Uzo Aduba

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Uzo Aduba Growing up, I never thought there was a seat for me, so I’ve decided to build my own table. Come. Pull up a chair. #oitnb #uzoaduba | open.spotify.com/playlist/7zMk9tSEnaCbwhju6RJQji?si=SjAyLfhPRSq5BYj1pdIyug |
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@uzoaduba : The first time I came home to Nigeria, I was 8 years old. I was with my family & remember being so excited for everything- visiting my parents’ homes, seeing relations I’d either never met or hadn’t seen in years, standing on the land where I am from. After a brief stop in the city, we’d head to our ancestral home in the village. Village life is a slice unlike anything that could ever be found elsewhere. There’s laughter, love, a slowing down of life, community, family & a genuine appreciation for every blessing that has been favored over your life. I love the village. But, with it comes inequities that, at times, cannot be described or explained. From my first trip, I couldn’t understand the lack surrounding so many basic human needs. Chief among them was the lack of clean, drinkable & useable water. If my family & I wanted to bathe or cook, we’d use the water we had collected from the rains. If we wanted water to drink or brush our teeth, it had to come from the bottled water we’d brought with us, and if it ran out...well, it ran out & we drank the rain water. It didn’t make sense to me at 8 or as I grew and would return home. It makes even less sense to me now. 69 million Nigerians live without clean, drinkable or useable water. I know it’s not the entire country living like this. I know as a nation we’ve seen tremendous growth that makes us all proud. But, we still have far too many in this country only surviving, not thriving. Far too many parents losing their children to waterborne infectious & diarrheal diseases that could be set in our nation’s past. The time is now. Through a joint effort of EVERY community taking up behavioral changes, like hand washing & stopping open defecation; paired with unwavering & committed support from passionate state leaders, like @dr_betta of Cross River, working to bring Nigeria & her youth to her fullest and brightest potential, we can DO this. I came to Nigeria with @glblctzn & @nationalgeo new docuseries #ACTIVATE with
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