13/10/2026
🇮🇳 *Nation First | My Advice*
**WHO OWNS THE PLANET WE ALL INHERITED?**
We were born on this planet. We did not purchase the air we breathe, create the rain that falls, or manufacture the rivers that sustain life.
Yet, somewhere along the way, we built an economic system where almost everything necessary for survival carries a price.
Food became an industry. Land became an investment. Water became a commodity. Shelter became a financial burden for millions.
And now, even nature is increasingly being valued through financial markets.
**But here is the question we must ask: Just because something has economic value, does that mean someone should have unlimited power over it?**
📊 **The facts are disturbing:**
🌍 According to the UN, approximately **733 million people faced hunger in 2023**—roughly 1 in every 11 people worldwide.
đź’§ WHO and UNICEF data showed that **2.2 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water in 2022.**
🌳 The UN Environment Programme estimated that nearly **$7 trillion flowed annually into activities harmful to nature**, compared with approximately $200 billion invested in nature-based solutions in 2022.
Sources: FAO, WHO/UNICEF and UNEP.
These numbers force us to confront a difficult reality: humanity has enormous economic resources, yet access to life's essentials remains unequal, and our natural environment continues to face immense pressure.
**My advice, from my experience of observing people and society, is simple: We must stop measuring progress only by how much wealth we create. We must also measure it by how many lives we improve.**
I believe in enterprise, innovation, private property, and economic growth. But growth must come with responsibility. Markets can create prosperity, but essential resources require fair governance, environmental protection, and accountability.
We must ask our leaders and institutions:
* Who benefits when essential resources become more expensive?
* Are communities protected when land and natural resources are commercially developed?
* Are we investing enough in clean water, affordable housing, food security, and environmental restoration?
* Can future generations inherit a healthy planet, or only the financial and environmental costs of our decisions?
At **NATION FIRST**, our mission is to empower people, strengthen communities, and inspire positive change.
We do not need to abolish markets to protect humanity. We need to ensure that markets serve people—not that people become powerless before markets.
**The planet is not merely an asset on a balance sheet. It is our shared home, our responsibility, and our inheritance to future generations.**
We may not own the Earth forever, but we are responsible for what we leave behind.
🌍 *Humanity before greed. Responsibility before exploitation. Progress with dignity.*
— **Abdul Jalal**
Founder Director | *The Nation First* 🇮🇳✨
By the People, For the People.
Empowering People. Strengthening Communities. Inspiring Positive Change.