God created every human being with a purpose and everyone was gifted with a talent to be used in creating income sources as well as supporting society.
It is through these talents that atheists and believers appreciate the diversity of humans. The latter can serve God with their talents and go about the exercise of proselytising while the former can use such talents on their preferred endeavours.
However, for young people to realize their talents they need to be guided and supported to make the result a reality. The support may be moral or financial. But when we shy away from supporting young people in their talent development, we end up being on the receiving end where we are killing the dreams and passion that such people had gathered over time.
Young people who are deeply involved in the business of pursuing their dreams are still brittle emotionally and psychologically. These are people who have risen above identity crisis and embarked on for instance modelling, singing, football or comedy as their primary career focus.
And, it suffices to say that any setback in the pursuit of that dream could send the person to a negative emotional and psychological spin. The ramifications could encompass depression, alcoholism, crime or even turning out to be hostile.
Parents to play role
How do we support the talents? As parents, there is a need to be ready to assume the responsibility of supporting the talents of the children. But where the support wanted goes beyond the ability of the parents, the government needs to step in to support those individuals especially those who have the talents that bring international recognition and fame to the country, like sports, fashions and others.
South Sudan has a lot of talented youth with rare skills but in most cases, those talents end up dying simply because we do not support those individuals in exhibiting their talents. For instance, a very young South Sudanese girl and model who was nominated to represent the country in a beauty pageant in Nigeria of Miss Premium Africa, unfortunately, missed the trip citing the ‘‘unfulfilled government promised’’. The government promised to support the trip of the 22-year-old girl but in the end, everything ended up being a mere promise.
The event had already started on October 30 in Abuja, Nigeria, and more than 50 girls from the African countries are taking part in the competition
Sarah Majok Moun, who missed the event was nominated Miss Premium Africa South Sudan in April 2021 to represent the country alongside other queens across the continent. Unfortunately, she did not make it to the event citing a lack of finances and broken promises from some individuals in the government.
Sarah said she experienced several blockages from some individuals who stopped her from accessing some ministers, her state governor and even the presidency.
According to Sarah, in most of the government offices she visited, she was asked all sorts of questions like “where you from are, and how is it beneficial to the country.”
This clearly showed how difficult it is to access government support for one may not be able to support him or herself. In most countries, such international events every individual who is taking part in the participation is normally supported by the government whether the person comes from tribe A or B. This does not matter.
So, let support young people realize their talents.