It takes a village to raise a child: The Importance of Community
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In Africa, the notion is that raising a child is a job for the whole community. Everyone in the village took care of the young people and treated them as if they were their own. They were fed, disciplined and loved by the whole community. Blacks in America have kept this idea and have used it as a way to help one another succeed. A sense of community, although originating in Africa, exists in America also. Rev. Jenkins displayed this sense of community when he took in four homeless boys, found on the streets of Charleston, and began an orphanage. Eventually the orphanage grew to include five brass bands. Throughout the many years that the orphanage existed more than 5000 young people were taken in and helped by the establishment. |
