TEDxYouth@Khartoum,Wafa Elamin: Positive thinking, Nov.26.11

Wafa Elamin is a 5th Year medical student studying at the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) in Khartoum, Sudan. She was raised in County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland but came back to Sudan. Wafa grew up as the only Muslim African girl in the Irish town of Naas and studied in Catholic schools. The strong atmosphere of her Sudanese home contrasted greatly to the Irish culture. This is the single factor she believes that helped her to build a very strong sense of personality and religion. She believes she is dreamer; fantasying about a world both peaceful as it is accepting. She wanted to give a voice for those society has neglected. Medicine has been her gateway into the heart of the Sudanese community through voluntary humanitarian work in non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Currently, Wafa is project coordinator of Water the World working to bring water to the most vulnerable families in Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps such as Mayo. "...My message to both the Sudanese youth and all those across Africa is to rise. RISE. This is the era for great intervention. Don't wait for someone else to throw the dice when it is your turn to awe the world. Rise Africa."
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[Doctormo100]

Wondering why Sudan is a developing country in 21st century. There are many reasons for that. You can't oversimplify things and put it down to negative thinking. The only countries that have ever managed to stop being a developing country of late are the oil rich ones.

[aboody890]

lllllllllllllliik we b$da

[fartoghotmailcom]

mashallah walahi...u gave me goose bumps!!..but i def agree with that fact that this message needs to be shared with the common Sudanese youth...this message is very inspiring but would touch them more if it was translated into our beautiful language Arabic!!!.and lets see u were very inspired by this what should i do to become part of the change?? if we can address this great issue that would be great!!! and thank u Wafa for the beautiful speach!!

Ahmed Hassan

[pein9ne]

such an open minded person, deep thanks to you for your hard work to improve our country,, BUT i dont think thats going to work .. .. .

[fawzi44x44]

Really Great Positive Thinking, thank you Wafa Elamin

[LadyInRedNY]

@MAZ1N00 Cany you read my screenname "ladyinredNEWYORK", I was raised here! what makes me mad is the government bringing in trashy sudanese like yourself! you mooch off the government and breed more trash in the country! so I am mad, at that! Geroge w bush went the the best American University, YALE! and he is still a ignorant fool! a diploma/degree doesnt define you as a human being! you make no sense whatsoever! and is that lil "attack" at the end suppossed to offend me? ahahahaha, weak.

[MAZ1N00]

@LadyInRedNY Are you mad? Does my citizenship offend you some how? Hey look I'm getting an education at an American university. Is that correct grammar, punctuation and sentence structure? Is that the ability to discriminate between genitalia and passports? Is that freedom to bring up the word genitalia! Doesn't Allah want you to go kill some non-muslims or something?

[LadyInRedNY]

@MAZ1N00 If I raised a son who will hide and become a punk like you! I WOULD KILL MYSELF! the issue with trash like you is that America brings in alot o ftrash from Sudan! and theyproduce like roaches! they contribute nothing o the country! they just hop around, maybe make a discount store or 2! and than suck off of the governments tit! I know your type very well! Youre a punk! and having American citizenship will neve r maek you a man! just hide like you usally do behind a screen

[LadyInRedNY]

@MAZ1N00 It doesnt matter if you were born in America, your roots are still in Sudan! You are manipulating my words to suit your own argument(or lack of one). I never said dont venture out, but your comment was disturbing! you dont want to join the frontlines, but you want to be a "cyber activist"! thats a punk move! Since you want to talk about America,how about you look up the history of America instead of talking like an idiot! AMERICANS FOUGHT AND DIED SO THAT THEIR KIDS DONT HAVE TO

[MAZ1N00]

@LadyInRedNY Next time Anyone gets an opportunity for free speech, a good education,a higher quality of life, opportunities to provide for their family, they should give all of that up and stay in Sudan so that you can think positively and maybe one day change Sudan with the power of thought, if that's how you think life works kill yourself.