Pursuing the Decade of Action Amidst a Global Pandemic
The year 2020 ushered in a new decade making exactly ten years to the 2030 target for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the beginning of the year, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres made a call for an ambitious push to intensify efforts required for the achievement of the global goals. In […]
#COVIDPositiveStories – Jennifer Agunloye Okoliko
Meet Jennifer Agunloye Okoliko, she is the founder of the Girls Should Thrive Initiative (GiST), an NGO focused on raising female leaders from disadvantaged communities through entrepreneurship, education, and technology. This is her #COVIDPositiveStory; Our COVID-19 project is a Mobile food bank providing food for struggling families during the lockdown especially those who depend on […]
Achieving More Results: Lessons from the Broom
Clement Johnson It would be vain repetition telling the tails of the broom and how it has been used to illustrate to us the power of unity while growing up. Our generation can boast of young people that are ready to contribute their quota towards the development of their society and also young people […]
”Involve Youth Or They Will Leave You Behind To Achieve the SDGs” – Joshua Alade
The Nigerian Youth Sustainable Development Goals Project Coordinator, Joshua Alade gave the keynote address at the fourth edition of the Lagos Model United Nations held at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The three days event with the theme “The Future We Want: Youth Participation in the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda” had over two hundred […]
My SDGs Story – Okonkwo Kenneth Chukwuebuka
Featured Image: Kenneth training the school children on Agribusiness and also activating them to become active citizens (SDGs) My name is Okonkwo Kenneth Chukwuebuka, I am an Agribusiness consultant, STEM-ed Africa Ambassador, YALI Network member, TEDx Johannesburg fellow, and an SDGs knowledge Facilitator. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Technology from the Federal University […]
Education, Youth and Sustainability
By Ikenna Ugwu, Enugu “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” These words of the German dictator, Adolf Hitler about the youth are reflective. We must not throw them away. And if we appreciate it, we may just be close to “gain”-ing the future. Let’s begin by understanding that half of the world’s […]
I Am and I Will – Cancer Day 2019
Odey Goodness University of Calabar, Nigeria The theme for 2019 World Cancer Day is I AM, I WILL What does the I AM I WILL Theme mean? It is a global awareness campaign to you, to be informed about this fast killing disease in our century and take proactive measures to prevent it. I Am […]
NYSC Gombe Hosts Youth Summit to Raise Awareness about the SDGs
The 2018 Gombe Youth SDGs Summit was organized for the first time by the NYSC SDGs Advocacy group in partnership with Gombe Youth for global goals, a foremost youth organization in the state. The aim of the event was to gather young people in the state together to dialogue and exchange ideas on how best […]
