My Role Model

A role model is a person whose behavior serves as an example and inspiring others toward meaningful lives. You might not have heard of Ali Banat. but for me, he is my role model. it's been more than 2 years since the first time i heard his name. so who is Ali Banat? he is a young millionare from Sydney, Australia. He is running a succesful bussiness and living a luxurious lifestyle. once he showed off his bedroom which is lined with branded shoes, watches, glasses and others. he had different sport cars and bought a pair of thong for 700 dollars.

yes he is richly materialistic and living everybody's dream. But as soon as he got sick, he realised none of it meant anything to him. It was back in 2015 that he was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. He was initially told he had only seven months to live. but he survived for years and changed in to a whole new man. he sold his successful bussiness and he got rid of his cars, watches, even his clotes and have them to a lot of people in need. he said he wanted to try to leave this world without anything. he said ‘When you find out you’re sick or you don’t have much time to live, wallah this is the last thing you want to chase. And that’s how we should live our lives everyday. when someone tells you, you haven't got long to live you realised all this stuffs doesn't benefit you in any way.'

he describes his illness as a "gift". 'It is a gift because Allah has given me a chance to change' he said. and after an emotional journey to Africa, he has established a charity called MATW-Project. His organisation MATW has helped thousands of people across a number of countries including Togo, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. MATW aimed to build villages for over 200 widows, a mosque, a school to house 600 orphans, a mini hospital/medical centre, and businesses to support the local community.

and 2 days ago, he passed away. and muslims all over the world during the month of ramadhan are making du'a for him. Subhanallah. what an impact that he made in a matter of less than 3 years. he was a true hero. an inspiration. he has inspired and taught me a lot.

this is his final message for all of us. may Allah grant him the highest Jannah and let's make du'a for this beautiful soul.

https://onepathnetwork.com/ali-banats-final-message/

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end world hunger

    Almost 12 percent of the world's population is hungry. One person in eight on the planet goes to bed hungry each night. Who go hungry either do not have money to purchase it or land to grow food. but the fact is the world produces enough food supply to feed the entire world. So why does hunger is still exist?

     According to WFP (World Food Programme), there are 6 main reasons why approximately 842 million people suffer from hunger worldwide. They are poverty trap, lack of investment in agriculture, climate and weather, war and displacement, unstable markets, food wastage. But poverty is the number one cause of world hunger.

     The World Bank estimates that 10.7 percent of the world’s population lived on less than $1.90 per day in 2013. this makes them can't afford nutritious food for their families and themselves. The effects can be long-lasting. Children who are chronically malnourished often grow up to be adults whose incomes are lower.

     War and conflicts consistently disrupt food production. Millions of people forces to flee their homes. More than 50 million people living in 17 conflict-ridden countries are in severe food insecurity. In war, food sometimes becomes a weapon. Soldiers will starve opponents into submission by seizing or destroying food and livestock and systematically wrecking local markets. Meanwhile in Syria, 8.7 million people or 37 percent of the pre-conflict population need urgent food, nutrition and livelihoods assistance in particular aid to farmers.

     World hunger is one of the most difficult problem to solve. There are so many theories on how we can really end the world hunger. Some of them have been effective and others not. But the world hunger statistics show that great progress has been made towards reducing it. The efforts of many nations and organizations are playing the important role.

     What can we do to end the world hunger? well i can't tell you exactly how. But one thing for sure is that we just do something about it. Share your thoughts and supports to stop world hunger using social media.

     There is marvellous power when each of us are motivated to get involved. And this power can be increased through the Internet and social media. We need to explore these new communications tools to build a community to fight the world hunger. just Start with small steps. Because small steps can lead to big changes.

sources:
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-world-hunger
https://www.wfp.org/stories/what-causes-hunger
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2016/8/7/hunger-used-as-a-weapon-of-war-in-syria

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self description

my name is riri dwi putri santi. most of my friends call me riri and only the closest friends call me ii. to be honest, i dont really know what to describe. because, just like every youngsters (i hope so), i dont really know myself very well. but let me try.

i am a pretty optimistic person. i believe that everything will be good in the end. just wait for the right moment for it to happend and you'll be fine. the good thing about me is that im a fast visual learner. i learn most of my skills all by myself. and i can be pretty good at it. i can be the one who you can trust. you can tell me all your secret and i wont tell anyone about it (i usually forget what u just said in seconds). just kidding :). The three most valuable things to me are honesty, loyalty, and respect. you can tell that im a thinker. because i think a lot. a little too much. but i like to keep it with myself. i dont really know how to share those random toughts and i dont think people can really get that. i always amazed by how the universe works. from the big bang, the colors of nebula, the galaxies, how it expands from time to time, and so much more. it's really hard to believe that we are part of an extrimely complex system and living in a super tiny little floating rock where we judge each other, hate and love each other, laugh, and watching netflix.  *mind blowing*

my personality can change depends on my mood at that time and how the other people treat me. but one thing that i know for sure and what most of my friends told me is that i cant be the first person to say hello to people. and some people think that im not a friendly person (which is im not, i guess). but that just happend in a quick moment. once you get to know me, i can be slightly more open. why slightly? because im an independent girl, a lone wolf and i like to keep my circle small. sometimes, people think that im a shy and quite person. it can be true. but to me, it is more like "nah, im not interested. i dont really care." and ignoring everything. and one more thing, i dont really like small talks. weird huh? :) but that's the ugly truth.

my life goal is only one. not to lose faith in God. i believe that faith is not gonna fall into your heart automaticly from the sky. you have to seek and search for it. everything that happend in your life always have a good purpose. wether you like it or not. but without faith, it is hard to believe on that. i will keep doing what's best for me, work hard, learn harder, be kind, just do my best on everthing and i believe the good will come to me eventually.

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