The world looks very different when viewed through the eyes of the poor person. In a number of developing and poor countries, such as Nigeria, people often speak about the same things that include powerlessness, the inability to participate in making decisions that affects their lives. They live with vulnerability, risk, and a lack of real opportunity. The problems that poor people face are complex and have no easy solutions. Exactly, this is the environment, in which I have been raised. Despite of numerous hurdles in my childhood, my mother was and is ...