User:Chuch Panu/sandbox

Westgate Terrorist Attack in NAirobi the Capital city of Kenya
Almost two weeks since the worst nightmare any Kenyan including myself could possibly go through. A full blown terrorist attack.

A country where people humbly get on with their day to day lives and push on making Kenya what it is today, one of Africa's leading nations.

I happen to have been there when all this calamity began and watched all of it unfold day by day. Many people have been killed in this what i see clearly as an unethical way of using innocent people to prove we have 'International Issues' that seemingly cannot be addressed or resolved.

So what did Kenyans do? How did they react? What did they think? Did they all just sit back and speculate? Did they get up and run?

I think the whole world should take a leaf out of this and learn and more to the point KNOW about Kenyans.

A Nation became united!!

I saw a culture of people from all walks of life instantly came together instantly with one another. Everyone from the local press, to the government, all the forces and most of all the Kenyan people.

My hats off to all the civilians that so very quickly 'became' volunteers. Everyone wanted to help despite knowing or maybe in some cases oblivious of the potential threat or danger to themselves. Hospitals, local communities, local businesses and the everyday households who supplied tonnes of food, water, and there were cases where the locals were offloading lorry loads of supplies to help. Hot food and drinks day and night to support the forces, the media, the volunteers at the hospitals as an example.

There was no merit at the end of the day for any Kenyan who decided to help. No one was going to get an award, or get hundreds of pounds for doing what they did as a community. The Kenyans did this out of CHOICE, the choice to be ONE.

This is not to say that this kind of unity does not happen in other parts of the world should there be such calamities, i am sure it does.

What i am saying is Kenyans preach "Peace, Love & Unity" - This was an example

@chuchpanu