Medard Sotta

Medard C. Sotta is the Managing Director and Co-founder of InsGrow International Company. He is also the founder and the first Executive Director of Fellows for Dignity. With his passion in development, humanity, human dignity, philosophy, social changes, equality and growth, through the organization he founded, he developed a philosophy of a collective battle to eliminate poverty, ignorance and diseases in Tanzania as he has always believed that the only way to fight poverty - which in his opinion is the largest contributor of diseases and ignorance, and that once you've eliminated poverty you also get the tools to fight ignorance and diseases - is simply through WORKING TOGETHER - by collectively, effectively and constructively utilizing people's potentials towards achieving a common goal and prosperity of people - as individuals, families, groups and communities at large. He has also worked to formulate and stimulate people to give more than just gifts and foods to people in need and of special needs. In the same formulation, he also pledged that in order to end and the only way to end the existing isolation between the people in need and those of special needs, and the community, is by the whole community to work together with people in need and of special needs in creating sustainability and self-reliance to them. In one of his unpublished articles on development, Medard clarified that the reason why many poor people loose hope to progress is because they spend their life time believing that they can't achieve a better life simply because they don't have money and thus without money they can't make their life better and in that sense they take money as the only base of development. Having quoted criticizing that belief, he critically emphasized that poverty is the war and keep believing that it can only be fought only with money that's to believe that the poor people, as long as they don't have money, they can not fight poverty. Medard urged that poor people should not depend on weapons they don't posses, they should instead use what they have to make their life better and that money and wealth it represents is the result or sign of a better life but not always the BASE to a better life. {One of Medard's quotations on development: "One of the biggest reasons that make many people remain poor is because they UNDER-ESTIMATE the value and potentials of what they possess in order to take their lives to the better, and OVER-ESTIMATE what they lack - be it materially or academically - in order to take their lives to the better. They hence legitimize their poverty in that basis and believe they owe the right to remain poor because of what they are lacking."} When he isn’t glued to a computer screen either writing, reading, studying or working, he normally spends time silently in his room, in places that are rich in nature or with people - mostly those who are less valued, undermined and to some extent isolated in the society due to their inabilities or deficiency in materials as he believes he learns a lot from such people than he does from proudly rich, greedy and selfish people. He also likes watching and listening to music as well as local and international news, watching adventures, African and martial arts movies without forgeting sports mostly big football matches and Tv programs on social issues, history, science, business and to some extent politics. Medard is as well talented in singing, poetry, writing speeches and articles in different subjects, designing - specifically gardening and housing both in and outdoors or generally homes. Medard is such a person who likes to create a most expressive nature, is idealistic and inspirational, driven with a strong inner urge to be of service in some way that would uplift humanity as a whole. He loves people, family, home, and friends and he tries to be a parent to the whole human race. Due to that, people with problems are drawn to him as they recognize he as one who has understanding and gives not only sympathy and comfort but provides also some constructive advice or assistance. However, he has a tendency to assume too heavy a burden of responsibility for others, which leads to worry and undue concern. Despite his endless and unexpected abilities and his will to try in so many different things even beyond what his time in schools and college ever granted to him. Medard's biggest weakness is that he has a generous quality to his nature, and if he won't guard himself carefully against giving more than he receive, he will find himself doing without because he has helped someone else. He is also a person who tries to seek perfection and exceptionality in any work he does, this leads him in to being a very hardworking person and a person who never quits until he has achieved or find a means to achieve what he is working for. You can kindly contact him via: For personal concern - [email protected] For business issues with InsGrow International - medard@insgrow.