Human evolution is real, and when the Lord conquers by seeding smart ideas on whom He wills, we should gratefully embrace the idea(s). Human ways tend to gradually evolve, but sometimes we have mighty leaps through the all knowledgeable One. For decades, centuries, or millenniums, countless struggling or even thriving learning institutions inefficiently seek donations from ex-students and rich folks, because schooling comes with rising costs. Whereas separate fund-raising events like physical re-union through smaller parties can continue, I think the world needs a day to efficiently and transparently help all learning institutions, especially struggling ones, not just your past school, college, or university. So I am only using the term Alumni as the primary target, but the idea has secondary targets. Imagine February 18 (Gambia’s independence day) or April 22 (Earth Day) to be the international day towards what fuels worldwide schooling. Imagine what gratitude means beyond looking back, but looking forward… Imagine the inefficient ways of honest and corrupt officials seeking donations for days or weeks versus a dedicated day when we can crowdfund in much more efficient and transparent manners. I expect all media houses to not just publish this great idea, but also to offer editorials or happy hours towards fruition. National is OK, but international day would be much better for our global village.
Collaboration: If me and you work hard enough, we might be able to convince President Barrow, Faye, Tinubu, Mahama, etc to understand not every idea or international day must begin from the West+, but gratitude means we also suggest to the world where we can all benefit from. Even if ten countries accept the idea and declare one of the proposed dates in their new year’s message, it becomes an international day that grateful countries may eventually learn to adopt in one form or another. So please forward to the authorities, but let the authorities share the idea with their counterparts around the world through Presidential levels, foreign affairs levels, and all ministers of education should receive this article and your added ideas, if any.
Structural Sharing: The nature of many humans and this world can sometimes be very narrow-minded, but we can often explain to justify why we should be a lot more open-minded. We will still need governments+, and they may still be the primary source of funding education. On this aspect of the idea, countries may differ on how they may implement it. First, we will need the government’s collaboration to set up official donations phone lines and/or websites for each school. If Jarga Kebba Gigo wants to donate about $10 to Kuntaya Primary School in 2026 and $20 to the national school fund, how much of that will be transfer fees of even private companies or government dues to ascertain about two percent is redistributed towards other needy schools at the national, continental, or world level. Remember to include anonymous options, including number based identifying semi-transparency. Jarga may be smart enough or may complain why only $8 is going to my precious ex-school? By explaining some new schools do not have strong Alumni and that an Arab or White “Jarga’ may donate hundred, million, or billion dollars somewhere to help fund Kuntaya primary school or a school in Famine+ suffering Sudan with almost minimal Structural sharing, it helps us all.
Utilisation: Whereas every school or the national education department may present one to ten wish lists or planned targets, let 2026 please start with enough cameras for even the smallest village with a school. I recommend at least 25% of all raised funds of the first year to be spent on high quality cameras for security, learning, and the countless good that a worldwide culture of cameras may bring. From 360 degree cameras to body cameras for class prefects and willing teachers, researching the good it can bring is for the brave and futuristic. I know some principals may prefer laptops+, but let us please start with enough cameras as gratitude to me and the Lord who inspired me. The remaining money and subsequent years can be on many other things and the cameras will help secure such investments. It is disgraceful to see the low quality pictures of Brown University and Utah University of the u.s, following the killings where lack of enough cameras failed to reveal the culprits while in the act. In places like Nigeria, we may even need drone cameras with AI technology for schools to deter and help hunt masked bandits and terrorists against helpless children.
Minimal Suggestions: Although no one can force anyone on donations, it helps to have suggestions. By asking every millionaire or billionaire should consider donating at least one percent of your annual income (not worth) to this initiative to ascertain the orphans and the poor get fair access to at least formal education and they may invent products or multi-billion dollar ideas like I am doing. The spirit of the idea is far beyond rich people, because the proposed day can actually take a burden off you. A similar percentage can be suggested for every working person and those in business. We can even say the unemployed African woman+ should donate to such more than they donate to praise singers, unless who values sweet words over learning for the children? We can also say, The African Diaspora should consider donating about ten percent of their tax returns to such and which governments may consider tax credits for such? How about tourists and which groups can be grateful beyond the ‘Alumni’ in the title?
