International Day of Charity: Supporting the Drive to Eradicate Poverty
September 5, 2024 marks the International Day of Charity, a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness and mobilise people, NGOs and stakeholders globally to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities. Interestingly, this date was chosen to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who passed away on September 5, […]
Why Ending Water Poverty is Essential for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria
Did you know that access to clean, safe, affordable, sufficient, and acceptable water for personal and domestic uses is the right of all Nigerians due to the country’s membership of the United Nations Declaration of the Right to Water? According to the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 66.9 percent of households do not have […]
NGYouthSDGs Recognized by the United Nations as SDGs Best Practice
Nigeria Youth SDGs Network (NGYouthSDGs) has been recognized by the United Nations as Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda. NGYouthSDGs founded in 2017 and registered as Network of Youth for Sustainable Initiative is a coalition of youth-led and youth-serving civil society organizations supported by 72 youth champions […]
Youth Activism: How To Redesign Your Approach
Do you have any idea how many times I have considered leaving this country in my lifetime or the last year? More than I can count, and can you blame me? I live in a nation where all my efforts for change and more favourable living conditions for myself are frustrated by the same bodies […]
Why We are Excited About the Jubilee Fellows Programme and How You Can Become A Fellow
The Jubilee Fellowship Programme is an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria to support 20,000 graduates of higher institutions towards professional development and jobs in private sector organizations across the country. The one year programme administered by UNDP Nigeria is scheduled to provide the first path to jobs for 100,000 young Nigerians under the […]
NGYouthSDGs Champion Tracy Iyemene Attends Creative for Media and Information Literacy Workshop Funded by UNESCO Abuja
Nigeria Youth SDGs Network champion Tracy Iyemene attended a two days workshop on Media and Information Literacy hosted by Light Up Africa Development Initiative with funding from UNESCO Abuja. The workshop had twenty young people who represented civil society organizations carefully selected across Nigeria. The workshop began with the Executive Director of Light Up Africa […]
How the COVID19 Pandemic Accelerated Digital Transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the landscape of human interactions. As mobility and physical gatherings were restricted, people resorted to digital versions of everyday practices from before the pandemic began, forcing them to take an extraordinary digital leap. Since life cannot really take a long break, businesses, schools, and other institutions began to look […]
2021 Call for Creative Content Producers and Artists on Misinformation and Disinformation (Laptop and Camera Prizes to be Won)
One year and COVID-19 is still ravaging the world. One of the reasons the virus spread faster was the rise of misinformation and disinformation around the cause, transmission and treatment of COVID-19. This led the WHO to declare an ‘infodemic’ alongside the pandemic. With glitters of hope, the vaccines are here to the rescue. Just as […]
Nigeria Needs To Ensure that Human Rights, Transparency and Trust is at the Centre of Recovery from Coronavirus
To commemorate the 2020 Human Rights Day, the United Nations Information Centre, Lagos hosted a webinar in partnership with UNICEF Nigeria, UNDP Nigeria and Nigeria Youth SDGs Network with support from Mentally Aware Nigeria, AIESEC Nigeria, National Human Rights Commission, Youth for Human Rights International and Building Blocks for Peace Foundation. This year’s theme – […]
UN75 Youth Virtual Dialogue: Government and Private Sector Need to Supercharge Youth Solutions in Corona Virus Recovery
Theme: SHAPING THE NIGERIA WE WANT Date: Wednesday, 22nd July 2020 Moderators: Daniel Nwaeze Background: The world currently has half of the population being under 30 and 90% of these Young People live in developing countries. The collective power of young people is one of the most powerful and catalytic forces that are available in challenging […]
