A LETTER FROM AN AUSTRALIAN/BIAFRAN LADY TO MARK ZUCKERBERG

Dear Mark Zuckerberg,

I am an Australian woman of 28, whos passion from a very young age, has always been to help people.
One culture I have always been drawn to is Africa.

My partner is a Biafran, and I am aware you have heard about Biafra, but I wonder, how much do you actually know, and how much do you actually care?
Or, do you even care at all?

I have made it of high importance to fully support the Biafran movement, to support my partner in something that can really make a difference in the world.
Specifically, I am concerned for his family, and other families who are still back home at risk of being killed any day.
I would not want to see any person I love suffer in pain over such loss, the pain I have seen many people in, who have already lost their loved ones to this Buhari.

Are you aware that innocent people, including children are being slaughtered daily in Nigeria?
They are even being dismembered from limb to limb.
Those who refuse to convert to Islam are murdered on the spot.
And this is all thanks to a leader who wants to remain in control, because of greed.

I often think to myself, is money really the reason people are supporting this guy?
I don't understand, why are people supporting a human who is making orders to kill Christians, innocent people who are just living their lives? A man who pays Boko Haram to kill anyone who is not Islam?
A man who refuses to use government money to develop a suffering country.
What is going on in this world?

I travelled to Nigeria this year in January, going against my countries safe travel advice, I went, and I witnessed first hand the corruption and greed, the people's hunger for money, the starving children, broken homes & families.

There is one thing I can tell you about Biafrans specifically.
They have something noone can take from them.
They have Hope.
They have faith that a better day is coming.
They also have determination and high spirits, and they will not give up until their homes are safe, Biafra or death is their motto!

Now I know the media can really make things up and create many stories that aren't true, so I chose to contact you myself and find out some answers.
You Mark, have an opportunity.
An opportunity to do something.
And to help should be out of your own free will, not wanting anything in return.
But being able to make a difference, is a reward in itself.

I encourage you to think, I encourage you to do proper research.
Because what you hear and read, can be very different from reality.
See it on youtube, travel and find out for yourself.
Talk to witnesses, they will tell you truths that no media or government can hide.

Please, do something Mark.
It is a simple request.
Everyone has a right to feel safe in their own home.

I also want you to remember, when we die, we don't get to take our money, our fame, or our possessions with us.
It all fades away.
It's all for nothing.
What should stand is how we are remembered, what we did to help others.

Excuse me for being forward, but if I were you, I wouldn't want to just be the guy who created Facebook, the number 1 social networking platform, I would want to be the guy who created Facebook and used that tool to help billions of people around the world, grabbing every opportunity possible!

Food for thought.

Sincerely,

~r.maree