Special Events in Every Country: A televised special event in every country can greatly help boost people’s participation in this wonderful idea. Did I mention the idea was born on December 25, 2025 and how many non-Christians celebrate Christmas in good and questionable ways? I am not a Christian by title, but I beat every Christian when it comes to proportionate care to the poor at the worldwide level… OK Jarga, do you also outperform every Muslim, Jews, and other religious folks on love? Probably yes or let us reveal the records from wishes to proportionate good words and good actions… No! I mean super bowl is big in sports loving U.S, but if Taylor Swift and Beyonce or xyz was performing in the u.s, the Gambia, or xyz for mass donation or crowdfunding, how many billions may be collected worldwide? Where are the good or stingy Arabs+, you can still donate billions if you hate the event but love Ihq-rah (learning) for the poor, not just rich U.S. My point is the term secular or conventional learning should be appreciated worldwide, accessed worldwide and funded more than AI and weapons. Every country has stars that may volunteer at reasonable or no cost, but international stars vacationing for fun or to help a poor country on such a day can be very different in my eyes and perhaps the eyes of the Lord.
Why the Proposed Dates: February 18 happens to be the independence day of the Gambia and I was born in the Gambia, the only country that was created to end transatlantic slavery. In honor of anti-oppression, myself, and the Gambia, choosing this date may help far beyond the Gambia. It has the disadvantages of winter in many areas, but events and donations exist in new year celebrations, except cold fearing ‘Jargas’ may abstain in cold countries. April 22 is considered Earth Day but hardly celebrated and no special presidential addressing or fund raising efforts to save the earth occur on this special day. If the leaders of the world agree how schooling is a major blessing that may help our earth, then considering how to celebrate ‘Earth Day’ as a double celebration: ‘Earth and grateful Alumni Day’ is worth considering. It falls in spring and it may spring the world to higher heights. Although my parents paid minimal fees for my schooling, caring strangers significantly contributed to the subsidy of my schooling+, so I am ever grateful and want my love to always be worldwide. I serve a universal God and want universal successes. So having it realised matters most, but proposing the dates is part of my responsibility. It is up to world leaders to discuss and come to terms. As for the Gambia, I believe sending us about one percent of the collected first year, towards a nationwide culture of cameras may be more appreciated than honoring February 18. We happen to be resourceless compared to many countries, but if my ideas are helping worldwide, then perhaps certain opportunities can turn human minds to realize many inventions even in poor and rising Gambia. Should we flirt let it be on Trump’s birthday or will Trump donate cameras to save ‘Christian lives’?
Imagine the Future: Imagine! Image in!! Emerge Jinn!!! OK, I am from the edutainment world and like the new over the old inefficient ways. Imagine an annual televised presidential or ministerial address, a cultural icon, and countless people gratefully donating and saying forgive us Lord, we appreciate the learning you give us and we pledge not to ever ignore the poor on learning opportunities again. Bless us and never punish us again. Uplift us in every good way, like or better than we try to uplift the best of humankind and fight the evil ones through cameras and beyond. End the bullying, sexual abuses, dodging schools, and other wrongs in schools and everywhere on earth. Let a more joyful earth begin. Although the idea came around 3:30 am on the ‘birthday’ of Jesus Christ (pbuh), I was writing in joy until the Muslims are calling for prayers around 6:30 Am. We are all “slaves’, ‘children’, or varying levels of ‘friends’ of ALLAH and may I and the grateful never fall again. If I can love your children more than you do, at least on knowledge and efforts, then perhaps God can be childless and still love more than questionable parents who may reject even cameras… If God calls you a slave, but works for you more than you ‘work’ for him, then words or labels can be grossly misunderstood or take different meanings. I learned Alumni means to ‘nourish’, but who nourishes first and happily gives back, or nourishes a school that never taught him or her? They said ex-students and even ex-workers can qualify as Alumni, but gratitude says what at individual, company, and state levels? Are other races grateful Alumni of Africa and/or will Africa humbly and gratefully learn from her children, including black Jarga? Which president(s) will gratefully accept the idea(s), gratefully push along with me, or indifferently wait until subdued? May God and the godly push along with me and defeat every ungrateful leader. May God bless Showlove Trinity: let’s learn, let’s work, let’s have fun.
By Jarga Kebba Gigo
An Activist and Transformer
Author of Juts Quhr-aahn
