NGYouthSDGs: Mainstreaming Nigerian Youth in SDGs Implementation
In commemoration of International Youth Day 2024, the Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative also known as the Nigerian Youth SDGs Network (NGYouthSDGs), hosted a two-day convening between August 12-13 in Abuja, Nigeria, which sensitized young people on their crucial roles in fostering gender equality, climate action, education, decent work and active citizenship and celebrated […]
NGYouthSDGs Nominates Three Youth for Summer Global Youth Forum 2021
Nigeria Youth SDGs Network nominated three young Nigerians Tracy Iyemene, Blessing Ashi and Elizabeth Ita for the 2021 Global Youth Forum happening virtually between August 2nd and 20th. The forum which is organized by the International Training Centre, the training arm of the International Labour Organization seeks to recognize and engage young people in the […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Elizabeth Aladelokun
Meet Elizabeth Aladelokun, Project Lead of Food Drive Project, an alumnus of the United Nation Millennium fellowship. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory: The name of our COVID-19 Impact project is the Food Drive, a standalone project that was inspired by a conversation with a mentor around the difficulty of accessing food for the vulnerable family […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Godwin Takor
Godwin Takor is the Founder of Impact Foundation and this is his #COVIDPositiveStory. Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Nigeria, Godwin began to imagine what will be the fate of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in the camps. A lot of these people are victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in the […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Jibrin Abubakar Yaro
Meet Jibrin Abubakar Yaro, He is the Founder of the Child Hope organization, a non-governmental organization initiated to bridge the gap between Vulnerable children and access to formal education. This is his #COVIDPositiveStory; What inspired me to begin our COVID project is that the Almajiris are abandoned children with nobody to care about their health, […]
With just 12 Years left to the 2030 Deadline, there is a new sense of Urgency
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provides a global blueprint for dignity, peace, and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future. While the Millennium Development Goals had seen significant progress, 700 million people still lived in extreme poverty; climate change seemed to be accelerating, and several conflicts remained entrenched. Yet, the […]