{"id":247,"date":"2014-08-23T13:32:13","date_gmt":"2014-08-23T13:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/javamylove.wordpress.com\/?p=247"},"modified":"2014-08-23T13:32:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T13:32:13","slug":"the-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukmanjaji.com\/2014\/08\/23\/the-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In as much as I detest Candy Crush requests I will accept. . .<\/p>\n<p>But<br \/>\nYou sending me a challenge of the ice bucket<br \/>\nMakes me wonder if you not suffering from<br \/>\nFracture of the eye socket\/<br \/>\nThe truth is, from the on set,<br \/>\nI knew you would stray from the main goal<br \/>\nThe moment i heard you talk trash on set\/<\/p>\n<p>Celeberties in Europe and America came together for a cause\/<br \/>\nTo raise funds and awareness about the ALS curse\/<br \/>\nWhich till date has generated attention from those who matter. .<br \/>\nand from the civil and privy purse\/<\/p>\n<p>Truth is, thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge..<br \/>\nI am now more knowledgeable about the deadly ALS disease<br \/>\nWhich halts the sufferers nerve cells..<br \/>\nAnd triggers a slow and unstoppable paralysis. . .<br \/>\nIts over 70 years since <a title=\"Lou\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lou_Gehrig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lou Gehrig<\/a> drew attention on our hearts<br \/>\nNot with a paint brush but with his words<br \/>\nAnd days have turned to nights. . nights have turned to days<br \/>\nAnd still we have no cure. .<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, thanks to<br \/>\nGates\/ (Bill)<br \/>\nSon of a Bush, (George)<br \/>\nJordan, (Micheal)<br \/>\nDre (Dr)<br \/>\nSheen (Charlie)<br \/>\nMubarak (Obama)<br \/>\nShaw (Tim)<br \/>\nEt al<br \/>\nfor the awareness<br \/>\nNow I&#8217;m ignorant no more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My darling African celeberities. . .<br \/>\nEbola in Nigeria, Siere Leone, Guinea and Liberia<br \/>\nMalaria killing kids in the Congo\/<br \/>\nStarvation in the horn of that land you call &#8220;Mother&#8221;<br \/>\nDrought and hunger in Somalia<br \/>\nPoaching and killing of your wild life in Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Dear African musicians, rappers, poets, artistes, politicians, actors and actresses. . .<\/p>\n<p>Listen to this facts about Malaria. . .<br \/>\n627, 000 people die from malaria each year, mostly children younger than five years old\/<br \/>\nThere are an estimated 207 million cases of malaria each year\/<br \/>\nOf the 109 countries affected by Malaria in the world, A whooping 45 are African countries<br \/>\n90% of all Malaria deaths occur in Sub Saharan Africa<br \/>\nThere are an estimated 207 million cases of malaria each year\/<\/p>\n<p>If these facts do not challenge you,<br \/>\nThen do not call Africa mother. .<br \/>\nIf these facts do not spur you to action<br \/>\nCease calling Africa home. . .<br \/>\nIf these facts do not challenge you. . .<br \/>\nStop quoting the holy books. .<br \/>\nIf these facts do not challenge you. .<br \/>\nThen pour that ice on your Afro or On your wigs<br \/>\nThis is not a poem to make you double blink,<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s to make you think.<br \/>\nI await your challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Statistics Source: \u00a0http:\/\/www.netsforlifeafrica.org\/malaria\/malaria-statistics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In as much as I detest Candy Crush requests I will accept. . . 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