Charles Odhiambo

My name is Charles Odhiambo. I am 22 years old. I am a carpenter, an activist and advocate.

Before joining Diplomats For Health In Resilient Community (DFH-RC), I had bad attitude towards others and I would easily get hungry.

My transformation journey while in DFH-RC has not been that easy because I had to learn some things through the hard way like controlling my emotions but by the help of my fellow youths and mentors I have been able to manage my emotions in a more healthy manner.

My greatest achievement in DFH-RC as a youth mentor is sharing my stories and knowledge as a way of helping others learn through my experience and the research that I do most of the time.The organization has given me a chance to go to different places and interact with people from different dimensions and this has boosted my knowledge on matters to do with mental health and Community as a whole.I sincerely thank the organization and every individual who are always steadfast to give us this kind of connections.

In the next few years, I can see myself teaching others about different problems and their solutions , doing documentaries and writing books as a way of making people learn through different styles.

I love listening to the late Dr. Myles Munroe as he teaches me things that affect us on our daily basis, I love his intelligence. I'd love to be more like him. He once said that the root cause of all evil is ignorance and as a young person,I choose not to be ignorant.

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