2020 Review – A Year of Sharing Youth Power and Driving Momentum for the Global Goals
Dear Friend, Happy New Year! We know 2020 was a long and challenging year and we hope that you are excited to kick start 2021 with all the energy and determination to achieve the change you desire in your community and the world. Last year showed us the importance of advocating for a better world […]
Webinar Report: Opportunities for Young People in the Face of COVID19 Pandemic
With the current reality of the high rate of unemployment, worsened by the economic impact of the pandemic, especially among youths in Nigeria, judging from the recently published data by the National Bureau of Statistics NBS, which reported that Nigeria’s unemployment rate as at the second quarter of 2020 is 27.1% indicating that about 21,764,614 […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Mayowa Adegbile
Mayowa Adegbile is the founder of the Ashake Foundation. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory; I work with a lot of women who depend on daily sales and with the lockdown, we started receiving calls that there was no hope for food and hunger was inevitable. These women in most cases are the breadwinners of their home […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Aminat Ibrahim
Meet Aminat Modupe Ibrahim, a Kectil Colleague, and the team lead at MayMed Innova. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory. At the onset of the coronavirus, I was informing people who follow me on social media on the virus and how they can stay safe. When the first index person was reported in Nigeria, I knew that […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Adeyemo Oluwabusola
Adeyemo Oluwabusola is the Executive Director of Gertrude Olowo Empowerment Initiative. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory. Before the lockdown began, we were inspired by the need to support teenage girls between ages 11 – 19 years, advocating for a safe space for them with all-round education and mental awareness. Our major objective is to equip them […]
#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 – Folasade Bamisaye
Folasade Bamisaye is the founder and Senior Operating Officer of My Period Kit – A Social Enterprise Organization offering critical menstrual health services and products to the last-mile rural women and girls. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory; Our #COVID19 project is a project within our core project and it started as a direct response to […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Kenneth Okonkwo
Kenneth Okonkwo is a Sustainable Agriculture Practice expert by Training and the Founder of IrriTech Nigeria Limited. This is his #COVIDPositiveStory. The Eko Covid-19 Prevention Hygiene Project was initiated to help reduce the spread and transmission of COVID-19 in Lagos State, being the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria. This was done through the house […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Doyinsola Ogunye
Doyinsola Ogunye is the founder of Mental and Environmental Development Initiative for Children. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory. The project is called the #COVID19 Water Project. The project started when I started to listen to the Covid-19 guidelines, the part that said wash your hands for 20 seconds under running water got to me. I knew […]
COVIDPositiveStories – Tomisin Adefare
Tomisin Adefare is an Agricultural Extension Officer by training, Sheis the Founder/CEO of Topak Agro Hub. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory. According to the World Health Organization guidelines to address COVID-19, there is a need for immediate health response to suppress the transmission of the virus, to end the pandemic, and to tackle many social and […]
