get a second opinion and then undergo the prescribed surgery. The bill for the medical trip was $17,000, including $12,000 for the surgery.<br />During pre-surgery check-up in the US, the doctors told her the Nigerian doctors had made a wrong diagnosis and that she did not need any surgery.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i>It was said to be a minor issue that medication would solve.<br />She thanked the doctors and, to their surprise, said she was going to return the money meant for the surgery to PTF. That was strange. Nigerian government officials had devised a way of making sure such monies were not returned to the treasury.<br />The hospital informed the PTF, under the leadership of Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, about one honest Nigerian they had found. Buhari, himself a straightforward person, was very impressed. He wrote a letter to Akunyili commending her honesty.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>NAFDAC </b><br />Then came 2001. President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to appoint a director-general for the National Agency for Drug and Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and asked for the recommendation of an honest Nigerian pharmacist. Akunyili’s name promptly came up. Someone who had heard about her PTF record recommended her.<br />There was a little problem, a Nigerian problem. Objections were raised that the minister of health, Prof. ABC Nwosu, was an Igbo from Anambra State and NAFDAC, being a powerful agency under the ministry, should not be headed by another Igbo from Anambra.<br />It was also argued that the market for fake and substandard products were controlled by the Igbo, with Onitsha – also in Anambra State – a major centre for the illicit business. She was going to protect “her people”, the antagonists said.<br />Obasanjo, stubborn to the cause,  ignored the observations and appointed her. She went on to do a credible job and ended up as one of the most outstanding public officers in Nigeria’s history, celebrated locally and globally. She had lost a sister to fake drugs, and that was perhaps the impetus she needed to go on the offensive.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Misdiagnosis</b><br />Meanwhile, Akunyili always went abroad for check-ups and she was always given an all-clear. She continued to look robust and energetic, and took up another government job as minister of information and communications. But on July 13, 2013, something strange happened to her. She was preparing to travel to the United States to receive an award. The following day was her birthday. Her 59th, precisely. Then she fell ill. She was physically weak and having pains. She decided to go ahead with her trip and attend to her health in the United States.<br />It was while she was there that new checks were carried out. Alas, she had cancer. The original diagnosis in 1998 was right. But the diagnosis at the point of surgery was wrong.<br />She became seriously ill and there were fears she could lose her life. She was in the hospital for months and only returned to Nigeria this year when the doctors said she was improving.<br />Her last public appearance was at the National Conference in Abuja, where she was a delegate. Pictures of a frail-looking Akumyili soon went viral on the internet.<br />TheCable could not ascertain the type of cancer, but there are several reports pinpointing cervical – and some claim it was ovarian. Globally, cervical cancer is the second most common and the fifth deadliest cancer in women, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Akunyili died on June 7, 2014 in India after surviving many death rumours.</span>

Heart breaking story of how Doctors Medical Error Led to Dora Akunyili’s death! [PHOTO]

  When Mrs Dora Nkem Akunyili was the Zonal Secretary (South-east) of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund in 1998, Nigerian doctors gave h...

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Inspiring story! ”I Didnt Abort Despite The Shame And Side Talks…Look At Us Today!”

