The First Foundation 2019 Thanksgiving Lecture by Dr. Tosin Ajayi titled "Bridging the Developmental Gap...The First 1000 Days!" on the 5th of December 2019 at The First Foundation Place, Lagos, Nigeria.
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7. Overwhelming, perennial and persistent problems
of under-development and under performance in
Africa and in many parts of our world.
Less than 1% of adult humans can self-actualize or
self-fulfill (Maslow) There is a perennial and persistent
‘psychopathological’ LACK OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION
in the Subspecie, Homo sapiens sapiens to which we
modern humans belong.
Meaning most humans are not yet able to
function according to the Master Motive of
their Essence yet to fulfill their being.
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I.
1.
2.
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8. INABILITY FOR SELF ACTUALIZATION IS
THE MAJOR UNDER-DEVELOPMENT OF
MANKIND!
Our World is NOT based on the growth, flourishing
and flowering of the individuals’ diversity and
varieties of our HUMANESS. It is based on the
‘survival of the fittest’ of the ANIMAL WORLD!
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3.
I.
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9. Generational cycle of poverty, hunger, disease,
squalor and ignorance!
“As far as I can understand, the aggressors
against peace and stability in Nigeria are abject
poverty, hunger, disease, squalor and ignorance.
They are devastating in their ravages, more
insidious, more thorough, more resistant in their
operations than armed rebellion. They are the
enemies which must now be crushed, and be
crushed ruthlessly.”…Chief Obafemi Awolowo
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II.
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10. MYRIAD OF INEQUALITIES IN THE GRAND
ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE (OR LACK AND POORLY
DISTRIBUTED) WHICH CLEARLY DEFINE AND
AUTHENTICATE US AS A SPECIE, OUR HUMANESS
III.
Major ones:
The Intelligence in its Wholeness,
Fullness, Infiniteness and its
Magnificence.
Wealth, Treasures, Tools and
material resource of the earth.
Curiosity and Observations that
lead to Knowledge.
Power for deep, complex cerebral,
conceptual, theoretical, analytical,
creative, intellectual disposition,
thinking and pursuits.
Health, Wellbeing and Vitality
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Health fades, Life fades and the
Attributes fade.
Health fails, the Attributes dies,
Life dies.
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11. III.
Major ones (contd):
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Power of self knowledge, of
SELF-REALIZATION.
Power of self renewal.
Power of imagination in all
dimensions.
Capacity for true humility.
Knowledge and Understanding
of the Processes and Secrets of
Life.
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MYRIAD OF INEQUALITIES IN THE GRAND
ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE (OR LACK AND POORLY
DISTRIBUTED) WHICH CLEARLY DEFINE AND
AUTHENTICATE US AS A SPECIE, OUR HUMANESS
12. III.
Major ones(contd):
Final and Ultimate in Regulation
and in Control; Final and Ultimate
in Power and in Authority
Portending the Future from
available data
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And more…
Capacity to learn, know and do all
things. Creating and doing things
right and doing the Right and New
Things. Initiatives, Strategies and
Tactics. Solving Life’s problems.
Human values of goodness,
courage, confidence, hope,
meekness etc.
Capacity to recognize and create
resounding beauty.
These are the attributes we require for the development of Healthcare, Education,
Infrastructure, Finance, Judiciary; to control pollution, to restore climate change, for Peace, to
solve all Life Problems and to transit into the Universe. Without them there would be no change.
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MYRIAD OF INEQUALITIES IN THE GRAND
ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE (OR LACK AND POORLY
DISTRIBUTED) WHICH CLEARLY DEFINE AND
AUTHENTICATE US AS A SPECIE, OUR HUMANESS
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The world is littered
with competition and
domination, fakery,
vices, wars and evil.
Leadership and
Followership are
rare, Serving and
Stewardship are
downgraded.
Life is in pains
IV.
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14. It is weird that ADULTS of Homo sapiens
sapiens have no realization of the Master
Motive of their specie so
do not know the purpose, the
mission of its being.
the purpose of individual
life of humans.
the capacity and capabilities
of our being.
and the power and source of power to
support the purpose, capacity and
capabilities we possess.
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15. All these VARIETIES OF LOW
QUALITIES CANNOT all emerge from a
branded genome created by Nature.
I concluded that inadequate nutrients
and micronutrients and stresses of
myriad of toxic and febrile diseases in
early development would be
responsible.
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WE MUST HAVE LOST OUR TRUE HUMANESS, THAT IS
OUR TRUE SELF OR REAL SELF, THE GRAND
ATTRIBUTES OF LIFE ENDOWED SUPREMELY ON US
HUMANS EITHER IN PREGNANCY OR IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD, ALL BEFORE OUR ADULTHOOD.
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17. That the value of a human being is
THE QUALITY OF HIS BRAIN OR
MIND. This determines how he or
she lives.
That as Variants of one another, we
all have the same Essence, the same
Mission which is.
SERVICE TO ONE AND OTHER,
NOT DOMINATION OF ONE AND
OTHER.
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18. AND RULERSHIP OF ALL THAT
IS PHYSICAL AROUND US.
THE BRAINS OF HUMANS ARE
ONLY WIRED TO CARRY OUT
THESE UNIQUE FUNCTIONS.
THE BRAINS OR MINDS OF HUMANS ARE
VESSELS THAT CONTAIN THE GRAND
ATTRIBUTES (OR GRAND PROPERTIES OR
GRAND CHACTERISTICS) THAT FULFIL
THESE PROMISES.
