Jordan (Ghana)

“First off, I am super appreciative to have been a Too Fly Sponsor recipient.

By solely having your foundation sponsor my trip, I have been encouraged because I know that people believe in me and support my growth as a young black man. Somebody believes in me enough to give money to help me gain this new experience. I thank your organization for that.

This trip has personally impacted me because I’ve now been exposed to a new type of lifestyle that I couldn’t have seen in America. There was a point where I associated being poor with being sad and angry. I didn’t think that people could be poor and happy. In Ghana the majority of people don’t have nearly as much as I have at home. I still went places where poverty was rampant but people are still hopeful and on their grind every day. They are still singing and dancing and playing. I couldn’t understand why. But I know that I am privileged now. Just being in America I have more opportunity to gain wealth. I also, learned that with my situation, I should never complain about not having enough or wanting more. So going on this trip, I’ve become more grateful for my situation. If the people in Ghana can be happy and fun loving and kind while not having the luxuries that I have here at home, I should have a higher outlook on everything because of the riches that I have here in America.

I’ve learned I’ve been selfish to ever say that I’m hungry or to envy people for having more than me. After this experience and what I went through in Ghana, I am making the effort to show more gratitude for my blessings. Also, because I saw people still working to make better for themselves, I’ve recognized that with as much that I have, I am better equipped to help myself and other people who are less fortunate. Being back in the states, I want to spend some time learning how I can use my comparative wealth to make the lives of those who aren’t as well off, better. When I graduate from school, I would like to invest some of my efforts into traveling and helping out where I can to

Another feature of many Ghanaians that I noticed was the selfless ingenuity of their entrepreneurship. We got to visit an incubator called the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) for some brilliant entrepreneurs. We got to sit in on some of their business proposal practices. I noticed that most of the business ideas that they presented were directed to help people whether individually or Africa as a whole. None of them were for selfish profit.

Again, I want to thank too fly for believing in me and my cohorts to grant us money to have this experience. The shirts we got were “Too Fly” also. You believe that I am worth your donation has boosted my confidence. Knowing that I am worth the support has helped me realize my own potential to do great things; and I will. I will be a great representative for your foundation and I’m eternally grateful.”