<i><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIUYUENzHOOHQ55l8UTyQMMZDrb8iO0Y4uBOehCplPxdlCkwqu8t3hQdcCgdG2aHGgASXSL8rtseyimCAtWXRnyllr15r4Pjq4bBAOS08qdZl1wZ3AjyXAtaptUaMTCrrRfmWrVzfxpA/s320/OMG!!!!.jpg" /></i><br />Honestly, I don’t know who this is for but someone needs this. I’ll make this as short as I can.<br /> <div>I’m a regular blog visitor. My name is Inem and I’d like to encourage someone today, here’s my story.</div><div>During my industrial attachment (my yr 4), I found out I was 4 months pregnant. It was hell for me because my parents (are) renowned people in church. I made up my mind not to abort and told my then boyfriend.He insisted I aborted but thank God I was ‘stubborn’.  I prayed, summoned up courage, went and told my parents….. Damn!!</div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">They were disappointed. Mom cried, never seen her look so disappointed. </span>To cut thE long story short, my expected delivery date (EDD) was March 2012 but school was to resume Dec. 2011.</div><div>Remember early 2012 ASUUstrike? it was in my favor, God just made it for me,8 days 2 my EDD, I delivered a beautiful bouncing baby girl….She’s brought joy and uncountable blessings my way.</div><div>News of my pregnancy did spread like wildfire, people said a lot of hurting stuff. The guy responsible for my pregnancy never called for once. He blocked me from all social networks we were on and warned me not to call him.</div><div>I passed through serious emotional stress. I cried, I prayed, I was down, felt so bad,I even thought of suspending education (it was that bad)…Finally, I prayed for the grace to carry on when I got back to school.</div><div>One thing I never did – I didn’t regret keeping that pregnancy!!!</div><div><img alt="" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3H2zkmR5puSbRZjc_P2tOlJX8TArGfkGW4unU6LZRrFC2YXJ_bpzXqKCLr_ELGbFaqM58_e5VaQZimDblV2mqZ6ZuwcSLLMTvv58cmGVmNjArPTPwztM_vRyaA99ZgeTQlQzsZuvfYow/s1600/Finey+finey.jpg" width="344" /></div><div>Well, I completed my education. I didn’t give up.. I’m now a graduate of electrical/electronics engineering.. (No extra year).</div><div>Currently serving in Ondo state.</div><div>You see, if you find yourself in a situation that is not death, there is always a way out.</div><div>Never give up. Now, though single, I look at my baby with great joy. She’s just a year-plus but a very smart girl. She amazes me. please don’t let life’s situation weigh you down. Hold your head up high and damn side talks.. Make up your mind to pull through it and you will. Others did, I did, so can you!!!!</div><div><img alt="" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9z9yjp9gWOuvo3nrEkG3gvJngN7cXVzeTAUlg_7th4vryRjEjq8VAkWM3CMDnuUhJfmJ2ByWSPsb1tAZdsjxHeHjwcM_GNRB63iVT0dxio1L7GPqjDsn-cF8d3Zbqx7STl3rhUQj0LXk/s1600/PicsArt_1375682491925.jpg" width="344" /></div><div> Have a great day</div>

Inspiring story! ”I Didnt Abort Despite The Shame And Side Talks…Look At Us Today!”

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INCREDIBLE!! How A 13 yr Old Girl Climbed the Tallest Mountain in the world, Mountain Everest! [PHOTO]

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.1.1.4/bmi/4.bp.blogspot.com/-JkRqka0KQTU/U5CQtqqJ92I/AAAAAAAAHNw/sPcmJcJD-vg/s1600/World+record.jpg" width="400" /><br />The 13-year-old daughter of poor Indian farmers who became the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest said Wednesday that she "shed joyful tears" at the summit after a grueling climb across difficult terrain and personal fear.<br /><br />Nepal requires climbers to be at least 16 years old to scale its peaks, but Malavath Poorna said she and a team of Nepalese guides climbed the 29,035-foot mountain on May 25 from the northern side in Tibet. There are no age restrictions in China.<br /><br />"It was very difficult. Every step is a dangerous step," a smiling Poorna told reporters in New Delhi, describing steep slopes, exposed rocks, deep crevasses and extreme cold that went below minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.<br /><br />At 10,830 feet, she said she saw "six dead bodies. I was shocked. Oh my god I got some fear."<br /><br />But she remembered her training and regained her confidence.<br /><br />"When I reached the top of Everest, very good experience. I feel great and proud, and I shed joyful tears" as she looked around and saw "mighty mountains and morning sunlight," she said in English, waving her hands expressively as she spoke.<br /><br />The climb was verified by the China Tibet Mountaineering Association in Lhasa, making Malavath the youngest girl to climb Everest. American Jordan Romero, from Big Bear, California, became the youngest boy at age 13 to reach the summit -- also from the Tibetan side -- in 2010.<br /><br />Malavath said her parents, impoverished farmers from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, encouraged her during eight months of training despite the fact that she had never before been on a mountain. Her family are dalits, once known as "untouchables," at the bottom of India's ancient caste system.<br /><br />The expedition was sponsored by the Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Educational Institution Society as part of its program to encourage and help underprivileged students in India.</div>

INCREDIBLE!! How A 13 yr Old Girl Climbed the Tallest Mountain in the world, Mountain Everest! [PHOTO]

The 13-year-old daughter of poor Indian farmers who became the youngest girl to climb Mount Everest said Wednesday that she "shed joyfu...

