Philanthropy has a way of resonating because, without it, life would be too hard for those whom development has left behind across the world.
It is on this count that any whiff of philanthropy attracts attention, particularly if it is an individual who is just practicing philanthropy on a small scale.
This is the context in which the Prof Chris Kwaja inspired Annual Schools Essay Competition in Plateau State catches journalistic attention.
Intervention understands that 12 schools registered this year and all the schools were represented by girls. The implication is that the boys have, so far, fallen by the road side.
Representation is still a problem as only one school came from the Muslim side which is contrary to the aspiration of Prof Kwaja, the intellectual of peace serving Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State as Special Envoy on Peace and Security.
Now in its second year, this small scale experimentation with philanthropy is an experiment worth watching, given its potentials, how it grows and the impacts it makes on a country lost to unproductive acrimony all over the place!
