Thursday

There has been a crazy within the corporate circles going under the buzzword 'corporate social responsibility'.under this banner, companies have been falling over themselves to give to society, to be responsible citizens. it is a good thing if you ask me, especially when you consider the huge figures allocated for this course by the likes of safaricom and KCB, and most importanly the many lives it has touched.has this generous gesture been well received. mostly yes. but cynics will be quick to say that it is nothing but a publicy stunt, a marketing strategy. my position is: as long as it puts a smile on a sad mothers face, clothing on a naked child, a room on a homeless family, who cares what the motivation is.

but about personal social responsibility. ever asked yourself how you can give back to society.how you can do better than drop a coin in a beggers cup? i always hoped for the day when i would have the resources, the time and the capacity to give back to society, and wondered when that day would come. one fine morning, while going thro my regular duties in the hospital, i was introduced to a group that calls itself thursday. this is a group of 23 female medical students who have come together to make a difference to society.their objective at the time was to source for funds and donate cancer medicines to children of ward 1E(Childrens cancer ward-kenyatta national hospital)how i thought to myself,you are just students and cancer medicine is obnoxiously expensive! but the passion and dedication that was in them got them to put a smile on those beautiful children. thurday members forgo their luch every thursday as and dedicate the proceeds to a charitable course, they help their needy classmates, support the bereived, contribute to children homes....they basically touch peoples lives, in their own siple ways, with limited resources. they touched my life too, in more ways than one, they challenged and inspired me, and made me realize that all we ever have is excuses,in our own little and simple ways, we can touch a needy persons life, we can be responsible citizens.