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'Nigerians Own 70% of the Houses on London's Most Expensive Street' [PHOTO]

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmqoIrSSQOz2OUY4KAsfh9U6CEgmspD4p54iiatksNTucM4mK6wmLc6dHUyzMCX7H1pD57wMCYURPLg-SMTtb3j4fAEELwuhWpHlrW0WG7gut1N6t8t75nsu6HMbm0vOLwF50aJe7bAY/s1600/egerton-crescent-.jpg" width="400" /> <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">About 70 per cent of buildings on Edgerton Crescent, in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-oriented group, Mr. Charles Dukwe, has said.<br /><br />He added that citizens of the United Kingdom avoided buying houses in the area due to their expensive prices.<br /><br />The philanthropist spoke with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Saturday shortly after unveiling the Queen of Compassion and Kill the Killers Initiative, a grass roots campaign against diabetes and high blood pressure.<br /><br />Present at the event as brand ambassadors were Nollywood stars such as Ini Edo, Uche Jombo, Monalisa Chinda and Desmond Elliot.<br /><br />Dukwe lamented that some Nigerians were investing funds from the country in Europe and other Western countries, leaving the people at home jobless.<br /><br />He observed that Nigeria was going through a lot of challenges as a result of corruption that had brought rot to the system. He, therefore, called on Nigerians to embrace compassion and show love to each other.<br /><br />Dukwe said, “There is a street in London; it is called Edgerton Crescent. Edgerton Crescent is the most expensive street in the world. Houses there are worth £3m to £4m.<br /><br />“British celebrities that have money don’t buy houses on that street. They will tell you it is too expensive. But 70 per cent of the houses there are owned by Nigerians.<br /><br />“The thing that is missing in Nigeria is compassion. We want to use compassion as a value and drive it through people so that people can help each other in the society. Our aim is to make compassion a core value in the society.”<br /><br />He noted that the ‘Kill the Killers Initiative’ was established to attack the major diseases that cut short the lives of people in Nigeria and across Africa.<br /><br />According to him, diabetes and high blood pressure form over 60 per cent of the cause of deaths among adults in Nigeria, just as malaria forms 70 per cent of the deaths among children in the country.<br /><br />“In Nigeria and across Africa, we have failed immeasurably by paying little or no attention to principal diseases that cut the lives of our people short and thus leaving our life expectancy to numbers way below all the advanced nations,” he said.</span> </div>

'Nigerians Own 70% of the Houses on London's Most Expensive Street' [PHOTO]

    About 70 per cent of buildings on Edgerton Crescent, in London are owned by Nigerians, the Chairman, New Nation, an empowerment-orien...

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Mavin Boss: Don Jazzy Shares his own #BringBackOurGirls in London (Photo)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="undefined" border="0" height="400" src="http://1.1.1.1/bmi/1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yi5F5k-nvxc/U3dZTqJPrfI/AAAAAAAA3VM/BrVfKfHIarY/s400/10387969_589722407808659_1035451723_n.jpg" title=" ... Shift+R improves the quality of this image. Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page." width="400" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">May God  Bring Back Our Girls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.1.1.1/bmi/2.bp.blogspot.com/-9QhhDn7agKs/U3dYzAhFNpI/AAAAAAAA3VE/GmxlVsQQKxU/s1600/Capture.PNG" title="" /><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">M </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;"> may God help us. may God help us.</div></div></div>

Mavin Boss: Don Jazzy Shares his own #BringBackOurGirls in London (Photo)

  May God  Bring Back Our Girls.   M  may God help us. may God help us.

