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OUR HEROIC HEROES                                                                                                 BE SELFLESS









                          An Article by Obehi-Zohe Henshaw-Ativie  | Year 8 Senegal                                               AND MAKE
                                                                                                                                  SACRIFICES LIKE


                                                                                                                                  OUR AMAZING
               ou have just been whisked away to fight          of being a great hero, just like the soldiers who
               one of the bloodiest wars in history. You        fought our battles. They dared to leave their
                                                                                                                                  HEROES HAVE
       Y don’t know if you’ll make it out alive or              homes knowing that they might never return.
        dead but it will all be worth it, fighting for the uni-                                                                                                                                CLICK HERE TO WATCH
                                                                                                                                  DONE. BE BRAVE
        ty of your dear country, Nigeria. These were the        Now, what is the difference between fear and
        thoughts that ran through every Nigerian soldier        courage? Well, one of the differences is that fear                                                                                 MR JIDE SOWORE
                                                                                                                                  AND DON’T LET                                             PERFORM THE LAST POST
        who fought in the civil war. One of the deadliest       is  feeling scared  or  worried  about something,
        wars in history.                                        whereas courage is facing that fear and doing
                                                                                                                                  FEAR SCARE YOU
                                                                what needs to be done anyway. The most im-

        This war cost the lives of over 3 million peo-          portant thing is that fear can be overcome.
                                                                                                                                  AWAY.
        ple. That is the reason we wear poppies on our
        chests on this special day. “Armed Forces Re-           How often are you selfless or do you make sac-
        membrance Day” is celebrated on the 15th of             rifices for others? Soldiers and their families al-
        January to remind everyone about the heroes             ways make sacrifices for their country. They put

        who have fought for us.                                 the people of Nigeria’s needs first, before their
                                                                own. For example, if there was an outbreak of
        In this article, we will learn about courage and        war happening and nobody decided to act

        bravery as well as sacrifice and selflessness.          selflessly or make sacrifices, what do you think
                                                                would happen to our beloved country?
                                         First of all, cour-
                                          age/bravery           So, if these soldiers sacrifice something as big                            CLICK HERE TO WATCH
                                          means the act         as their lives then why can’t we sacrifice some-                               HIGHLIGHTS FROM

                                          of    willingness     thing  as small  as donation to  show  our grati-                             THE ARMED FORCES
                                                                                                                                         REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT
                                          to   face    fear,    tude.
                                          danger  or  diffi-

                                          culty and take        In conclusion, I would like to end this article by
                                          action    despite     saying that it’s not too late to do something for
                                          these challeng-       your  country.  Be  selfless  and  make  sacrifices
                                          es. Having brav-      like  our  amazing  heroes  have  done.  Be  brave
                                          ery is one of the     and don’t let fear scare you away.

                                          characteristics





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