Hi! I am in the opposite situation, born into one of the world's richest countries and a country which is always in top 3 of "best countries in the world to live in". I know I am extremely lucky to be born in Norway, a small, Northern-European country filthy rich on oil, with a functioning welfare system which ensures education for all citizens, health system etc. I feel that I owe it to those who are not as lucky to give something back, we do not choose where we are born after all. It is so horribly unfair that coincidences out of our control really decides the direction of our lives. I give quite much to charity but that's not enough, really. I am becoming a journalist and one of the reasons is that I want to tell the stories of the less fortunate people, want to give them a voice. The people who die in hunger and illness and wars while we sit here in the West self-righteous without any knowledge of what it's like to live in those situations.

I have always wanted to visit Nigeria, because I hear it is such a beautiful country. Although I would be privileged as a tourist, for those of you living there it doesn't matter as long as you don't have jobs etc. I really hope for the best for you.

When it comes to education, you could try here, Norway - it's completely different, it's cold and the culture is like being on another planet, I don't think it's easy to be a foreigner here, but I do know education in our public education institutions (which are good!) is free also for foreigners. There is a fee to pay in the beginning of each semester, but that's it. The problem is cost of living, which is extremely high here. So I don't know how that is solved, and if foreign students are given a student loan even though they are not citizens. But I would check it out if I were you, the same applies to Sweden and Denmark too as far as I know.