Voices of Protest

Oscar Ekponimo and his New Food Chain

The 30-years-old is a Stanford University Technology Ventures 

Programme Alumnus and a Bachelor of Science degree graduate in computing from 

University of Calabar. A software engineer, he is passionate about IT, and has 

developed solutions for private enterprises and national security establishments.

Ekponimo also runs Food Drive, an ad hoc Chowberry initiative where he
 and other volunteers collect products within a week of expiry and distribute
them to orphanages and homes for the elderly.

Oscar lived a very hungry life as a child, he ate one substantial meal every two days. Oscar grew up with that hunger, he grew up without, so he knows, better than most, what our starved citizens feel. He steps up to make a change in the world. He starts a new food chain for those with none. Oscar is working in Nigeria to change the life of those who need, changed the way they live, give them the food they need.

Oscar posts videos on YouTube, he explains the need for the change, he tells his stories and his plans to change. He has a website that explains everything in more detail. He has a twitter page to get his followers informed, to get the idea, his idea, out there. Out there, where more can see. 

Oscar uses pathos as his appeal. He tells the story of his childhood, how he has been through what others suffer all over the world. He uses pathos to get sympathy, to make you feel, to use your feelings as a way to get you to want to help out. 

Alleviating hunger has always been at the top of his agenda. At university,
he and friends set up Blue Valentine, an initiative to distribute warm meals
 to indigent street kids on 14 February.

Last year his team of four completed a three-month pilot
involving 20 retailers and fed around 150 orphans and vulnerable children.

When he was 11, Oscar Ekponimo was so hungry he would stare at
the kitchen cupboards in his home in Calabar, Nigeria, wishing they
 would magically fill with food.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/11/nigerian-oscar-ekponimo-others-win-2016-rolex-award/
http://time.com/collection-post/4684788/oscar-ekponimo-next-generation-leaders/