Today, as one of the American women founders—often called Ms. Phy—I came to understand what a true calling from God means. A calling reveals itself when purpose is born from experience, when God makes you a witness.
I was born in Chicago, on the South Side. I was not born blind to the reality that if you are poor and Black, you can be overlooked and forgotten—and that even when Black communities gain wealth, the systems meant to support them can be questioned, tracked, or shut down.
Still, everything changed when I accepted a job in Ghana after only a short vacation there. I was hired simply because I spoke English and held a degree. What followed was an awakening: I stepped into a world I could never have imagined existed.
It was there that I came face to face with the refugee reality. Through the stories of families fleeing war in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Eritrea, Rwanda, and beyond, I began to understand the deeper forces driving displacement.
In many cases, these conflicts were tied to mineral wealth, global capitalism, and the struggle for control of land and resources. What the world often called “civil war” left ordinary people—families, children, entire communities—impoverished, traumatized, and uprooted.
I learned how fear and manufactured scarcity are often used to pit one tribe against another, neighbor against neighbor—turning identity into a weapon. Ask the Rwanda about the Hutu and Tutsi: the 1994 genocide left wounds that still shape lives today. Ask Sudan and South Sudan, where cycles of civil conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crisis continue. Ask the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a nation rich enough in minerals to power much of the modern world, yet where families still struggle daily amid ongoing unrest. Ask Somalia, once a prosperous trading nation, still seeking lasting stability after decades of conflict.
At the time I was working in these regions, many of these countries did not manufacture weapons. Yet weapons were everywhere. That raises an uncomfortable but necessary question: where do the weapons come from, and who profits from their circulation?
All of this chaos unfolds while valuable resources—minerals, oil, agricultural goods—continue to flow outward into global markets. Meanwhile, the people living on that land endure poverty, loss, displacement, and long-term instability. This is not accidental. It is the result of systems that extract value without protecting communities.
This testimony is not offered to assign blame, but to tell the truth clearly: peace, prosperity, and stability cannot exist where fear is exploited, resources are drained, and people are left behind. Understanding this connection is the first step toward choosing repair over repetition, and justice over silence.
Witnessing this suffering reshaped my purpose. I understood that refugees are not fleeing failure—they are fleeing systems that extract value while stripping dignity. This realization became the foundation of my calling: to help create solutions rooted in education, opportunity, and sustainability, so people are not forced to leave home simply to survive.
I want to mention in my experience how very innocent many women, men and children displaced due to poverty find there way to developed cities and towns through long very dangerous ocean journeys where many lose their lives, or through various resettlement programs like i worked in, they find homes far away from home: a land of opportunity so to speak that home did not provide. I worked with a few nations in resettlement, but it all started in Ghana , and I have many stories that were so painful hear, I just held them: i think I will never repeat it like it was told to me. NEVER.
One story stayed with me in reference to African people; their innocence and exploitation.
While I was in a town near Mwanza, Tanzania, a family shared a memory passed down from the early 1990s. This town I visited was dusty, with one decent hotel: I stayed there. I saw children but no school in sight. I could tell that life for that community was a hard one. This elder gentlemen in the market shared this story with me one day while there:
Local children and families used uneven stones they found on the ground to play Owari, a traditional game. They did not know those rough, heavy pieces were gold. At that time, a group of European men arrived, presenting themselves as volunteers. They quickly realized what that the community did not know, that the stones were gold. Instead of explaining the value of the stones, they proposed a “game.” They told the families: “It would be better to play Owari with smooth, colorful stones. We can help you. For every uneven mineral piece you bring us, we’ll give you a smooth, even one.”
Word spread through the neighborhood. Thousands of uneven pieces were brought in. In exchange, families received plastic marbles—bright, smooth, and seemingly harmless. The volunteers kept the stones and eventually disappeared. The people were happy to play the came with smooth, rounded and colorful stones.
I wondered was I still near the place: the town that had gold, I mean. If this place had revenue, where were the schools? --I thought. Well, I could only imagine the people or the community at least where any company mined, it would have or should have benefitted-right? Unfortunately, in most cases, the benefits never really trickle down to the people. It is very sad to know this.
By the way, I fact checked. And it was true. Years later, large-scale gold mining began in the area. it confirmed that this region sits near the Geita Gold Mine, located about 80 kilometers southwest of Mwanza ( Yes, I sure met that guy at that place near Mwanza). Commercial operations began around 2000 under AngloGold Ashanti, and it remains one of Tanzania’s largest gold producers.
This story is not told to condemn people or nations, but to reveal a deeper truth: communities often sit on immense wealth without information, protection, or power—while others extract value and leave little behind. These are the quiet beginnings of poverty, displacement, and desperation. And they are part of the human stories behind migration that too often go unseen.
I am making this entire effort to inform people, businesses, and organizations alike, and helping anyone that takes the time to hear or read to understand the current energy of taking ( chaos) and the power of giving back ( restoration of peace) and the deeper imbalance that exists in the world today. Much of the poverty and pain we see is tied to long histories of extraction, inequality, and displacement—some stretching back generations.
I cannot separate these truths from my own history. My ancestors include Indigenous peoples who were killed, displaced, and stripped of their lands and resources in the Americas, and African peoples who endured centuries of forced unpaid labor, brutal abuse, lynchings, and mass killings during enslavement across the Americas and beyond. These injustices were never fully repaired. They continue to shape today’s systems of wealth, access, and power. Many cultures speak of memory—of energy and karma—of the idea that pain does not disappear, but lingers. If this is true, then it is worth asking whether unresolved history is connected to today’s global instability: war, social conflict, forced migration, and even environmental strain.
This testimony is not written in blame, but in invitation. An invitation to repair, restore, and re-balance. Many people reading this have the power to say yes—to help balance the scales. Will you? We hope so. There is an old saying: “Up above my head, there are angels in the air—there is a God somewhere.” We appeal to that God within you, to give something toward a cause that helps our planet and our shared human family move closer to balance and peace.
In sum, Global Hand Inc – Social Superheroes speaks to these facts as they were learned through witness and experience. Moved by what was seen—by the chaos, the imbalance, and the human cost—we commit to action. We collaborate with schools and youth groups across Africa, working side by side with local communities, displaced families, and aiming to prevent refugees and forced migration. We listen directly to those most affected by land loss, pollution, and resource extraction, and we respond with solutions rooted in dignity, partnership, and shared responsibility.
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