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Meet Barbie Thomas - The Armless Body Builder ..So Inspiring!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Barbie Thomas, Armless body builder" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeaPpFscKII_xjYDtc6-01muIaNPJ9xNk7ksWrEbHSHQ5sg4nDf0Z-GDjqEbPRvc44Eki2Ewlpx-lzUVKZFoPKLwfcVnBCqoHketbyZ8s2TKTlZO0CvX_qzrxjC-EV3tEj592UwTImaOeX/s1600/Barbie-Thomas.jpg" title="" width="400" /></div><br />One day, as I was travelling with my friend, a male beggar with just one arm came up to beg for arms. I was going to donate some money to him when my friend held me back and turned to the young man asking, "Why are you begging?" the man replied, "because I have one arm."<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4225188848858491269" name="more"></a><br />After series of questions and not a tangible answer from the beggar, my friend then told him to go home and think of what he could do with one arm to earn himself some little income no matter how meager as that would be better than begging for arms but the man insisted there's nothing he could possibly do to make an income.<br /><br />But that isn't the case here. The article you're about to read is that of an inspiring 37 years old American woman - Barbie Thomas, who lost her both arms to a terrible electrical accident as a toddler yet, never gave up on pursuing her dream of being a body builder.<br />This exciting lady says she can do everything a complete human can do only that she uses her feet.<br /><br />She said,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I can do every other thing like brushing my teeth, making dinner, texting, shopping, taking milk out of the fridge, putting on makeup and even driving. I'd say to anyone, you can do whatever you put your mind to. The only limitations are the ones you put on yourself. Everyone has limitations and handicaps in some way or another - mine are more visible than yours maybe."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4NgvRuT_wuyhtDfdXUYdOYi0t-IDb4OfaaixOMWPz1saut7O-BOEYx7rHgsWWheyWodTjTfHeUTFgAR0-jPiTzYXorECn1YxQIGJeGSa78Y1xvn5_p2VikFkfBdUJS9c4RiygZPdCsjp/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-1.jpg" width="397" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3jG8_dV0BSwzLaPSVkbmAJw8Dkehsul6ZcJtb-RdAc4x9AMUFeaIFBpz1sXMEilTfY66MvuZ14Tu06fuwGyrlcY1_Por0x5PwgjOuVs1C_CiqQxxkDsRL36b7UvsxI5GsWXy2wZForVSH/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-body-builder.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />"I used to read about all the fitness competitors in magazines - and I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I wanted to be like them and do the things they were doing. I thought it was amazing."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTjr-KwmftVpzxXAaMgnqnYHRgIhd42CjDhsg-rg52Zoum7JIvC8Lg4J0T9W2KpJ5RyQdr2HXNoWilWFaQI7fDB90xiSKtDRhyphenhyphenPXyAYMQcSyUT4Ai0nOwDCmWtXl5tE6alf2ov3H6vsWB/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-2.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBS2NfiKUJJAZPmuF4dOktIMtrEjvQ-rW2aHKFnLdB5RLLMEt9K6FW7-ITcPXVpmQuEiB22ul1zebR2mvBW-9WCKTWJo1RWt1LpbVDDk8AF-r55jtTMmALlVd8o4JvUcF_Tyq-HrHKHqDo/s1600/Armless-body-builder-.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />After years of doubting if she'd be able to physically meet up with the requirements in sporting activities, Barbie decided to take a bold step.<br /><br />"I finally called the locale chairperson and talked to him about it; and he gave me the green light.<br />So in 2003 I entered my first fitness competition and loved it. Now it's in my blood and I can't live without it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1UpKjafChCzUz5PbUXdhhj9OGAtyxQpskFjkzcKdGt9nr_FT_W33gZE2IFBFOO-lba1qR7Y40EXJ95DIq1W_E3msmYHDqFSzkrDeNi0wkAcKseSUHTJ_lPzVBbOTxUEpZN1JC90hxZev-/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-3.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />Barbie lost her arms at the age of two when she climbed an electrical transformer and grabbed the wires. The electricity shock scorched from her arms down to the bones and turned them into something like charcoal.