Bukola Oriola

Author| Advocate| Mentor| Entrepreneur

Taking action for result

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According to Google search, an action is, “The fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.” Reading Dictionary dot com definition, one of the six listed definitions caught my attention more. It stated: “An act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity.” So, to get result in any endeavor or desire, you have to act consciously, willingly, physically or mentally.

Nobody get’s result without taking action. Successful people take several actions before they achieve their desired result. One of the causes of failure, which occurs as a result of lack of action is giving up when you are yet to see your desire come to life. Napoleon Hill in his book, Think and Grow Rich calls it temporary defeat. Perhaps, family and friends even mock you for your lack of result, but when you don’t stop taking action, you will get your desired result.

Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter focused on action to fight violence against women. He made this glaring in the title of his book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power. He knows that taking action and asking people to take action is what will eventually win the fight against the violence that affects women around the world.




I did a Periscope Broadcast today on taking action. You can watch the video below. The broadcast was informed by one of the viewers of my training on Starting your website with $0 down. Little did I know that she was taking action when I was doing the broadcast. Few hours after the broadcast, she sent me a Facebook message which I asked her permission to publish on my blog post yesterday. And, by today, her website was live and she already has some posts on it. That is how you take action. Action is what will give you result.

I hope you will take action today. Share what you are taking action on by commenting on this blog.

Thanks for reading. I hope to talk to you again through my blogs. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please, send me a note – fill out the contact form. I want to hear from you. You can also get my recent posts by signing up to receive updates.

Bye for now, until next time.

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Why survivors do not get help

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There are a number of reasons why survivors of human trafficking or domestic violence do not reach out for help. Whether it is a foreign born survivor or a U.S. citizen, a common factor that keeps a survivor from reaching out for help is fear.

In this video, I spoke specifically to foreign born survivors. In the immigrant communities, survivors hear all kinds of conflicting stories that prevent them from accepting help even when an advocate who has their best intentions show up or offer them help. For example, I worked with someone refused to go to the battered women’s shelter because she was told by friends and families that the people at the shelter are drug addicts.

There are many whose cultural practices or traditional beliefs prevent from getting help. I worked with a man who was constantly kneeling down to beg, a practice that is considered a taboo in his culture.

It is especially difficult for people in the immigrant population because they do not know or understand the efficacy of the resources that are available to them. I received an email some years ago through a form submission on Imprisoned Show from a male survivor that states, “For bukola. Just came across your story. Need to share my experience and the trafficking still going on against me. This lead to my being deaf and other health problems. Even this email, may be compromised because the crooks still hack into my emails and phones.”

Unfortunately, I couldn’t help this young man because, even though I called the national hotline on his behalf, I was told that he has to make a call to them by himself. In the past one or two years now, Polaris Project has been taking emails and text messages, which is a very great step, especially for individuals like the one I quoted in this post. There are survivors who may not have access to phone but might be able to access a computer to reach out for help.

I am using this opportunity to call on all survivors out there to reach out for help today. Watch the video below.

You can read the first two two chapters of my book here.

Thanks for reading. I hope to talk to you again through my blogs. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please, send me a note – fill out thecontact form. I want to hear from you. You can also get my recent posts by signing up to receive updates.
Bye for now, until next time.


Happy Valentine’s Day: Human Trafficking in Katy, Texas

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This video is a quick chat about the human trafficking news that broke out last week from Katy, Texas.
It was about a couple, Chudy and Suzan Nsobundu, who trafficked their nanny from Nigeria.
According to news reports, they have been accused of visa fraud, forced labor, withholding documents, harboring, and so on.




The coupled allegedly denied their nanny fresh food, hygiene, medical attention, proper rest from work, and made her to drink strained milk from their children’s cereal bowl.
In September 2015, the nanny reached out for help. News reports revealed that someone called the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) and a case Manager from YMCA International Trafficked Persons Assistance Program helped her to escape and took her to a women’s shelter.
Think about the red flag that I mentioned in this video and seek for help if you can identify with any of them or refer someone for help if there are any of this element in a story they are telling you.
You can also contact, The Enitan Story, a Minnesota based nonprofit organization with a mission to advocate for victims and empower survivors of human trafficking at info@enitan.org.




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Providing Culturally Sensitive Programs – Mimi Foods Example

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In this broadcast I talked about the importance of providing culturally sensitive program while serving victims and survivors of human trafficking. I found out about Mimi Worldwide Foods through its cornmeal (pap) and used it as an example of food that will help service providers who have clients from Africa for example.

 

Get a copy of the international best selling book by Bukola Oriola, A Living Label: An Inspirational Memoir and Guide.   Book Description: A Living Label is a memoir that documents some of the struggles and triumphs of the author as a survivor of labor trafficking and domestic violence in the U.S. Bukola Oriola’s goal is to inspire hope in other survivors that they can turn their lives around positively, regardless of what difficulty they might have passed through. She also provides practical solutions to the government, service providers, NGOs, and the general public on how to effectively engage with survivors, to value them as the subject matter experts they are. As someone who has dedicated her life to empowering other survivors, she has decided to contribute the proceeds from the book sales to survivors’ education or their businesses, starting with 100 survivors in the United States, Nigeria and Kenya. She believes that survivors want to be independent and contribute to their communities, and she wants to help survivors achieve this dream. Learn more from the inspiring author, Book Bukola now!
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