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19. There is not a single person who has walked on the surface
of the earth really tall, moved mountains, cared for the
world, led the world from A to B, function as a proper
human, solved problems in the world without
Self-realization or self knowing, full recognition of
the Silent Intelligence inside, Me, the Mind, the
Mind of God inside, ‘the Mind of the Father’.
Self-realization or self-knowing of the adequacy and
fullness and infiniteness of the Capacity and
Capabilities and Power and Authority of Me, the
Mind which is able to conclude ‘Yes I can’, ‘I can do
all things’.
first of all, having self-realization or self-
knowing as a tool to serve others only.
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20. SELF-REALIZATION IS THE MOTHER OF SELF-
ACTUALIZATION. All are born with it and it grew
through Infancy, Childhood, through the Teenage years
into Adulthood.
Self-realization, the sense of who you really and
truly are, when lost at a point, usually in childhood,
he/she holds on to the dead end of human life, the
body, the Self in self-centeredness, the defining
nature of all animals.
Self-realization, self-knowingness, self-cognizance, self-
knowledge, the I am is part and parcel of the Human
Intelligence which flourishes and flowers into the Grand
Attributes which clearly defines Man from all Life and
Things.
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26. MUST INVOLVE ALL OF US
HUMAN IMAGINATION
MUST BE LEFT TO
RUN LARGE FOR THIS.
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27. AFRICAN COUNTRIES
MUST LEAD THE RACE
To bridge the developmental gap.
To break the generational cycle of poverty,
hunger, disease, squalor and ignorance
To erase the inequalities.
To create a New World where we all survive as
individual diversity and variety of the whole
flourishing and flowering in peace.
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28. ALL GOVERNMENT – NATIONAL,
STATES, LOCAL GOVT
To focus on the well being of women
and children (under 5) in their
territory.
Implementing THE SOLUTION
Primary Healthcare focusing on
Mother and Child.
Support Agriculture and food
production.
Technology - micronutrients
extraction and distribution at very
low costs.
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29. ALL CHURCHES, MOSQUES,
WORKPLACES, SOCIAL CLUBS ETC
Advocacy
Organized Support for the well-being
of mothers and children.
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30. WE SHOULD FOCUS
ON MAKING THE NEXT
GENERATION RIGHT!
OUR GOAL
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31. THE GOLDILOCKS MICRONUTRIENTS
ARE WE LIKELY TO REACH THE GOLDILOCKS
CONDITION, (THAT WHICH IS JUST RIGHT) FOR
THE FULL EXPRESSION OF THE HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE IN US ALL?
Oh Yes! We are right on our way to when the
brains and minds of us all will express and
manifest the Grand Attributes that belong to us
all.
AND WE WILL ALL EXPERIENCE THE POWER
OF OUR MINDS AND FULFIL OUR ESSENCE.
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32. NOURISHING THE FUTURE
On June 18, 2019 the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia broadcast to the world the newest
research findings from neuroscience, biology and early childhood
development which indicate that:
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34. The first 1,000 days following
the conception of human
being are the time of optimum
potential and enormous
vulnerability. This is time the
brain begins to grow and
develop and the foundation
for lifelong health and
prosperity are laid.
1.
In the first 1000 days, the brain
grows and develop more
quickly than any other time.
Only about 10,000 cells in the
first 4 weeks to 10 billion cells
in the 24th week of pregnancy.
A new born brain is about 1/4
of the adult brain but at the 3rd
year grows to 80% and 5th year
90%.
2.
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35. The brain cells form connections and
communicate with one another and
lay a long time foundation for
learning, cognitive abilities, language,
motor skills, emotional skills,
interactions and communication with
the mother and other care givers and
with the world , which in turn impacts
the future, the future in school and
economic opportunities later in life.
3.
The wellbeing of
mother and child
are intertwined
from the start. A
healthy baby starts
from a healthy
mother.
4.
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36. Breast milk is nature’s
superfood for brain’s
growth and development
because of its content of
nutrients and
micronutrients, proteins
and growth factors and
hormones that cannot be
replicated in infant formula.
Nutrition plays a fundamental
role. Poor nutrition in the first
1000 days causes irreversible
damage. The fuel for growth
and development in pregnancy
is from the Nutrient and
Micronutrient store of the
mother and that of the infant
and toddler is from the food
he/she eats.
5. 6.
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37. Toxic stresses from
hunger, food insecurity,
violence, diseases in
pregnancy and early
childhood, febrile illnesses
in early childhood also
affect the early growth
and development of the
brain.
The first 1000 days offers a
unique window of opportunity
to break the cycle of poverty
which makes children
disadvantaged before they
are born, perpetuating
inequality and a cycle of
poverty that cut across
generations.
7. 8.
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38. Studies also show that
countries that fail to invest
on the well-being of its
women and children lose
the economic productivity
of its population and
spend heavily on health.
When children have a good
and strong start, they have
the best opportunity to
thrive. And what we do or
don’t do have a profound
effect on our children’s
future and ours.
9. 10.
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40. IN CONCLUSION
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“The first 1000 days offers a unique window of opportunity
to break the cycle of poverty which makes children
disadvantaged before they are born, perpetuating
inequality and a cycle of poverty that cut across
generations. i.e.
Bridge the Development Gap
Erase the inequalities in the Grand Attributes of Life
endowed on Humans
Create a New World for us all to live in. ”
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