By: Julius Kirya, Global Health Corps Fellow
In the communities where we reside, often times we encounter
injustices, but how do we react? Are we bystanders or do we take action? Fighting
for social justice is does not require wealth, power, or political capacity. Those
without it can still mobilize a community into cleaning a water source, or
providing sensitization campaigns urging households to build sanitation facilities
and safely dispose waste.
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| A newly constructed shallow well by UVP |
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| Community members cleaning a well |
Martin Luther King asked us to look closely and honestly
reflect about our motives for acting – is it a common desire for recognition,
to be important, to achieve a distinction? We should ask ourselves how we can act
to leave a legacy for the future generation to carry on.
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A team of UVP interns educating rural communities about sanitation and
hygiene in a model home.
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You don’t need a college degree to serve, you don’t have to
know the legacy of the most prominent freedom fighters to serve, nor do you
need to know theories and principles discovered by the best scientists to serve.
All you need is your belief, sacrifice, a heart full of care, a soul full of
love and you can help make the world a little more just. The world is looking
for you men and women who serve others with love, honesty and in justice
without question! Let’s take moment to reflect as we remember the legend in the
history of social justice, Dr. Martin Luther King.
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