17 Stories: Lego City #11

Goal: Sustainable Cities and Communities. If I could create an ideal city with the building blocks of my Lego set that could function like a real life community. I would build a city with many roads. Winding, climbing, criss-crossing roads: an access route for all, whoever they may be. My roads would accommodate Lorries, Trucks,…

17 Stories: Ready Set Work! #8

Goal: Decent Work and Economic Growth. The present is a template for the future. These words came to his mind as he watched carefully, from the sidelines, the greatest race in history: The Human Race. The marathon which never ended, yet, had the most competitors ever. He watched, as runners shot across the tracks like…

17 Stories: An Orchestra of Generators #7

Goal: Affordable and Clean Energy. It is twilight. The air is cool, the night is adolescent. The sky is closing its eyes. And the stars are winking At the moon who just resumed its shift. Frogs begin to croak. They’ve composed a new song. It’s a lullaby for the sleeping day. They bellow out in…

17 Stories: A Letter for Water. #6

Goal: Clean Water and Sanitation When I was in SS1, there was a single Well in the girl’s hostel. I remember it being quite deep but if one looked inside the well, all that would be found, imbedded in the sand were buckets, bowls, ropes from deceased fetchers and torch lights that had unfortunately fallen…

17 Stories: The Bargain #5

Goal: Gender Equality. The young girl hid behind the old curtains on a warm Sunday evening and eavesdropped as her father and a strange man bargained on the price of some mysterious object. Even though her father was seemingly the seller, both of them kept going back and forth with their price as if it…

17 Stories: Just Like Them #4

Goal: Quality Education. Caleb strolled to school one early Monday morning. The day was sunny and the sky was the brightest shade of blue. He saw some clouds gathering at a distance, holding the promise of evening showers, but his mind was fixed on the day ahead. He thought of his school; a small community…

17 Stories: The Genie #3

Goal: Good Health and Well-being A disabled boy wandered into a mysterious cave, located on a desert island, far away from home. As he walked deeper into the cave, twilight encroached, swallowing the last light of day. From the rays that were cast on the cave floor in front of him, it looked as if…

17 Stories of the SDGs

I am going to be posting a daily series that revolves around the themes of the sustainable development goals. They are seventeen stories/poems/narratives that have been inspired by my service year in the SDGs NYSC Advocacy group. I will try to post a story a day so please explore, comment and share as you read.…