One by one

Two by two

Uplift one mother

She’ll empower

Her sons and daughters

This is my motive as community middle elder

To achieve this aim I have to partner

Poverty’s key is education

Despite the inflation

I will venture to empower

300 of my neighbors

Starting with the grandmothers

One or two from each household

This should improve their economic threshold

Going back to the culture of old

Where survival was in Maroon women’s souls

Skilling Belize’s women

Will quell this mayhem

Ensuring very household has at least one professional

Re introducing education that is Technical vocational

Grandmothers should get their GED

Intern motivating their grand pickney

If we raise the rate of literacy

This will raise the consciousness of the family

Then the community

Then ultimately the entire country

I will partner with the apprenticeship program

I will partner with Gwen Liz night division

I will partner with the Red Cross

I will partner with Ahmadiyya

I will partner with the Barefoot College in India

I will partner with the Mayor

I will partner with Wesley Junior College

I will partner will Belizean abroad

I will partner with Belizean dah yaad

I will partner with youth Department

I will partner with 4 H to train some leaders

I will partner with Women’s Department

I will partner with Restore Belize and ministry of Human development

I will be the bridge to their empowerment

Three generation of single mother lead households

Empowering three hundred women is my gold

By partnering with established programs

We can improve our business outputs many folds

Strengthening their entrepreneurial capability

Introducing simple machines to increase their productivity

So each family can live a life of dignity

One by one

Two by two

Uplift one mother

She’ll empower

Her sons and daughters

This is my motive as community middle elder

To achieve this aim I have to partner

By: Abdulmajeed K Nunez

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