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"The doctor said I wouldn't live - and if I did live, I'd probably be a vegetable, but God had a different plan for me; I'm still here, healthy, and alive and well."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-xf4QxOu1enEZN_Z8dfqDDhVbIyf6e9qpC-WyXrtuOrpb-iROrZZT1zSyoU157bcGCOA351UCR09JGW5ulyiYv2C0NmHKEM2AOrhRBIxTWDS7bzFxRf1CJss92nzh2MThnhrHXIvS44V/s1600/Armless-bodybuilder1.jpg" width="331" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SROunXPG8OgGryEiQKfUjBPx5MqQgIC4w-QfziX-3Qop4VX8feEgfZIp5yY5g912lxLWFp4cRgQgs1Uh7erJlWdKBm06VijwTsDO5wjD-UtsBspxEf50hLoW00BdIkO1MReHuYRgOYM3/s1600/Armless-bodybuilder-2.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Texting friends with her toes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>Having aforementioned what this inspiring woman can do, it will again amaze you that this lady can swim, dance and play soccer.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"My first few fitness competitions I did get some funny looks. I'm sure people were wondering what I thought I was doing up there. Obviously it's a physique competition and I'm missing part of my physique and I don't have the symmetry of what they are looking for.""But after I did my routine for the first time, people realised that I was an athlete just like the rest of them - and I did belong up there.""I don't know why they go as crazy as they do for me; maybe its something different."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlcRvx9HujKGxivf-hoLbt_bIFyPUjplQIBh97vqaw4iyr_3oYa7rCpjF2U0O1H8PnJtLG6KIv8AccG4Tt-zlxdztUwKTFnf_nnhhqTUgO9QRcimXqhikDzHLN3S94gBTzoXZCQ9HBZmb/s1600/Armless-bodybuilder-5.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Applying make-ups</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYykXQ9VX8JQn5k-wuXuQEuiS2SgLY540OjUnzxi7HCjxYa8ntaDOtuYq4DQ4xcQRpRGnFVyIQz5zLTgkhcUcUBW2qy4HoPlFDDFKXdY02Nv_zpBrbv4korECLEw9dqmG8WQphi_aGm2Q/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-5.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Cooking</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>So far, Barbie's greatest body building achievements came back in 2012 when she came fifth in a competition of six competitors.<br /><br />She added;<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"It was actually the first time I placed ahead of people - and that was a big milestone for me. Even though I still was fifth place, I was happy I placed ahead of someone - someone who actually has 2 arms and their whole body."</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy6cnG_fBFPHGFk3N2G-N6N5-IjmLiL9H9EUMdokBu8kocZrIUCFz0_GPMEOMOTkb9HicBNbKqOgAnmU-ttF0JD-fS1Go601wvBttX9u8Xd41lDEPJo-I0a_sl9xGo1OMTLj9YGP4tJ6s/s1600/Barbie-Thomas-4.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Taking milk from the fridge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div>"Yes there are the challenges and trials that come with bringing up kids. I don't think mine were any different - I just had to use my feet. But I got through it and my kids got through it."<br />Sometimes I have to sit on the floor or sometimes I have to sit on the counter - but its still the same stuff you do. The mind is a really very powerful thing and so is attitude - and if you keep a really positive attitude and believe in yourself and believe that you can - then anything is possible."<br /><br />Now, at the beginning of this article, I made reference of this lady with one arm who opted to beg on the streets. This article is for everyone. Some people are physically able but disabled in the mind.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXpnqO4_fvphC1fFYDwSud3Q629YQhA2LTzZBYjAyqxAWh1xpIMaiUz6-306ZhgqULqs675r3mBtKTs8d00PP_A7mipkS4kPRsWMUPBV-ZuxojG64IG4uV7Ds5LiVCZKTaShSQGGSjPz3r/s1600/Armless-bodybuilder-Barbie-Thomas-1.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>After reading this, you should have drawn some inspiration. Believe in yourself that you can achieve whatever you want and you definitely will.<br /><br />Talk later! </div>

Meet Barbie Thomas - The Armless Body Builder ..So Inspiring!

One day, as I was travelling with my friend, a male beggar with just one arm came up to beg for arms. I was going to donate some money to h...

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