Could Joel and Noel realise their ‘dream cop’ jobs

…and inspire young people into national service

I have always been inspired by stories of people that fought for their dream until they achieved it or not.

The Wright brothers dreamt of building an airplane and critics thought there were mad.

Eventually, it´s those that dream the impossible dream that consequently get it right and big in life. Not the Sleepers.

Today I´m reminded of a movie I watched in my spare time, maybe once or twice, entitled “21”, directed by Robert Luketic.

It’s about Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a brilliant student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology or MIT who needs money to pay his tuition and board or lose a dream.

The scholarship he has been shortlisted for can only be awarded to one outstanding student and this particular time Ben is applying for the scholarship, there is some 76 applications with stellar grades.

The short and tall of “21” is that it’s a great inspiration story about doing everything we can to achieve our dreams.

The dream I am sharing with you today in the footsteps of “21” involves Zambian twins Joel and Noel whom I came to know about because of their philanthropy work on MuviTV.

Joel and Noel and myself have something in common, we all lost our parents due to natural causes long time ago but for Joel and Noel who are double orphans it was perhaps at an even earlier age, younger than myself.

They bid their time now trying to mentor youngsters like themselves but the dream they dream the most as Joel told me is to “simply become policemen in the Zambia Police Service.”

Why I asked? and Joel said, “our late father was a policeman and died a long time ago but he was proud of his national service and we want to be just like him. Officers of the law.”

Mind you these lads already have a TV gig on Muvi but they still want to get their hands dirty and keep Zambia safe. Joel last week wrote me a short missive on why him and twin brother wants to be policemen.

Joel and Noel wrote Dear Ambassador: “Noel and I are twins born at Mphashya hospital in Rufunsa 28 years ago and our father was a policeman working in the C.I.D section.”

“We have devoted most of their time to running a non-profits but life changing path that has touched hundreds of people in Zambia especially the youth.

With a small budget inspired by philanthropists that seek to help others, Noel and I have donated our own resources to the community we live in under the spirit of “volunteerism and giving” which we find fulfilling.

We are based in Lusaka and we move from house to house to give the less privileged in society like ourselves from a few resources we get Zambia’s private television station.

Among the people we have tried to help are, Siamese Twins (Bupe and Mapalo).

In joining the country in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, we are currently conducting sensitization messages on social media and have made donations of facemasks, handwashing soap, to two community schools in Chilanga and Kafue districts among others.

With a promising TV career at hand, I thought the twins might pursue a film career in Zambia or South Africa and indeed even Hollywood but alas No.

Joel told me “all we want is to become policeman and serve Zambia in the footsteps of our father.”

The least I could do for the lads as a person that believes in dreams was to share their story here on my platform. Tell me what you think as you share this dream?

Also for those that are artistic, kindly send me pictures of how Joel and

Noel would look like as Cops. Adios!